Meridian Port Services Limited has received three ISO certifications namely; Quality Management System (ISO 9001:2015), Environmental Management System (ISO 14001:2015) and Occupational Health and Safety Management System (ISO 45001:2018).
This follows the successful audit of the company’s management systems by Bureau Veritas Certification Holding SAS – UK Branch, which found the facility to have met the required standards on the environment, systems and occupational health and safety.
The scope of the ISO certification incorporated cargo handling, storage and supporting 6ransport activities including implementation of pedestrian free yard concept and green terminal concept.
Chief Executive Officer of MPS, Mohamed Samara, commenting on the certifications, indicated that quality was important to their business because they value their customers.
“MPS has a high regard for health, safety, environment and deploying the highest standards in safeguarding men and machines. We indeed recognise the need to deliver our services in a safe, timely, efficient and competitive manner,” he said.
Having successfully completed the implantation and upgrading the Tema Port facility to match up the globally recognised industry standards, the MPS management deemed it necessary to boost the achieved efficiency by going for the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) certifications.
“Obtaining the ISO accreditation in the first year of operations at the new MPS Terminal 3 is a remarkable achievement by the MPS team,” said the CEO.
“From the onset, management embarked on building a mutually profitable relationship with the port stakeholders, ensuring long-term success, through the understanding of their needs and expectations.
The MPS management team demonstrate an impressive level of commitment to continuous improvement and the company has already established an Integrated Management System which provides a framework for measuring and improving their performance,” the company said in a statement.
On July 2019, MPS received multiple certifications of Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies (EDGE) as per the standards of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) after its administrative and the workshop buildings had passed all requirements.
That recognition made MPS’s workshop maintenance building the first light industrial building to be EDGE certified in Africa.
MPS is a joint venture between the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority and Meridian Port Holdings Limited, with Bolloré Transport & Logistics and APM Terminals as the two main shareholders.
MPS Terminal 3 of Tema Port is the leading Container Terminal/Port in West Africa by virtue of its commitment to continuous improvement in the quality of service provided to stakeholders. This is enabled by the shareholders commitment to investments in infrastructure, superstructure, technology and human-development that are of long -term value to the business.
It is a sophisticated port facility well-heeled with technology and some of the world’s most advanced equipment, systems and digital processes.