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Ghana opens 7 bids to build, operate US$1.5 billion Tema CT
WITH container traffic rising 48 per cent to 822,131 TEU between 2008 and 2012, the Port of Tema, west of the Ghanaian capital of Accra, is now mulling seven bids that met requirements set out in the tender documents.
The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) opened the bids from corporate entities and joint-venture companies, including a Ghanaian company, which wanted to partner the GPHA to expand Tema Port.
Traffic through Tema, the country's main port, has been growing in sync with Ghana's GDP growth, which averaged more than eight per cent a year between 2008 and 2012, reports GhanaWeb, a Dutch based news portal.
The GPHA will also develop five new berths at an estimated cost of US$1.5 billion at full build out, two for containers, two for multi-purpose and ro-ro facilities as well as one for passenger and cruise ships in the first phase.
Phases two, three and four of the expansion works will add more container terminals and food/fruit terminals to the cluster, while the final phase will involve the construction of an oil and gas terminal and oil-rig servicing facility.
Also part of the development will be the expansion of the Tema Motorway. It will be expanded into a six-lane expressway with service lanes on either side to accommodate the traffic that will come along with the expansion of the port.
The first phase of the project will include the provision of basic port infrastructure such as breakwater, quay wall foundation trenches, and dredging to 16 metres from the current 11.5. It is expected to take two-and-a-half years to complete.
In March 2013, GPHA issued an international competitive tender that attracted the interest of 53 internationally recognised entities and joint ventures, but only 21 bidders were pre-qualified and issued with tender documents after evaluation of Expressions of Interest (EOI).
The Takoradi Port is already undergoing expansion. Phase one of the project is almost over, according to Ghana's President John Mahama. Like the Tema port, the Takoradi port will also be dredged.
The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) opened the bids from corporate entities and joint-venture companies, including a Ghanaian company, which wanted to partner the GPHA to expand Tema Port.
Traffic through Tema, the country's main port, has been growing in sync with Ghana's GDP growth, which averaged more than eight per cent a year between 2008 and 2012, reports GhanaWeb, a Dutch based news portal.
The GPHA will also develop five new berths at an estimated cost of US$1.5 billion at full build out, two for containers, two for multi-purpose and ro-ro facilities as well as one for passenger and cruise ships in the first phase.
Phases two, three and four of the expansion works will add more container terminals and food/fruit terminals to the cluster, while the final phase will involve the construction of an oil and gas terminal and oil-rig servicing facility.
Also part of the development will be the expansion of the Tema Motorway. It will be expanded into a six-lane expressway with service lanes on either side to accommodate the traffic that will come along with the expansion of the port.
The first phase of the project will include the provision of basic port infrastructure such as breakwater, quay wall foundation trenches, and dredging to 16 metres from the current 11.5. It is expected to take two-and-a-half years to complete.
In March 2013, GPHA issued an international competitive tender that attracted the interest of 53 internationally recognised entities and joint ventures, but only 21 bidders were pre-qualified and issued with tender documents after evaluation of Expressions of Interest (EOI).
The Takoradi Port is already undergoing expansion. Phase one of the project is almost over, according to Ghana's President John Mahama. Like the Tema port, the Takoradi port will also be dredged.
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