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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 Counter-intelligence Unit of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has intercepted five 20-footer containers loaded with rosewood that was meant for export through the Tema Port. A surveillance and intelligence team mounted checks at a point near the Afienya Axle Load Station, where it intercepted the consignment, which was on its […]
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 […]
