{"id":333263,"date":"2017-07-01T16:33:29","date_gmt":"2017-07-01T16:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=333263"},"modified":"2017-07-01T16:33:29","modified_gmt":"2017-07-01T16:33:29","slug":"bost-honoured-at-2017-ghana-shippers-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/07\/bost-honoured-at-2017-ghana-shippers-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"BOST honoured at 2017 Ghana Shippers awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) has been honoured at the 2017 Ghana Shippers Awards ceremony organized in Accra on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>BOST was adjudged the Liquid Bulk Operator of the Year at the ceremony held at the M\u00f6venpick Ambassador Hotel in Accra.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-333266 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/bost-ghana-shippers-award-4.jpg\" alt=\"bost-ghana-shippers-award-4\" width=\"810\" height=\"840\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The award comes on the back of massive backlash BOST had received for selling 5 million litres of <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/06\/28\/contaminated-fuel-saga-a-distraction-from-former-mds-rot-bost\/\"><strong>contaminated fuel<\/strong><\/a><\/span> to two unlicensed companies, Movepiina and Zup Oil, which were allegedly set up few days before the sale.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana is said to have lost about GHc 7 million in revenue over the deal.<\/p>\n<p>The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has further threatened to take legal action against the two companies while investigations continue into the matter.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-333265 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/bost-ghana-shippers-award-3.jpg\" alt=\"bost-ghana-shippers-award-3\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" \/><\/p>\n<p>BOST according to its website has a mission of managing the business of storage and transmission of fuel, focusing on excellence in security, safety and profitability.<\/p>\n<p>It also has a vision of becoming the number one fuel and logistics business in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-333267 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/bost-ghana-shippers-award-1.jpg\" alt=\"bost-ghana-shippers-award-1\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But, it is currently unclear whether the company could achieve its vision and following further revelations that BOST sold contaminated fuel to about <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/06\/29\/exposed-38-unlicensed-firms-bought-contaminated-fuel-in-2015-2016\/\"><strong>38 companies<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, without an NPA license, between 2015 and 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The Minority and Majority Members of Parliament have also waded into the controversy taking divergent positions.<\/p>\n<p>Whereas the <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/06\/29\/bost-md-could-sabotage-contaminated-fuel-probe-mp\/\"><strong>Minority<\/strong><\/a><\/span> called for the appointment termination of the current Managing Director of BOST, Alfred Obeng Boateng the Majority demanded a full scale investigation into the matter beginning from the former BOST boss, <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/06\/30\/majority-demands-full-audit-of-bost-rot-under-awuah-darko\/\"><strong>Kingsley Kwame Awuah-Darko<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Godwin Akweiteh Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlloteyGodwin\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @AlloteyGodwin<\/a><br \/>\n<script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) has been honoured at the 2017 Ghana Shippers Awards ceremony organized in Accra on Friday. 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