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15 Jun 2009
A tax on fees paid by shipping lines for navigational lights has been criticised in a letter by the chief campaigner against the move.
Mark Bookham, chairman of the Independent Light Dues Forum, has sent the government a letter expressing his 'utter dismay' at the handling of the issue, according to telegraph.co.uk
In the letter, addressed to the shipping minister, Paul Clark, Bookham said some of the world's largest shipping lines are 'aghast at the understanding your department has shown for the economic plight the industry currently faces.'
Clark recently indicated light dues would rise from 35p to 39p per net registered tonne from 1 July, with a further increase to 43p scheduled from next April.
Bookham said spreading the proposals across two years 'is not good enough.'
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