The Minister of Transport, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, has said the ongoing upgrade in infrastructure at the air, land and sea ports will see Ghana become a preferred destination for maritime trade in the West African sub-region.
According to him, the government since assuming office in 2017 has embarked on major infrastructure expansion and service improvements in the maritime and inland waterways and aviation sector to make the ports competitive and highly patronised.
“The government has embarked on an aggressive programme to modernise the country’s sea ports to position them as the leading container hub and the beacon of international trade within West Africa. The Tema Port has seen major infrastructure upgrade in the last four years.
“Some of the works include the development of four berths at the new dedicated container terminal (MPS Terminal 3). These have been completed and fully operational. The new terminal is arguably one of the biggest and efficient in West Africa and thus enhances our competitiveness in the maritime domain,” Asiamah said in Accra on Wednesday (27 October).
He said prior to the commencement of the terminal in 2018, the volume of transshipment cargo was 71,855 tonnes but with the coming on stream of the terminal and the completion of the berths, transshipment volumes have since increased by five folds to 366,718 tonnes as at the end of 2020.
Asiamah attributed the increase in transshipment to government broad strategy of improving ports infrastructure “so they can rake in the needed revenue.”
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