The management of Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) in Takoradi has given the assurance that it will provide a conducive environment to clearing agents operating within the port in order for them to operate without hindrance.
The assurance followed complaints by the clearing agents at a stakeholders’ forum about their inability to clear goods such as textiles during the rainy seasons.
The clearing agents were of the view that when they started clearing their goods and the rains set in, all activities had to be halted until the mud dried up after the rains.
“Once there is a directive that all textiles should be imported through the Takoradi Port, the port authorities should be able to create the necessary environment to ensure that we go about our business without any problem,” they said.
When contacted, the Director of the Takoradi Port, Mr Nester Percy Galley, acknowledged the problem and said the port was in the process of putting up a shed for them to go about their business activities even during the rainy season.
“What we have here is a cloth tent and that can only provide the agents with some comfort when the weather is hot but when the rains set in, the approach should be different,” he said.
Mr Galley said they were doing everything possible to ensure that they erected a shed to cater for the needs of the agents in both the rainy and dry seasons of the year.
Mr Galley said existing structures at the port were being appraised in a view to positioning them in a better state for business.
“At the moment we are going through the tender process to ensure the commencement of work on the new cargo platform at the port,” he said.
The director of the port said tender documents had been published awaiting approval for the award of the contract.
The director also gave the assurance that those works at the container terminal would not disrupt the business activities of the clearing agents, as the contractor would execute the work in phases.
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