A delegation from the Japanese private sector has paid a working visit to the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority as part of a wider programme to understand Ghana’s trade and investment climate and explore potential collaborations.
The Japanese visited under the auspices of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), and...
The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) continues to demonstrate its commitment to international exercises intended to create an environmentally safe and secure marine environment.
This commitment has once again been demonstrated in the Authority’s participation in the 2023 edition of Obangame Express, a multinational maritime exercise in the Gulf...
Maritime Consultant and Legal Practitioner Dr. Emmanuel Kofi Mbiah has admonished government to take a critical look at the development of Ghana’s Blue Economy to provide a more permanent economic buffer to the nation’s perennial hardship.
Speaking on the Eye on Port TV programme, Dr. Mbiah said it has become...
The fight against global climate change remains a top agenda for the International Maritime Organisation, the United Nations specialised agency for the maritime industry.
As such, Africa’s maritime industry has been urged to join the green shipping bandwagon for the environmental and economic benefits going green presents. Not only is Africa...
The first International Green Shipping Conference in Africa has been held in Ghana for Africa’s maritime stakeholders to discuss how to take advantage of opportunities to become part of the global green transition of the shipping sector.
The conference saw participation by Secretary General of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), Kitack Lim, and brought together thought-leaders,...
Though the global shift toward green transportation in the maritime sector continues to be of utmost importance to mitigate risks of climate change, developing countries including Ghana remain challenged due to lack of finance, Transport Minister, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, has said.
The minister was speaking at the opening ceremony of...
…to enhance fight against illegal fishing and related activities
The government of Liberia through the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA), on Monday, February 6, 2023 signed a Fishery Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the government of Senegal through its Ministry of Fisheries and Maritime Economy.
According to a dispatch...
Experts are calling for collective action to help curtail corruption in Africa’s maritime industry. This comes on the back of successes chalked up by the collective action project launched in Nigeria, which sought to improve the business climate and reduce corruption in the port and maritime sector.
Since 2013, the Maritime...
The United States Coast Guard has paid a working visit to Port Tema to assess the effectiveness of Ghana’s implementation of the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code and discuss best practices for the development of mutual interests in the maritime trade.
This forms part of the International...
The headquarters of the Burkina Shippers Council, also known as the CBC in Ghana, has been inaugurated at Tema to serve as the administrative centre for Council activities in Ghana.
The 3-storey ultra-modern office complex situated within the Tema Port enclave is expected to boost trade and transport facilitation related to the transit business between Ghana and Burkina...