Disaster struck on the Volta Lake in the Afram Plains area of the Eastern Region last Thursday when a boat carrying an unspecified number of persons capsized, leaving 10 persons feared drowned. However, multiple sources said the death toll could be 20. Rescuers, mainly the locals, worked frantically to rescue 17 persons. As of press […]
The President of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA), Dr. Joseph Obeng says the Association made several valuable inputs into the contract which was awarded by government through the Ministry of Health and the Ghana Health Service for the disinfection of all imports and exports at the Sea ports and points of entry. Dr. […]
The Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA) in collaboration with the Western Naval command and marine police Wednesday arrested eight persons suspected to be engaged in illegal bunkering. The arrest was made during a routine patrol on the sea to check activities of the Takoradi area. The eight are currently in the custody of Ghana marine police […]
Story by: Nana Boateng Mr. Michael Awuah, the first vice chairman of NPP-Japan branch has reiterated his unflinching support for the running of the ports and harbours by UNIPASS spearheaded by Ghana Link Service Ltd., in conjunction with Customs UNIPASS international Agency (CUPIA), of the Korean Customs Service. He argues that GCNET and its other […]
President of the Chamber of Freight forwarders and Trade (CFT), Dennis Amfo-Sefah, has stated that UNI-PASS will definitely overcome the difficulties which led to the complete stall of goods clearance at the Ports. While attributing the hitch to the sabotaging activities of some detractors, Amfo-Sefah, debunked the misinformation out that nothing was happening at the […]
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has commenced use of the new Integrated Customs Management System (ICUMS) at the Tema Port. ICUMS is a new port clearing system that processes documents and payments through one window, a departure from the previous system where valuation and classification, risk management and payment were done by different entities. In […]
Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL), a subsidiary of the Jospong Group of Companies (JGC), has donated a whopping US$ 20,000 (GHC120,000.00) to the University of Ghana Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), one of the leading laboratories at the forefront of testing samples for the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. Chief Corporate Communications […]
Waste Management Company, Zoomlion Ghana Limited has began massive disinfection of public and some private institutions to help contain the spread of the novel convid-19 pandemic. Ghana has recorded one of the highest confirmed cases of Convid 19 within the sub region. The government has however extended its lockdown measures within the Greater Accra, Kasoa […]
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 […]
