Tag: West Blue
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UNIPASS implementation challenges to cause revenue losses – Minority warns gov’t
The Minority Caucus on the Trade and Industry Committee of Parliament, says the country risks losing revenue from the ports if government fails to resolve the challenges with the implementation of the UNIPASS system. It has been nearly a week since the new system replaced the single window work carried out by West Blue Consulting…
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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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Implementing UNIPASS won’t result in judgement debt – Customs
The Ghana Revenue Authority, GRA, has dismissed suggestions that government may incur judgement debt over the decision to roll out a new customs management system at Ghana’s ports. The new system, which is widely known as UNIPASS, will replace the roles carried out by GCNet and West Blue whose contracts are yet to expire. But…
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Freight forwarders budge to paperless ports
Freight Forwarders are anticipating a smooth implementation of the paperless clearing process at the ports should all systems of the various agencies operate seamlessly. The businesses believe their concerns should be laid to rest if the assurances by the relevant authorities are duly complied with. The comments come on the back of the implementation of…
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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…
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GCNet denies contributing to excessive delays at the ports
The Ghana Community Network Services Limited (GCNet) has dismissed reports of technical breakdown in its systems which lead to delays at the ports. According to the company, it has the necessary mechanisms in place to manage possible distortions to the operations at the ports. The Terminal Supervisor at the GPHA, Emmanuel Ashaley Neequaye earlier bemoaned…
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GCNet, West Blue overlapping due to slow uptake of single window
The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) has given indication the double window platform at the ports will continue to exist until such a time that operators become absolutely conversant with the single window platform being handled by West Blue Consulting. According to the GPHA, the co-existence of the operations of the Ghana Community Network…
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Ghana is operating a double window, not single window – GPHA
The Director General of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA), Paul Ansah has made a startling revelation that the country is operating a double window at the country’s ports contrary to the planned single window platform. According to him, the dual mandate being carried out by the Ghana Community Network Services Limited (GCNet) and…