Ghana faces competition from Lome Port as Tema Port traffic declines

While Tema Port’s traffic has increased, it has not been growing as rapidly as Lomé’s Port, which has seen a significant increase from 300,000 thousand containers per annum in the early 2000s to 1.5 million containers today.

The PEPP II project, funded by the Danish Foreign Ministry, aims to provide evidence for policymakers to utilize in decision-making processes aimed at benefiting the blue economy and enhancing port efficiency.

Abena Animwaa Yeboah-Banin, the Head of the Communication Department at the University of Ghana, explained that the project will allow a wider pool of researchers to contribute to the maritime world and the Blue Economy.

“It now allows a wider pool of researchers to take an interest in the maritime world, the Blue Economy

For instance, now it becomes possible for people from engineering, fisheries, and physics, whose works may have something to tell the Blue Economy to take an interest and join the network so that there’s a bigger pool of knowledge being produced about the Blue Economy that can feed into policy and also work in industries.”

In his keynote address, Professor Michael Ekow Manuel, Academic Dean of the World Maritime University, emphasized the importance of adopting sustainable measures to protect the ocean, as the future of the Blue Economy depends on its preservation and sustainability.

The future of the Blue Economy is green