Shippers’ Council holds 1st board meeting

The first meeting of the board of directors of Shippers’ Council of Bangladesh (SCB) for the term 2022 & 2023 held in the capital on Tuesday.

Md. Rezaul Karim presided over the meeting, SCB said in a statement.

The newly elected board of directors adopted SCB's annual action plan and approved the minutes of the previous meeting, accounts statement, new membership, and nominated the signatories for the SCB bank accounts.

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 urged the authorities concerned to fix the ocean freight at a reasonable rate.

SCB Senior Vice Chairman Md. Ariful Ahsan, Vice Chairman AKM Aminul Mannan (Khokon), Directors -- Md. Munir Hossain, Arzu Rahman Bhuiyan, Syed Md. Bakhtiar, Md. Nurussafa Babu, Ziaul Islam, Ganesh Chandra Saha, and Ataur Rahman Khan -- were also attended the meeting.