Banjul port halts as agents protest cargo tracking fees

A cargo-tracking fee that already got axed once is back from the dead, and Banjul port clearing agents shut everything down over it.

ACCFA halts Banjul port operations

• Clearing agents suspended work over the reintroduced ECTN charge.
• Momodou Sowe called the fee operationally irrelevant for Gambia.
• Existing systems already handle cargo tracking just fine.
• Sowe insists agents are not fighting the government directly.

Proposed fee breakdown stings importers

• Small containers would get hit with an $85 charge.
• Larger containers face a $170 fee per unit.
• Vehicles and other cargo carry additional costs attached.
• Lamin Bojang warned consumers ultimately absorb every penny.

Port efficiency gains now at risk

• Recent Alport reforms slashed vessel waiting times dramatically.
• Bojang flagged potential clearance delays and storage-cost spikes.
• Authorities previously withdrew the charge after agent pushback.
• Operations stay frozen until the government steps in.