General Rate Increase Announcement

April 1, 2003

To All Valued Customers:

Please be advised that Direct Container Line (DCL) will be implementing a GRI (General Rate Increase) on LCL rates from all North America CFS to the destinations as listed below, effective May 5^th, 2003.

Origin	Destination	Effective Date	Amount
ALL	Australia, Bahrain, India, Kuwait, New Zealand, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Yemen.	May 5, 2003	USD 5.00 W/M
All except Los Angeles, Oakland, Portland, San Francisco and Seattle.	Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France (except Marseilles), Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.	May 5, 2003	USD 5.00 W/M
Los Angeles, Oakland, Portland, San Francisco and Seattle.	Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France (except Marseilles), Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.	May 5, 2003	USD 8.00 W/M
ALL	All Caribbean destinations (except: French Guyana, Puerto Rico, Kingston, Rio Haina, Barbados, Port of Spain and St. Kitts)	May 5, 2003	USD 3.00 W/M
ALL	French Guyana and St. Kitts	May 5, 2003	USD 25.00 W/M

This will apply to all destinations that are transshipped over any of the above. We sincerely appreciate the support you have shown DCL over the years. We look forward to continuing to service your ocean transportation needs. Should you have any questions please feel free to contact your local DCL office or sales representative.