The 2017 nominees of the Ghana Shippers Awards which comes off on June 30, at the Movenpick Ambassador Hotel, has been released.

The awards, organised by Globe Productions in collaboration with the Ghana Shippers’ Authority, Ministry of Transport, and the Graphic Communications Group was to recognize and award players in the country's maritime and shipping Industry.

This was in a statement signed by Latif Abubakar, Event Director for the Awards, and copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra.

The statement said some of the award categories include the Anas Aremeyaw Anas Award for Transparency, Freight Forwarder of the Year, Shipping Line of the Year, Shipping Agent of the Year, Chief Executive Officer of the Year and the Ten Most Transparent Shipping Companies.

Some dignitaries expected to grace the event are Mr Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, the Minister of Transport, Mr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, the Minister of Information, Prof Akilagpa Sawyerr, and Samia Nkrumah.

The organisations nominated include OmniBank Ghana Limited, Benmarine Offshore Service Limited, Jonmoore International, Guaranty Trust Bank (Ghana) Limited, APM Terminals Ghana Limited, Freight Masters Shipping Agency Ltd, APM Terminals Ghana Limited, Achievers Logistics Ghana, Global Cargo and Commodities Limited, Transglobal Logistics Limited, and Bluchip Logistics Limited,

Others include Logical Maritime Services Limited, Star Assurance Company Limited, Consolidated Shipping Agencies Limited, Apex Shipping and Commercial Company Limited, Mcdan Shipping Company Limited, Management Limited, Delexes Company Limited, Baj Freight and Logistics Limited, and Fendercare Marine Ghana Limited, GMT Shipping Ghana Limited, and Eagle Express Limited.

The rest are Air Ghana Ltd, ACS Africa Coastal Services Ghana Limited, Sevenlog Limited, Ghana Airports Company Limited, Amaris Terminal Limited, Graphic Communications Group Limited, and West Blue Consulting.

Others are Kingdom Exim Ghana Limited, Damco Logistics Ghana Limited, Borderless Alliance (West Africa), Sea and Shore Services Ghana Limited, Flat C Marine Offshore Limited, Grimaldi Ghana Limited, UT Logistics, Ghana Community Network Services, Aramex Ghana Limited, Tv3 Network Limited, Radio Gold, Turkish Airlines, British Airways, Ethiopian Airlines Swissport, Barry Callebaut, Pioneer Food Cannery, and Fedex.