Canadian and European shipowners that are suing the US Coast Guard (USCG) over fees for piloting ships on the Great Lakes says the USCG is turning a blind eye to a de-facto monopoly among pilots groups in the region. That market power increasingly makes shipping through the region uncompetitive.
The plaintiffs, which include Canada’s Fednav International and Canfornav, Sweden’s Borchart, Poland's Polsteam, and shipmanagers Spliethoff Transport and Wagenborg Shipping, made the new allegations in a response to the USCG's move to have the suit dismissed.
