Aside from this concern raised, the President of the Association, Dr Joseph Obeng, disclosed that these shipping lines charge importers illegal fees after paying huge sums of money for freight. Speaking on GhanaWeb’s BizTech programme, Dr Obeng said, “What we want government to look at is the activities of the shipping lines here. So, government should as matter of urgency try and bring a matter of controls into the Shipping lines activities otherwise it is a rip off. Dr Obeng advised that these shipping lines work 24/7 like the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to prevent traders' goods from running into demurrages. This, he said, will help lessen the burden of importers when clearing their goods at the ports.

Source: GhanaWeb July 17, 2021 09:45 UTC