LOW NUMBER OF TRUCKS HIT TEMA PORT

The president of the Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders (GIFF), Carlos Kwabena Ahenkra says the country is under stock with trucks at the Harbour.
He explains that there are has been an unprecedented low number of trucks which has made it very expensive for customers to convey their goods from the harbour to their warehouses.
Carlos Ahenkra stated due to the high amount of vehicle tax most truck owners have registered their trucks in neigbouring countries thereby operating in landlocks countries.
According to him, he personally has more than 100 containers at the harbour but because there are no trucks, he is unable to offload it goods.
Carlos Ahenkra says truck drivers charge about GH600 per container from the harbour to Accra central.
He states that if nothing is done to solve the problem, the harbour will be choked with goods without trucks to offload them.

He therefore urge government to reduce the vehicle tax to allow more trucks to operate at the harbour.