The Ghana Shippers’ Authority has held a day’s seminar on Uncleared Cargo List (UCL) for Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies, as well as stakeholders in the shipping industry. Held on Thursday, June 27 2019, the seminar sought to bring to the fore, the challenges that uncleared cargo at the ports pose to stakeholders and the […]
The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority has assembled members of the press, in a forum, as an effort to educate public on current enhancements in the trade and port clearance system. Customs, since 2002 has partnered IT Solutions companies, to create a secure trade platform that facilitates the exchange of information between the […]
The Ghana Navy and the Marine and Railways Unit of the Ghana Police Service have assured the public of continued service to safeguarding the port space and Ghana’s territorial waters. This was said when, the Flag officer in charge of the Eastern Naval Command, Commodore James Kontoh and the Commander of the Marine, Port and […]
The Environmental Protection Agency, in conjunction with the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority, has embarked on a thorough clean up exercise of the beach front within the Fishing Harbour enclave in Tema, to mark the World Ocean Day. World Ocean Day is a global celebration where hundreds of events around the world are organized to […]
Women in Maritime Africa (WIMA) Ghana Chapter, which is the local chapter of Women in Maritime Africa is collaborating with the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Gender and Children and Transport to share best practices on how to sustainably harness the Volta Lake’s resources for economic empowerment. Perpetual Osei Bonsu, the Legal Advisor to […]
Eye on Port continues to engage key institutions in the port area to bring clarity to port users on issues pertinent to the industry live on national television. On Eye on Port recent live telecast, featured security at the ports where the National Security Liaison at the Tema Port, Sub/Lt. Christian Tettey, and the Tema […]
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 […]
