Tag: Ghana Maritime Authority
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New GMA Board tasked to improve systems at ports to enhance business activities
The Minister for Transport, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, has tasked the newly inaugurated board of the Ghana Maritime Authority,GMA, to drive improvements within the country’s ports to enable Ghana become the transportation hub for the West African sub region. The Maritime Sector and for that matter Ghana’s Port is the main gateway for international trade, with…
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Ghana Maritime Authority to speed up processes for passage of Cabotage law
The Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA) says it has begun exploring ways to fast track the processes of getting the Cabotage Law in full force. Cabotage deals with the transportation of goods or passengers between two places in the same country by a transport operator from another country. According to the Authority, once the law is…
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Recognize seafarers as critical in COVID-19 fight – Ghana Maritime Authority
As Ghana joins the rest of the world to mark the 10th annual ‘Day of the Seafarer’, the (GMA), has called for the recognition of seafarers as key workers in the fight against the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. According to the GMA, seafarers are essential to the shipping sector thus the need to provide them with…
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President revokes appointment of fmr Maritime Boss as GRA Board Chair
President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed Prof. Stephen Adei as the Board Chair of the Ghana Revenue Authority, revoking an earlier appointment of Kwame Owusu, the former Director-General of the Ghana Maritime Authority, to that position. The earlier appointment was met with disapproval from certain sections of the public due to the fact that Mr. Owusu…
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Ghana Maritime Authority targets more female seafarers
The Ghana Maritime Authority is pushing to ensure seafaring, a rather male-dominated job, becomes attractive to women. According to the Authority, Ghana currently has only 19 women Seafarers even though the country produced the first African female ship captain. Seafarers are individuals who are employed to work in various capacities in ships. They ensure the…
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Maritime Authority to roll out e-navigation system
The Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA) should by the end of June 2018, start implementing the e-navigation systems to track the security of vessels on Ghana’s waters. It will also follow the completion of the necessary tests and the webpage for operating the platform. When successful, Ghana will become the fourth maritime country to introduce these…
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Shippers resist 200% rise in safety fees
Shipping lines have threatened to increase charges for their services due to the increase in some administrative charges. The businesses argue that the move has become apparent as they need to cover the potential rise in their cost of operation. The Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA) has served notice it will beginning next month (October), increase…
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Maritime Authority slaps shippers with increased charges
The Ghana Maritime Authority is to go ahead with the planned increment in safety charge at the ports. Citi Business News can confirm shipping lines will pay 50 cents up from the current figure of 15 cents. A notice to shipping lines from the Authority sighted by Citi Business News stated that with effect from 1st…