President John Dramani Mahama has announced plans for the construction of a private ferry service in Tema.

According to him, the ferry will help establish a connection between Ghana and other West African countries to facilitate the transportation of vehicles, passengers, and goods.

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“A private sector maritime operator just recently has approached us to establish a ferry service for countries on the West African coast to be located here in Tema. The ferries will carry vehicles, passengers and goods between Ghana and other West African states,” he disclosed.

President Mahama emphasised the benefits of the ferry, stating that it will ease the pressure on road transport and reduce the overreliance on transporting cargo and goods by road.

“Indeed, they called on me and I referred them to the Minister of Transport and also to the Director General of the Ghana Ports and Harbors Authority. If you go to Europe, you know what the ferries are,” he continued.

He added, “You can drive your car onto a ferry and then it will sail to Apapa in Nigeria and you drive off and go straight into Lagos or wherever you're going. It can take trucks carrying cargo, and passengers.

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“And so, if we have that service, it would help supplement sending cargo always by road. You can go by ferry with your goods to Nigeria and avoid all the checkpoints where you have to pay small VAT to all kinds of officers. And so, we'll give him all the encouragement to be able to establish this service so that we can increase the exchange of goods amongst our people.”

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