AMMAN: The Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority is working to reverse a decision by Maersk, the company managing Aqaba’s container terminal, to impose a $200 “congestion fee” on imported or exported containers as of July 15, ASEZA Chief Commissioner Hani Mulki said Saturday.
“Maersk imposed this fee in December but after several efforts I exerted as a regulator, the company went back on its decision,” Mulki told The Jordan Times over the phone. The company recently decided to impose $200 as a congestion fee, he said. “We urged the company to rescind its decision and are exerting all possible efforts to cancel this fee.”Mulki said he refused to be the chairman of the Aqaba Container Terminal (ACT) board when he was offered the position.
“How can I be a regulator and working at ACT at the same time?” he asked. “As regulators, we urged ACT to cancel [the planned fee] and we will make sure we exert all efforts for this to happen,” he said. “I also refuse to be chairman of any other company because I am the head of a regulating entity,” noted Mulki.
