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Relax. This could still go either way.

Need to reduce import costs
Shipping lines only work mon-fri 8-5pm-apparently lack of demand beyond this, despite 24/7 port

https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/shipping-lines-encouraged-to-bring-ease-to-doing-business-in-ghanas-ports/

The SP was 6p when the the ‘on hold’ rns finally provided an update. The workarounds are all in place and the client remains committed- we are experiencing a minor delay, please fasten your seatbelts belts and take off will resume shortly

It may not be that straightforward. Wsg tend not to rns bad news. They expect us to discover it on the internet/ news- in which case it is a slow realisation eg Iran

Of course fowler will not RNS this. It is concrete evidence of gross incompetence. He is also not going to apologise or admit that lessons have been learned.

It’s better that samara and boateng do not know about this stuff-sshhh! It will give them ideas- It is easy to part a fool and his money

Excellent work by eskers

Feeks- that is a good question- the problem is that the primary management interface is between saouda and boateng (ie scanport) who are f2f in Ghana and who hold the primary contract.
Those guys are key- wsg are important technical back up-fowler is on FaceTime-Nidal adds middle management expertise

So why hasn’t the contract been signed? We all know that it can be amended according to results of negotiations and the passage of time

Why the hold up? Do they need a longer trial period? Is the contract dependent on its entirety on MPS negotiations?

What is FDI? Foreign direct investment?
Great I will recommend it to fowler

A lot of the basic stuff is in the government white paper
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.modernghana.com/amp/news/923662/ministerial-committee-raises-concerns-about-tema.html

Gpha want to takeover operation of T2 which includes two deep (11m) Berths still under MPS control. Also amendment of MPS exclusivity to ships of 400 teu capacity allowing gpha to deal with the remaining 20% in T2. Without this T2 is arguably economically unviable. T2 was upgraded in 2010(?) for a cost of 70m- shame to mothball. MPs want guarantees gpha do not hire a 3rd party in T2 or be undercut in price by gpha itself in the future or better still close it/ run it down

MPS will improve function- they have multiple west African ports which run smoothly. It will take weeks/months though

The negotiations broke down 3 weeks ago in the context of disagreement since 2015, and ministerial report in March 2018

They are awaiting government/regulator intervention to ease the deadlock

The presidential elections are in 2020 with primaries starting in March 2020. They will want to avoid union unrest in the run up

Do scanport/ wsg scan all containers? Or only T3

You can see ships docking on the map which may help

Obviously the gpha agenda is to keepT2 viable

MPS do not want a low cost potential competitor next door with ex MPS deep berths. Income protection needed

How many in T2 vs T3?

Gibbo that’s a useful bit of knowledge- did Colton achieve anything on his previous stint?

Nidal’s senior experience in sales and project management will come in really handy in err.. KSA

These two guys both went for the KSA scouting job- Nidal got the short straw- sort out teething problems in Tema first

Aim puts a disproportionate emphasis on the competence of management given the inherent difficult analysing small companies in detail

Hence the fowler discussion

Btw Balders is sitting on a gold mine in somaliland- piracy down, Marine planktonic drift up, and five recent Chinese fishing licences in neighbouring Somali. He is also chairing a local charity if anyone wantsto go
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.banburyguardian.co.uk/news/people/former-banbury-mp-to-bang-gavel-at-charity-auction-1-9101475/amp

Wsg intiate MSC but fail to risk assess, with under estimation of the wider risks and socio-political context of the project.

Fowler is experienced and was aware of the MPS/gpha negotiations- hence the emphasis in the initial rns of creating 400 Ghanaian jobs. The feigned naivety is mainly for our benefit

Apologies- I am reacting to posts that fowler is a decent chap- maybe to employees

However consider who in their right mind is ‘pleased’ to announce a placing or described wsg as ‘world renowned’

I think it is important to give fowler feedback rather than be sycophantic