The 8th module of the Support to West Africa Integrated Maritime Security (SWAIMS) Project has been held at the Regional Maritime University.
The EU funded project is a nine-module program which consists of Introduction to Maritime security environment, the Maritime Security Functional Areas, Legal and Police Frameworks for Advancing Maritime...
Young African entrepreneurs are being encouraged to tap into opportunities the continent’s burgeoning logistics sector presents in the wake of continental trade.
Africa’s logistics sector described as being in its infant stages is still viewed as the life line on which the continental trade will survive and thrive, however, it...
By Charles Ansong DANKYI & Justice Peprah AGYEI
Have you considered the potential risks and hazards that could damage your imported goods? Importing goods often involves significant capital investment, and many merchants rely on bank loans to purchase and transport these goods to the country.
For instance, let's discuss the scenario...
By Mohammed AWAL
Importers have long grappled with the burden of cargo detention, demurrage, and other charges stemming from terminal delays and rent charges.
According to them, some of these charges, though they may have begun as cost-center incentives to increase cargo throughput, have now become profit-seeking measures used by many...
...as transit trade thrived well in quarter 1
The Customs division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), has debunked rumours about Ghana losing transit cargos to neighbouring countries such as Togo and Ivory Coast.
Speaking on the Eye on Port show on Accra based Metropolitan television, Chief Revenue Officer and Officer...
The Ministry of Transport has held its 2024 strategic review meeting at the Central Regional capital of Cape Coast.
The event presented the Transport Ministry and its agencies with a unique opportunity to come together to apprise themselves on the programmes and projects in the Ministry and Agencies, the extent...
The domestic tourism industry, last Thursday, received further boost when a passenger cruise vessel docked at the Elmina Fishing Harbour in the Central Region with 115 tourists from across the world.
A statement from the Takoradi Port announced that with the maiden call by SH Vega, the Elmina Fishing Harbour,...
Service standard concerns
Freight rates standardisation
Transparency and predictability
By Mohammed AWAL
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Shippers’ Authority (GSA), Kwesi Baffour Sarpong, has requested that shipping line charges in the sector be predictable, competitive, transparent and uniform. In his opening remarks during a meeting with the...
The Ghana Armed Forces have embarked on a maritime expedition to the geographic center of the world, where the Greenwich Meridian meets the equator.
The Exercise that started on Monday, March 18, 2024 and ended on Friday March 22, 2024 in the maritime waters around the Western Naval Command.
Dubbed “Exercise...
A one-of-a-kind passenger cruise ship MV World Odyssey, has visited Ghana’s ports carrying close to 500 students from around the world.
The Bahamas-flagged, 175-meter-long vessel serves as a floating university campus for undergraduate and post graduate students, allowing them to travel the world while earning academic credit.
The last port of...