Dr Kofi Mbiah

The Ghana Chamber of Shipping has initiated moves towards ensuring the creation of a local content policy for the Maritime industry in Ghana.

To this end, the Chamber has organised a roundtable conference to deliberate on issues that will engender the formulation of such a policy.

The Chamber is examining areas including shipbuilding and ship repair, container repair, fisheries, port infrastructure, recreational boating, ship handling, freight forwarding, ships agency, inland navigation and tourism among others within the framework of Maritime clusters.

Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber Shipping, Dr. Kofi Mbiah addressing delegates at the conference noted that there was the need for the examination of the various blocks that make up the Maritime industry and to see that which readily lends itself to local content policies.

Dr. Mbiah explained that the Chamber was not oblivious of the fact that not all local content policies inure to the benefit of the country, bringing to the fore, the need to examine the particular sector and environment and to fashion out tailor-made homegrown solutions.