There appears to be palpable tension among freight forwarding practitioners in the nation’s maritime sector over the tax implementation that kicked off on Thursday, January 1, 2026. “They are meeting with plans to increase their freight charges because they wouldn’t like to be caught unawares. They haven’t implemented the law, and they have already started manipulating it, so nobody would want to be caught unawares. You know most of the money we spend on clearing goods comes with receipts, like shipping, terminal, and other charges. Duyile also kicked against the planned freight increase by some shipping companies.

Source: Punch January 02, 2026 06:52 UTC