The Shipping & Stevedoring Association of Liberia (SSAL) has called on the Legislature to revisit the Concession Agreement signed between the Government of Liberia and APM Terminals. The SSAL said the APM Terminals in its concession contract with the Government allegedly included the “outsourcing of the stevedoring rights which are exclusively for Liberian stevedoring companies.”The Chief Executive Officer of Leelee Shipping and Stevedoring Agency, Atty. Commenting further on the excesses of the agreement, he told lawmakers that APM Terminals, a Dutch port management company, has refused to live up to the terms and conditions of the concession deal. “Prior to the APM Terminals arrival in Liberia, there were already Liberian port users and stevedoring companies operating in the Freeport of Monrovia, he said. When contacted yesterday for reaction to SSAL’s allegations, Madam Marlene Peterson of APM Terminals promised to check with APM Terminals’ commercial office for an immediate reaction but she later informed the Daily Observer that “I gave your cell number to the appropriate authority, and they will call you.” However, up to press time, no representative of APM Terminals had responded to the Daily Observer’s inquiry.

Source: Daily Observer February 07, 2018 02:15 UTC