Ghana Maritime Authority(GMA) and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency of the United Kingdom executed Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) for the mutual recognition of Certificates of Competency pursuant to Regulation I/10 of the STCW Convention.
This is a welcomed development as CoCs issued by the Republic of Ghana shall be accepted for service on United kingdom and Reg Ensign vessels/ships and vice versa.
Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA) is happy to announce that from now onwards, seafarers who acquire Certificate of Competency(CoC) issued by Ghana Maritime Authority and for that matter, the Republic of Ghana, can work on UK and Red Ensign flagged vessels and vice versa. pic.twitter.com/e4Uy0n21bw
— Ghana Maritime Authority (@MaritimeGhana) February 21, 2022
The director general- Mr Thomas Kofi Alonso remains ever ready to serve and bring about growth to the Ghana Maritime sector. Although, MCA is yet to give an official statement.
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Meet the Director General of GMA
Mr Thomas Kofi Alonso
Mr. Thomas Kofi Alonsi is a solicitor with over sixteen (16) years of working experience both in the private and public sectors. Until his appointment as the Director-General of the Ghana Maritime Authority in March 2019, he worked with Sory @ Law, a law firm located at East Legon, Accra as a practicing lawyer. He also worked briefly with the National Commission for Civic Education as a research officer. Mr. Alonsi holds a barrister-at-law certificate from the Ghana School of Law, Accra and a Dip. Ed/BA (Hons) in History at University of Cape Coast, Ghana. After the undergraduate program, he enrolled into the university of Cape Coast to pursue an M. Phil in History in 1998 but upon his admission into Ghana School of Law in 1999, he had to truncate the M. Phil program at the end of the first year of the Program. Before his admission into the University of Cape Coast for this afore- mentioned program, Thomas K Alonsi was a History tutor at the Sandema Senior Secondary in the Upper East Region where he also doubled up as a House Master. Mr. Thomas Alonsi was called to the Ghana Bar in 2003. He has also held various positions as parliamentary candidate for Builsa North Constituency (2016), Regional Campaign Coordinator NPP Upper East Region, 2012 elections, and the District Chief Executive, Builsa District Assembly (2005-2008) under local Government. Mr. Thomas Kofi Alonsi is a Builsa who hails from Wiaga in the Builsa North District of the Upper East Region. |
Reference: Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA)
