The Managing Director of the Port of Amsterdam International, Gert-Jan Nieuwenhuizen, has led a delegation on a working visit to senior management of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority.
The visit, according to the group, was to intensify existing ties between the Port of Amsterdam and the Ghana Ports and...
...as some containers stay over 2,000 days
The Ghana Shippers Authority has revealed that more than 500 containers consigned to various state-owned agencies remained uncleared at Ghana's Ports as at September 2022.
According to the Authority’s Chief Executive Officer, Ms.Benonita Bismarck, state-owned agencies as a result contribute massively to demurrage, duties...
15 students from the Zambian Defence Services Command and Staff College have visited the Port of Tema as part of a study tour to familiarise themselves with the socio-political, economic and military institutions of Ghana.
These included students from Zambia, Rwanda, Namibia, Botswana, Tanzania, Kenya and Sri Lanka.
They were received...
The nation’s industrialisation and infrastructure development agenda begs the acquisition of a vessel that will help it mobilise the necessary materials needed not only to facilitate economic growth but also make Ghana a maritime hub on the continent, William Amanhyia, Branch Secretary of the Nautical Institute has said.
Acknowledging the...
The Ghana Shippers’ Authority (GSA) has engaged women in cross-border trade in the northern part of the country and reiterated the critical role they play to ensure economic stability.
The engagement is part of a sensitisation workshop for women in cross-border trade organised by the Ministry of Trade and Industry...
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...
Every year, millions of cedis are paid as demurrage – fees importers pay for overstayed containers – to shipping lines. Data from the research department of the Ghana Shippers’ Authority (GSA) reveal that even though there has been some improvement since the authority begun an educational drive on the...
Fisheries Advisor for the Sustainable Fisheries Management Project (SFMP), Kofi Agbogah, has called for the Fisheries Act to be amended to help support the Co-management Policy that has been identified globally as an international best practice in fisheries management.
“Fisheries Co-management is a strategy for managing Common Pool Resources, whereby...
A Deputy Commissioner of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority in charge of Ethics and Good Governance, Alhaji Seidu Iddrisu Iddisah, has bemoaned the growing spate of political insecurity in the West African sub region, hinting that they may have a dire impact on cross border trading.
Speaking on the Eye on Port...
The Ghana Shippers Authority (GSA) has provided reassurance to shippers that they will not face additional fees and charges as a result of delays in clearing their goods caused by disruptions in internet services.
These disruptions have been particularly problematic due to an ongoing internet blackout stemming from cuts to...