Outgone Commander Nigerian Navy Ship BEECROFT Rear Admiral Okon Eyo said it was the unfair demurrage charges which were between N14,000 to N24,000 daily the shipping companies made from truck owners for empty containers that had made them not to be alive to their responsibilities.
He said: “We also have problems with processes; I am talking of the sequence of doing things within the port. A lot of the facilities have been conscessioned and people are doing legitimate businesses but with terms and conditions observed in the breach. “If I suffer and bring your container and get to your facility, I have met the obligation that I have with you. If you have problem and you cannot receive the container at that time, and I am kept outside, bearing the container on my truck, I think it does not require deep understanding to know who should have the responsibility of payment at that time.
“We need to remove that scourge of demurrage. If the demurrage is removed, I believe we will have serious relief.”