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Mr Daniel Nii Kwartei Titus-Glover, the Deputy Minister of Transport has called on all stakeholders in the shipping industry to help mobilse the requisite revenue for the country to enhance her development efforts.

  He said to ensure port efficiency, there was the need to allow tracking devices and other efficient administrative systems to operate in order to avert diversion of containers and evasion of duties.

   Mr Titus-Glover gave the advice at the Sixth Maritime Seminar for Journalists and was jointly organised by the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) and Ghana Shippers’ Authority (GSA) in Accra on Tuesday.

   The event was held on theme: “Contemporary trends and developments in Ghana’s Shipping Industry”.

  Topics treated were “The implementation of paperless transaction in Ghana: An impact assessment on cargo clearance at the ports”, “The effects of demurrage on the cost of doing business at the port,” “Improving trade facilitation via port expansion and port efficiency” and “Transit trade through Ghana’s corridor-implication for the economy”.

   The seminar brought together media practitioners, representatives from the Custom Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority, Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders, Ghana Shippers Authority and Ghana Maritime Authority.

   Mr Titus-Glover advised importers to disclose and pay the right amount of duties to avoid paying multiple penalties.

    He cautioned that he would not shield importers who would be caught up in fraudulent dealings but would allow the law to take its cause.