Date: Monday, March 27, 2006

Re:	PIERPASS – EFFECTIVE DATE CHANGE

Dear NASA Member:

Received the following from PierPASS, Inc.:

Based on recent feedback from our customer base, PierPASS Inc. today announced a modification to the schedule for the Traffic Mitigation Fee (TMF) adjustment. The new effective date for the rate modification is Monday, April 24. The schedule change will provide an additional three weeks for members of the goods movement industry to adjust their rate structures.

As provided in our e-mail announcement on March 17, the new TMF rate assessed on container traffic using marine terminal day gates under the OffPeak program will be $50 per TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) or $100 per FEU (forty-foot equivalent unit or larger), an amendment from the program's original $40 per TEU rate. The TMF adjustment comes after the first regular review of program costs since OffPeak was launched in July 2005. The review was conducted by the independent industrial engineering firm, The JWD Group.

A "TMF Adjustment Overview" document is available on the PierPASS website at www.pierpass.org.

Best regards,

North American Shippers Association (NASA)
Joan Barrett
NASA Administrator