This month, Meridian Port Services (MPS), situated in the Port of Tema, attained an all-time performance document of 139.91 moves/hour. This comes soon after the incurable invited the very first telephone call of the Hapag Lloyd MIAX solution for the transhipment of fresh fruit onto the WAX solution predestined for Belgium, Europe.
These brand-new growths are the outcome of a 1-billion-euro financial investment, finished previously this year, in addition to lawful reforms to make it possible for transhipment. “The new MPS Terminal 3 has the ideal characteristics required of hub ports around the world,” statedMr Mohamed Samara, Chief Executive Officer of MPS.
“These consist of; high performance degrees, availability, regularity of telephone calls, variety of delivery lines, brief waiting times at anchorage, quick vessel turn-around time, greater port ability, as well as berth accessibility in addition to the highest possible throughput per vessel employ West Africa.
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The MSC LIVORNO, component of a fleet of Ultra Large Container Vessels (ULCV) released on the MSC’s Africa Express (AFEX) regular solution right into Ghana, attained 145.86 moves/hour after changing the acceptable insurance deductible times. This much go beyond the previous document of 112 moves/hour which was attained on MSC ALTAIR that berthed at Terminal 3 on 15th May 2020. This brand-new document is believed to be the most effective on the West African Coastline.
Faster transportation times
Hapag Lloyd’s choice to make use of MPS Terminal 3’s increased connection, ability as well as abilities to tranship in between South Africa as well as Europe was revealed in October 2019 as well as based on the effective conclusion of theTema Port Expansion Project The brand-new MIAX (Middle East-India-Africa Express) solution is created to supply straight links as well as quick transportation times in between the Persian Gulf, India, Colombo (Sri Lanka), La Réunion with to South as well as West Africa.
“The new MIAX service enables us to offer our customers very attractive transit times between South and West Africa, Middle East and India, at the same time, we are integrating Africa even more tightly into our global network” claims Samad Osman, Managing Director of Hapag-Lloyd’s Area Africa.
Removing lawful obstacles
Mr Frank Ebo Brown, Head of Legal as well as Compliance at MPS, acknowledged the assistance of the Customs Division of Ghana Revenue Authority in making this feasible, claiming: “Since identifying the legal barriers to facilitate transhipment trade, they have advocated and worked together with us on amending the old transhipment laws to allow a much more robust and fluid transhipment process to reflect present happenings in major shipping hubs”.
Commenting on the brand-new growth, Board Chairman of the Ghana Ports as well as Harbours Authority,Mr Peter Mac Manu stressed that Ghana prepared as a country to settle the gains from this collaboration.
“With the rolling out of the Africa Free Continental Trade Agreement (AfFCTA), Ghana is in a position to harness this opportunity in the areas of job creation and trade facilitation. The creation of direct services and reduction in the transit times will result clear trade efficiency. He added that this will significantly open up the economy to more industries and sustainable investments.” Mr Mac Manu stated.
MPS is a joint endeavor in between Ghana Ports as well as Harbours Authority (30%), APM Terminals (35%) as well as Bollor é Transport as well as Logistics (35%).
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