Transport Minister, Kweku Ofori Asiamah, has announced that the contractor selected for the construction of the Boankra Inland Port in the Ashanti region, will be made known on Friday, February 14, 2020, when the government meets the transactional advisers for the project, PwC. Mr. Asiamah, speaking at a town hall meeting by the government in […]
The Acting Commissioner General of the Ghana Revenue Authority, Rev. Ammishaddai Owusu Amoah, has cautioned the general public that recalcitrant members of the public who fail to be tax complaint will be met with aggression this year emphasizing that more stringent measures would be applied to individuals especially agents and importers who declare falsely to […]
Two Carnival Cruise ships collided at the port of Cozumel, Mexico, on Friday morning, causing damage to at least one of the ships and at least six reported injuries, according to the company. “Carnival Glory was maneuvering to dock when it made contact with Carnival Legend which was already alongside,” a spokesperson for the company […]
An on-going dispute between chiefs and elders of Ajena and the chief of Akwamu over the ownership of land earmarked for the construction of the Mpakadan Inland Port along the Volta Lake has resulted in a court injunction on the construction. The court injunction follows negotiations by the Ministry of Railways, Ghana Ports and Harbours […]
The Managing Director of Maersk Line, Gildas Tohouo, and his wife were attacked Sunday night in Lagos, police said. Premium Times gathered that Mr Tohouo’s wife whose name is yet to be made public as at press time was killed in the attack which occurred at the family’s residence in highbrow Ikoyi area of the […]
A former Council Member of the Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders, Edward Akrong has been elected as the Institute’s new President. He takes over from Kwabena Ofosu Appiah who has steered the affairs of the Association for the Past four years. The 23rd Annual General Meeting of the Association in Cape Coast also saw the […]
The Auditor-General, Daniel Domelevo is due to present a report at the ongoing General Assembly of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), BestNewsGH.com can confirm. Mr. Domelevo and his team are presenting the report at the Assembly as External Auditors for the IMO. The 31st session of the IMO Assembly is currently underway at the IMO […]
The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority says it has observed inconsistencies in some recent statements, publications and commentaries in the public space which seeks to suggest that the Port Authority agreed for its private terminal operating partner Meridian Port Services (MPS) to increase, its tariff as a compromise to allow the latter cede 20% retention […]
A large cargo ship carrying more than 14,000 sheep has overturned off the coast of Romania, with rescuers scrambling to save the animals. The Queen Hind capsized on Sunday morning after leaving the port of Midia, near the south-eastern city of Constanța, on the Black Sea coastline. All crew members – 22 Syrian nationals – […]
The management of Meridian Port Services (MPS), the concessionaire for the Tema Port, has agreed to cede 20 per cent retention of container cargo volumes to the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA). This is to enable the port authority to have a minimum level of business to forestall the job losses that would have […]
Last week, on the Eye on Port live interactive platform on national television, Fred Asiedu Dartey, Head of Freights and Logistics at the Ghana Shippers’ Authority and Eddy Akrong, a Council Member of the Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders outlined some challenges in doing business with shipping lines. These included, firstly, shipping lines assuming the […]
The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) says a JoyNews report alleging revenue losses at Tema and Takoradi Ports to the tune of over $100 million, is false. The Authority has also rejected the claim that 895.519 tonnes of clinker said to have been imported in 2018 fell short of expectation, which formed the basis for […]
