{"id":22082,"date":"2020-04-23T17:16:32","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T16:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/?p=22082"},"modified":"2020-04-23T17:16:32","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T16:16:32","slug":"shippers-task-haulage-operators-on-freight-rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/shippers-task-haulage-operators-on-freight-rates\/","title":{"rendered":"Shippers task haulage operators on freight rates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By Moses Uwagbale<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p>Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) has urged haulage operators to reduce the freight rates to decongest the nation\u2019s seaports amid COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The Executive Secretary, Mr Hassan Bello made the appeal at a meeting with truck owners under the aegis of Council of Maritime Truck Union and Association (COMTUA).<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Bello, according to a statement, said truck owners must sacrifice and contribute to the sustainability of the nation\u2019s economy during the crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>He said that that the nation did not need astronomical or unrealistic freight rates, as the ports needed to be decongested.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are here to discuss&nbsp;&nbsp;the issue of cost, NSC has tried to bring out indicative freight rate for guidance and we are not directing you to obey, but what we are doing is obtainable anywhere in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe cannot continue to have price differentials at whims and caprices of the owners; there must be some guidelines on freight rate just like we are doing with shipping companies, terminal operators and consolidators.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cEveryone must have a price regime and we are not fixing the price, we will leave that to demand and supply, but there must be some limit because Shippers abroad, everyday, make enquiries but we are at loss because of no standard indicative rate.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe want you to help us to have a standard rate so that there will be competition,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Bello said that the council would further engage the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on reduction of their charges.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>He urged them not to allow Nigeria\u2019s economy to be at standstill, appealing to them to be patriotic, keep people in employment and operate at the port to help clear the cargoes.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Bello noted that since the council and NPA had&nbsp;&nbsp;both secured storage and rent-free period for importers, the haulage operators should also ensure movement of the cargoes out of the port.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe cannot overemphasise the importance&nbsp;&nbsp;of haulers to the economy, especially now that we are having to face this pandemic. What we want is for the hauler to ensure port operation is done.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cNSC has secured demurrage-free period during the lockdown and NPA has also secured 21 days free rent period from the terminal and this combination has given us relief and advantage to take as much cargoes out of the port.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is limitation in trucks and that is why we are appealing to you to help us find solution,&nbsp;&nbsp;because the rate of occupancy is getting to 90 per cent, that there is no space for cargoes at the terminal anymore, and this is because trucks are not coming to evacuate cargoes.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cLet us use this opportunity, rent and demurrage-free period and also the free road to deploy trucks to the port,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The General Coordinator, Council of Maritime Truck Unions and Association (COMTUA) Mr Stephen Okafor,&nbsp;&nbsp;agreed that the truck owners would lower the price to meet present realities.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>He, however, urged the council to call an expanded meeting after the COVID-19 pandemic to draw up uniform freight rates for all truck owners.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cOn pricing, we have earlier called for freight rate standardisation but was not enforced, and we have so many unions in the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are not against coming down on the pricing and I agree that will be part of our own contribution,\u201d Okafor said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Moses Uwagbale Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) has urged haulage operators to reduce the freight rates to decongest the nation\u2019s seaports amid COVID-19 pandemic. 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