Ghana installs tracking device

A vessel tracking device has been installed within the territorial waters of Ghana to provide surveillance on the movement of vessels and to detect hijacking or piracy.

Ghana installs tracking device to detect piracy

A vessel tracking device has been installed within the territorial waters of Ghana to provide surveillance on the movement of vessels and to detect hijacking or piracy.

The monitoring facility, which is in the form of a satellite system has been installed at Keta and Saltpond and is monitored in a control room of the headquarters of the Ghana Maritime Authority in Accra.

The Minister of Transport, Mrs Dzifa Aku Ativor who disclosed this to The Ghanaian Times yesterday on the sidelines of the 12th Board of Governors meeting of the Regional Maritime University in Accra said the move formed part of efforts to stamp out piracy, especially in the wake of the discovery of oil in Ghana.

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Source: Government of Ghana.