Matson Bunker Confusion Clarified

August 16, 2010 Comments Off

We are happy to report that we received information from Matson late last week that will hopefully clear up the earlier confusion surrounding the applicable fuel related charges listed on their Hawaii OBL’s.

Matson has issued a statement clarifying what the labeled ‘Bunker Fuel Surcharge’ and ‘Fuel Related Surcharge’ items listed on their OBL’s issued since June 1, 2010 represent.

In addition, Matson has announced that effective Monday, August 16, 2010 they will be changing the labeling of the inland fuel costs that were mislabeled as ‘Bunker Surcharge’ to ‘Trucker Surcharge’ to more clearly represent those fuel charges when applicable. The actual ocean (bunker) fuel costs will remain labeled as ‘Fuel Related Surcharge.’ View the full statement that Matson released by clicking here.

We appreciate Matson’s efforts to quickly resolve this issue. We have begun to review invoices that may have been billed with incorrect amounts due to the mislabeling of charges, and we will be creating corrected invoices at no additional charge for our billing customers.