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Economy still groaning from arbitrary port charges
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By Godfrey Bivbere
Some fees and charges collected by shipping companies and terminal operators from Nigerian shippers have pitched them against the nation’s Port Economic Regulator, PER, the Nigerian Shippers’ Council, NSC, for over a decade now. But the importers and exporters are still subjected to the huge cost arising from the charges while Nigerian economy suffers.
Some of the charges include; Shipping Line Agency Charges, SLAC, Container Deposit Charges, CDC, Container Cleaning Charges, CCC, Storage Charges, and others.
SLAC is an extra charge slammed on shippers after it was already included in the shipping charges paid by the shipper at the point of import.