Calls for immediate suspension of Peak Season Surcharge, PSS

Hassan Bello, ES/CEO Nigerian Shippers Council

The Union of African Shippers’ Councils (UASC) has called for the
immediate suspension of Peak Season Surcharges (PSS) imposed by
Shipping Lines serving the West African Trade Route. This is in line with Nigerian Shippers’ Council’s position.

Nigerian Shippers’ Council had in an August 16, 2020 letter addressed to
the European Community Ship Owners Association (ECSA) and copied to the UASC among others, complained about the outrageous increase in surcharges with particular reference to Peak Season Surcharge (PSS), levied on Nigeria bound cargo.

In a letter signed by the Secretary-General Ogoula Giscard Lilian, the UASC strongly condemned the “unilateral and offensive action by ECSA carriers in blatant disrespect of previous agreement and expectations,”

The UASC stated clearly that the action destabilizes the business operations of its members “through the increasing of transport costs and weakening of the economies of UASC member-states especially during this outbreak (of Covid19).