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Fowler runs the company in the interests of the employees- he is paternalistic and pompous but otherwise a reliable employer- hence he Grown salaries without profit

His representation of Iran (under the cloak of anonymity) was fraudulent in my opinion, rescued legally only by his caveat of ‘no certainty of timing or success’. Trump signposted his Iran policy years in advance of Fowler’s rns and other companies eg S4GA did not mislead SHs over 2016/17/18

More specifically, The contract depends on
1) resolution of outstanding nick tc contract
2) successful trial of untried joint venture model
3) MPs negotiations favourable enough to justify the cost of a technical partner (post initial training/and systems set up)

Yes word for word
He has a point. Impatient shareholders who express unwarranted criticism to wsg employees should be made aware of the complex work going on behind the scenes on their behalf. Some of the stuff would blow our brains. Thankfully there is only an internal reorganisation and financial arrangement with the milkman to arrange now

It’s a deceptively complex question that fowler poses, though it is an odd one for a ceo to ask

Anyway

Fowler makes a valid point when he confronts impatient investors with ‘who is more stupid you or me!!’

GPHA are the landlord, representing the government, acting on the ministerial report from March 2018 commissioned by the Addo regime, highlighting irregularities/possible corruption in the deal garnered under mahama’s Watch

They are not MDU

Gpha’s bottom line is to keep T2 viable and that requires 20% containers or the MPS exclusivity arrangement changed to 400 teu

Thanks for the replies

Are scanport/wsg paid directly by scan fees charged to the consumer/freight forwarder? As listed in the list of port fees per teu

Why are they dependent on a ‘financial arrangement ‘ between gpha and MPS?

The pre existing port was handling 850k TEU pa
(70,833 per month). This included two MPS berths
Are the figures for T3 only? In which case the pre-existing has collapsed

Cyrille is playing hard ball in Cameroon
I expect a letter to Akufo-Addo
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.theafricareport.com/17800/cameroon-bollore-sought-biyas-influence-over-doula-port-concession/amp/

The government bottom lines having listened to the unions is no GPHA job losses and adequate engagement and negotiation from all stakeholders re the proposed tariff hike.

There is no point MPS giving gpha workers jobs on the pre existing two MPS berths (on T2) if the containers are transported to T3 for storage and MPS takes all the revenue. Also no point if the exclusivity agreement that all ships >200 TEU go to MPS ie no/ few containers to gpha controlled T1/2. Gpha workers may be re-deployed but gpha needs revenue to stay afloat

Relax.

The passage of time will reveal all

What KPIs are there other than container numbers? Efficiency (container number/dwell time etc) versus quality (especially evident in increased customs revenue)

Wsg have a limited remit- not like SL- they are a technical partner on one aspect of the cargo clearance chain.
Are they still on probation or is the delay a financial arrangement?

Agreed-The port hike is not much of an issue- maybe there will be a transition period before full hike

I am challenging the pied piper of Banbury’s simplistic portrayal of events. Sure he is repeating back samara’s bravado but he is a 4 or 5th order player in the hierarchy, and we are 7th, below fowler’s Children, wsg employees and the port rats. Anyway just concentrate on fowler’s Mesmerising tune

‘Arrangement’ = agreement or plan on how something will happen
However it is/was preceded by a dispute (cf foxy article or intergovernmental white paper March 2018) and now a negotiation which could have more than one outcome on multiple points.
How can fowler know the outcome(s)- is he privy to such high level discussions? Fowler is outside the black box, like we are- AVM julius boateng is admittedly much better connected but retired 10 yrs ago

MPS are taking a very tough negotiating stance with scanport/ wsg. Couldn’t they offer a short term contract rather than a zero hours one? There is little good faith
The hybrid nature of the joint venture means that there is a convenient means for MPS to cut costs if required

The new information is that they are no longer doing work for free- which would have been extraordinary otherwise

The caveat is the expectation that the MPS negotiations will take months, and are much broader than fowler will have us believe

It’s positive that they will be paid for their work up to date.

The financial arrangements between MPS and GPHA may not be straightforward

The Ghana Port guide 2018 suggests Tema is ISPS compliant see page 46, and has been for a while
https://issuu.com/landmarine/docs/ghanaportshandbook_2018-19/2?ff&e=1056874/62804918

Also this depends on multiple criteria, multiple facilities such as electronic gates, ID technologies, multiple agencies inc GPHA security, police, navy and international projects and agreements

Yep- in the morning we will find a plump looking scanport and wsg will have disappeared