The Director of the Port of Tema, Sandra Opoku has been conferred with a woman of excellence award for her outstanding contribution to the maritime transport industry in Ghana. This was at the 6th Ghana Women of Excellence Awards held in Accra to acknowledge and celebrate distinguished women causing positive change and development in society […]
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Coronavirus: Ghana’s trade surplus widens
Right from the start of the COVID-19 outbreak in Ghana, government has sought to use the inevitable accompanying disruptions in international supply chains to engage in import substitution in order to improve the country’s merchandize trade performance. The latest data released by the Bank of Ghana at the weekend confirms that this strategy is working. Total merchandise trade imports […]
Ghana’s Port now a preferred choice of shipping lines – Michael Luguje
The Director-General of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority, Michael Luguje has revealed that developments in Ghana’s ports have positioned the country at a competitive advantage within the sub-regional shipping subsector. The Director-General of GPHA who was speaking on the Eye on Port program, indicated that due to the operational efficiency of the Tema Port, […]
Tema Port ranked the largest port in West, Central Africa
The President of Ports Management Association of West and Central Africa (PMAWCA) and the Director-General of Ghana’s Ports and Harbours Authority, Michael Luguje has revealed that with the completion of phase 1 of the MPS Terminal 3, the Tema Port is currently the biggest in terms of capacity of all ports in the West and […]
GRA deploys Integrated Customs Management System
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 […]
Port of Tema bids farewell to Col. Joseph Punamane, outgoing Security Manager
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 […]
Inland Container Depots at Tema Port to cease operations from Monday, July 15 2019
Investigations conducted by The Chronicle in Tema reveals that with effect from Monday 15th July 2019, the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority ( GPHA) will cease to allocate containers to the Inland Container Depots (ICD) to work on. Between now and the 14th July 2019, a joint team of security operatives are to escort all […]
GPHA Security and National Security emphasize their importance in the Port
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 […]
Customs suspend movement of uncleared cargoes following theft of ten 20-footer containers containing tin tomatoes
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 […]
27 year old physically challenged man who stowed away jailed 4 years plus 6k fine
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 […]
Stowaway caught and disembarked in Tema Port
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 […]
Update: 5 persons nabbed over 10 missing containers at Tema
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 […]