Tag: Transport Ministry
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Transport Minister inaugurates GPHA and ISTC governing boards
The Minister for Transport, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, has tasked the newly inaugurated Boards of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority and Intercity STC Coaches Limited to always ensure harmonious relationships with the Chief Executive Officers and other executives of the companies. Lamenting past instances where executives of companies fail to work hand in hand with…
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New DVLA Board tasked to put in systems to register and track earth moving equipment
The new governing board of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has been inaugurated with a call on them to implement measures that will ensure effective registration and tracking of all earth moving equipment operating in the country. The government, as part of efforts to curb illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey in Ghana,…
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Administration block for impending Keta Port to start in 2020 4th quarter
The construction of the administration block for the proposed Keta Port is expected to commence in the fourth quarter of this year. That’s according to the Minister of Transport, Kwaku Ofori-Asiamah. Government was criticized last year over the appointment of a Managing Director for the port which is still non-existent. Speaking in Parliament on the…
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Transport Ministry, World Bank to develop Volta Lake to connect with neighboring countries
The Government of Ghana is engaging the World Bank to develop the Volta Lake as part of a Regional Multi-Modal Project to connect the country to neighbouring countries from the Tema Port. Mr Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, the Minister of Transport, who announced this at the mid-year review conference of the Ministry, said the Ministry was…
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Importers plead with gov’t to extend three month dollar hedging at ports
Some importers have appealed to government to further extend the three months pegging of the dollar rate to the cedi at the ports to six months. Even though they commend government for its decision to peg the local currency at 5 Cedis 8 pesewas to a Dollar at the ports for the next 3 months,…
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Uber drivers on sitdown strike over 25% commission
Scores of Uber drivers massed up at the offices of Uber in Accra on Wednesday, April 25, 2018. The drivers who are on a sit down strike, are protesting against what they say is the unfair treatment by the transport services company. According to them, the twenty-five percent retention of all transport fares remitted to…
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15 percent increase in transport fares untrue – GRTCC
The Ghana Road Transport Coordinating Council (GRTCC) has dismissed reports that transport fares have been increased by 15 percent effective today [February 6, 2017]. The council explains that it is yet to conclude discussions to determine new transport fares for the first pricing window of this year. “From the point of GRTCC, there has not…
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Shipping lines yet to refund ‘illegal’ THC fees
Citi Business News has gathered that shipping lines are yet to begin a refund of illegal Terminal Handling Charges (THC) at the ports almost a week after the Transport Minister ordered for the shipping companie1s to stop charging the fee. According to some importers and exporters, the shipping lines are finding it difficult to refund the…