{"id":469043,"date":"2018-03-02T07:19:22","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T07:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/03\/02\/tema-port-expansion-project-reaches-key-milestone\/"},"modified":"2018-03-02T07:19:22","modified_gmt":"2018-03-02T07:19:22","slug":"tema-port-expansion-project-reaches-key-milestone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/03\/02\/tema-port-expansion-project-reaches-key-milestone\/","title":{"rendered":"Tema Port Expansion project reaches key milestone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Friday,  2 March 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-03-02<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/54167443.295.jpg\" alt=\"MPS Port Expansion\" title=\"MPS Port Expansion\" width=\"295\" height=\"148\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Mohamed Samara [middle] MPS CEO with Head of Engineering, GPHA [L] at the Expansion Site<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/1519975162_970_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">On Thursday, the first concrete element was moved from land into sea marking a new phase of the Tema Port Expansion project delivered by Meridian Port Services.<\/p>\n<p>This achievement is significant as it shows the project is on time for building the first 700 meters of quay wall ensuring the new port facility can be operational by June 2019.<\/p>\n<p>At that point, Ghana will have significantly upgraded its container handling facility attracting bigger vessels from the shipping lines.<\/p>\n<p>MPS CEO, Mohamed Samara, explained that over time he expects that the vessels calling Tema will move from a vessel size of 4000-5000 TEU to around 14,000 TEU.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized that bigger vessel size means lower cost for trade enabling Ghana\u2019s competitiveness globally and it will ultimately drive growth and employment.<\/p>\n<p>Adding to this Port Project Director Jesper Kjaerulf-Moeller explained, &#8220;including phase 2 we will build 1,400 meters of quay which will enable several big vessels to berth simultaneously giving Tema the capacity to both serve Ghana and become a transhipment hub for West Africa&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The concrete elements used for building the quay wall are called Caissons and Head of Construction Finlo Paish shared some interesting facts: \u2018Each caisson weighs 2,600 tons and is roughly 20 by 20 meters in size\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u2018Together with our Marine contractor we have worked tirelessly to reach this milestone and I am very pleased with our progress to date\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 49 updated by: 49 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business News of Friday, 2 March 2018 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2018-03-02 Mohamed Samara [middle] MPS CEO with Head of Engineering, GPHA [L] at the Expansion Site On Thursday, the first concrete element was moved from land into sea marking a new phase of the Tema Port Expansion project delivered by Meridian Port Services. 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