{"id":346105,"date":"2017-08-18T19:47:48","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T19:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=346105"},"modified":"2017-08-18T19:47:48","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T19:47:48","slug":"freight-forwarders-agitate-over-drawbacks-in-paperless-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/freight-forwarders-agitate-over-drawbacks-in-paperless-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"Freight forwarders agitate over ‘drawbacks’ in paperless systems"},"content":{"rendered":"
Freight forwarders at the Tema Port have protested against the undue delays at the port in the wake of the pilot of the paperless transaction at the port.<\/p>\n
According to them, the paperless regime which is expected to be officially rolled out in September would jeopardize their work if nothing is done to correct the problems and delays with some of the clearing agencies at the port.<\/p>\n
The freight forwarders also argue that under the West Blue system it took up to about three weeks to clear goods at the ports and the situation will not differ when the paperless system commences fully.<\/p>\n
Some of the freight forwarders who spoke to\u00a0Citi Business News<\/strong>\u00a0maintained that the Customs Clearance and Valuation Report (CCVR) which is the first step to clearing goods at the ports, used to take a maximum of three days to process a document now takes up to two weeks minimum and three weeks maximum.<\/p>\n Others also noted that education on the paperless regime has been poor hence the exercise be postponed until the education goes down well with the freight forwarders.<\/p>\n