MPL ordered to share revenue from harbors with city council

President’s Office has instructed Maldives Ports Limited (MPL) to share the revenue it generates from Male’ North Harbor and T-Jetty with the Male’ City Council. 

In a letter on January 17, the President’s Office instructed MPL to draft a revenue sharing model to share the revenue generated from the two harbors with the Male’ City Council, and submit it to the Economic Council chaired by President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih for review. 

President’s Office told MPL it must discuss the proposed model with the Male’ City Council before submitting it to the Economic Council. 

MPL’s spokesperson Dhanish Nizam told Sun on Thursday that the company will intiate discussions with the Male’ City Council soon. 

He said that the company was committed to getting it done in accordance with set protocol. 

Male’ City Council had previously issued notice to MPL to vacate the T-Jetty. Council workers had gone to the area to take over the T-Jetty after the notice period expired last December. However, MPL refused to surrender the T-Jetty – which the company said had been handed over to the indefinitely by the Housing Ministry back in 2015. The company said only Housing Ministry had the authority to repossess the T-Jetty. 

MPL also said that it would honor instructions by the ministry or a law enforcement agency.