General News of Tuesday, 20 June 2017Source: citifmonline.comGPHA halts construction of 3 ‘illegal’ portsLt Col Darkwah (M), the Tema Port Security Manager, leading the fact-finding teamThe Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) has halted the construction of some illegal mini ports and jetties by some private companies along the country’s coast. GPHA disclosed that a private developer, LIB Limited, is putting up a facility at Tema, which is expected to receive Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) imports for onward distribution and sale to oil marketing companies. And there were indications that somewhere around Keta as well, Diamond Cement is also preparing to develop a similar facility, all of them without due process of the law. But an executive instrument must be issued by the president to declare an enclave as a port. It’s a huge operation synonymous to what is happening in our ports,” the acting GPHA boss noted.

Source: GhanaWeb June 20, 2017 11:48 UTC