The Management of the Ghana Ports and Harbors Authority has met with the transport unions whose members transport cargo to and from the port, to educate them on the need to continue paying tolls, after the commencement of operations at the new MPS Terminal 3.
This came on the back of an erroneous impression created among truck drivers that the payments of tolls are to be discontinued after the opening of the new terminal.
GPHA, as the Port Authority, found the need to step in, to remind drivers of their toll obligations.
The Corporate Monitoring Manager of GPHA, who is also the Chairman of the Transition Committee for the MPS Terminal 3, Garvin Amarvie, insisted on the need for tolls to be continued to be paid to GPHA.
“GPHA is the landlord and has the responsibility to take the toll. We are going to continue with the toll system, and the price remains the same,” he said.
He explained that tolls are very essential in generating port revenue to maintain port infrastructure, and services.
He, however, mentioned that in the future the payment of tolls would be properly integrated with the new electronic systems of the MPS Terminal 3 in order to improve efficiency for port customers.