Tag: Takoradi Port
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Day one of UNIPASS roll-out fraught with delays at Tema and Takoradi ports
The UNIPASS clearance system which took off fully on Monday, June 1, 2020, after a challenging pilot, still had some members of the Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders (GIFF) in the country, complaining about the existing difficulties with the system. An Executive Member of the Takoradi District of GIFF, Ato Bentsil, in an interview with…
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Takoradi Port to boost efficiency with new multi-purpose tugboat
The Port of Takoradi has secured a multi-purpose Tugboat with 80 tons Bollard-pulls to enable it attract larger ships that do not fit in the original canal locks, such as supertankers and the largest modern container and passenger ships. A tugboat or tug is a type of vessel that maneuvers other vessels by pushing or…
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Takoradi port gets $ 428m injection for expansion
As part of efforts to increase the port efficiency in Takoradi, Ghanaian private investment company, Ibis Tek has begun moves to expand the port. Figures available show that as at 2015, the port had a capacity of sixty-three thousand (63,000) Total Enclosed Units (TEUs) per annum. This is expected to increase to between eight hundred…
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Ghana to get new US$600M oil refinery
The ongoing Takoradi Port Expansion Project has already started attracting investments into the Port’s Oil & Gas enclave as the Ghana Ports & Harbors Authority(GPHA) works to position the Takoradi Port as a major maritime services support hub along the west coast of Africa. COX OIL, a Texas based oil and gas company has announced…