Importers To Save Hundreds of Dollars From Import Levy Cuts
Importers and freight forwarders are anticipating at least 200 dollars cut in cost of clearing goods following the scrapping of ...
Tag: Logistics
HMD Africa Barbecue Held In Ghana
First HMDA barbecue of 2017 held in Ghana, an event dedicated to engage with our customers, listen to them, answer ...
Importers Excited Over Abolishment of 1% Import Duty Levy
Importers in Ghana have welcomed the abolishment of the 1% special import levy charged at the ports. The Finance Minister, ...
Businesses Demand Cuts In New Import Levy
Businesses in the import and export trade are demanding a reduction in the new EXIM levy on imports. They argue ...
Freighters Upbeat About Rail Ministry
President of the Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders (GIFF), Kwabena Ofosu-Appiah, has lauded the establishment of the Railway Development Ministry, ...
Ghana Shippers Awards 2017
Graphic Business and Globe Productions Limited have opened nominations for the Ghana Shippers Awards 2017, scheduled for 26th May 2017 ...
Bank of Ghana To Auction $120 Million To Help Stabilise Cedi
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has announced plans to release some $120 million onto the market for the first quarter ...
COPEC Demands Comprehensive Policy On Transportation Fares
Chamber of Petroleum Consumers, (COPEC) Ghana is expecting the incoming government to implement a comprehensive transportation policy to regulate transport ...
Business In Tema Port Suffers Setback On Election Day
Importers and agents deserted the Tema Port on election day, Wednesday, December 7, 2016 and brought business activities at the ...
Why Does It Still Take So Long To Drive Across Africa?
Why does it still take so long to drive across Africa? There is no rail network connecting West and East ...
Government Heats Up “trade Hub” Agenda
Transport Minister, Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, says the ongoing aggressive infrastructural projects being witnessed at the ports affirm government’s quest to ...
Prepare To Face Maritime Litigations – CJ To Judges
Chief Justice, Georgina Theodora Wood has called on the judiciary to prepare for possible litigations associated with Ghana’s increasing maritime ...
Local Firms Outmuscled In Freight Business
Indigenous freight forwarders, mainly engaged in customs brokerage, ship husbandry and ancillary port services, are losing business to foreign competitors ...
GRA Signs MoU With U.S Customs To Enhance Trade, Combat Narcotics
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and the U. S Customs and Border Protection have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) ...
Shipping Lines Still Charging THC
Trade associations in the country are accusing some shipping lines in the country of allegedly charging terminal handling charges despite ...
Shippers To Protest Continuous THC Implementation
Players in Ghana's shipping sector are planning a protest against the continuous implementation of Terminal Handling Charges (THC) by the ...
Shipping Community Haggles Over Terminal Handling Charges
There is uneasy calm in the shipping sector between shipping lines/agents on one side and a critical mass of the ...
Easier To Import Cars To Ghana
A freight forwarder at Ricks Logistics has described Ghana’s port as an easier route for the importation of vehicles. The ...
Sanction Shipping Lines Who Flout ‘no Terminal Charges’ Order – AGI
“We urge Government to apply heavy sanctions against any Shipping Line that acts contrarily or attempts to impose such arbitrary ...
Transport Minister Orders Withdrawal of Terminal Handling Charges
The Ministry of Transport has ruled against the introduction of the Terminal Handling Charges at Ghana’s ports. A statement issued ...