The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has said it is confident it will by May 1, 2018 implement the EasyPASS programme - a voluntary trade facilitation scheme, aimed at ensuring that products imported into the Ghanaian market are of the required quality standards to protect public health and save the...
Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has purchased three 45-tonne Reachstacker (SMU 4535) to enhance its port operations.
A reachstacker is a vehicle used for handling intermodal cargo containers in small terminals or medium-sized ports. It is also able to transport containers short distances very quickly, and pile them in various rows...
The Ministry of Finance has signed an agreement with the Chinese government for a US$50 million grant towards the construction of a multipurpose Fishing Port Complex at James Town in Accra.
The project is expected to enhance the productivity of fisher-folk and create about 1,000 jobs.
Work on the project that...
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...
Government agencies and private organisations responsible for trade in Niger have called on Ghana to rescue the landlocked nation from what they describe as over-taxation, intimidation, harassment and unfair treatment at the hands of port operators in neighbouring francophone countries.
Speaking in Niamey during a Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority...
Vice-President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has tasked heads of maritime administrations across the West and Central Africa region to ensure strict compliance with port state control measures that will secure the marine environment and make it attractive to international trade.
Opening the third ministerial conference of the Abuja MoU on Port...
Cargo traffic to the country’s two seaports has been tipped to continue along the present steady growth line, with an expected surge of 10 percent by year-end according to projections by the Ghana Shippers’ Authority (GSA).
The projections, the authority said, are based on the positive trend of the country’s...
Transport Minister, Kweku Ofori Asiamah, has announced government’s strong will to strictly enforce local content policy in the maritime transports sector as it seeks to create jobs for the youth.
Inaugurating the maritime sector policy think-tank, Ghana Chamber of Shipping (GCS) in Accra, he said: “Within the framework of globalization...
The Heads of the Ghana Police Transformation Programme has met with management of the Ghana Ports and Harbors Authority to deliberate on issues of grave concern as well as solicit assistance to transform the Ghana Police Service.
The Assistant Commissioner of Police, ASP Benjamin Agordzo acknowledged GPHA for its support...
Director General of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority, Paul Asare Ansah, has charged personnel of the Ghana Immigration Service operating in the Ports of Ghana to contribute towards improving on the integrity of the Port business environment.
He said the Port Authority is inundated with complaints from shipping lines...