Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority

Gulf of Guinea, is one of Ghana’s two principal ports. The country is bordered by Togo, Burkina Faso and Cote d’Ivoire. The port has 8 deep-water berths, which handle vessels carrying manganese, bauxite, as well as oil tankers and a coaster. There are also seven buoy moorings for vessels loading export cargoes of logs, sawn timber, cocoa beans, cocoa products. Equipment at the port includes four portal cranes of 3-ton capacities for cocoa handling, two 15-ton cranes for handling general cargo, and three 15-ton cranes for log handling. The port also has 40 forklifts with 3 to 42-ton capacities, twenty 3-ton overhead gantries and 2 mobile cranes (90- and 14-ton capacities). Storage space is available in sheds and warehouses. Special storage is available for sawn timber and there are storage tanks with direct connections to the oil berth. Transportation links inland are provided by road and rail.