The Marine Port and Railways Command of the Ghana Police is currently investigating circumstances surrounding the disappearance of some ten 20-footer containers of canned tomatoes from the port of Tema during a transfer process to gazette the consignment. The Marine, Port and Railways Police took over the assignment, when the Tema Command of the Customs […]
The Tema District Court has sentenced a 27 year physically challenged man, Hakeem Mohammed to 4 years’ imprisonment for stowaway offences. Hakeem Mohammed has also been fined Ghc 6000 which if he is unable to pay will serve additional 2 years to the 4 year jail term. Hakeem who was flown in from Namibia after […]
The Tema Port Security has in their custody a stowaway, Anthony Ali, who was disembarked from a Grimaldi Vessel. According to the Tema Port Security Manager, Joseph Punamane, the Grimaldi Vessel, en route Belgium, detected the stowaway, who had described himself as half Ghanaian, half Togolese, and decided to disembark him at Ghana’s Port. The […]
There is currently a growing level of interest to increase and improve the participation of women in the Ports, Shipping and Maritime Transport Industry globally and nationally. At a recently held 6th Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association (WISTA) Africa Region Conference in Ghana, the Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Kitack Lim […]
The Marine Police Unit at the Tema Port has arrested five persons for their alleged involvement in the disappearance of 10 containers of canned tomato paste from the Tema Port on May 30, 2019 while transfering the consignment for gazetting and subsequent auctioning. The suspects — Messrs Alex Brako of Oslo Shipping; Alfred Frimpong, a […]
The Tema Command of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) is investigating the circumstances under which some ten 20-footer containers of canned tomatoes disappeared from the port during a transfer process to gazette the consignment. The containers, which were numbered TCLU 7286827, TCLU 7354576, TRHU1088166, TRHU268169, CMAU1425730 among other insignias, were being […]
The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority is offering an opportunity to importers whose import duties were determined just before the reduction in benchmark values to re-present their documents for revaluation. The measure means that people whose goods have not yet been cleared can enjoy lower duties. The Customs Classification and Valuation Report (CCVR) […]
Government may be considering measures to review portions of the Meridian Port Services Agreement with the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) after several agitations and concerns raised by the Trades Union Congress and the Maritime and Dock Workers Union, The Finder has gathered. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo yesterday met with the leadership of […]
President Akufo-Addo is meeting workers of the Tema Port over recent agitation on the Meridian Port Services agreement. The TUC and the Ghana Maritime and Dock Workers Union in recent times have expressed concerns about the deal which they believe will lead to job losses. President Nana Akufo-Addo, in his initial remarks, expressed his surprise […]
A whistleblower has alleged the discovery of container load of sophisticated guns including AK 47 assault rifles at the Port of Tema. The whistleblower who made the disclosure in an audio recording with accompanying picture of the container and the truck from which the container was offloaded said the guns were discovered after the container […]
The General Manager, Marketing and Corporate Affairs of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA), Mrs. Esther Gyebi Donkor has been bestowed the Excellence in Marine and Aviation award at the 5th Feminine Ghana Achievement Awards held in Accra. Esther Gyebi Donkor was awarded due to her high expression of commitment to serve the Ghana […]
Exactly twenty months ago, on the 1st of September, 2017, His Excellency the Vice President Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia caused the abolishment of all internal checkpoints manned by personnel of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA). The intention was to accelerate the movement of goods, failing to take into consideration the negative […]
