Hamburg expects annual container throughput to exceed four million TEUs by the turn of the millennium. A newly constructed scarf to accommodate the quarter ramps on OTAL's ro-ros Easy access to the motorway and railway. The award was presented at the GSC's 25th anniversary celebrations by Mrs Miranda Amisah, shipping manager at Ghana's Cocoa Marketing Company . The event was attended by five hundred guests from shipping organisations, port authorities and shippers' councils throughout West and Central Africa. I would like to think that I have been given this award as a symbol of what can be done to promote the African entrepreneur and elevate the critical importance of shipping amongst our respective economies.
People are certainly the key to successful shipping.
Shipping is as much about relationships, communications and enterprise as it is about heavy equipment, ship operations and cargo. I hope my success will, in some way, help to act as a beacon for future African businessmen and shipping entrepreneurs. However, no one should be under the misapprehension that shipping yields immediate or easy profits. It is a costly, complex and difficult enterprise that needs a strong hand and a great deal of resilience. Finally, I would like to pay tribute to the Ghana Shippers' Council and Union of African Shippers' Councils .