List of Medical Doctors Approved to Certify Medical Fitness of SeafarersAll seafarers are advised to undertake the seafarer medical examination with the listed doctors to qualify for the issuance of a seafarer’s Medical Certificate by the Authority. This notice supersedes previous notices on the list of Medical Doctors approved by the GMA to conduct Seafarer’s…
Ghana Maritime Authority celebrates Day of the Seafarer March 25 is the day set aside by the maritime fraternity globally, to celebrate the daily grind of seafarers. Through seafarers, the wheels of the world’s economy continue to spin. This ensures that the daily supplies and other general goods we need in our homes reach us.…
Ghana makes history with first International Green Shipping ConferenceGhana will make history when she hosts maritime industry players on the African continent and beyond, in the first-ever International Green Shipping Conference in Africa. The Conference is being made possible under the auspices of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and the Danish Maritime Authority. It will…
New Initiatives on the Training of Ratings 1. The Ghana Maritime Authority is pleased to inform the maritime community, especially shipowners and their agents, Maritime Education and Training Institutes (METI), Seafarer Recruitment and Placement Services (SRPS) Providers, and all persons desirous of pursuing seafaring as a vocation about a new initiative created to support Ghanaian…
Certificates of competency issued by foreign Maritime administrations recognised by Ghana Maritime Authority The Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA) notifies the maritime community particularly ship-owners and their agents, Maritime Education Training Institutes, Seafarer Recruitment, and Placement Service (SRPS) providers, and holders of Certificates of Competency (CoC) issued by foreign administrations of the following: 1. GMA recognizes…
IMO Secretary General visits Ghana The Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization, Kitack Lim has paid a three-day working visit to Ghana. Kitack Lim, who has served as Secretary-General of the IMO since 2016, said he has always wished to visit Ghana. He was met on arrival at the Kotoka International Airport by the deputy…
Shippers and stakeholders in the maritime industry in the Western Region have been sensitised on the implementation of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) 2020 Sulphur Cap Regulation which comes into force on 1st January, 2020. The seminar which came off in Takoradi on 10th December, 2019 is the third in the series of a nationwide stakeholder sensitisation…