{"id":1757,"date":"2023-05-05T14:27:10","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T14:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmu40\/?p=1757"},"modified":"2023-05-11T11:53:24","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T11:53:24","slug":"michael-luguje","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmu40\/michael-luguje\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Luguje"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Director General<\/strong><br><strong>Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mr. Michael Achagwe Luguje<\/strong> is a port management and trade facilitation specialist. He was appointed as the <strong>Director General<\/strong> of <strong>Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority<\/strong> in July 2018. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Luguje was the Secretary General of the Ports Management Association of West and Central Africa (PMAWCA) from August 2012 to June 2018; Executive Secretary of the Pan African Association for Port Cooperation (PAPC) from August 2012 to February 2017; and Regional Coordinator for West and Central Africa, of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) from April 2007 to June 2012.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In April 2022, Mr. Luguje was elected Vice President (African Region) of the International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Luguje started his career at the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) in January 1999 and served in various roles including Human Resources, Marketing and Public Relations, Corporate Planning, and Special Assistant to the Director General. He has also consulted for organizations in the areas of port policy, port Customs goods clearance procedures and costs, transit trade facilitation, maritime sector\u2019s potentials and employment creation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Luguje is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT), and a member of the Board of Directors of the Ghana Maritime Authority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He holds a Bachelor\u2019s Degree in French\/Linguistics from the University of Ghana (1997), MSc in Maritime Affairs (Port Management) from the World Maritime University, Malmo, Sweden (2004), and an Executive MBA in Project and Strategic Management from the Paris Graduate School of Management, France (2008).&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Director GeneralGhana Ports and Harbours Authority Mr. Michael Achagwe Luguje is a port management and trade facilitation specialist. 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