The new Integrated Customs Management System ICUMS is said to have raked in over GH¢177.3 million in revenues at the Tema Port of entry in one week of going live. This comes after the system which some refer to as UNIPASS had successfully processed more than 4,793 Bills of...
Customs officers have re-adopted the manual process of releasing goods to freight forwarders and clearing agents at the country’s busiest sea port, the Tema Port. This is to ease the tension at Tema Port as a result of clearing agents’ inability to clear goods electronically through the new Integrated Customs...
The Integrated Customs Management System (ICUMS) has outlined proposals for the release of cargo for the Bills of Entry processed in Ghana Customs Management System (GCMS). The proposal, which is in two parts, makes provisions for Meridian Port Services (MPS) and Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA), and all other...
Transactions related to the import and export of goods at the Tema port through the one-stop service for all customs clearance procedures, dubbed Integrated Customs Management Systems (ICUMS) begun yesterday However, some importers and clearing agents could not clear their goods at the Tema port because they could not process...
Effective today, June 1, 2020, all transactions related to the import and export of goods at the various ports will be conducted through the one-stop service for all customs clearance procedures, dubbed Integrated Customs Management Systems (ICUMS). This follows successful simulation and piloting of ICUMS at Tema Port, the final...
The Chief Executive Officer of the International Maritime Hospital, Dr. Yaw Oppong has advised the general public to redefine their style of living or adopt a modifying liftstyle in the era of COVID-19 pandemic, because the search for the vaccine for the virus might take a longer time. He cautioned...
The Chief Executive Officer of the International Maritime Hospital, Dr. Sylvester Yaw Oppong has stated that the International Maritime Hospital, is well-positioned to help solve some of the health concerns of members of the international trade community who find themselves in Ghana to do business. “When people are doing business...
West Blue Consulting, a world-class business and IT-consulting and technology firm, has since its arrival in Ghana transformed the country’s port; making it easy for importers and exporters to do business, and thereby increasing government’s revenue substantially. The company, which supported Customs in taking over its core functions from the...
MSC Altair berthed at Terminal 3 of Tema Port declaring a total throughput of 4,344 TEUs (Twenty Equivalent Unit) to be discharged and loaded. The Terminal Operations were completed with 3,290 crane moves in 29.5 hours, making a new record of 111.4 moves per hour against 103.9 recorded in...
Ghana Community Network Service Limited (GCNet) is set to shut down its operations at the nation’s ports to finally give way for UNIPASS, now Integrated Customs Management Systems (ICUMS) to takeover single window operations at the port. In a series of letters written to the existing vendors and various port...