ICUMS: E-Tracking system ensures security of cargo transport – Ghana Link
Head of E-Tracking Division of Ghana Link Network Service Limited, Ekow Hayford, has indicated that the built-in electronic tracking system of the ICUMS, ensures the security of cargo transport from the port to its final destination.
The tracking system, he noted at a media training organized by the Ghana Link Network Service Limited on the Integrated Customs Management System (ICUMS), monitors the movement of all cargoes coming in and going out of the country, thereby making sure that the cargoes are safe and not tempered with.
The ICUMS’ electronic tracking system is to monitor that cargos or goods after being released from the customs regimes, get to to their intended destinations through the deployment and use of a GPS based locking software fixed on the moving cargo.
According to Mr Hayford, the device is built in such a way that it gives an alert on any deviation made on the specific route and informs or brings to the attention of the monitoring station, any attempt to take the tagged device off the cargo.
The E-Tracking system of the ICUMS since its deployment has enhanced the service delivery of customs, reduced business costs in relation to port and customs clearance of goods as well as boost revenue collection.
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Ghana Link Network Service Limited, is a Ghanaian owned company which was established in 2001, and initially went into the business of Destination Inspection from 2003 to 2015.
In September 2015, Ghana Link was offered the contract, to run External Price Verification Program for GRA-Customs. In 2018, it was again offered the contract to establish a Single System to aid the generation of revenue in Ghana.
ICUMS under the UNIPASS-Ghana project, is government’s decision to engage a single service provider to develop and implement an end- to-end automated customs operational and management system.
The customs division of the GRA, Other Government Agencies (OGAs) and relevant private stakeholders involved in cross border trade are the primary users of the system.
The aim of Ghana Link is to be a single service provider, address revenue mobilization challenges, implement an effective and efficient trade facilitation and customs management system that further reduces the cost of doing business, and also to provide an integrated and comprehensive data exchange and information sharing among internal and external users.
