Business News of Saturday, 25 September 2021Source: GNAJohnny Mantey, Vice President of the Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders, has called on shipping lines operating in Ghana to adhere to the tenets of Legislative Instrument(LI) 2190 in its charges and practices. The Ghana Shippers’ Authority (GSA) Regulations 2012 (L.I. Mr Mantey was speaking to the media on issues of unfair treatment raised by freight forwarders, importers, and exporters against the shipping lines. He said while the various institutions within Ghana’s shipping industry avail their tariffs for vetting and regulating by the Ghana Shippers’ Authority, the shipping lines on the other hand did not adhere to the regulations. He also raised concern on the failure of the shipping lines to apply the standard Bank of Ghana’s exchange rates for business as compared to other players in the clearance chain.
