Tema shipyard repairs raptured marine loading arm to make way for LPG receipt

The Tema shipyard has completed repair works on the raptured marine loading arm at the oil and gas jetty in the Tema Port which led to the suspension of LPG receipt at the facility.

Speaking to Eye on Port, the CEO of the Tema Shipyard, Capt. Francis Kwesi Micah in an interview said the loading arm which was raptured due to a harsh storm during discharge, required a special form of steel to be repaired, however, the boss of the Tema shipyard said, it took less than a week for the Shipyard to work assiduously on the loading arm.

“On Tuesday, 5th June, the finishing work was done and have been sent back to the mechanical department of the GPHA where they will proceed to get it fixed to facilitate the discharge of the LPG”, he updated.

He said, the loading arm has now been finally sent to GPHA’s mechanical department who would fix it to its appropriate position for receipt of LPG to resume at the oil and gas jetty of Tema Port.

“It was not something extraordinary for us to get it done. We have the capability in terms of the calibre of marine engineers in house as well as the welders and fabricators that are all certified under class matters. It was just a matter of supervision and the way the managerial enterprise is now working over there, it was worked assiduously and it has been fixed.”

He said the Tema Shipyard has an enormous potential, and with the right capital support, they would play a very meaningful role in Ghana’s growing maritime enterprise.

“We are a force to reckon with in terms of marine repairs and heavy industrial fabrication which places us in the stead. Once we are well fitted and locked up, we can do heavy industrial matters that pertains to even doing works on FPSO modules as time progresses,” the Tema Shipyard boss said.