General News of Monday, 30 November 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comOil vessel impounded at Tema PortThe impounded vessel, MV Famous 1An oil supply vessel has been impounded at the Tema Port after government officials discovered it was containing gasoline products which had allegedly been declared as a sludge. According to a report by the Daily Graphic, the Tema Command of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) impounded MV Famous 1 on suspicion that the gasoline products were being smuggled out of Ghana in a tax evasion attempt. “A sludge product normally contains about 50 per cent or more of water and as such may be exempted from tax. The Daily Graphic reported further that the vessel arrived at the port on November 22, 2020, from Lome and berthed on November 23 at about 5:45 pm. The report explained that the vessel had been discharging gasoline products into some Bulk Road Vehicles (BRV), popularly referred to as tanker trucks, when Customs officials swooped on them and halted the operations.

Source: GhanaWeb November 30, 2020 17:48 UTC