Our Ports Must Be Known As The Best Secure Places – GMA DG The Director-General of the Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA), Navy Captain Kamal-Deen Ali (Rtd.), PhD., wants Ghana’s sea ports to gain and retain the reputation of being the safest and most secure ports in Africa. He has consequently asked the relevant agencies and…
Dr. Kamal-Deen Ali Takes Over as Director-General of the Ghana Maritime Authority The Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA) has officially welcomed its new Director-General, Dr. Kamal-Deen Ali, at a brief handover ceremony held on 30 January 2025 at the Authority’s conference room. The event marked the transition of leadership from the outgoing Director-General, Mr. Thomas K.…
Ghana and Denmark Celebrate Milestone Achievements in Maritime Cooperation, Set Stage for Future Partnership A 2-day working visit by the Director-General of the Danish Maritime Authority to Ghana and the Ghana Maritime Authority ended on Thursday 31st October 2024 with a landmark event to celebrate the successes of the Strategic Sector Cooperation (SSC) on maritime…
Ghana Maritime Authority Recognised for Financial Excellence at 2023 PELT Awards The Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA) was honored with the prestigious “Most Financially Stable Other Specified Entity (OSE)” Award at the 2023 Public Enterprise League Table (PELT) Awards. The event was held in September 2024 at the Rock City Hotel at Kwahu in the Eastern…
GMA Celebrates Ghanaian Seafarers On the 25th of June, which marks the International Day of the Seafarer, Ghana Maritime Authority joined the world to celebrate and appreciate Ghanaian seafarers. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) established the Day of the Seafarer to recognize seafarers’ unique contributions to global trade and economy. These individuals form the backbone…
WORLD MARITIME DAY 2023 – PROTECTING GHANA’S MARINE ENVIRONMENTBy Thomas K. Alonsi, Director-General, GMA. ON THURSDAY THE 28TH September 2023, we will celebrate yet another World Maritime Day, a day set aside by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to recognize arguably the most important industry on which humanity and human existence as we know it…
President Commissions GMA’s MV Esther Afua OclooThe Ghana Maritime Authority has ratcheted up its efforts at protecting the marine environment, especially from oil spills, with the acquisition of a new multipurpose vessel. Christened Esther Afua Ocloo, the Ghanaian industrialist, who pioneered canned foods under the brand name, Nkulenu, the vessel is fitted with State-of-the-art oil…
GHANA MARITIME AUTHORITY MEETS (IMEC) DELEGATIONThe highly anticipated meeting between the Ghana Maritime Authority and the International Maritime Employers’ Council (IMEC), took place on Tuesday, July 25, 2023, at the Conference Hall of the Authority. The IMEC delegation, led by Head of Training, Mr. Rob Gale, was accompanied by Captain Joshua Addo, Managing Director of…
GMA, MACN and CBi Organise Stakeholders’ Workshop on Anti-Corruption at the PortsA Stakeholders Forum aimed at promoting the compliance of a harmonized Standard Operating Procedure for Ghana’s Maritime Industry through collective action took place at the Alisa Hotel last Friday, July 28, 2023. The Programme was organised through the collaborative efforts of the Ghana Maritime…
Ghana Celebrates 2023 Day of the SeafarerGhana has commemorated the 2023 Day of the Seafarer in grand style at the Regional Maritime University. The Day of the Seafarer (June 25) is a day celebrated globally to recognize the sacrifices of the people whose duty it is to ensure humanity’s daily consumables reach us in our…