rnrnHowever, some shipping lines continue to charge a WRS on cargo bound to American ports, said President Ceylon Shippers quote Council, Ravi Ratnapala.
rnrnldblquote This is absurd since they apply the surcharge on cargo bound to USA, while the cargo bound to European ports that are on the same vessel are exempt dblquote , Ratnapala told Lanka Business Online.
rnrnldblquote This has become a matter of national image dblquote , he said pointing out the damage created by the surcharge on Sri Lanka quote s international trade.
rnrnThe London Lloyds War Risk Rating Committee originally imposed WRS in July last year following the terrorist attack on Katunayake airport.
rnrnShipping community even then maintained that it was an ill-conceived move since the terrorist attack was on a separate entity not c