The Federation of Pakistan Dryports (FPD) in its meeting held in Islamabad on Tuesday has expressed its concern over the mushroom growth of export terminals at Karachi Port.
General Manager, Multan Dryport Trust, Major Javed Musarrat (Retd) told newsmen here on Wednesday that chairmen and general managers of four dryports including Sialkot, Faisalabad, Multan, Silk Route and NLC attended the meeting.
Syed Mohammad Qasim Shah, the convener, presided over the meeting.
The high rates of service charges of these export terminals in the absence of any regulatory body is adding to the cost of exports from upcountry dryports.
Moreover, double payment by wharfage for dryports is also a cost adding factor.
Similarly, the shipping lines having no regulatory body are increasing sea freights exploiting open market policy thereby increasing our cost of exports and making it difficult to compete on the international market.
The convener emphasised upon the government to create a regulatory body to address these important issues and nomination of Federation of Pakistan Dryports in regulatory body be ensured to remove concerns of the upcountry exporters.
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