UNCTAD and IMO call on governments to work together to facilitate crew changeover and remove unnecessary regulatory obstacles to maritime transport during and after the COVID-19 crisis.
The world’s reliance on maritime transport makes it more important than ever to keep ships moving, ports open and cross-border trade flowing, and...
Ghana’s case count for the COVID-19 pandemic infection has scaled the dreaded 10,000 mark, yet we understand that essential drugs meant for the treatment of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) patients are locked up at the ports simply because of challenges faced by the newly introduced Integrated Customs Management Systems...
Drugs at risk of expiration before clearance
Prices could go up
Essential drugs meant for the treatment of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) patients are locked up at the ports, awaiting clearance, due to the challenges faced at the ports by the newly introduced Integrated Customs Management Systems (ICUMS), designed...
Ghanaian Seafarers are calling on governments of countries engaged in maritime trade to as a matter of urgency take a unified approach to protect the welfare of seafarers.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a large numbers of seafarers across the globe, including Ghanaian seafarers, are having to extend their service...
Shipping lines, through their mother body - the Shipowners and Agents Association, have served clear notice to freight forwarders that they should be ready to bear the consequences of system delays being experienced due to use of the newly-introduced Integrated Customs Management Systems (ICUMS).
In a letter addressed to the...
The Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders has expressed displeasure about recurring challenges with the Integrated Customs Management System (ICUMS) since its inception at the country’s ports.
According to them, unresolved challenges with the system are taking a serious toll on their businesses.
They mentioned that the use of importers’ Tax Identification...
Customs officers have re-adopted the manual process of releasing goods to freight forwarders and clearing agents at the country’s busiest sea port, the Tema Port.
This is to ease the tension at Tema Port as a result of clearing agents’ inability to clear goods electronically through the new Integrated Customs...
The Integrated Customs Management System (ICUMS) has outlined proposals for the release of cargo for the Bills of Entry processed in Ghana Customs Management System (GCMS).
The proposal, which is in two parts, makes provisions for Meridian Port Services (MPS) and Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA), and all other...
Transactions related to the import and export of goods at the Tema port through the one-stop service for all customs clearance procedures, dubbed Integrated Customs Management Systems (ICUMS) begun yesterday
However, some importers and clearing agents could not clear their goods at the Tema port because they could not process...