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

Wontumi1Business,
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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GPHA’s unity terminal is 97 per cent complete
21 Sep

GPHA’s unity terminal is 97 per cent complete

Wontumi2Business,
The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority’s (GPHA) new Unity Terminal under construction at Kpone in the Greater Accra Region, is 97 per cent complete. The Kpone Unity Terminal is a 40-acre facility being built by the GPHA as a new devanning terminal to take over activities of the Golden Jubilee Terminal.Mr Able Ayamga Akurigo, a Senior Project Officer at GPHA, revealed this when members of the Junior and Senior Staff Unions of Takoradi and Tema Port visited the site to ascertain the progress of work.Mr Akurigo noted that they were expecting a crew from South Africa to fully complete the…
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