The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Shippers’ Authority (GSA), Mr. Kwesi Baffour Sarpong, has inaugurated the Southern Zonal Stakeholder Committee of GSA, urging its members to explore innovative approaches to streamline processes to reduce shipping costs and facilitate the speedy resolution of challenges associated with the clearance...
Ghana’s state security apparatus at the Port of Tema has once again tested its emergency response systems and interoperability in the recently organized exercise “kwemo ojogban” to wit “Be Careful”.
This activity forms part of the port’s fulfilment of the ISPS code which requires member ports to partake in quarterly...
In the face of growing public outcry on the cost of doing business at the ports and borders of the country, the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) is encouraging the trading public to familiarize themselves with the process involved in exacting import duties.
Although a cumbersome and...
By Evelyn ARTHUR, Tema
Meridian Port Services (MPS) has undertaken a significant upgrade to its existing backup power generation plant - from 12 MVA to 21 MVA -7 at Tema Port, Terminal 3, recognising the critical importance of uninterrupted power supply to sustain enhanced cargo-handling.
This power upgrade ensures that even...
The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, has expressed satisfaction with the progress and the quality of work executed so far at the Boankra Integrated Logistics Terminal (BILT).
This project, owned by the Ghana Shippers’ Authority (GSA), with the support of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA), and the...
With the constant evolution of the maritime industry comes the growing demand for efficient freight forwarding solutions.
In Ghana, the freight forwarding trade continues to grow and expand calling for increased educated, dynamic professionals.
It is in this context that the Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders places premium on the GIFF...
By Korsi DZOKOTO & Albert WOTORGBUI
Industrialisation is a key propeller of economic growth, as evidenced by the Industrial Revolution that transformed the United States and Europe into first-world nations within a generation. Unfortunately, Ghana's industrial trajectory has been markedly different. Today, Ghana is less industrialised than it was in...
A consortium, including the African Development Bank, has signed an agreement to extend US$94 million in senior debt funding to PMD Assetco Limited (PMD) for the construction and operation of a floating dock ship repair facility at the Takoradi port.
Other consortium members are the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), the...
Ghana recorded close to $4 billion in non-traditional exports in the year 2023. This record accounts for an 11% increase over the $3.53 billion recorded in 2022.
Yet, it is some $21 billion shy of the 2029 goal of $25 billions set in the National Export Development Strategy (NEDS), but...
The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) together with other key stakeholders of the Maritime sector were duly represented in the 2024 May day celebration.
The program which was themed, “Election 2024; The role of workers and social partners in securing peaceful elections for national development” was held at the...