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Group Picture with the Director General of CBC (third from left) and his Team<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nIn June 2024, GSA intervened in the detention of twenty trucks carrying unwholesome cargo, flagged by Burkinabe authorities, after Joint Association of Port Transport Unions-Ghana\u2019s (JAPTU-Ghana)\u00a0 efforts to resolve the issue proved unsuccessful.”<\/p>\n
To resolve the issue, the Ghana Shippers’ Authority (GSA) and the Ministry of Transport held a series of stakeholder meetings at the Dakola border and Tema port, and collaborated with its Burkinabe counterpart, the Conseil Burkinabe Des Chargeurs (CBC), to secure the release of the detained trucks.<\/p>\n
On\u00a0 20th August 2024, Frederick Atogiyire, Northern Zonal Manager of the Ghana Shippers’ Authority (GSA), led a team to meet with Dr. Kassoum Traore, Director General of the Conseil Burkinabe Des Chargeurs (CBC), and his team to discuss the detained trucks.<\/p>\n Dr. Traore clarified that under Burkinabe law, unwholesome cargo can result in the confiscation of both the cargo and trucks. He assured the team that progress was being made and that an out-of-court settlement had been reached with the shipper, paving the way for the trucks’ prompt release.<\/p>\n In a media briefing in Tamale, Frederick Atogiyire, Northern Zonal Manager of the Ghana Shippers’ Authority (GSA), announced that the Burkinabe Customs had efficiently processed the trucks for departure, enabling them to resume their journey to Ouagadougou on 25th August 2024, and subsequently return to Ghana on August 29, 2024.<\/p>\n Mr. Atogiyire expressed his appreciation for the Burkinabe Authorities\u2019 concerted efforts in facilitating the trucks’ release.<\/p>\n The Ghana Shippers\u2019 Authority (GSA) with support from the Ministry of Transport (MoT) has secured the release of six Ghanaian cargo trucks detained at the Dakola border in Burkina Faso.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41083,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[320,329,469,524,602,743,905,1164,1359],"class_list":["post-41081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-burkina-faso","tag-burkinabe-customs-douanes","tag-conseil-burkinabe-des-chargeurs-cbc","tag-dakola-border","tag-dr-kassoum-traore","tag-frederick-atogiyire","tag-ghana-shippers-authority-gsa","tag-joint-association-of-port-transport-unions-ghanas-japtu-ghana","tag-ministry-of-transport-mot"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/localhost:10003\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/trucks2-1024x441.jpg\")
Group Picture with Staff of the Ghanaian Embassy<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/localhost:10003\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/trucks3.jpg\")
Interactions with affected truck drivers at the Dakola border<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"