The Meridian Rock is set at the Port of Tema, Ghana, on the platform of Meridian Port Services Limited (MPS). It is a rock marking the line of the Greenwich Meridian, the World’s prime meridian for Longitude and Time.
It was in 1884 that the Greenwich Meridian was established by agreement as the line of zero Longitude forming the bases for navigation and time keeping throughout the world.
Running from the North to the South Pole and separating the Eastern Hemisphere from the Western. Also, this prime Meridian Line (0°00’00.00”E/W) passes through the center of Meridian Port Services Container Terminal, the line first enters MPS from the northern boundary (5°37’35.15”N) to the beach side (5°37’29.75”N) which is the closes point on Earth to the Center of the World where the Greenwich Meridian Line (zero degrees longitude) crosses with the Equator Line (zero degrees latitude).
Erected by The Board of Directors, Management and Workers of Meridian Port Services Limited and unveiled by His Excellency John Dramani Mahama, The President of the Republic of Ghana on 21 March 2014.
'''Inspiration By Mohamed Samara : Here at Meridian Port Services EAST MEETS WEST'''