The Marketing and Public Affairs Manager for GPHA Port of Takoradi, Dr. Kingsley Antwi-Boasiako, has been awarded the Outstanding Industry Leadership Award in Corporate Affairs by the Centre for Business Africa (CENBA Africa) at its business excellence awards.
Dr. Antwi-Boasiako - who over the past two decades has worked as...
Prime Meridian Docks Ghana Limited, a wholly Ghanaian Company, is set to build a modern ship repair and maintenance facility at the Takoradi Port.
The project comprises civil works and the procurement of a floating dry dock. The civil works involves the dredging of a pocket for the floating dock...
…as Prez inaugurates container terminals, dry dock
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, yesterday, inaugurated a new state-of-the-art Dry Bulk Terminal and the Atlantic Terminal Services Multi-purpose Container Terminal as well as the Prime Meridian Dock Company’s Floating Dry-dock at the Takoradi Harbour in the Western Region.
The President also cut...
Data from the State Insurance Company (SIC) have revealed a 25.7 percent decline in transit trade from the first quarter to third quarter of 2022.
This was made known by the Head of Inter-State Road Transit (ISRT) at SIC, Mr. Anthony Osei Ntiamoah, during the 4th quarter Transit Shipper Committee...
The Secretary of the National Fisheries Association of Ghana (NAFAG), Mr. Richster Nii Amarh Amarfio has indicated that despite the successes that have been chalked in the fisheries sector in Ghana, a lot more needs to be done in order to build a robust industry.
He emphasized that the sector needs people who will think...
...as CCIFG visits assembly line in Tema
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Silver Star Auto Ltd, Asad Nazir, has revealed that the free Value Added Tax (VAT) on locally assembled vehicles is a game-changer to saving Ghanaians a 12.5 percent of their income; hence, they should take advantage of it.
Due...
Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Mavis Hawa Koomson, has lauded GOIL for the provision of quality marine gas oil and lubricants to fishing vessels.
In a keynote address at a fisheries’ stakeholder meeting on fuel bunkering services for marine vessels in Tema, Hawa Koomson noted that local companies such...
Three trade leaders including the president of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA), Dr. Joseph Obeng; the West African Regional Director of CUTS International, Mr. Appiah Kusi-; and Executive Director of the EXIM Frozen Foods Association-Ghana, Michael Obiri-Agyei, have described the central bank’s current policy as a rushed...
In keeping with its mandate of enforcing international maritime conventions in Ghana, the Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA) has met with representatives of port reception facilities (PRFs) to discuss gaps that exist when performing their functions at the ports.
The meeting took place in Accra and had the participation of key...
The Ghana Shippers’ Authority has organised a seminar on Ghana’s Transit Corridor for senior officers of the Ghana Police Service in the Western Region at Takoradi.
The workshop sensitised officers on how they can contribute to make Ghana’s Transit Corridor the preferred one, thereby facilitating the growth of transit trade...
