ITLOS forms special chamber to hear Ghana-Togo maritime boundary dispute
The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) has established a special chamber to hear a dispute between Ghana and Togo over the...
Category : Maritime
GMA assures cooperation as Sammi Awuku flags drug-linked vessel concerns
The Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA) says it is ready to cooperate with Parliament after allegations by New Patriotic Party (NPP) lawmaker Sammi Awuku over the...
Govt, stakeholders validate policy gap analysis to combat marine litter
Stakeholders in Ghana’s environmental and marine sectors have begun validating a policy gap analysis aimed at strengthening the country’s response to marine litter and plastic...
Major General Emmanuel Kotia, (Rtd) writes: The Ghana/Togo arbitration process
In 2016, Togo realising that the maritime boundary line between Ghana and Togo has not been formally delimited, decided to wisely triggered a dispute by...
Traders’ coalition rejects mandatory local marine insurance policy
A coalition of trade and business associations has strongly opposed a directive by the Ministry of Finance requiring all marine cargo bound for Ghana to...
Ghana ports’ success tied to agricultural output, says Maritime Authority
The performance of Ghana’s ports is closely linked to the productivity of the country’s farms, the Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA) has stated. In a statement...
Philip Kwasi Banini named 2025 visiting research fellow in ocean governance and law of the sea at NCLOS, Norway
The University of Ghana’s Ocean Governance and Research Project (OGP), in collaboration with the Norwegian Centre for Law of the Sea (NCLOS), is pleased to...
Opinion: Journal entry III — The waste of our hands
The city does not end where the pavement stops. It spills into the gutters, the canals, the rivers. Today I walked along the edge of...