On Sunday night, the President delivered his 14th address to the nation on measures taken against the spread of the novel and devastating COVID-19. He used the address to reaffirm government’s determination to save lives, jobs and livelihoods, while revitalising the economy, and safeguarding the future. As part of the...
The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority has assured Ghana’s Police Service of the Authority’s full commitment in ensuring the security of the ports to facilitate trade and secure revenues for the state. Welcoming a new Deputy Tema Regional Police Commander who paid a working visit to GPHA, the Director General...
Urban rail on the continent is vital in providing a very efficient alternative to transporting large volumes of passengers and freight at high frequencies and reasonable cost. Rallying with this notion, Ghana has embarked on intense rehabilitation and development of its national rail network. This according to government, is to...
The Ghana Shippers’ Authority (GSA) and the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) have renewed commitments to facilitate trade by air through regular inter-agency engagements for the benefit of exporters and importers. The two state agencies made the pledge when the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Shippers’ Authority, Benonita Bismarck...
Often, when buying new tyres for a vehicle some of us end up quickly buying the cheapest one available due to ‘pocket state’. Some companies or dealers also put the tyres on special value, and we might be the first ones to snatch it - thinking we are getting the...
Hapag Lloyd, the world’s 5th largest shipping line, is now utilising the expanded connectivity, capacity and capabilities of the MPS Terminal 3 at the Tema port to tranship the traffic between South Africa and Europe in Tema. This is in fulfilment of the decision announced by Hapag-Lloyd on 1st October...
With some drivers and transport owners unreasonably charging an upward fare, the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) is yet to release the new transport fares this weekend, after the Ministry of Transport approved a 15 percent hike in fares across the board in the country. Justifying the increment, the...
The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) is expected to release new transport fares this Saturday, after the Ministry of Transport approved a 15 percent hike in fares across the board. The decision was arrived at after a meeting between the Ghana Road Transport Coordinating Council (GRTCC), GPRTU, the...
Bank of Africa in partnership with CFAO Ghana Limited in June this year launched a Vehicle Financing Facility. The idea of the Vehicle Finance partnership is to bring convenience to both corporate and individual customers of both the Bank and CFAO who would want to purchase brand-new cars from...
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released data for global air freight markets in May, showing a slight improvement in the air cargo market. But capacity remains unable to meet demand as a result of the loss of belly cargo operations on passenger aircraft that have been parked. ...