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KCCI wants one regulator for operators, freight
forwarders
Karachi—Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry has
expressed serious concern that terminals are imposing penalties and
enhance days of detention of containers at ports. The concern echoed
during 3rd meeting of Shipping and Multimodal Transport, held at
KCCI, said a KCCI statement here on Friday.
Khawaja Tanveer Ahmed, Collector of Customs (Care) was said to be
the chief guest on the occasion. Nasir Mehmood, Chairman of the
Sub-Committee warmly welcomed the Chief guest as well as terminal
operators and members of Managing Committee and Sub-Committee.
Mr Mehmood told the meeting that all terminal operators work under
Collectorate Care , Shipping Lines/Agents (SL/A) under Collectorate
Preventive and Freight Forwarders (FF) under Ministry of Commerce.
He suggested that these bodies should come under one regulatory body
and this suggestion was also sent to the Government of Pakistan to
get SL/A, FF and terminal operators under single regulatory
authority/body for monitoring their activities and resolving
day-to-day problems being faced by consignees/traders.
During the said meeting , Khawaja Tanveer Ahmed suggested Terminal
Operators to waive Rs 5000 and Rs 10,000 penalties from FR
containers, detention duration at ports to enhance to 7 days from 5
days and widen spaces at ports not taking much time in grounding and
clearance of containers in favour of our country in view of current
economic and political situation affecting the trade and business,
then and there agreed by COO/CEOs of all terminal operators. This
meeting was also attended by Iftikhar Ahmed Sheikh, Senior Vice
President-KCCI, Muhammad Haroon Agar, Vice President-KCCI, Manzoor
Memon, Additional Collector Customs (Care), Changez H. Niazi, CEO-QICT,
Captain Zafar Iqbal Awan, CEO-PICT, Captain Syed Rashid Jamil, COO-KICT.
Nasir Mehmood remarked this achievement as a vital for all of us and
appreciated the problems resolved at the spot with the hard and
devoted efforts of the members of Managing Committee and KCCI.
Haroon Agar highlighted various issues pertaining to the shipping
industry and appreciated the efforts being made by Khawaja Tanveer
Ahmed for betterment of systems at customs for minimizing the
duration of documentation and facilitating through online
registration and documentation system to traders as informed during
the meeting by Collector.—APP
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