Category: Transport
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June 3rd floods: Enterprise pays Alliance Motors outstanding claims
The National Insurance Commission (NIC) has confirmed to Citi Business News that Enterprise Insurance Company has settled all outstanding claims it owed its client, Alliance Motors Ghana Limited following the June third disaster. Some clients of the automobile company dragged it to the National Insurance Commission following the company’s refusal to compensate them for damages…
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Ethiopian Airlines begins direct flight from Addis Ababa to New York
Ethiopian Airlines is to commence three weekly flights to New York from Addis Ababa via Lomé, Togo starting July 3, 2016. The flights are scheduled to take place on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays via the routes. According to Ethiopian airlines, “it will be deploying its modern Boeing 787 Dreamliner which not only offers unparalleled onboard…
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Cut down carbon emission with quality fuel-Transport Minister
The Minister for Transport Mr. Fifi Kwetey has called on Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) to supply high quality fuel to Ghanaians to help reduce carbon emissions. According to him, the ministry is working vigorously to cut down on carbon emissions by encouraging the use of efficient fuel and low carbon emitting vehicles. The minister, who…
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Ghana cashes in on Nigeria’s aviation fuel shortage crisis
The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has assured airline operators and air travelers of enough stock of aviation fuel following an increase in the uplift of fuel from Ghana, due to the shortage of the product in Nigeria. An artificial shortage in Nigeria as a result of price hikes in petroleum products has greatly affected…
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Aviation fuel shortage pushes Nigeria’s aviation industry to a halt
Activities in the Nigerian aviation industry have returned close to normal after coming close to a halt over the weekend following a shortage in aviation fuel. Most airlines in Nigeria cancelled in some cases rescheduled flights over the weekend due to the development. This left thousands of air travelers stranded across airports in Nigeria. Some…
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Ghana Airports Company obtains land title to fight encroachers
Fiifi Kwetey, the Minister of Transport, has confirmed to Citi Business News, efforts by the Lands Commission to soon hand over title deeds of the airport lands to the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL). According to him, the move if successful will halt the excessive encroachment of the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) lands. Lack of…
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GSA,GEPA collaborate to reduce sea cargo accidents
In an attempt to halt frequent cargo accidents on the seas, the Ghana Shippers Authority and the Ghana Export Promotion Authority have introduced the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Verified Container Weight Requirement to ensure that cargo ships comply with load limits. The new IMO verification weight requirement will ensure that vessels do not load more…
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Emirates increases baggage allowance on all Africa routes
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Emirates, the world’s largest international airline with an extensive network across Africa, is set to increase its free baggage allowance for customers travelling on all its flights originating from destinations across the continent. Starting from 15 April 2016, all Emirates customers travelling in any of the airline’s three cabin classes on outbound African flights will…
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Negotiations intensify for high aviation taxes to be scrapped
Players in the aviation industry have intensified negotiations to get government to scrap the high taxes imposed on aviation fuel. The price of aviation fuel in Ghana is one of the highest in the sub-region due to the imposition of taxes such as price stabilization margin and export tax. [contextly_sidebar id=”JWfSEC3drX9F8qnP4fqt0Gjy20p8A7XM”]General Manager for Puma Energy,…
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Visa-on-arrival not to affect ECOWAS citizens
The Foreign Affairs Ministry has clarified that Ghana’s decision to introduce a visa-on-arrival policy for African citizens will not affect the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) member states. [contextly_sidebar id=”h3ciGkrDE2hGLKHML8lHp7Nc6n51CjaX”]President John Dramani Mahama, announced the decision in his State of the Nations address to the Ghanaian Parliament on February 25, 2016. The decision,…