A sharp increase in the number of stevedore companies at the country’s ports without a corresponding increase in demand for labour has made the loading and unloading business unprofitable, with many of the firms considering layoffs.
The number of stevedore companies has increased from seven to 20 recently, while four...
The Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA) has taken the first step toward Ghana’s e-navigation implementation plan as it seeks to further secure the country’s territorial waters.
e-navigation is the harmonised collection, integration, exchange, presentation and analysis of marine information, onboard and ashore, by electronic means to enhance berth to berth navigation...
The Ghana Oil Company Limited (GOIL), Petroleum Commission of Ghana and Ghana Ports and Harbour Authority (GPHA) Takoradi have expressed confidence in curbing the menace of illegal bunkering that has damaged the country’s oil and gas.
After an inspection by a delegation from the Petroleum Commission at the US$15m Marine...
The Ghana Union of Trader Associations (GUTA) and the Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders (GIFF) have expressed disquiet about the re-emergence of pre-shipment information arrangements being spearheaded by the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA).
The Cargo Tracking Note (CTN)—which is akin to the suspended Advanced Shipment Information...
Although port clearance processes went paperless in September last year, the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) is urging government to inject transparency into the valuation processes at the country’s ports.
Among the concerns raised by the AGI are under-invoicing and under-declaration by importers, in addition to the ineffective scanning system...
Government’s plan to eliminate any hazardous or infectious diseases at the country’s ports through import decontamination is on track, Sen Korhan Muharrem, Chief Engineer at LCB Worldwide-the contracting firm to undertake the exercise, has indicated.
He said the company has started constructing scanner-like tunnels at the various gates of Tema...
The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) has said it plans to extend the ongoing paperless clearance of goods at the country’s ports to cover exports and transit trade, even as it tightens processes at the imports section.
According to the ports operator, it intends to fully explore the paperless...
The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority has waged a war against clearing agents and unscrupulous individuals who clone and inflate GPHA invoices to defraud importers.
The vigilance of the Port Security has led to the arrest of four alleged fraudulent clearing agents who inflated GPHA invoices in order to extort...
The Tema Shipyard has taken delivery of a state of the art 45tons mobile crane as well as two cherry pickers as part of GPHA's plans to help revive the dilapidated dry dock company to enhance efficient and effective work delivery in the dry dock yard.
Captain Francis Kwesi Micah,...
The Eastern Naval Command of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) on Sunday, 14 January, 2018, rescued six crew members on board a vessel called MV Synagogue, which caught fire on the territorial waters of Ghana.
One crew member sustained serious burns and is currently receiving treatment at the 37 Military...