Business Desk :
The first meeting of the Board of Directors of Shippers’ Council of Bangladesh (SCB) for the term 2022-2023 was held at its conference room in Dhaka on Tuesday, said a press release.
The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Md Rezaul Karim. SCB’s annual action plan was adopted at the meeting. The meeting also approved the minutes of the previous meeting, accounts statement and new membership and nominated the signatories for the SCB Bank Accounts.
The meeting discussed problems and remedies of trade and business in the current situation. It was also discussed that the traders are facing losses due to sudden increase in ocean freight of export goods by the ship owners. The meeting expressed deep concern over the issue and immediately demanded the concerned authorities to fix the ocean freight at a reasonable rate.