Tag: GIFF
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Bring back national shipping line to save the cedi – GIFF
The Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders is making a case for the reintroduction of a national shipping line, the Black Star Line. According to the institute, this will help bring competition amongst the various shipping lines while helping to address the issue of the depreciating cedi due to significant funds that are repatriated out of…
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Day one of UNIPASS roll-out fraught with delays at Tema and Takoradi ports
The UNIPASS clearance system which took off fully on Monday, June 1, 2020, after a challenging pilot, still had some members of the Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders (GIFF) in the country, complaining about the existing difficulties with the system. An Executive Member of the Takoradi District of GIFF, Ato Bentsil, in an interview with…
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UNIPASS kicks off in February despite freight forwarders’ resistance
Barring any last-minute change, the government will commence the implementation of a new platform for the recording of imports and exports at the country’s ports this month. Though widely known as the UNIPASS system, a Deputy Finance Minister, Kwaku Kwarteng explains that the eventual rollout will see to the outdooring of a new name for…
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GRA sued over implementation of CTN
A member of the Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders, John Kwame Adu Jack has filed a suit at the Supreme Court to prevent the implementation of the Cargo Tracking Note (CTN), which is due to take off next Monday [October 15,2018]. Amongst others, Mr. Jack wants the Supreme Court to declare that the introduction of…
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CTN brawl: GRA alarmed at opponents’ intended strike
The Ghana Revenue Authority has described as unfortunate the decision by freight forwarders to embark on a strike action if the authority goes ahead with the implementation of the CTN system. The freight forwarders have constantly expressed their displeasure over the system and have called on the GRA to reconsider its decision in rolling it…
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GRA’s insistence on CTN is bad faith – Freight forwarders
The Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders (GIFF) has registered its displeasure again over GRA’s latest decision to go ahead with the implementation of the Cargo Tracking Notes (CTN) system despite their arguments against it. The President of the Association, Kwabena Ofosu Appiah in an interview on Eyewitness News described the development as a “monumental display…
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GRA’s ‘controversial’ CTN policy takes effect October 15
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has announced that it will fully implement the Cargo Tracking Note (CTN) system at Ghana’s ports from October 15, 2018. The system was meant to be implemented in August 2018 but was postponed after pressure from the Freight Forwarders Association. But a letter addressed to the Shipowners & Agents Association…
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Opponents of CTN demand strict monitoring at ports
Business associations want custom authorities to be tough and avert any lapses in the clearing process at the ports. They argue that the inability to implement existing laws have partly accounted for the losses hence must be checked. The comment comes after the suspension of the Cargo Tracking Notes (CTN) last Friday, February 16, 2018.…
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Importers reject tax evasion claims by AGI
Importers and freight forwarders have dismissed claims of engaging in malpractices at the ports leading to the gradual collapse of local manufacturing industries. They maintain that such allegations could not be possible as they go through strict scrutiny in the clearing process. The comments come on the back of concerns raised by the Association of…
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Investors to ditch Ghana over single window blues
Freight forwarders fear a dip in investor confidence with the takeover of the operations of West Blue Consulting Limited at the country’s ports. They argue that the failure to efficiently manage the change could escalate the somewhat troubled single window system at the ports. The development, the businesses also argue will eventually affect operations at…