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Sri Lanka shippers warn against attempt to re-instate terminal handling charge

Summary by EconomyNext
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s shippers, who included importers and exporters, said shipping agent were attempting persuade the new government into re-instating a Terminal Handling Charge, separate from freight charge. When the terminal handling charge is imposed as a separate fee from freight rate, exporters cannot recover it from buyers abroad, threatening the country’s exports, exporter said. In 2013-2014 under Sri Lanka’s then President Mahinda R…
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EconomyNext broke the news in on Tuesday, July 8, 2025.
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