Tag: paperless ports
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Maritime imports exceed exports in 2018 first half
Ghana’s maritime imports continue to be dominated by commodities like cars, meat, second hand clothing, among others. Figures from the Ghana Shippers Authority show that the total volume of maritime imports for the first six months of this year, reached 7.15 million metric tonnes. This is up compared to the 6.75 million metric tonnes recorded…
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Customs dismisses fresh agitations against paperless ports
The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has rejected claims by some business operators at the ports over the resumption of the manual clearing system. It argues that it has addressed the outstanding issues with the paperless clearing system hence the claims by the businesses cannot hold. Some clearing agents and freight forwarders…
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Importers, clearing agents lament existing delays at ports
Businesses operating at the Tema Port have expressed reservations over what they say is the resumption of manual clearing system at the ports. The concerns by the businesses come barely three months into the operations of the paperless clearing systems. Citi News’ Tema correspondent, Elvis Washington reports that many of the clearing agents and freight…
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Human error impedes paperless port systems
Officials working on the paperless system at the ports have attributed the numerous challenges surrounding the system to human error. According to them, the lack of due diligence on the part of some officers caused the challenges that was witnessed on Thursday (7th September, 2017) at the Long Room of the Tema Port. Freight forwarders,…
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5 things to know about paperless port system [Infographic]
Government on September 4 2017, commenced the implementation of the paperless clearing at Ghana’s ports. This follows a directive by Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, for the port agencies to migrate to a paperless system by September 2017, after he observed that the current system had too much human interaction and was at the mercy of…
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Authorities defy appeals to suspend paperless system
Officials of the Tema port have downplayed claims by the freight forwarders that the implementation of the paperless clearing system be postponed over low sensitization. They have therefore dismissed any possibility to suspend the implementation of the policy. The freight forwarders argue that the paperless system risks a major setback if government fails to address…
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Freight forwarders reject paperless ports
Freight Forwarders are still agitating over the rolling out of the paperless policy at the ports. The program Citi Business News understands is scheduled to take off on Saturday, September 2, 2017 instead of the September 1. The businesses argue that the policy risks a major setback due to the low levels of education from…