IN RE:   APPLICATION OF TAMPA BAY PILOTS

                ASSOCIATION FOR RATE INCREASE

                IN THE PORTS OF TAMPA BAY

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The Board therefore determines that the rates of pilotage at the Ports of Tampa Bay shall be increased to the following rates effective February 1, 2009:

1.     A draft charge of $37.96 per draft foot for the first year the increase is in effect (no changes to minimum charge for draft);

2.     A draft charge of $39.27 per draft foot for the second year the increase is in effect and thereafter (no changes to minimum charge for draft);

3.     A tonnage charge of $.0700 per Gross Registered Ton (GRT) for the first year the increase is in effect (no changes to minimum charge for tonnage)

4.     A tonnage charge of $.0713 per GRT for the second year the increase is in effect and thereafter (no changes to minimum charge for tonnage);

5.     Shifting rates for Year 1 of the increase for:

ZONE A – 3/8 of the draft plus tonnage rate for the first year;

Zone B – 3/4 of the draft plus tonnage rate for the first year;

ZONE C – draft plus tonnage rates for the first year

Minimum Charge – $322.80

6.     Shifting rates for Year 2 of the increase for:

ZONE A – 3/8 of the draft plus tonnage rate for the second year and thereafter;

Zone B – 3/4 of the draft plus tonnage rate for the second year and thereafter;

ZONE C – draft plus tonnage rates for the second year and thereafter;

Minimum Charge – $347.33

7.     A Docking charge of $67.00 for vessels less than 5,000 GRT for the first year the increase is in effect;

8.     A Docking charge of $72.00 for vessels less than 5,000 GRT for the second first year the increase is in effect and thereafter;

9.     A Docking charge of $100.00 for vessels between 5,000 and 10,000 GRT for the first year the increase is in effect;

10.  A Docking charge of $107.00 for vessels between 5,000 and 10,000 GRT for the second year the increase is in effect and thereafter;

11.  A Docking charge of $134.00 for vessels over 10,000 GRT for the first year the increase is in effect;

12.  A Docking charge of $143.00 for vessels over 10,000 GRT for the second year the increase is in effect and thereafter.

Done and Ordered this 23rd day of December, 2008.

Clarence T. Johnson, Jr., Chair, PILOTAGE RATE REVIEW BOARD

NOTICE OF HEARING RIGHTS

You may seek review of this Order, pursuant to Sections 120.569 and 120.57, Florida Statutes, by filing a petition with the: Executive Director, Board at Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Northwood Centre, 1940 North Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399, within 21 days of receipt of this Order. If you dispute any material fact upon which the Board’s decision is based, you may request a hearing before an administrative law judge pursuant to Section 120.57(1), Florida Statutes; your petition must contain the information required by Rule 28-106.201, F.A.C., including a statement of the material facts which are in dispute. If you do not dispute any material fact, you may request a hearing before the Board pursuant to Section 120.57(2), Florida Statutes; your petition must include the information required by Rule 28-106.301, F.A.C.

Pursuant to Section 120.573, Florida Statutes, you are hereby notified that mediation pursuant to that section is not available.

Unless a proper WRITTEN request for a hearing is received on or before the above-stated deadline or if a request for hearing is made, but the request is subsequently withdrawn, the Pilotage Rate Review Board will act in accordance with the provisions of Rule 61E13-2.011, F.A.C., and this Order shall become final on February 1, 2009.