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Roguery at Tema Port: Clearing Agents fleece importers

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  • KUM CHACHAR 9 years ago

    YOU ARE VERY RIGHT, THAT IS ONE REASON WHY THEY OPPOSE 'ASHI'FROM BEING IMPLEMENTED BY THE GHANA SHIPPERS AUTHORITY

  • Capt William Amanhyia 9 years ago

    Freight Forwarders opposed ASHI because it was going to add another layer of bureaucracy to an already cumbersome system. The forwarders had wanted confirmation if the ASHI was going to replace all other document submission. ...
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  • Mankwadze 9 years ago

    Another 419 git !!! Listen to him and you are coast !!!

  • citizen 9 years ago

    This is a useless article. Which importer would give money to an agent to clear his/her vehicle and would not demand the vehicle on time only for an agent to keep the money till after 120 days to claim ownership.
    do your hom ...
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  • Stallone Tee 9 years ago

    Citizen, u are right on point this is an absolute deception. Mr writer check your facts before you throw dust into the eyes of the public.

  • Kofi 9 years ago

    You have not shipped anything to Ghana before and so have no idea what goes on at the harbors.

  • DIAMOND 9 years ago

    The go and come, go and come, go and come can actually run you out of money, especially for those who have to travel to and from the hinterland, enabling the thief to keep the bill of lading.

    At best, if you're lucky to be ...
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  • oga 9 years ago

    Clearing of goods from the port is only compulsory in Ghana because all of them are corrupt. In ghana you can't clear your own goods without an agent why? Go to Dubai is a simple 6 steps process and you do not need any one to ...
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  • Kofi 9 years ago

    You are absolutely right. The government should get rid of these thieves or at least give the importers the option to clear their own goods. Computerize!!!!

  • ASA 9 years ago

    THIS IS ACT OF ROBBERY, I BELIEVE THIS ENEMIES OF EVERY NATION MUST BE TREATED AS TERRORISTS

  • Capt William Amanhyia 9 years ago

    I wish the writer of this article would find out the real truth. I happen to be the Executive secretary of the Ghana Institute of freight forwarders, the largest organization for Ghanaian freight Forwarders. We have over 390 ...
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  • Ghanaian 9 years ago

    How lucrative is your job? Because i see a lot of clearing agents driving very nice and expensive cars and also putting up beautiful houses. Please do not tell me those cars belong to their clients or importers.

  • Kofi 9 years ago

    Why can't we have the option to clear our own goods? I can give you 2 or 3 names with offices and yet are thieves. We need to be able to clear the goods without having to go through an agent. Why can't we have that!

  • patriot 9 years ago

    Hey Amanhyia your outfit is full of bad eggs and accept it.You may be one of the few good ones but i bet you that the majority of your members are criminals cheating importers and working intandem with some unsruplous customs ...
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  • Kofi 9 years ago

    Well said reporter ! God bless u! That's what is going on there! They did to me severely time ! They are thieves n we don't need them!

  • abubakari russia 9 years ago

    why can we deal directly with the company, why this agent

  • Mensa 9 years ago

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  • freedom&corruption 9 years ago

    ..and they die just the same way they make their schemes. thieves!!!

  • kofi 9 years ago

    This pure lies thru n thru; l doubt the author of this article???
    which clearing agent can delay the clearing of an importer's goods? lies

  • Kofi 9 years ago

    I know a few who are doing just that!

  • Pround pepeni. 9 years ago

    THIS ARTICLE MAY NOT BE HUNDRED PERCENT BUT A LOT OF ROGUERY DOES GO ON AT THE PORTS. THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD CHANGE THE LAW AND ALLOW ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS THE TIME TO CLEAR THEIR OWN GOODS FROM THE PORT. IT SHOULD NOT BE COM ...
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  • 3D 9 years ago

    which importer will contract an agent to clear his goods and wait for over three months and later come to complain his goods have been confiscated? It just doesn't make rational sense. is this idiot writer saying hard working ...
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  • okp 9 years ago

    This article is 100% false. I suspect an organization behind this article.

  • patriot 9 years ago

    False article? I worked at the Tema port and accept that the corrupt practices of clearing agents are beyond description.They are just criminals.Apart from cheating importers they are always colluding with customs officers t ...
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  • Kofi 9 years ago

    This is happening.

  • nana 9 years ago

    Let them do all these at to us .after all armed robbers will visit them one by one. Our mother land Ghana is no more the same mother Ghana I used to know .we are no more save even in our Hauses .May the Lord guide us ..

  • Kofi 9 years ago

    Can't the government set it up such that importers can clear their own goods without these thieves? At least give importers the option.

  • OMANBA 9 years ago

    Clearing agents are the most criminal section of the private sector workers that i have ever come across.They are always cheating importers,especially those who live outside of Accra.Sometimes they print two quituplicates of ...
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  • WAY-WAY 9 years ago

    The Govt. should abolish the clearing Agt.Allow importers to clear their own goods.Clearing goods at the port doesn't need a college degree. Get rid of them.