The International Chamber of Commerce, Ghana is predicting significant growth in traffic volumes in the coming years following the 50% reduction in benchmark values for general goods and 30% reduction in home delivery values for cars. According to the Secretary General of ICC Ghana, Emmanuel Doni-Kwame, the cost of doing business at Ghana’s ports has […]
Intelligence gathered by BestNewsGH.com suggests that unionized workers of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) will from today Tuesday, April 23, 2019 hoist red flags to protest government’s inability to ratify the Meridian Port Services (MPS) concessionary agreement. The New Patriotic Party (NPP) government upon assumption of office set up a ministerial committee headed […]
The 2019 Annual Borderless Alliance Conference is expected to take place in Accra from 24th to 26th April, 2019 where manufacturers, Policy-makers, transporters, business owners and other key stakeholders will deliberate on issues concerning trade and transport facilitation in the West African sub-region. In the year 2018, the annual Borderless Alliance Conference was held in […]
Two persons have been arrested for allegedly falsifying GPHA revenue documents in Tema. The two, Paul Amesu Regatta, a clearing agent and David Kamassah a café operator were nabbed when they allegedly fraudulently inflated GPHA port charges of GH¢ 1,749.11 to read Gh ¢ 4,491.59. Instead of presenting the actual amount of the port handling […]
A passionate appeal has gone to the Ghana Police Service to step up its investigation into the murder of Mrs Josephine Tandoh Asante lest it also adds up to the statistics of undetected homicide cases in the country. The appeal was made by Mr Johnny Koku Biga, member of a team of former classmates at […]
The Ghana Revenue Authority is rolling out a robust digitized online platform that will make it easier for individuals to register and file their annual tax returns online. The Integrated Tax Application Preparation System (iTaPS) which has been developed by the GRA will offer individuals the leverage and latitude to sit in the convenience of […]
The Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has announced that under the revised Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic (FAL), it will become mandatory for ships and ports to exchange data electronically from April 2019. Mr. Kilack Lim says this will be done on the back of the single window concept which […]
The Minister for Transport, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah is expected to be invited by Parliament’s committee on Transport to answer questions on the recent appointment of a Director for the Keta Port. The Committee is expected in the ensuing days to extend an invitation to the Minister who signed the appointment letter, appointing a legal practitioner, […]
Government has appointed Alexander Y. Adusei Jnr. as Director for the Keta Port. A letter signed by the Minister for Transport, Kwaku Ofoi Asiamah and addressed to the Board Chairman of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority, Peter Mac Manu read in part that ‘’consequently, you are requested to take necessary action to give effect […]
The Ghana Shippers’ Authority has resolved about 98 percent of complaints lodged against the police, customs officers and axle load operatives among others by shippers, particularly those engaged in the transit trade. The complaints were lodged via the E-platform system instituted by the Ghana Shippers’ Authority for reporting non-tariff barriers. Chief Executive Officer of the […]
Importers have been advised to insure their goods with local insurance companies to reduce their costs of doing business at the ports of Ghana. The Chief Operating Officer of the Ghana Life Insurance Company (GLICO), Mr Solomon Twum Barima said importers would make savings in their businesses because the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA)-Customs Division would […]
The Commissioner of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority, Isaac Crentsil has observed that the Paperless Port system currently being operated in the country’s ports has achieved a remarkable 85 percent success rate. According to him, the system has improved business transactions at the ports in terms of reduction in cost and time […]
