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13 Aug

Multiple Investors Express Interest In Construction Of Keta Port Project – GPHA Director

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The Director-General of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA), Michael Luguje, has stated that more than six private investors have shown interest in partnering with the government for the construction and operationalisation of the Keta Port project. Despite the construction of an office in Kedzi located in the Keta Municipality of the Volta Region, there has been no progress on the port for nearly 8 years. Despite these delays, the GPHA Director mentioned that an environmental and social impact assessment report would soon be issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and presented to potential investors as part of…

24 Jul

GPHA Dismisses Ex-Casual Workers Compensation Claims

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The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) has stated that a group of former casual workers threatening a demonstration over alleged unpaid severance compensation have no valid case and are only misleading the public. A spokesperson for the aggrieved workers, Moses Kwanayah, said over 4,000 individuals were affected by a World Bank program to restructure port operations between 2001 and 2002. He claimed after Supreme Court ruling and later addressed by the President, these workers are yet received a severance package commensurate with their service. But GPHA claims this group resurfaces during election year with similar threats just to coerce…

18 Apr

GPHA Commissions And Names Four New Marine Crafts After Former Captains

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The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) has commissioned and christened four new marine crafts in honour of two former captains and two former managers. The marine crafts, made up of two pilot boats and two security patrol boats, are to be used at both the Tema and Takoradi ports. Two of the pilot boats were named after Captain Edmund Deri Ziem and Mr. Kumi Adjei-Sam, former harbour masters for the Port of Tema and the former General Manager for the Fishing Harbour, respectively. The two security patrol boats were also named after Captain Joseph Eric-Quansah and Mr. Jacob Kwabla…

03 Apr

GPHA Boss Calls For Broader Consultation On High Port Duties, Levies

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The Director General of the Ghana Ports and Habours Authority (GPHA), Michael Luguji has appealed to all stakeholders in the sector to join efforts at reducing duties and levies at the ports. He has advised government to involve all players in the import value chain to help reduce costs at the ports to benefit consumers who rely on imports of essential goods. He pointed out that the campaign to make Ghana’s port a hub in the West African region will face challenges if efforts are not directed to make the ports competitive. “You need to look at what each entity…

26 Mar

GPHA Refutes Claims Ghana Is Losing Cargo To Neighboring Countries

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The Director General of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA), Michael Luguji, is challenging the business community to provide any data to back their claims that Ghana is losing cargo to neighboring Lome and Abidjan Ports. He told Joy Business that, Ghana remains the preferred port for most businesses in the sub-region for transit purposes. Some business Associations have been making claims that the Tema Port has lost much of its cargo business to Togo and other nearby ports due to the high charges at the country’s port. Responding to the assertions in an interview with my colleague during…

20 Oct

GPHA, Port Of Amsterdam International Sign MoU To Broaden Cooperation And Trade Ties

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A Memorandum of Understanding(MOU) has been signed between the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) and the Port of Amsterdam International for the two parties to deepen and broaden their cooperation and trade ties. The Parties wish to share expertise and experience in several fields to strengthen their partnership, as well as promote trade between the Port of Amsterdam and the Ports of Tema and Takoradi, with a focus on the cocoa trade and other commodities and cargoes. Some key elements of this partnership include sustainable port initiatives such as the energy transition, trade development initiatives such as the exploration…

28 Jul

Tema: GPHA Denies Claims That Marine Police Were Chasing The Fishermen

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The Ghana Ports and Harbour Authority (GPHA) has denied reports that the fishermen who died after they were said to have clashed with Marine Police were being chased by the Police. Public Relations Officer of the GPHA Abena Serwah Ofosu said the Police only seized the fishing net of those who were arrested. She told TV3 on the News 360 on Thursday, July 27 that “they allege that they were being chased, why were they being chased because even those that were being caught inside at the port, they were not arrested, we only seized their nets from them…

07 Apr

GPHA, Stakeholders Tighten Measures For Safe Handling Of Dangerous Goods

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GPHA, Stakeholders Tighten Measures For Safe Handling Of Dangerous Goods To ensure renewed commitment to its existing safety protocols for the safe handling and transportation of International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDGs), the Management of the Port of Takoradi has held a forum to engage with various stakeholders involved in the importation, exportation, handling and transportation of such cargoes to and from the Takoradi Port. The forum afforded the stakeholders the opportunity to review and tighten the Port’s existing standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the handling of IMDGs to and from the port, as well as ensure continued compliance with relevant…

21 Sep

GPHA’s unity terminal is 97 per cent complete

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The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority’s (GPHA) new Unity Terminal under construction at Kpone in the Greater Accra Region, is 97 per cent complete. The Kpone Unity Terminal is a 40-acre facility being built by the GPHA as a new devanning terminal to take over activities of the Golden Jubilee Terminal.Mr Able Ayamga Akurigo, a Senior Project Officer at GPHA, revealed this when members of the Junior and Senior Staff Unions of Takoradi and Tema Port visited the site to ascertain the progress of work.Mr Akurigo noted that they were expecting a crew from South Africa to fully complete the…