Assessments

Schedule of Assessments

A. Cargo Assessments

Effective April 1, 2012

Assessment for Society Operating, Longshore Retiring Allowance, Despatch, Training and selected other Collective Agreement Expenses

1	(a) General Cargo (excluding cargo contained within containers) - per metric tonne	$0.71
	(b) Vehicles - per vehicle	$1.70
	(c) Steel - per metric tonne	$1.46
	(d) General Cargo (contained within import and export C.Y. and C.F.S. containers) - per T.E.U.	$6.48
2	Bulk Grain - per metric tonne	$0.07
3*	Bulk cargo including liquids - per Collective Agreement hour	$4.53
4	Other Bulk including Sugar - per metric tonne	$0.21
5	Lumber - per M.B.M.	$1.24
6	Logs - per M. Scribner	$1.54
7	Coastwise including Cruise and Passenger Ships - per Collective Agreement hour	$5.53
NOTE * Wood chips are assessed either per A. 3. above or, at the option of the responsible member at $1.06 per B.D.U.

B. Hourly and Payroll Assessments

Effective April 1, 2012

Assessment for Longshore Health and Welfare and Hourly Pension Costs

- Per Longshore Collective Agreement hour  From $4.16 to $4.45

Assessment for Longshore Pensions (as a % of Payroll), Vacation Pay, Canada Pension Plan, General Holiday Pay, Central Records and Selected Workers' Compensation Board Premiums.

- Percentage of Longshore Collective Agreement Payroll  25.65% (unchanged)
- Percentage of foremen Collective Agreement Payroll  0.85% (unchanged)

C. Container Gainshare Assessments

Effective April 1, 2012

Longshore & Foremen

Weiler Formula and Foremen's Container Gainsharing Agreement applicable for all TEUs, full or empty handled by longshoremen and supervised by foremen, which are loaded to or discharged from any vessel (including barges), train or truck whose origin is from or destination is to any point outside of British Columbia.

- per TEU  $11.80

D. Vancouver Island Gang Interchange Assessments

Unchanged from April 1, 2011

Charged on all cargo handled within the Vancouver Island port areas detailed in Article 22.2(b)

The cost of travel time and fares, as set by the BCMEA from time to time, chargeable to the Gang Interchange Pool, when employees (ship and dock) are required to travel to another port is limited to the amounts described in Article 22 of the ILWU/BCMEA Collective Agreement, less 4 hours travel time and $17.50 in fares.

E. Lower Mainland Interchange Assessments

Charged on all cargo except grain handled in the Vancouver and New Westminster port areas.

Unchanged from April 1, 2011

The cost of travel time and any allowance chargeable to the Lower Mainland Interchange Pool is to be billed as follows:

1. Employers paying travel time for longshore employees to travel from Vancouver to Squamish Terminals and return should bill the Lower Mainland Interchange Pool, at rates set by the BCMEA from time to time, for 1 ½ hours travel time for each employee required to travel.
2. The BCMEA Vancouver Despatch office will continue to prepare time sheets for all other reimbursable travel within the Lower Mainland area. The BCMEA will pay the employees directly from the Lower Mainland Interchange Pool.

NOTE: ASSESSMENT RATES FOR ANY COMMODITY NOT SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED HEREIN MUST BE CONFIRMED WITH SENIOR MANAGEMENT OF THE BCMEA.