The management of the Sierra Leone Ports and Harbors Authority (SLPHA) has presented its strategic plan in the three-day retreat organized by the Ministry of Transport and Aviation in Bo City.
The strategic plan featured the successes and challenges of the Authority in its transformational drive, making it an envy in the sub region.
Presenting on behalf of the Authority, the Director of Research, Planning and Development , Abubakarr Kamara Esq. submitted that the Authority has made major structural and technology-driven Reforms, which have ranked the Authority as the most improved port in cargo productivity in the sub region. This, he said, has earned the authority multiple awards both locally and internationally, internally the consecutive pass marks of the Authority in the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) compliance audit and consecutively and currently toping the Ministry of Transport and Aviation Performance tracking Index.
He also mentioned the Authority’s plans to construct a multipurpose state-of-the-art administrative building with modern maritime gadgets, construction of an additional berths and roll out the port community system in the clearance processes, thereby reducing the human interface and enhancing efficiency and productivity.
The retreat ended on Friday, 21st November, 2005.
