Tag: GPHA
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Ghana Ports and Harbour justifies tariff adjustment
The Ghana Ports and Harbour Authority (GPHA) has justified its decision to increase port duties, arguing that its port tariffs remain competitive compared to Ghana’s neighbours. GPHA attributed the revision of port tariffs to global economic challenges, inflation, and currency depreciation. In a statement, Ghana Union of Traders’ Association President Dr. Joseph Obeng called on…
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GUTA demands suspension of new port tariffs
The Ghana Union of Traders’ Association (GUTA) has called on the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) to suspend the implementation of its new tariffs. Instead, the association has asked the GPHA to “engage stakeholders as the adverse impact of these increases would further compound the high cost of doing business.” This was contained in…
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MPS ready to cede 20% of container traffic for two years – GPHA
Management of Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) has revealed that Meridian Port Service (MPS) has agreed to cede 20 percent of container traffic to the Authority effective August 1, 2022. The decision was arrived at after a crunch meeting with the Minister of Transport, Board Chairman of the Authority, the Director of Tema Port…
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Report on Vincent Bolloré gaining control of Ghana’s ports ‘defective’ – Former GPHA Boss
A former Director-General of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA), Richard Anamoo, has discredited a report published by Africa Confidential which suggested that French billionaire, Vincent Bolloré has taken full control of the country’s ports. The special report accused Bolloré of underhand dealings by using his firm, Bolloré Africa Logistics to win a contract…
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Fruit Exporters threaten to use Lome ports if licenses are not renewed
Members of the Sea-Freight Pineapple Exporters of Ghana (SPEG) are angry over what they call “unnecessary interferences” in their business by the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA). According to the Association, these interferences have led to an exorbitant increase in cost of operations to the tune of $245, 796 and 283,809 in 2019 and…
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TAGG calls for engagement with stakeholders over port charge increment
With the commencement of the increment of charges by the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority, the Traders Advocacy Group Ghana, TAGG, is calling on government to relook at the high cost of freight charges and cost doing business in the country. According to the group, the effect the COVID-19 on businesses has been ravaging, thus…
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Shippers’ Authority explains delays in implementing suspended demurrage and rent charges
The Ghana Shippers’ Authority says the processes for removing demurrage and rent charges on goods that were at the ports during the partial lockdown period is still ongoing. The assurance follows a directive from the Ministry of Transport to Shipping lines to waive all demurrage and rent charges imposed on goods within the partial locked…
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Freight Forwarders threaten demo against shipping lines over ‘illegal’ charges
The Concerned Freight Forwarders and Traders Association (COFT), has threatened to embark on a massive demonstration at the Tema Port to protest against the failure of shipping lines to heed to government’s directive not to collect ‘demurrage and rent charges’ on cargo for the period of the partial lockdown. Speaking to Citi Business News, the…
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GUTA requests 3-week grace period for members to mobilize funds to clear goods
The Ghana Union of Traders’ Association (GUTA), is appealing to government to give its members a three-week grace period to mobilize funds to clear their goods from the country’s various ports amidst the novel Coronavirus pandemic. Their concerns come barely a week after the Ghana Shippers’ Authority officially informed the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority,…
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Shippers’ Authority officially suspends rent and demurrage charges for cargo during partial lockdown
The Ghana Shippers’ Authority has officially written to inform the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority, GPHA, and all other players in the shipping industry that it has waived off charges on “demurrage/detention and storage rent charges” on all cargo which have remained uncleared at the ports from March 30, 2020 to April 19, 2020. This…