AYV News, November 24, 2025
In a stunning development now shaking the nation’s import and logistics industry, new findings from the ongoing Electronic Cargo Tracking Note (CTN) implementation have exposed a coordinated pattern of non-compliance, inflated charges, and outright defiance by some international shipping lines operating in The Gambia.
Despite a clear Cabinet directive in July 2024—mandating the removal of Terminal Handling Charges and ISPS fees—these shipping lines continued charging citizens and businesses. Even more shocking, CTN data reveals that some lines doubled their fees between 2023 and 2024, ignoring repeated instructions from the Office of the President and the Ministry of Trade.
Government insiders now describe this as “intentional economic sabotage” against President Adama Barrow’s reform agenda.
“This is not an oversight. It is deliberate defiance.”
“CTN has lifted the veil on what they were hiding.”
“The Gambian people deserve justice and accountability.”
The Ministry of Trade has now summoned all shipping lines—including Maersk line, MSC, CMA-CGM, Bolloré, Interstate, OBT, and Thocomark—to appear before the PPP Technical Committee on 20th November.
This showdown will determine the future of shipping charges in The Gambia.
