Tema Harbour
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Tema Harbour |
| image | Containerterminal in Tema, Ghana.jpg |
| image_caption | A container terminal at Tema Port |
| country | Ghana Republic of Ghana |
| location | Tema, Ghana |
| coordinates | |
| pushpin_map | Ghana |
| locode | GHTEM |
| berths | 22 |
| draft_depth | 16.0 m. |
| website | |
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Tema Harbour is a harbour located in Tema in the southeastern part of Ghana, along the Gulf of Guinea. Tema Harbour is a member of the International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH).
History of the harbour
The construction of the harbour was proposed by British Colonial Officers in the Gold Coast before its independence. An old fishing village called Torman was the proposed site for the harbour's construction. and was commissioned in 1962.
In 2014 the Meridian Rock, a monument to mark the crossing between the Prime Meridian and the Equator, was unveiled in the harbour.
As part of a visit of the Prime Minister of Barbados to Ghana in November 2019, a sister-port agreement was signed between Port Tema and the Bridgetown Port located in the Caribbean.
Area of the harbour
Tema Harbour is made up of almost four million square metres of land, with almost half of it made by closed seas.
Harbour activities
At Tema, the harbor primarily sends cacao beans. Shipments for Northern African countries are also processed at Tema.
Tema Harbour expansion
The Tema Harbour and Port of Tema is undergoing an expansion and investment of $115 million in infrastructural upgrading at the Tema harbour and port of Tema as part of efforts aimed at expanding facilities of Tema port to meet decreasing cargo traffic by the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA); and in which the expansion and investment will go into the purchase and instalment of cranes, reach-stackers, ship to shore cranes, among others. The harbour upgrades will improve the cargo-handling capacity of the Tema harbour and port; and the amount of freight will continue to rise as Ghana's economy maintains its high rate of growth, with expansion tipped to come in at just under 8% in 2013.
Sister Seasports
- BRB – Port of Bridgetown, Barbados (2019)
- MAR – Port of Casablanca, Morocco (2017)
References
References
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- "Port of Tema, Ghana". Shipping Guides Limited.
- link. (2012-03-01 World Port Source.)
- [https://www.iaphworldports.org/iaph-md/directory/port_details/50 IAPH Member Ports]
- "Tema".
- Goold, David. "Dictionary of Scottish Architects - DSA Architect Biography Report (April 3, 2018, 2:54 pm)".
- GNA. (2021-04-27). "Greenwich Meridian lost tourism monument in Ghana".
- (16 November 2019). "Ghana, Barbados sign agreement to establish sister Port relationship". Modern Ghana.
- "Tema port infrastructure". www.otal.com.
- "Bollore to invest US$15m to expand facilities at Tema port". [[Daily Graphic (Ghana).
- (8 May 2013). "Economic Update Ghana: Port expansion to handle rising cargo".
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