Shipyard
Tema Shipyard Limited’s newly inaugurated board has toured the yard’s main operational areas, including Dock 1, Dock 2, the Pump House, workshops, the Air Compressor Room, the Floating Office Quarters and the Slipway. Board chairman Dr. George Sipa-Adjah Yankey said the board must ensure the facilities and equipment are maintained and upgraded to keep the yard competitive.
Tema Shipyard has redelivered the GPHA tugboat Vice Admiral Owusu-Ansah after works that began when the vessel arrived on 9 September and ended on 18 December. The yard said the scope included hull cleaning, painting, steel renewal, valve and sea chest maintenance, propeller work, box cooler servicing, anchor and chain overhaul and electrical work on the main motor.
Tema Shipyard management, led by chief executive officer Alhaji Osman Sulemana, carried out a walk-through of the yard on 27 August. The visit covered departments across the site to check housekeeping standards and compliance with hazard protocols, with observations and feedback shared on the day.
Officials from Ghana’s Right to Information Commission visited PSC Tema Shipyard on 8 August for a monitoring and inspection exercise under the RTI Act. The team reviewed documentation systems, information-handling procedures and the yard’s RTI desk, then made recommendations after what the yard said was a thorough review.
Ghana’s transport minister, Joseph Bukari Nikpe, visited PSC Tema Shipyard on 25 February and said the government remained committed to reviving the yard. He met the shipyard’s new chief executive, Osman Sulemana, and deputy CEO, Peter Mensah, alongside GPHA director-general Brigadier General Paul Seidu Tanye-Kulono.