"Exports were being hampered due to shortage of containers at the ports in the current situation and traders were facing losses due to sudden increase in ocean freight charges of export goods by ship owners, observed the leaders of the Shippers’ Council of Bangladesh (SCB) on Wednesday.
They also expressed deep concern over the matter and immediately demanded the concerned authorities to fix the ocean freight charges at a reasonable rate.
The observations were made in the 8th meeting of the Board of Directors of Shippers’ Council of Bangladesh (SCB) on Wednesday at its own office’s conference room, Dhanmondi.
Md. Rezaul Karim, Chairman of the council presided over the meeting.
The meeting approved the accounts statement and new membership, also formed an Election Board & Election Appellate Board for conducting the election of SCB Board of Directors for the term 2022 and 2023 and fixed date, time and place of the election.
Senior Vice Chairman Md. Ariful Ahsan, Vice Chairman Md. Munir Hossain and Directors : Arzu Rahman Bhuiyan, Kamran Uddin, A. K. M. Aminul Mannan (Khokon), Md. Nurussafa Babu, Ziaul Islam, Ganesh Chandra Saha & Ataur Rahman Khan also attended the Board meeting.