On 19^th October 2022, members of the senior leadership team of Ocean Network Express(ONE) paid a visit to Meridian Port Services Ltd (MPS Terminal 3).

The leadership were taken through a boardroom presentation & discussion and then proceeded to have a tour of the MPS Terminal 3 Facility.

During the Boardroom Presentation, the CEO of MPS Mr. Mohamed Samara impressed on the visitors the superior technology deployed in the Terminal and the successes chalked by MPS in promoting the Tema Port as a Trade Hub.

He intimated that there was a high trade potential in the African Sub Saharan Region and MPS was poised to facilitate the trade for Ghana’s economic and social gains. He outlined the steady growth in transhipment volumes since MPS was named a transhipment hub by some shipping lines.

“MPS has been keen on cutting down avoidable costs for the shipping lines and consignees from the very beginning. With this we ensured costs like the congestion surcharges was removed and deployed a robust berthing window agreement that allows shipping lines the predictability, productivity, and reliability of being attended to when the vessels arrive. The added value at Terminal 3, MPS secured considerable transhipment volume form/to Nigeria, Ivory Coast and primarily the trade between South America and the Far East”

The CEO of MPS added that although global trade may have taken a dip, it was expected that there will be a rise in the trade in the coming months.

The Chief Operations Officer, Mr. Curtiss Dakpogan mentioned to the audience that MPS thrives on guaranteeing the safety and security of cargo with the use of high-level technology that automatically identifies and tracks every container within the facility and was keen on building up its capacity.

“Our current yard capacity is hovering around 2million TEUS, in the future we are looking forward to about 3.3 million TEUS and so we are working on the yard space behind the 4^th berth to accommodate the new cranes that we have on order”

Mr. Michael Durant Cooper, the Managing Director of ONE Ghana who led the delegation to MPS revealed the motivation for the visit.

“The leadership of ONE is developing its strategic plan for the next few years and realising the key role of MPS Terminal 3 within then sub-region had to pay a visit to determine what business decisions could be made to benefit both parties and expand their network.” Dwelling on different aspects of MPS operations and management culture, the leadership of ONE stated their positive imprints of the comprehensive and productive system run by MPS.