The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) has implored shipping companies to provide quality service for both importers and exporters to encourage them to use the country's ports.
The acting Director-General of the GPHA, Mr Nestor Galley, explained that the Tema Port had been upgraded to meet international standards and so the rendering of quality services there would increase patronage from its clients.
He was addressing a cross-section of importers, exporters and representatives of shipping companies at the port at the launch of a car carrier, ‘Ro-ro vessel’, owned by Grimaldi Group Limited.
Mr Galley said it was cheaper, safer and more convenient to convey imported cars and other heavy equipment by sea and urged the shipping company to sustain its quality operations.
He commended the Grimaldi Group for the confidence it had in the Tema Port and urged it to continue to increase its fleet of vessels to the port.
He expressed optimism that an increase in the number of vessels to the Tema Port would automatically make it convenient for importers and exporters to transport their goods regularly.
He gave the assurance that the management of the port would maintain a healthy relationship with the Grimaldi Group.
The Managing Director of the Ghana Office of the Grimaldi Group, Mr Evandro Lufti, commended the GPHA for its efforts to provide a conducive environment for shipping companies to transact business.
He said the vessel, christened, 'Grande Ghana', demonstrated the company’s commitment to West Africa as a whole and Ghana in particular.
The Harbour Master of the GPHA, Captain James Owusu-Koranteng, presented a plague on behalf of the authority to the Captain of the vessel, Mr Salvatore Meles, to welcome the vessel to the Tema Port.
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