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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 88387, member: 27"]
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
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[*]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.
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Proposed fee breakdown stings importers
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[*]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.
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Port efficiency gains now at risk
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[*]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.
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