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Thursday, December 29, 2016
The Ghana Ports and Harbors Authority (GPHA) has entered into a JV agreement with Ibistek Crowley for the construction of a 7,500TU off-dock container terminal at the Takoradi Port.
The port will also have a floating dock to allow for ships and supply vessels that berth to undergo any repairs needed.
Speaking to the press, Captain Ebenezer Afadzi, Director of Takoradi Port, said that around 97,000 square meters of land had been reclaimed for the terminal.
Afadzi said the port was partnering Ghana Cement Manufacturing Company to construct a spacious car park at the Old Slaughter House at New Takoradi to ease traffic congestion. He added that they had completed a 1.08 km breakwater with a 16 meter depth that would enable larger vessels from the West African Sub-region to berth without any difficulty, thus achieving its vision of becoming a one-stop -shop for oil and gas services.
“Let me say that the successful completion of the port expansion works would improve the turnaround time and eliminate double handling of cargo and drastically reduce the cost of doing business at the facility,” Afadzi said. “And this also will create employment for the youth in the metropolis, accommodate larger vessels and become the preferred destination for shipping companies in the West African sub-region and end the stowaway that our youth are heavily involved in,” he added.
Other projects that the port is engaged in include collaboration with the Ghana Oil Company Limited (GOIL) to construct an oil tank farm with a 13,500 liter capacity for marine diesel oil so that vessels berthing at the port could refill their tanks.
Afadzi said Subsea7 Company, which was awarded the contract to construct fabrication yard at the port, had so far undertaken fabrication works and welded vital oil and gas equipment for some oil companies operating on the oilfield.
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