State regulators today approved an overall 13.46 percent increase in rates charged by Young Brothers Ltd. for interisland barge service.

The new rates, approved by the Public Utilities Commission, include a 9.66 percent increase for containerized cargo, a 9.22 percent increase for automobiles and “roll-on/roll-off” cargo, and a 21.26 percent increase for less-than-container-load cargo (except for Molokai and Lanai, for which the LCL increase is 12 percent).
The increases become effective for cargo booked on barges sailing on August 1.