{"id":607647,"date":"2019-04-16T20:58:55","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T20:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Tuesday, 16 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>EOP<\/p>\n2019-04-16\n\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/04\/19958095.295.jpg\""},"modified":"2019-04-16T20:58:55","modified_gmt":"2019-04-16T20:58:55","slug":"imo-boss-visits-mps-business-news-2019-04-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/16\/imo-boss-visits-mps-business-news-2019-04-16\/","title":{"rendered":"IMO boss visits MPS | Business News 2019-04-16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Tuesday, 16 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>EOP<\/p>\n<p>2019-04-16<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/19958095.295.jpg\" alt=\"IMO Boss Visits MPS.png\" title=\"IMO Boss Visits MPS.png\" width=\"295\" height=\"172\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Staff of MPS pose with IMO general secretary<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The IMO Secretary General visited Meridian Port Services, where he was received by the CEO, Mohammed Samara, who illustrated in a presentation MPS\u2019 projected contribution to the Port of Tema\u2019s vision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are the largest port in terms of volume, because of the efficiency that we had invested in, we became very efficient and we had a lot of volume,\u201d he disclosed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The CEO of MPS, Mohammed Samara disclosed to the IMO Secretary General that, the ongoing expansion works would double the TEU capacity of the existing terminals and provide a Port that would be sustainable for about a 100years.<\/p>\n<p>He said the Port Authority is strategizing to harness the benefits of Ghana\u2019s growing economy by making sure the Port becomes a hub that unlocks traffic flow of cargo within the sub-region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe goal is also to originate more full containers out of Ghana\u2019s economy. The ports in Ghana and most ports in Africa are imbalanced, import is more than the export,\u201d Mohammed Samara expressed.<\/p>\n<p>He added that, Ghana like other West African nations, are working tirelessly to bridge the gap between imports and exports.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business News of Tuesday, 16 April 2019 Source: EOP 2019-04-16 Staff of MPS pose with IMO general secretary The IMO Secretary General visited Meridian Port Services, where he was received by the CEO, Mohammed Samara, who illustrated in a presentation MPS\u2019 projected contribution to the Port of Tema\u2019s vision. \u201cWe are the largest port in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":607648,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-607647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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