By Konrad Kodjo DJAISI UN Security Council Resolution 1325 urges all actors to increase the participation of women and incorporate gender perspectives in all peace and security efforts, Commandant of the Kpfi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), Major General Richard Addo Gyane disclosed on the occasion of launching a...
Ghana Link Network Services Ltd. has completed the construction of four weighbridges at Tema Port GPHA Terminal 1 and two at the Atlantic Terminal Services in Takoradi. While all the weighbridges provide gross, tare and net weights (i.e. standard weights) of cargoes, some of the weighbridges are multi-deck. Outside the...
The Ghana Shippers’ Authority Bill, which has been approved by Parliament, is on the verge of receiving Presidential assent and becoming law. This law will clothe the Ghana Shippers’ Authority with the powers to regulate shipping service provision within the country. Emmanuel Kofi Arku, the Director of Business Development and Commercial...
Stakeholders in Ghana's maritime sector continue to work together to improve security standards at Ghana's ports through the implementation of the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS). The Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA), in collaboration with the Department of Transport of the United Kingdom, has organized a maritime inspector's...
A third commercial port in the Keta municipality remains a major priority on the itinerary of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA). The board and management of GPHA have expressed commitment to ensuring that due processes are followed to see to the successful construction and operationalisation of the...
The Executive Director of the Centre for International Maritime Affairs, Ghana (CIMAG), Albert Derrick Fiatui, has called on the government to adopt re-shore technology as a key strategy to combat coastal erosion. According to him, this approach is essential in reducing the energy of tidal waves while preserving the integrity...
The Keta coastline in Ghana’s Volta Region is at serious risk of being lost within two years due to the rapid rate of coastal erosion, according to Albert Derrick Fiatui, the Executive Director of the Center for International Maritime Affairs, Ghana (CIMAG). Speaking in an interview with Solomon Anderson on...
By Evelyn ARTHUR The deputy Minister of Transport, Fredrick Obeng-Adom has emphasised the importance of utilizing the nation's water bodies in ways that support economic development and environmental sustainability. The deputy Minister was speaking at the 2024 shipping conference organised by the Ghana Chamber of Shipping in Accra. “The maritime sector...
By Evelyn ARTHUR The Director General of Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority, Michael Achagwe Luguje, has reiterated the Authority’s commitment in offering port facilities and ensuring that cargo and ships are handled in the most effective and efficient manner. Mr. Luguje gave the assurance when a delegation from the Burkina Faso...
By Evelyn ARTHUR “Our desire goes beyond just people coming to the ship, but we are also happy and willing to go to the communities, especially those who do not have easy access to the ship, to bring hope and books to them.” These were the words of the director...