These include 436 Pistols (Side Arms), 26 packs of 50 pieces of Ammunition and 1 (40ml. After examination, eighteen (18) packages identified as restricted items were found in the container. The expansion could increase exports of Africa’s biggest gold producer and the world’s second-largest cocoa grower by as much as 17 per cent over five to 10 years, according to a 2019 study by Quantifying Business Impact on Society. The container described on arrival at the Tema port as containing Personal Effects, Household Goods and a Carding Machine was flagged as ‘Red Channel. The investment also seeks to deepen the port to accommodate larger ships. That is set to cut down on terminal time and expand the traffic volume for the port. The interception was made on the 27th November 2021 at about 1000hours according to an intelligence circular that WhatsUp News has seen. It is the largest port in Ghana, handles dry and liquid bulk, containers, reefer, Ro-Ro, LPG and breakbulk. MPS is set to conclude its second phase this month after delays linked to the coronavirus pandemic, Samara told bloomberg.Įxtension works will include digitising processes and providing an installed capacity of 3.7 million TEUs a year, according to the company. Security officers at the Tema Port have intercepted a cache of dangerous guns that were being smuggled into the country by some importers, Whatsup News can report. OVERVIEW: City in the Greater Accra region of Ghana.
TEMA PORT FREE
The Africa Continental Free Trade Area is creating the world’s biggest free trade zone by area, encompassing a combined economy of $2.5 trillion and a market of 1.2 billion people. By Andrew Weir, The French ports-to-media conglomerate, Bolloré Africa Logistics, partnered by the Danish shipping giant Maersks ports arm, APM Terminals, opened a hugely profitable, state-of-the-art container terminal at Ghanas Tema port in. That share compares with more than 50 per cent in Asia and 72 per cent in Europe. French billionaire Vincent Bolloré added Tema to the 15 West African ports he already controlled by ripping off the country, a secret report says.
The emerging trend is that people are smuggling weapons and ammunition into the country by and a possible explosion could be imminent.The expansion is set to leverage an Africa-wide trade deal, which came into effect in January and seeks to boost intra-continental commerce from the current 14.5 per cent of trade, according to the African Export-Import Bank. The items had included nine side arms (pistols), eight assault rifles and 219 pieces of live ammunition which had been discovered during physical examination of a 40-footer container meant for house-to-house delivery.Īgain in that case, the container was supposed to be holding personal belongings, often listed as clothing, shoes, home accessories, television sets, among others, imported from the United States into the country. LOLO container services and bulk cargo solutions. Best placed to serve London and the South of England. We offer the following: Deep water quay with road, rail and barge connections. In September, another cache of weapons was busted by the Preventive and the Counter-Terrorism units of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) at the Golden Jubilee Terminal at the Tema Port. London Thamesport, once a deep sea container port, has since diversified to provide reliable short sea and bulk cargo solutions. And this is not the first arms bust in 2021. In 2021, an additional 400m of berth and 16 gantry cranes were inaugurated to ensure the Port continues to lead in efficiency and security. Joseph Nunoo-Mensah has said that the country is sitting on a time bomb as leaders look on unconcerned while the hustling youth numbers hawking on the streets increase. Meridian Port Services (MPS), Tema In 2020, a USD 1 billion investment was completed to maintain the Port of Tema's reputation as the best performing container port in West and Central Africa. Security officers at the Tema Port have intercepted a cache of dangerous guns that were being smuggled into the country by some importers, Whatsup News can report.