A protest against the shipping lines entering Ghana would happen today Tuesday, September 24, at 9 a.m. by important players involved in the country’s ports.
The demonstration is a demand an end to the hidden costs that are regularly imposed on members of the shipping community for their cargo, according to Edward Akrong, the former president of the Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders (GIFF), who made this revelation on Citi FM’s Eyewitness News with Umaru Sanda Amadu.
Members of the Freight Forwarders Association of Ghana, the Customs Brokers Association of Ghana, the Association of Customs House Agents of Ghana, and the Association of Customs House Agents of Ghana will participate in the protest, according to Akrong.
He added:
“This protest has got to do with the shipping lines and their boring charges in our ports. It is against the shipping lines of Ghana and how we have been treated all this while.”
“They [the shipping lines] take all these fees and they keep coming up with new ones. It will cost you almost $1000 to just release a 40-footer container from a shipping line. They also have other hidden charges and this is not right.”
“All these come under the purview of the Ministry of Transport and we have engaged them severally. About five of my predecessors have written letters that show that we have engaged on this many times and the time has come for this to end it,”
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