In fact, the oil services also have plans to ensure that we get the best strategic private sector operator who will partner with GPHA (Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority) to develop the oil services in Takoradi as well. Because of that, we need much more capacity dry bulk handling facilities in Tema. We need a deeper draft and we need to equip it with modern handling facilities to be able to get it to meet the demand at stake. In general, our position is quite attractive within the subregion. The developments above coupled with our skilled, experienced and well trained staff have placed GPHA as one of the best few and high yielding ports in the sub-region. So, we have positioned both ports to meet both the present and future needs of Ghana. In terms of time, what is your assessment for how long it used to be and how long it takes now? Box 150.Tema.Ghana. You will finish phase one in 2019. Dr. Adusei Jr. disclosed that very soon the consultants will arrive in the country to resume physical engagements with relevant stakeholders to be able to complete their studies. Tema. Takoradi’s expansion is happening in two phases. “A lot of companies have shown interests in developing that facility. The GPHA team also interacted with drivers across the corridor to ascertain their specific challenges pertaining to the trade across the Ghanaian corridor. 0000008071 00000 n Also, there is a dedicated berth that we want to use for oil services, what we call the Takoradi oil services hub. We expect that project between the first half of this year to have had that feasibility ongoing. Much later, others followed like Nigeria, Togo, and Dakar in Senegal. Fax +233 (0) 303 204136 Situated on Ghana’s southern coast, Elmina is a small port. By 2008 the port had exceeded its 500,000 TEU target expected for 2010 and thus began to work towards the developments stated in its master plan for the future. The team engaged some police officers at the various checkpoints to sensitize them on the need for them to facilitate the movement of the transit trucks instead of harassing them. Payments themselves that used to be physical, going to various banks to pay, now, we have been able to assist as part of the Paperless Project for importers and freight forwarders to make payments online through the banking system as well. xref Therefore, the demand for building related materials, including cement, is growing astronomically. The Paperless Project has succeeded in reducing these to just three. In total cargo volumes, Abidjan also takes second position. Ships calling at these ports were anchored off shore and their cargoes transferred by means of lighters and surf boats. Tel: +226-50301201 By the 1900’s these had converged to six main ports of trade. This off dock devanning area was aimed at decongesting the port and taking away all CFS activities from the main port. Today, they have been reduced to about three. Many tourist vessels also operate from here as the town of Elmina is a tourist attraction of Ghana. 0000000016 00000 n Marcopolis presents the Ghana Report focused on investments, doing business, economy and other topics featuring interviews with key executives and government officials. The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority, Peter Mac Manu said the terminal is positioned to meet more than 50% of Ghana’s domestic petroleum consumption and it would also bring about many employment avenues. A 450m long by 50m wide bulk jetty capable of berthing four vessels at the same time. That is why our dry bulk berth is expected to be expanded. The more human interface, the more paper, the more human interaction you do, the more costly it is and the more time you waste. Ghana. Email: headquarters@ghanaports.gov.gh, P. O. Tel: +233 (0) 303 219120. Just six or seven years ago, we had just two cement manufacturing companies in Ghana. In the ECOWAS region, Ghana is the third biggest economy after Nigeria and Côte d'Ivoire. So, quite a significant amount of time has been saved and a lot of effort has been reduced once the human interaction and all the other issues of illegal fees that used to be paid have been eliminated to a larger extent. We have to speak with the relevant authorities so they can also add it into their development plan.”. From the port side, we have our own process and then we have the customs part of it. He advocated for an increased sensitization of the police service as well as other relevant stakeholders so as to put an end to the harassment and extortion of transit truck drivers on the transit corridors of Ghana. Box 708. Port Of Tema. Some transit cargo also passes through Ghana to Togo, Benin, and Côte d'Ivoire. Before the advent of the Port of Takoradi, there were sufferance ports sited at Cape Coast, Accra, Keta, Sekondi and Axim. Email:tema@ghanaports.gov.gh, P. O. Looking at sub-Saharan, Western and Central Africa, Ghana occupies an enviable position in terms of container operations and modern ports. As a Port Authority, trade is growing and the economy is growing. Ghana Ports Handbook Vessel Handling All vessel handling operations are solely the responsibility of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority, performed by the Marine Operations Department under the supervision of the Harbour Master. The Director General of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority, Michael Luguje has conducted another random inspection in areas within the Tema Port. Fax +233 (0) 303 202812 Port of Elmina. FAIR USE POLICY This material (including media content) may not be published, broadcasted, rewritten, or redistributed. The good news is that the government is ambitious in that area. 75% of stevedoring services were privatized with the Port Authority handling 25%. Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) is a statutory corporation established under Ghana’s Provisional National Defence Council Law (PNDCL 160) of 1986 to build, plan, develop, manage, maintain, operate and control all ports in Ghana. That is why the Tema shipyard is also so much on the top banner of government. Apart from that, there is also a project that is meant to link that port all the way through the Tema Hospital Road to link up with the motorway that goes to Accra so that traffic moving in and out of that terminal has free and smooth access to link into the city. He revealed that GPHA’s earlier arrangement with Diamond Cement fell on rocks because the latter wanted to develop a private port of their own, without GPHA’s direct regulation, which defies Ghana’s policies on port infrastructure development. There is also a government project to build a railway line from Tema to Akosombo. The Authority manages and operates the sea ports of Ghana and various business units in collaboration with a number of private service providers in the areas of vessel handling, stevedoring, transfer, storage, receipt and delivery of containerized and general cargo. Following incessant reports of alleged harassment and extortion by members of the Ghana Police Service on transit truck drivers along the transit corridors of Ghana, the Representative of Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority to the Sahelian Regions, David Songotu, has led a GPHA team to investigate situations on the grounds, as well as find solutions to them. 0000006671 00000 n startxref Before this Paperless Project came about, in the port alone, for any single cargo unit to be cleared to leave the port, you needed not less than 15 to 16 different agencies that played some role in terms of inspecting the cargo before it could be cleared to leave the port. By 2005 the first phase of the dedicated container terminal being the construction of pavements, rail markings and installation of ship to shore gantries and rubber tyred gantries were completed. Of course, customs processes itself had several units where the importer or the clearance agent had to move from desk to desk to get cargo documentation processed. 0 Fax +233 (0) 303 202812 If you are fortunate enough for your cargo to be tagged as a green channel cargo, you do not need human interaction. The partners are part of the work. Box 488. The developers of this particular project, the mines, want to expand capacity and increase production. No matter how large your port facility is, if the process to get cargo in and out is not fast enough, that facility will get congested within the shortest possible time.

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