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Heavy traffic at Colombo Port due to inaction of Customs officials: Container transport owners
Colombo, Dec.29 (Daily Mirror) - Due to the inaction of the Customs officials, a large number of containers, including essential food, are caught in heavy traffic in the port, the All Island United Container Transport Owners’ Association (AIUCTOA) said.
AIUCTOA president Sanath Manjula told Ports, Shipping, and Aviation Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva during his official visit to the Ports Authority that the traffic situation has been created artificially by the wharf clerks.
Many containers, including potatoes and onions, are stuck at the port.
The wharf clerks take money under hand to release container lorries, Manjula said and added that there was a system to release container trucks by the drivers themselves. But the wharf clerks interfere and create this artificial traffic.
He complained to Minister Silva to introduce a new system to clear the issues and also told the Minister to take this issue to the President for a new system.
"If these containers are not released soon, the congestion will increase. This situation will also affect the country's economy," the association president said.
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