Effective today, June 1, 2020, all transactions related to the import and export of goods at the various ports will be conducted through the one-stop service for all customs clearance procedures, dubbed Integrated Customs Management Systems (ICUMS).
This follows successful simulation and piloting of ICUMS at Tema Port, the final...
The Chief Executive Officer of the International Maritime Hospital, Dr. Yaw Oppong has advised the general public to redefine their style of living or adopt a modifying liftstyle in the era of COVID-19 pandemic, because the search for the vaccine for the virus might take a longer time.
He cautioned...
The Chief Executive Officer of the International Maritime Hospital, Dr. Sylvester Yaw Oppong has stated that the International Maritime Hospital, is well-positioned to help solve some of the health concerns of members of the international trade community who find themselves in Ghana to do business.
“When people are doing business...
West Blue Consulting, a world-class business and IT-consulting and technology firm, has since its arrival in Ghana transformed the country’s port; making it easy for importers and exporters to do business, and thereby increasing government’s revenue substantially.
The company, which supported Customs in taking over its core functions from the...
MSC Altair berthed at Terminal 3 of Tema Port declaring a total throughput of 4,344 TEUs (Twenty Equivalent Unit) to be discharged and loaded. The Terminal Operations were completed with 3,290 crane moves in 29.5 hours, making a new record of 111.4 moves per hour against 103.9 recorded in...
Ghana Community Network Service Limited (GCNet) is set to shut down its operations at the nation’s ports to finally give way for UNIPASS, now Integrated Customs Management Systems (ICUMS) to takeover single window operations at the port.
In a series of letters written to the existing vendors and various port...
The Fisheries Commission has reversed a decision that would have allowed tuna vessels to use lights to attract fish after an uproar from canoe fishers, who are prohibited from using this fishing method. The decision to grant an exemption for tuna vessels is against Ghanaian law in the first...
The General Manager of the Health Services Department of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority, Dr. Vitus Victor Anaab-Bisi, has expressed his disapproval for mass testing of the general public due to the financial implications it would have on an economy like Ghana.
“To do the mass testing with no...
A Senior Medical Laboratory Officer at the GPHA Clinic, Gideon Lamptey has called on the general public to desist from the stigmatization of health workers in particular in order not to demotivate them to stop serving the public against the spread of the COVID-19.
“I want to take this opportunity...
Ghana's sea port has recorded zero CoVID-19 cases, which might have been imported through sea transportation. General Manager of Health Services Department of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority, Dr. Vitus Victor Anaab-Bisi, has revealed.
He mentioned that "no case of COVID-19 has been imported through ship or sea transportation...