The figure indicates an improvement on the shipyard’s performance since 2014.
PSC Tema Shipyard has one of her two graving docks being the largest between the southern tip of Europe and Cape of Good Hope in South Africa.

“Our current achievement in recording more ships is due to pragmatic management and stability of the yard after the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) took over on July 1, 2016,” a senior management personnel at the drydock told The Ghanaian Chronicle.

The yard in 2014, worked on 20 vessels and the figure rose to 23 ships in the following year.
However, between January and June of last year, a period when the shipyard was plaqued with several industrial unrests, the yard witnessed a dramatic drop in vessel call for drydocking which stood at only four.

When the GPHA took over, between July and December, 2016, the Captain Francis Micah-led management endeavoured to work on 18 ships.

This year’s performance of 24 vessels from January to September and many still in queue to be serviced, is generally observed as good omen for the yard.

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The Director of Special Services at the Petroleum Commission, Kwaku Boateng, said this would strengthen the capacity of the Shipyard to fabricate parts locally for use in the Petroleum industry.

“Tema Shipyard has a good capacity to ensure that we fabricate components of FPSO and other oil installations here. There are still some challenges here, the equipment are outmoded, but they have a good facility. What we are trying to do is to collaborate with them and some oil companies to make sure that we revitalize the facility so that we can fabricate component of FPSOs and vessel repairs here in Ghana,” he said.

Currently, the Shipyard and the Drydock at Tema, can service vessels of various sizes. But Kwaku Boateng, who was speaking at the Public Accounts Committee sitting on Monday, said the move is in line with the local content policy of the Commission.

The Tema Shipyard is one of the largest shipyards and dry-docks on the African Continent. It is located on a 48.45 acre land adjacent the Commercial Port of Tema.

It has two (2) graving docks of 100,000 dwt and 10,000 dwt capacity, and a 150 tonnage slipway.

The shipyard is capable of servicing various size vessels and offshore operating facilities, from small vessels to very large ships, oil tankers, barges and rigs, operating within the Gulf of Guinea and those from-and-to Southern Africa and those en-route to Northern Africa and Europe.

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According to the union executives, Mr Owusu Koranteng who is the General Secretary of the Maritime and Dock Workers Union is unhappy with the new merger between PSC Tema Shipyard and the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority,  thus he is using a few union members to disrupt operations.

The Seniors Staff Union Chairman, Christian Kofi Dogbe said “there is no tension mounting within the Tema Shipyard company and there is no iota of truth in the reportage which was maliciously planted in the media by some disgruntled union members of MDU.

Currently as we speak, the company is doing just fine and we have received quite a number of first class vessels for maintenance works”

He noted that Mr Owusu Koranteng’s outburst is as a result of the formation of a rivalry union group by name PSMDU which has more numbers as compared to the mother union MDU.

“The problem is that, a new union has emerged which MDU is unhappy with and also MDU want government to abrogate the merger between PSC Tema Shipyard and GPHA which majority of us are opposed. The company has come of age and we shall not allow it to be toyed with again” he stressed.

Mr Dogbe said ever since GPHA took over, things have highly improved in the yard and more vessels have been docking for maintenance works.

“Mr Owusu Koranteng is the main problem we are facing here at Tema Shipyard because of his parochial interest and we shall resist any untoward move by him and his assigns to save the image of Tema Shipyard.”

The Junior staff union secretary of PSMDU, Stephen Tetteh Quaye also accused the Maritime and Dock Workers Union of double standard by calling for the abrogation of the merger between the Shipyard and GPHA.

He said in a press conference held in Accra on the 15th of August 2013, the MDU advocated for a merger between GPHA and Shipyard adding that, it is however questionable for the same union to be calling for an abrogation after the said proposal has been met.

“If not for personal parochial interest why would the same Union which quoted the GPHA as having the financial muscle to manage Tema Shipyard turn back and call for another proposal for a succesful and fruitfhl merger to be abrogated after their wishes have been met,”he questioned.

Mr Quaye called on the new government not to heed to the calls from the MDU since it does not represent the views of the majority of the staff.

He assured the public and its clients from neighbouring countries not to be alarmed by the false reportage and continue to use the Tema Drydock as their number one vessel maintenance yard.

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Dr. Bawumia explained that, the visit was borne out of government’s desire to chart a new course and tackle challenges facing the Authority.

“If you look at corruption in the sector, I say  probably 95% plus of it is from procurement, and so we are trying to give the public procurement authority as much as we can to execute its mandate. The Chief Executive has basically made it clear that he wants to chart a new course which is what we want to support,” he explained.

We’ll ensure value for money

The Vice President said the Authority, under the NPP administration, will  ensure due diligence and value for money in every procurement.

“For every procurement, there is going to be due diligence and value for money. This is new and a new team is going to be set up here to do this.We want to bring in a lot of transparency in the procurement process, but we want to bring in technology and so we are moving towards  E-procurement.”

“Chief Executive has already said that starting in June, we are going to begin the process, which means that every procurement will have its identification number and you can track it from each stage to the end so it is going to be very transparent…There will not be any surprises.”

The NPP administration has for the first time appointed a Minister of state in charge of public procurement.

Member of Parliament for Dome Kwabenya, and Deputy Majority Leader, Adwoa Sarfo, who’s  a professional lawyer with specialization in Procurement Law, is the Minister for that unit.

Vice President pays surprise visit to Registrar General, Tema Shipyard

This is the third time Vice President Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has paid an unannounced visit to a key government agency since assuming office.

On January 18, 2017, Dr. Bawumia visited the Registrar General’s Department to identify the bottlenecks bedeviling the state outfit, and also interacted with owners of businesses and Ghanaians who had gone to the Department to register their businesses.

He also paid another surprise visit to the Tema port, to familiarize himself with the operations of the port, and hear at first hand the challenges facing players in the sector.

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According to him, he’s spent two years working on the album.

In a post on his official Facebook page, he revealed that he has not tweeted or talked about Mary because he “needed Time, patience and a sound mind to record ‪#‎NoPressure‬.”

The album will be released in 2015, but the artiste has failed to indicate the exact date it will be released.

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The wild card nominee with the highest votes will join four other acts in the Best African Act category. Nigeria’s Davido, Goldfish from South Africa, Tanzania’s Diamond and Togolese Toofan has already secured their places and awaiting the fifth in the category who will be selected by fans via a Twitter vote.

[contextly_sidebar id=”nrVxPL0jiC5XZ37z3esgssK3F3EFa2RF”]This is the first time the MTV EMAs is giving fans the exclusive rights to nominate an act for a category. The Twitter vote is open until 14 September 2014  after which the 2014 MTV EMA nominees will be announced for voting to commence on 16 September 2014.

Sarkodie will get a further career boost if he gets nominated, following the two nods he’s secured for the upcoming Channel O Music Video Awards. He will join the likes of 2Face Idibia, Freshlyground. D’Banj and LCNVL as the only Africans who have won the coveted MTV EMA award if he eventually wins.

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Tema-based duo R2bees and Ghana’s hottest rapper Sarkodie have each been nominated in two categories. Shatta Wale, the self acclaimed Dancehall King, has also been nominated  for Most Gifted Ragga Dancehall with his song Everybody Likes My Thing.

Sarkodie’s Illuminati has been nominated for Most Gifted Video of the Year and Most Gifted Male Video. R2Bees on the other hand have been nominated in the Most Gifted Duo, Group Or Featuring  and Most Gifted West with their hit single Slow Down which featured Wizkid.

Video: R2Bees ft. Wizkid – Slow Down

Nigeria’s Davido and South African Hiphop artiste Cassper Nyowest leads the nomination with five nods each.

This year’s awards show will take place on Saturday, 29 November at Nasrec Expo Centre in Soweto, South Africa.

Below are the categories and nominations:

Most Gifted Male
Cassper Nyovest – Doc Shebeleza
Davido – Aye
Riky Rick Ft Okmalumkoolkat – Amantombazane
K.O. Ft Kid X – Caracara
Sarkodie – Illuminati

Most Gifted Female
Thembi Seete – Thuntsha Lerole
Bucie Ft Heavy K – Easy To Love
Lizha James Ft Uhuru – Quem Ti Mandou
Tiwa Savage Ft Don Jazzy – Eminado
Seyi Shay – Irawo

Most Gifted Newcomer
Dream Team Ft Tamarsha, Aka & Big Nuz – Tsekede
Cassper Nyovest – Doc Shebeleza
Emmy Gee Ft Ab Crazy & Dj Dimplez – Rands And Nairas
Diamond – Number One
Patoranking – Girlie O (Remix)

Most Gifted Duo, Group Or Featuring
Uhuru Ft Oskido & Professor – Y-Tjukutja
Dj Clock Ft Beatenberg – Pluto (I Remember)
R2bees Ft Wizkid – Slow Down
K.O. Ft Kid X – Caracara
Kcee Ft Wizkid – Pull Over

Most Gifted Dance
Uhuru Ft Oskido & Professor – Y-Tjukutja
Davido – Skelewu
Dj Clock Ft Beatenberg – Pluto (I Remember)
P Square – Personally
Busiswa Ft Various – Ngoku

Most Gifted Ragga Dancehall
Buffalo Souljah – Basawine
Orezi – Rihanna
Jesse Jagz Feat Wizkid – Bad Girl
Patoranking – Girlie O (Remix)
Shatta Wale – Everybody Likes My Ting

Most Gifted Afro Pop
Davido – Aye
Mafikizolo Ft May D – Happiness
Diamond – Number One
Flavour – Ada Ada
Iyanya – Jombolo

Most Gifted Kwaito
Uhuru Ft Oskido & Professor – Y-Tjukutja
Character Ft Mono T & Oskido – Inxeba Lendoda
Big Nuz Ft Khaya Mthethwa – Incwadi Yothando
Dj Vetkuk Vs Mahoota – Khaba Lenja
Dj Cndo – Yamnandi Into

Most Gifted R&B
2face Ft T-Pain – Rainbow
Jimmy Nevis Ft Kwesta – Balloon
Gb Collective Ft Brian Temba & Reason – Chocolate Vanilla
Donald – Crazy But Amazing
Niyola – Toh Bad

Most Gifted Hip Hop
Cassper Nyovest – Doc Shebeleza
Khuli Chana Ft Da L.E.S & Magesh Hape Le Hape 2.1
Phyno – Alobam
K.O. Ft Kid X – Caracara
Aka – Congratulate

Most Gifted Southern
Dj Clock Ft Beatenberg – Pluto (I Remember)
Cassper Nyovest – Doc Shebeleza
Aka – Congratulate
Zeus – Psych
K.O. Ft Kid X – Caracara

Most Gifted West
R2bees Ft Wizkid – Slow Down
Davido – Aye
Burna Boy Ft D’banj – Won Da Mo
Olamide – Turn Up
Dr Sid Ft Don Jazzy – Surulere

Most Gifted East
Sauti Sol – Nshike
Diamond – Number One
Navio – No Holding Back
Eddy Kenzo – Sitya Loss
Elani – Kookoo

Most Gifted Video Of The Year
Emmy Gee Ft Ab Crazy & Dj Dimplez Rands And Nairas
Davido – Aye
K.O. Ft Kid X – Caracara
Burna Boy – Run My Race
Tiwa Savage Ft Don Jazzy – Eminado
Dr Sid Ft Don Jazzy – Surulere
Riky Rick Ft Okmalumkoolkat – Amantombazane
Cassper Nyovest – Doc Shebeleza
Sarkodie – Illuminati
Dj Clock Ft Beatenberg – Pluto (I Remember)
Aka – Congratulate
Diamond – Number One

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The multi award-winning artiste is to use his fame to promote the culture of breastfeeding among nursing mothers across the country.

In his acceptance remarks as the ambassador, the rapper explained the importance of breastfeeding to the wellbeing of children and nursing mothers. He was speaking at the launch of the 2014 World Breastfeeding Week by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) on Wednesday in Accra.

According to him, breastfeeding prevents babies from frequently falling ill and thus saves parents from spending their scarce financial resources on medical bills.

“Breastfeeding is very essential, and it is to save yourself the cost and the stress of going to the hospital all the time just because your child has fallen sick because he/she has not taken the right nutrients which are derived from breast milk,” he said.

He urged young mothers to constantly breastfeed their babies for at least a period exceeding six months.

He added; “I will let my followers know about the importance of breastfeeding exceeding six months… I will do everything I can to promote the idea. I will use my social media platforms to educate the public on the need to breastfeed babies.”

The ‘Give It to Me’ rapper disclosed that the rate of breastfeeding among young Ghanaian mothers was very low.

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Ghana’s award winning Hip-hop artiste Sarkodie says even though Africa is rising one issue that still needs attention is unity. His concern is captured in the promotional video for Multichoice Africa’s Africa Rising campaign.

According to Sarkodie, “Africa is rising up but I think we have one issue to solve, that is unity which we keep preaching. That’s the only way we can move forward. Now we are moving individually which makes it a bit hard for us to attain whatever we want to attain.”

He further explained that the unity of Africa would consolidate the gains of the continent.

“From the standing point as a musician, if we were to be one, my impact would have been much more greater than now. I would not be a Ghanaian artiste but an African artiste,” he said.

Watch African stars talking about #AfricaRising

MultiChoice’s Africa Rising, is a campaign focussed on creating shared value, designed to inspire Africans to become involved in community-based social investment projects.

The campaign is supported by Channel O Africa and has Tiwa Savage, Davido, Sarkodie, Micasa, Diamond and Lola Rae driving the campaign.

MultiChoice has released a music video featuring the Africa Rising ambassadors. The video, which was filmed in Ghana sees the ambassadors preaching the language of hope, positivity and African pride.

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Best Male: Davido (Nigeria)

Best Female: Tiwa Savage (Nigeria)

Best Group: Mafikizolo (South Africa)

Best New Act: Stanley Enow (Cameroon)

Best Live Act: Flavour (Nigeria)

Best Collaboration: “Y-tjukutja” – Uhuru Ft. Oskido, DJ Bucks, Professor and Yuri Da Cunha (South Africa/Angola)

Best Hip Hop: Sarkodie (Ghana)

Best Alternative: Gangs of Ballet (South Africa)

Best Francophone: Toofan (Togo)

Best Lusophone: Anselmo Ralph (Angola)

Artist of the Year: Davido (Nigeria)

Song of the Year: “Khona” – Mafikizolo ft Uhuru (South Africa)

Best Video: Clarence Peters (Nigeria)

Best Pop: Goldfish (South Africa)

Best International: Pharrell

Personality of the Year: Lupita Nyong’o (Kenya)

MTV Base Leadership Award: Ashish J. Thakkar (Tanzania)

Transform Today Award by Absolut: Clarence Peters (Nigeria)

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