The Minister for Transport, Mr Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, has announced that government’s search for a strategic investor for the development of the Boankra Inland Port is nearing completion.
He said when the inland port is finally completed, it “would assist in decongesting the Tema Port and facilitate transit trade especially to landlocked countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger.”
Mr Asiamah said this when the Ministry of Transport took its turn to address the “Meet-the-Press” series instituted by government to provide the public with information about activities of the various ministries.
In another development, Mr Asiamah said the country’s ports are also receiving major infrastructure uplifts to position them as the go-to destinations in the sub-region.
“There has been a lot of investment in the country’s two main seaports of Tema and Takoradi to modernise and position them as the leading container hubs and the beacon of trade and industry in the West African sub-region.”, he said.
He explained that the construction of four dedicated container terminals at the Tema port would help respond to the increasing trade volumes and also address infrastructure deficits.
Mr Asiamah added that the Ghana Maritime Authority took delivery of five high speed patrol boats and two rescue boats to enhance safety and security in Ghana’s marine environment.
“These patrol vessels would help clamp down on the increasing spate of illicit maritime activities in our territorial waters and the oil fields.”, he said
The transport minister also highlighted interventions the government is taking at the Tema Shipyard and Drydock, Volta Lake Transport, Regional Maritime University, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority, National Road Safety Commission, Metro Mass Transit and Intercity STC Coaches Limited in fulfilment of the president’s “Ghana beyond aid” agenda.
