Port of Tema
E341691
The Port of Tema is Ghana’s largest and busiest seaport, serving as a major hub for maritime trade and cargo handling in West Africa.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Port of Tema canonical | 6 |
| port of Tema | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3259641 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Port of Tema Context triple: [Accra, hasPort, Port of Tema]
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A.
Port of Malabo
The Port of Malabo is the principal seaport of Equatorial Guinea’s capital city, serving as a key hub for the country’s oil, gas, and general maritime trade in the Gulf of Guinea.
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B.
Port of Nacala
The Port of Nacala is a deep-water seaport in northern Mozambique that serves as a major regional hub for maritime trade and transport in southeastern Africa.
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C.
Bata Port
Bata Port is a major seaport in Bata, Equatorial Guinea, serving as an important hub for the country’s maritime trade and transportation.
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D.
Port of Suva
The Port of Suva is Fiji’s principal maritime gateway and busiest commercial harbor, serving as a key hub for regional trade and shipping in the South Pacific.
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E.
Port of Honiara
The Port of Honiara is the main seaport and maritime gateway of the Solomon Islands’ capital, handling the bulk of the country’s international and inter-island shipping.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Port of Tema Target entity description: The Port of Tema is Ghana’s largest and busiest seaport, serving as a major hub for maritime trade and cargo handling in West Africa.
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A.
Port of Malabo
The Port of Malabo is the principal seaport of Equatorial Guinea’s capital city, serving as a key hub for the country’s oil, gas, and general maritime trade in the Gulf of Guinea.
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B.
Port of Nacala
The Port of Nacala is a deep-water seaport in northern Mozambique that serves as a major regional hub for maritime trade and transport in southeastern Africa.
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C.
Bata Port
Bata Port is a major seaport in Bata, Equatorial Guinea, serving as an important hub for the country’s maritime trade and transportation.
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D.
Port of Suva
The Port of Suva is Fiji’s principal maritime gateway and busiest commercial harbor, serving as a key hub for regional trade and shipping in the South Pacific.
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E.
Port of Honiara
The Port of Honiara is the main seaport and maritime gateway of the Solomon Islands’ capital, handling the bulk of the country’s international and inter-island shipping.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
container port
ⓘ
seaport ⓘ |
| connectedBy |
rail network
ⓘ
road network ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Accra-Tema motorway
ⓘ
Tema Motorway ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Ghana ⓘ |
| function |
bulk cargo handling
ⓘ
cargo handling ⓘ container handling ⓘ ro-ro operations ⓘ |
| governedBy | Ghanaian maritime regulations ⓘ |
| handles |
containerized cargo
ⓘ
dry bulk cargo ⓘ export cargo ⓘ general cargo ⓘ import cargo ⓘ liquid bulk cargo ⓘ transshipment cargo ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
bulk terminal
ⓘ
cold storage facilities ⓘ container terminal ⓘ customs offices ⓘ inland container depot access ⓘ multipurpose terminal ⓘ oil and gas terminal ⓘ ship repair facilities ⓘ storage yards ⓘ warehouses ⓘ |
| importance |
key logistics hub for landlocked countries in West Africa
ⓘ
major node in regional supply chains ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Greater Accra Region
ⓘ
Tema ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Gulf of Guinea ⓘ |
| nearbyCity |
Accra
ⓘ
Tema ⓘ |
| operator | Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority ⓘ |
| partOf | Ghana’s port system ⓘ |
| region | West Africa ⓘ |
| role |
Ghana’s busiest seaport
ⓘ
Ghana’s largest seaport ⓘ primary gateway for Ghana’s international trade ⓘ |
| serves |
Accra
ⓘ
Tema ⓘ |
| servesAs | major maritime trade hub in West Africa ⓘ |
| sisterPort |
Port of Takoradi
ⓘ
linked to:
Sekondi Harbour
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Port of Tema Description of subject: The Port of Tema is Ghana’s largest and busiest seaport, serving as a major hub for maritime trade and cargo handling in West Africa.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Port of Tema