Martin Rushmere
ZIMBABWE'S Grain Marketing Board has been ordered by the High Court to pay a shipping firm R300 000 in expenses incurred through demurrage charges.
Portdoor Freight was declared to have incurred the charges at Beira in June 1995, because the government-owned organisation had been inefficient in preparing documents for the harbour authorities.
According to evidence in court, a cargo of rice coming into Zimbabwe was supposed to be pre-cleared at Beira, but there was a long delay because the
documents were not ready on time.
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