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When is my vessel
arriving?
Is my vessel in port?
Who is a Shipper.
How can I
benefit from the services of GSA?
How do I register with the
Authority?
Does the Authority have any publications?
Has the Authority
provided any facilities for use by Shippers?
I have some goods which
I want to freight on a Shippers’ Authority ship.
I want the Authority to
recommend a Clearing Agency for the clearance of my goods from the
port.
I want some information on Custom duties on vehicles imported
to Ghana.
What is the Shipper Committee?
What does CIF mean?
What
is a Bill of Lading
• When is my vessel
arriving?
Ans. Click on Link to view Sailing Schedule.
• Is my vessel in port?
Ans. Click on Link to view Mobiship.
• Who is a Shipper.
A shipper is a person or company that sends or receives goods by
ship or by land or air, in other words a shipper is a person or
company who has beneficial interests in cargo transported.
• How can I benefit from the services of GSA?
Individual Shippers, Corporate institutions and Enterprises can
benefit from the services of the GSA by registering with the Authority
on annual basis.
• How do I register with the Authority.?
One can register with the Authority by completing a registration form
either online or by collecting and completing the form from any of
the offices, and paying the assessed registration fees.
• Does the Authority have any publications?
Yes, the Authority has a number of publications. The “Digest of
Maritime Statistics” provides maritime information and data,
“Shipping Review” is a quarterly publication which deals with
matters of general maritime interest and activities as well as
programmes and projects of the Authority, “The Admiral” is a
compilation of papers presented at maritime seminars for Judges of
Ghana, and the “Maritrade” a compilation of papers presented at
maritime law and international trade conferences organized by the
Authority. The Admiral and the Maritrade I & II are available on
Compact Disc(CD).
• Has the Authority provided any facilities for use by Shippers?.
The Authority has acquired six large warehouses in a prime location at
the Tema Harbour to provide warehousing facilities for shippers. A
Shippers’ Centre has been constructed in Takoradi which houses a
Conference Hall and Shippers Information Centre. Plans are afoot to
replicate the centres in Tema, Boankra and Accra. The Authority has
partnered with the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority for the
establishment of the Boankra Inland Port near Kumasi, this
infrastructure would link the ports of Tema and Takoradi to the
hinterland and the landlocked countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and
Niger
The Authority has a stake in the Ghana Community Network (GCNet), an
EDI system that links all the major players in the clearing process,
enabling quick processing of all customs clearance documentation
online and facilitates clearance of goods through the ports.
• I have some goods which I want to freight on a Shippers’ Authority
ship.
Ghana Shippers’Authority do not own ships, however we link shippers to
shipping lines plying their intended destination.
• I want the Authority to recommend a Clearing Agency for the
clearance of my goods from the port.
The Authority is not in a position to recommend clearing agencies.
However, you can contact the following Associations on the telephone
numbers provided for a reliable clearing agency:
The Customs Brokers Association of Ghana –022-216577
Freight Forwarders Association of Ghana – 022-202494
Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders – 022-205810, 022-204500
• I want some information on Custom duties on vehicles imported to
Ghana.
Click on the Ghana Customs web address www.ghanacustoms.gov to be
linked to the website for any information on their operations.
• What is the Shipper Committee?
The Shipper Committee was introduced by the Authority in 1994 with the
first being established in the Accra/Tema Metropolitan area. It
provides a
platform for interaction amongst shippers and other stakeholders
with the
view to discussing shipping problems confronting them and
recommending solutions to such problems. The Authority has established
Shipper Committees in all the ten (10) regional capitals of Ghana.
• What does CIF mean?
CIF is the acronym for Cost Insurance and Freight. It defines the
trade contract responsibilities and liabilities between buyer and
seller or exporter and importer.
Under CIF the buyer/ importer, manufacturers, merchants or shippers
when quoting to their clients or the receivers of the merchandise,
are referring to the cost of the item including insurance and
freight up to the point of destination. The seller/exporter
responsibility ends when the cargo crosses the ship’s rail at
loading port, the buyer then become responsible and bears all risks
therefrom..
The seller under this term is required to provide notice to the
buyer that the goods have been shipped and send to him the necessary
transport documents or electronic message to enable the buyer take
delivery of the goods at the port of destination.
• What is a Bill of Lading.
A Bill of Lading is a document issued by a carrier, e.g. a ship’s
master or by a company’s shipping department, acknowledging that
specified goods have been received on board as cargo for conveyance
to a named place for delivery to the consignee who is usually
identified. Bills of Lading are usually issued in sets, each set is
sufficient and valid to induce delivery of the goods. There is
usually a clause in the bill of lading to the effect that once one
of the set has been activated to demand delivery of the goods, the
others are to “stand void”.
A bill of lading performs the following functions:
- a receipt for goods shipped
- evidence of the contract of carriage
- a document of title
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