Consequent to the recent fuel price hike in the country, owners of the privately-owned inland container depots (ICDs) in Bangladesh have increased the charges of import container handling by 35 per cent recently.
This was underlined by the media reports which added e-mails have also been sent to the exporters informing them of a decision to hike charges for handling outbound containers as well.
Meanwhile, as per the President of the Bangladesh Inland Container Depot Association (BICDA), the association will hold separate meetings with the Bangladesh Freight Forwarders Agents and the Shipping Agent Association even as the decision that will be derived from the meeting, whether the exporters agree or not, will be regarded as effective.
It may be mentioned here, on 10 November 2021, BICDA had increased the charges for container handling by 23 per cent.
