Tema Port

Ghana Faces Competition From Lome Port As Tema Port Traffic Declines
15 Apr

Ghana Faces Competition From Lome Port As Tema Port Traffic Declines

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The Importers and Exporters Association of Ghana has raised concerns over the country’s loss of port traffic from the Tema Port to the Lomé Port in Togo. While Tema Port’s traffic has increased, it has not been growing as rapidly as Lomé’s Port, which has seen a significant increase from 300,000 thousand containers per annum in the early 2000s to 1.5 million containers today. In comparison, Ghana’s Tema Port has grown from a similar level in the early 2000s to 1.2 million containers currently. Dr George vanDyck, the lead researcher on governance, port clusters, and competitiveness within the Tema Ports…
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We’re Hopeful Of Securing IMF Programme Before End Of 2022 – Ofori-Atta
06 Oct

We’re Hopeful Of Securing IMF Programme Before End Of 2022 – Ofori-Atta

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The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, is optimistic the country will get approval from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for an economic programme before the end of 2022. According to him, a team of government officials will from this weekend travel to Washington, DC in USA for two weeks to continue negotiations with the Fund to fast-track the deal. He was speaking to the media after paying a visit to the ‘Long Room’ at the Tema Port in the Greater Accra region. He stated that discussions have so far been fruitful and cordial with the IMF mission team, here in Ghana.…
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Tema Mpekadan Railways Project 95% Complete – Amewu
14 Sep

Tema Mpekadan Railways Project 95% Complete – Amewu

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Contractors working on the over 90 kilometers railway project from the Tema Port to Mpekadan near Akosombo in the Eastern region have disclosed that work is 95% complete and on schedule to be handed over to government by the end of the year. This when completed will witness some significant reduction on road traffic from Tema to parts of the Volta and Eastern region as well as elevating economic activities in the regions. Minister for Railways Development, John Peter Amewu who visited the site recently told Joy Business that talks are ongoing to transform the ending point of the railway…
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