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Tema

Name: Tema
Address: GHA

UN/LOCODE GHTEM · Ghana · Africa

Reference

Coordinates: 5.6596409, -0.0096771
Time zone: Africa/AccraUTC +00:00no DST
Local currency: GHS— Ghana Cedi
Languages: en
Nearest airport: ACCKotoka International Airport~18 km
Electricity: 230 V50 Hzplugs D, G(country default — verify at berth)
Climate: AwTropical savanna (dry winter)
Country-coastal Köppen zone (most ports cluster on the coast). For port-coordinate resolution use Kottek 2006 0.5° grid.
Function codes: 1-------
seaport

Operational details

Compiled from public port-authority and P&I-club directories. Always verify current contacts via your agent before arrival.

Pilotage / VTS

Tema Port VTS (Ghana Ports & Harbours Authority)

VHF: Ch 16 / 14 / 12
Phone: +233 302 680 282
Web: www.ghanaports.gov.gh

P&I correspondents

· Bentsi-Enchill Letsa & Ankomah Accra (Gard, UK Club)
· Fugar & Company Accra (Britannia, West)
· Holman Fenwick Willan London (Ghana coverage)

Port agents

· GAC Ghana
· Inchcape Ghana Tema
· MOTA-ENGIL Tema

ISPS security level (normal): 1

Ghana's primary port; container and bulk growth since oil sector boom; Meridian Port Services (MPS) terminal; Gulf of Guinea piracy risk — MEND/Niger Delta area — security watch required; BMP West Africa guidelines apply.

Helplines for seafarers in Ghana

Welfare, abandonment, wages, medical, mental health, harassment — 24/7 lines where available. See full helplines directory.

Sailors' Society Ghana
Africa · Mon–Sat · en
📞 +233 30 320 2225 [email protected]www.sailors-society.org/where-we-work/africa
ISWAN SeafarerHelp
Global · 24/7 · en, ar, es, fr
📞 +44 800 012 1004 WhatsApp [email protected]www.seafarerhelp.org
ITF Seafarers
Global · 24/7 for emergencies · en
📞 +44 20 7403 2733 [email protected]www.itfseafarers.org
IMO/ILO Database of Abandonment of Seafarers
Global · Online · en
www.ilo.org/dyn/seafarers/seafarersBrowse.home
Find A Helpline
Global · Online · en
findahelpline.com
ITF Inspectorate — Find your nearest inspector
Global · Varies by port · en
www.itfseafarers.org/en/contact-us/find-an-itf-inspector

Other ports in Ghana

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Port-state-control region: abuja MoU · how to file a PSC complaint.

Sources & verification (13)

country_iso3 · ISO 3166-1 (GH)retrieved 2026-05-05
country_name · ISO 3166-1 (GH)retrieved 2026-05-05
currency_code · ISO 4217:2015 (GHS)retrieved 2026-05-05
currency_name · ISO 4217:2015 (GHS)retrieved 2026-05-05
languages · CIA World Factbook (public domain), national-language listing (GH)retrieved 2026-05-05
timezone_iana · IANA tz database (Africa/Accra)retrieved 2026-05-05
timezone_utc_offset · ECMA-402 Intl.DateTimeFormat (computed) (Africa/Accra)retrieved 2026-05-05
timezone_dst · ECMA-402 Intl.DateTimeFormat (computed) (Africa/Accra)retrieved 2026-05-05
electricity · IEC TR 60083 plug-and-socket standard list (GH)retrieved 2026-05-05
function_codes_expanded · UNECE Rec. 16 — UN/LOCODE function-code mask (1-------)retrieved 2026-05-05
nearest_major_airport · OurAirports (CC0) — davidmegginson.github.io/ourairports-data (ACC)retrieved 2026-05-07
wikidata_qid · Wikidata SPARQL (P1937 UN/LOCODE join) (Q726143)retrieved 2026-05-07
climate_classification · Kottek et al. 2006 / Beck et al. 2018 — country-coastal Köppen zone (GH)retrieved 2026-05-07

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