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CEO of GSA, Ms Benonita Bismarck addressing the press<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The Ghana Shippers\u2019 Authority (GSA) has released statistics on Ghana\u2019s maritime trade performance in imports, exports and transit trade for the first half of 2018 at a press conference at the Ghana Shippers\u2019 House in Accra.<\/p>\n The engagement forms part of the Authority\u2019s Shipping Quarter and Outlook programme instituted to engage the media and provide timely, authentic and accurate information on the shipping industry to the public.<\/p>\n From January to June 2018, Ghana\u2019s seaborne trade volume increased by 14.3 per cent over the same period in 2017, and the outlook for 2018 is expected to see a growth of about 10 per cent in cargo throughput.<\/p>\n While total imports for the first half of 2017 registered 6.76 million mt, the figure increased by 5.9 per cent to 7.16 million mt over the same period in 2018 comprising 2.93 million mt of Liner cargo, 0.86 million mt of Break bulk, 1.71 million mt of Dry bulk cargo and 1.66 million mt of Liquid bulk imports.<\/p>\n Total exports for mid-2018 also saw a 33.53 per cent increase over 2017 from 3.02 million mt to 4.01 million mt. <\/p>\n From Left to Right- Mr. Frederick Atogiyire, Head of Public Relations; Ms Sylvia Asana Dauda-Owu, Deputy CEO; Ms Benonita Bismarck, CEO and Mr Emmanuel Arku, Head of Research, Monitoring and Evaluation of the GSA<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n On transit, Ghana\u2019s total trade between Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali for the half year of 2018 recorded 497,574 mt. This represents a rise of 10.7 per cent in the 2017 figure of 449,650 mt for the same period. The 2018 transit trade comprises imports of 449,710 mt and exports of 47,864 mt.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/localhost:10003\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SQO-1024x683.jpg\")
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