$200m needed to resuscitate operations of Tema Shipyard
Director General of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA), Michael Luguje has disclosed that an investment capital of $200 million is needed to revamp the PSC Tema Shipyard.
The Shipyard, which operates as a separate entity was handed over to the GPHA to manage, operate, and attract investors into the shipbuilding activity.
Mr Luguje said the Shipyard, which was originally part of the Tema Port project, was separated and had gone through a lot of phases before the government handed it over to the GPHA to prepare it and look for a strategic partner to invest in it.
The GPHA Director General told the Ghana News Agency in Tema that in 2017, GPHA started to retool the Shipyard as it bought some equipment to make it attractive to investors.
He noted that as the biggest shipyard in Central and West Africa, up to $200 million was needed to modernize it.
He explained that the GPHA still supported the operations of the Shipyard as there was a lot of prospects for it and stressed that retooling could be gradual.
Mr Luguje said: “The way the Shipyard is now; it cannot borrow even up to $10 million on its own therefore investors are needed. The GPHA was also not in a position to borrow more since it has invested a lot into the Tema and Takoradi Ports.”
Meanwhile, the control of 20% containerised cargo agreement between MPS and the GPHA begun on January 1, 2023, following several postponements by the MPS.
Per an earlier statement issued by MPS, the GPHA was to commence its control of the 20% containerised cargo at the Port on August 1, 2022. But for some unknown reasons, that did not materialize
“Regarding the 20% containerised cargo to be ceded to GPHA by MPS, we have made enough progress and expect to begin on January 1, 2023.
“We also have a new project with MPS which will be undertaken in 2023, this new project is different from the 20% containerised cargo deal,” quipped Mr Luguje.
