A 40-member Japanese delegation led by the Japanese Ambassador to Ghana has visited the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA).

The delegation was made up of officials from the Japan embassy in Ghana, Cote’divoire and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) was received by management of the GPHA.

The purpose of the visit is to explore investment opportunities in the port.
The port authority has a good rapport with the Japanese government through JICA which is currently expanding the fishing harbour in the port of Takoradi

The Corporate Marketing and Public Affairs Manager at GPHA, Paul Asare Ansah in a presentation explained that the port is committed to ensuring that efficient services are rendered to clients who do business at the port.

The Director of Tema Port, Jacob Adorkor urged JICA to invest in the Tema fishing harbour just like they are doing in Takoradi fishing harbour.

“We have received support for the Ghana fishing harbor. We have received support for both Takoradi and Tema and currently we are enjoying a very big facility from japan to expand our fishing harbor at Takoradi port. We are also planning to come over to discuss issues concerning our fishing harbor in Tema,” he said.

The delegation was later sent on tour of the Tema Port expansion site where 600meters of breakwater has been constructed into the sea.

The port expansion when completed will receive bigger and larger ships with deeper drafts of 16meters.

The Japanese Ambassador to Ghana said the delegation was impressed about the fast pace of development at the port.