Lawyers for the Shipping Association of Guyana (SAG) yesterday filed a motion in court to challenge the city’s move to charge $25,000 per container parked in Georgetown and for the traversing of vehicles carrying containers.
The move yesterday came a day after much disruption at several Georgetown wharves after city officials erected barricades and prevented container-bearing trucks from leaving. City officials gave conflicting information on Tuesday for the reason behind the blockade but during the operation a $25,000 fee was demanded for each truck exiting the wharves as a “road assessment” fee.
In his affidavit in support of the motion for Orders Nisi to be issued against Town Clerk, Royston King quashing both fees, SAG’s Secretary Ian D’Anjou deposed that he was informed by Alan Fernandes, a Director of John Fernandes Limited that on July 19th at around 3 pm, a delegation from the city headed by Assistant Town Clerk Sherry Jerrick descended on the junction of Water and Robb Sts which leads directly out of the gates of John Fernandes. Upon the directions of Jerrick, the affidavit said that several persons erected barricades across Robb St preventing vehicles from crossing and/or turning into Water St. Thereafter, the affidavit said that under Jerrick’s direction, a person drove a motor car and blocked the barricades.
