The Minister of Transport, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, along with Director-General of the Ghana Maritime Authority, Thomas Kofi Alonsi, and Director-General Andreas Nordseth from the Danish Maritime Authority, signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a three-year collaboration.
The contract was also signed by the Danish Minister for Industry, Business and Financial...
Shippers in the Volta and Oti Regions have been sensitised on reversal of the discount on benchmark value that took effect from March this year.
The sensitisation was part of events that marked the 67th meeting of the Volta Regional Shippers Committee held at Aflao on 19th May 2022.
The discount...
The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority has indicated that a lot of its successes in the provision of security at Ghana’s ports is owed to its investments in technology.
Speaking on Eye on Port, the Deputy Security Manager in charge of operations at the Port of Tema, Samuel Adjetey, revealed...
An AfCFTA consultant with Frontier Market Advisors, Dode Seidu, has called on the private sector and entrepreneurs to embrace the opportunity that the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) presents to them.
Speaking on Eye on Port, he said that it is crucial for the private sector to be proactive...
Members of the Tema Chapter of the Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders (GIFF) have undergone a 3-day workshop on the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), to provide them with the requisite capacity so they can execute their roles well as trade facilitators in this new era of trade.
The...
Members of the Upper West Regional Shipper Committee have been sensitised on ways in which they can benefit from the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement, AfCFTA, with a focus on how they can successfully register their products under the agreement.
The meeting, which was held in Wa on 19th May 2022,...
The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) has sent a congratulatory message to its Director-General, Mr. Michael Achagwe Luguje, on his election as the Vice-President (Africa Region) of the International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH).
IAPH is the global alliance of ports and harbours, with membership of over 160...
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...