The Federal Government, through the port economic regulator, the Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC), has asked foreign shipping companies to give it a two weeks grace period to allow for stakeholders consultation before implementing the $400 congestion surcharge, which was expected to come into force this week.
Recall that the NSC had summoned foreign shipping companies to a meeting over plans by some of them to begin the collection of $400 as congestion surcharge on all cargoes bound for ports in Lagos
Speaking to Nigerian Tribune exclusively, a source in the NSC who was at the meeting explained that the port economic regulator asked for a two-week period to consult stakeholders in the maritime sector over plans by the shipping companies to impose the congestion surcharge.
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