Critical airport worker and capacity shortfalls in Africa that threaten to keep flights and passengers grounded and impede the continents’ economic recovery can be rapidly and affordably addressed with the adoption of trusted, secure cloud-based solutions, according to SITA, the air transport industry IT and communications systems provider. Recent experiences...
Governments and industry players within Africa have once again been urged to collaborate towards investments into transport infrastructure to drive the continental free trade. Mrs. Naa Densua Aryeetey, an Executive Member of the Governing Council of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT), Ghana and Mr. Patrick Andoh, the...
The demand and supply shocks unleashed by the pandemic were expected to lead to a dramatic collapse in trade, but international commerce has proven more resilient than during previous global crises. While goods trade fell sharply in the second quarter of 2020, it bounced back to pre-pandemic levels later in...
The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA-Customs) is working toward a four-hour mandatory timeframe as the average period to clear goods at the ports beginning next year. Currently, there is no approved time-baseline for clearing goods at the ports, a situation the Customs Division has said should have...
Ghana per its operations in the maritime industry has favoured the closed ship registry system since the post-independence era. In view of this, the Black Star Line (BSL) was duly established to symbolise Ghana’s independence through international transportation modes. The BSL strictly adhered to the closed registry system with substantial...
The Italian Ambassador to Ghana and Togo, Daniela d’Orlandi, has assured of her country’s continued support to the fight against maritime piracy and illicit activities in the Gulf of Guinea. She revealed that the Italian Frigate, Luigi Rizzo, which has been deployed in the Gulf for about two years is...
Leading oil and gas and maritime services provider, Adonai Shipping Ghana Ltd., has announced its strong interest in Ghana’s maritime logistics and transport value chain as it seeks to play a pivotal role in the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). This new focus, according to the company, will be...
An attempt to haul a net with a bumper catch in very heavy seas has resulted in the capsising of the MV Comforter 2 fishing vessel 43 nautical miles off the coast of Elmina, preliminary investigations by the Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA) has revealed. A statement by the GMA, copied...
A Ghanaian fishing vessel, MV Comforter II, sank on Friday dawn 97 nautical miles south of Takoradi, along the western coast of Ghana, Marine Police, Railways and Ports Command sources have confirmed. A Chinese Sailor, Cai Tuanqui, 62, died and the body has been deposited at the International Maritime Hospital...
Freight Forwarders have expressed concern about auctioning process shrouded in secrecy, and therefore call for transparency and fairness to be exercised within the auction process at the ports. According to the Chairman of the Tema Chapter of the Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders, Forwarder Johnny Mantey and the Acting President...