The Centre for Maritime Law and Security Africa (CEMLAWS Africa) in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the Ministry of National Security, Ghana and Security Governance Initiative (SGI) yesterday, July 14, 2021 opened the much-awaited National Integrated Maritime Strategy Implementation Workshop at the Eastern...
As part of activities leading to the endorsement of the National Integrated Maritime Strategy (NIMS), the Centre for Maritime Law and Security Africa (CEMLAWS Africa) in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the Ministry of National Security, Ghana and Security Governance Initiative (SGI) are...
19.447 billion metric tonnes and 353.8 million TEU (twenty-foot Equivalent Unit).
From January 2020 to April 2021, the volume of cargo that have been through Chinese ports was almost 19.5 billion tonnes. Within the same period, the container throughput stands at over 350 million 20FT container equivalent units.
Since the pandemic, China has been recovering faster...
The Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA) has reiterated its full commitment to improving the welfare of local seafarers in the country by recognising their unique contributions to the sector and the role they play.
Director General of the Authority, Thomas Alonsi, said seafarers are valuable assets to the authority and therefore...
The Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA) is confident that Ghana’s maritime trade numbers will increase with consistent updates of its nautical chart by the National Hydrographic Office (NHO). Since the setting up of the NHO last year, the country has on a consistent basis been updating its nautical data to...
The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has vowed to clamp down on illegal smuggling and concealment of imported goods which arrive at Tema Port. This forms part of their commitment to combat importation of certain items which are prohibited due to economic and safety purposes.
The was...
Experts at the Africa Sureties and Insurance Advisory Company (ASIAC) have said that insurers may not honour claims when vehicles other than bullion-vans or armored vehicles have been used to transport monies from one location to another, since that amounts to a violation of terms and conditions of the...
Law enforcement agencies have become worried about recent reports of increasing piracy attacks on the Gulf of Guinea.
A Chief State Attorney at the Office of the Attorney General, Mrs. Frances Ansah Mullen, is therefore advocating stronger collaboration between member states along the Gulf of Guinea.
She said littoral states in...
The nation is considering joining a small number of countries practicing an open ship registry system.
A committee commissioned by the Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA) to explore the possibility of Ghana adopting an open ship registry said the country is ripe for the system.
The nine-member committee, however, called for a...