Insights

Notes from the port.

Short, practical writing about clearing cargo, costing duty and moving goods through Tema, written by the desk that does it, not by a marketing team.

Understanding customs clearance at the port

What actually happens between vessel arrival and release, the three documents that decide how long it takes, and where importers usually lose a week.

CIF value, duty, VAT, NHIL, GETFund and the levies importers forget, worked through on a real line item.

Deeper berths and faster turnaround at Tema, plus the inland connections that still decide your delivery date.

Consolidation, load planning and fewer empty kilometres. The environmental case and the commercial case are the same case.

If you are weighing up a shipment, the useful answer is a landed cost and a date, not an article. Send the details and we will price it.