The Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA) has taken the first step toward Ghana’s e-navigation implementation plan as it seeks to further secure the country’s territorial waters.
e-navigation is the harmonised collection, integration, exchange, presentation and analysis of marine information, onboard and ashore, by electronic means to enhance berth to berth navigation...
Transport Minister, Kweku Ofori Asiamah, has announced government’s strong will to strictly enforce local content policy in the maritime transports sector as it seeks to create jobs for the youth.
Inaugurating the maritime sector policy think-tank, Ghana Chamber of Shipping (GCS) in Accra, he said: “Within the framework of globalization...
Fisheries Advisor for the Sustainable Fisheries Management Project (SFMP), Kofi Agbogah, has called for the Fisheries Act to be amended to help support the Co-management Policy that has been identified globally as an international best practice in fisheries management.
“Fisheries Co-management is a strategy for managing Common Pool Resources, whereby...
Government must work to expedite the release of goods at the various ports of entry through improvement in the pre-arrival processing in compliance with global best practices, Mr. Dietmar Jost, An International Trade and Customs expert has said.
“Even though Ghana has made some progress in introducing the pre-arrival system...
Government, acting through the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has signed a service contract with LCB Worldwide - a crisis management and prevention firm - to disinfect all imports at the country’s entry points, effective January 2018.
Tunnel-like scanners will be installed at the ports, where trucks carting imported cargo will...
Africa needs to take advantage of the economic potential of its ports and shipping sector if it is to realise its growth ambitions. Globally, ports are gateways for 80% of merchandise trade by volume and 70% by value. Investment in ports and their related transport infrastructure to advance trade...
There is total chaos at the Takoradi Port since April 1, when Ghana Link services started to implement its supposedly superior UNIPASS/Integrated Customs Management Systems (ICUMS), with freight forwarders left frustrated and in utter shock and disappointment.
The frustrated Freight forwarders are mulling over failure of the UNIPASS system to...
Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has purchased three 45-tonne Reachstacker (SMU 4535) to enhance its port operations.
A reachstacker is a vehicle used for handling intermodal cargo containers in small terminals or medium-sized ports. It is also able to transport containers short distances very quickly, and pile them in various rows...
Trade and Industry Minister, Alan Kyeremanten, has charged stakeholders in the maritime sector to act their part to support government’s aggressive industrialisation initiatives by creating the right market linkages and facilitating trade.
Addressing the 8th African Shippers’ Day in Accra, he indicated that trade facilitation and industrialisation are at the...
Meridian Port Services (MPS) has awarded the second largest contract in the ongoing Tema Port Expansion project for land and civil works worth $120 million.
The contract was awarded to a consortium formed by EIFFAGE Génie Civil which is the fifth largest construction company in Europe and 12th largest in...
