The Port of Tema Operations Team has bid farewell to outgoing Port Security Manager Col. Joseph Malik Punamane who has served since November 2017. The Ag. Director of Port Mrs. Sandra Opoku on behalf of management and staff expressed appreciation for his hard work and dedication to duty citing numerous occasions where Col. Punamane has […]
In order to augment the stock of sanitary items of the GPHA Clinic, the Angel Group of Companies, has donated some 1000 bottles of the New Original Adonko Hand Sanitizers, tissues, face masks and hand gloves to the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority’s Clinic and Health Services Department. The Adonko Bitters Limited is a beverage […]
Port users are being encouraged to continue to clear all goods at Ghana’s sea ports since cargo movements are exempted from the current restrictions on movements of persons in Ghana. According to Esther Gyebi Donkor, General Manager, Marketing and Corporate Affairs of GPHA the Port is clearing every type of cargo. “We have not limited […]
A former General Manager at the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA), Mrs. Alice Torkenoo has passed on at age 61. Mrs. Torkenoo until her retirement last year, was the General Manager of the PSC Tema Shipyard, which is currently under the Management of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority. BestNewsGH.com sources intimate that her […]
Users of the ports have been urged to adhere strictly to measures put in place by the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) to curtail the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic The outgoing Port Security Manager (PSM) of the Tema Port, Col Joseph Malik Punamane made the appeal at a farewell meeting organised by the […]
The captain of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that has more than 100 cases of coronavirus wrote a stunning plea for help to senior military officials. In a four-page letter, first reported by the San Francisco Chronicle, Capt. Brett Crozier of the USS Theodore Roosevelt described a disastrous situation unfolding aboard the warship, a temporary home to […]
The Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA) has directed all sea ports to prevent any ship whose crew is suspected to be infected with the coronavirus (COVID-19) from entering the country. This is part of a raft of directives contained in an urgent circular signed by the Deputy Director General (Operations & Technical) of GMA, Mr Daniel […]
The Chamber of Freight Forwarders, Ghana has described the UNIPASS single window project as a unique one that will help enhance and improve trade facilitation in the country. Speaking on ‘Point of View’ on Accra based Citi TV, and monitored by BestNewsGH.com, President of the Chamber, Dennis Amfo Sefa averred that just like they protested […]
The long awaited salmonella infested gizzard which was impounded at the Port of Tema following a tip-off from the Brazilian embassy has finally been destroyed. A joint team comprising the Customs division of the Ghana Revenue Authority, Veterinary services, GPHA Intelligence, Ports Health Services, National Security, Bureau of National Investigations and other stakeholders in the […]
A Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Carlos Ahenkorah has stated that there seem to be no end in sight for the ongoing border closure by the Nigerian government. Having led a delegation to Nigeria to negotiate the opening of that country’s borders to truckers that are carting goods from Ghana and neighbouring countries to […]
The Tema Port Security Manager, Colonel Joseph Punamane has met with boat operators within the fishing community to educate them on the rules and regulations governing the sea ports. According to the Port Security Manager, the sensitisation has become necessary due to the fact that many fisher folk flout the ports’ regulations out of ignorance. […]
Overstayed vehicles at the port of Tema have been auctioned to the general public by the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority. The auction, BestNewsGH.com can report, was organised at the Safe Bond and Atlas terminals simultaneously. The move forms part of efforts to mop-up revenue in accordance with sections 93 (1) and 59 […]
