Ghana’s’ Transport Minister Advises Freight Forwarders to Standardize Transportation to Encourage Better Service.
Ghana’s transport minister, has urged the freight forwarding industry to work on harmonizing and standardizing shipping line fees, negotiating for minimum service standards, and creating a robust regulatory framework for enforcement and compliance.
This would prevent arbitrary price hikes at the ports, prevent fee proliferation, and provide high-quality service at a reasonable cost.”
The minister claimed that in the field of aviation, the government was upgrading the Kumasi and Tamale airports into an international status.
He also called for a sustainable shipping in the industry, citing interventions from government through environmentally friendly ports, promoting regulations for green shipping through technology and renewable energy along the shipping value chain.