And while the Port Authority is dealing with that matter, the private Port of Belize is dealing with angry importers who were stopped from clearing their containers yesterday.
And it's because the Port has a dispute with one major shipping agency which has arrears – reportedly into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. That's the agent responsible for the CFS Pacora, which arrived two days ago loaded with 183 containers for various agencies and importers.
But because of the arrears – the Port of Belize brought down the hammer and would not let any containers out of its compound even if they had been taken off the vessel and cleared customs.
Today, Arturo Tux Vasquez, the CEO of the Port of Belize told us that they have reached an accommodation with Belize Shipping Agency and they are gradually allowing the containers to be released. But, while importers are antsy on the outside, he said the process has to be gradual because there's a bottleneck – so only a certain number of containers for any agent was being released today.
It may sound simple enough, but importers are bawling on the outside and claiming that the Port is giving an advantage to their competitors who clear containers first.
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And while the Port Authority is dealing with that matter, the private Port of Belize is dealing with angry importers who were stopped from clearing their containers yesterday.
And it's because the Port has a dispute with one major shipping agency which has arrears – reportedly into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. That's the agent responsible for the CFS Pacora, which arrived two days ago loaded with 183 containers for various agencies and importers.
But because of the arrears – the Port of Belize brought down the hammer and would not let any containers out of its compound even if they had been taken off the vessel and cleared customs.
Today, Arturo Tux Vasquez, the CEO of the Port of Belize told us that they have reached an accommodation with Belize Shipping Agency and they are gradually allowing the containers to be released. But, while importers are antsy on the outside, he said the process has to be gradual because there's a bottleneck – so only a certain number of containers for any agent was being released today.
It may sound simple enough, but importers are bawling on the outside and claiming that the Port is giving an advantage to their competitors who clear containers first.