SCB holds board of directors meeting

The Shippers’ Council of Bangladesh (SCB) held its 8th meeting of the board of directors at its office in the capital on Wednesday.

SCB Chairman Md Rezaul Karim presided over the meeting, in which its senior vice-chairman Md Ariful Ahsan, vice-chairman Md Munir Hossain and Directors Arzu Rahman Bhuiyan, Kamran Uddin, AKM Aminul Mannan (Khokon), Md Nurussafa Babu, Ziaul Islam, Ganesh Chandra Saha and Ataur Rahman Khan took part, said a press release.

The meeting approved the minutes of the previous meeting, account statement and new membership.

In addition, the meeting formed an election board and election appellate board for conducting the election of the SCB board of directors for the term 2022 and 2023 and fixed the date, time and place of the election.

Participants, at the event, pointed out that the country’s exports are being hampered due to a shortage of containers at the ports.

Besides, they called for fixing the ocean freight charges at a reasonable rate, the release reads.