The Jamestown Fishing Harbour has been completed on time, with operations set to start before the end of the year. Funded by a 50-million-dollar grant from the\u00a0Chinese\u00a0government, the harbour was built over four years.<\/strong><\/p>\nCovering 60,000 square meters, the new facility is equipped with state-of-the-art features, including an ice-making plant with a daily production capacity of 60 tons, a cold store with a 200-ton fish capacity, two workshops, a fish market with space for 200 vendors per day, additional stalls, an administrative building, and a cr\u00e8che for children.<\/p>\n
Before the official handover and commissioning later this year, the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) leadership, including Director General Michael Achagwe Luguje, visited the site to review the completed work.<\/p>\n
Pleased with the results, Director Luguje expressed confidence that GPHA will leverage its expertise in managing fishing ports for this new facility. He also encouraged the fishing community to collaborate with GPHA to ensure the harbour is well-maintained for the benefit of all Ghanaians.<\/p>\n
\u201cNaturally, the fishing ports themselves by nature are not huge income-generating facilities and will continue to be expensive to maintain, but we have to add that as part of our collective GPHA responsibility. We see the fishing harbours more as welfare projects that are supposed to at least enhance the community and livelihoods, so that is the angle we are looking at. We have that responsibility to make sure that they are efficiently managed. Definitely, users of the facility will use them at a fee. They will make some contribution towards covering the operating cost. We can only just be grateful to the government and, of course, to the Chinese\u00a0government\u00a0<\/strong>for this partnership that has led to this facility,\u201d he said.<\/p>\nThe General Manager of Engineering at GPHA, Ing. Komla Ofori, provided Eye on Port with additional details about the facility\u2019s features and benefits.<\/p>\n
\u201cApproximately 4,000 people will work here on a daily basis, making the site quite crowded. We have used the site optimally to get the best facilities in this small space. I believe that even the land facilities far exceed what the sea can bring, so if you\u2019re expecting canoes bringing fish here, the volume of fish that will come in here will not be enough for the land facilities that we have. Ice, for example, may have to be sold to people on land who may need ice for other things or fish brought from elsewhere for storage, depending on what the situation will be,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
In 2019, the Ghanaian government, through the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, initiated the construction and upgrade of fishing harbours and landing sites in twelve coastal towns across Ghana.<\/p>\n
These towns include Axim, Dixcove, Moree, Mumford, Winneba, Senya Breku, Gomoa Fete, Ekumfi, Elmina, Teshie, Jamestown, and Keta.<\/p>\n
The aim of these projects is to ensure a sanitary environment for fish processing and handling while reducing and managing post-harvest losses for local fishermen.<\/p>\n
The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority is overseeing the development of these twelve fishing ports and landing sites, fulfilling its role as the national body responsible for the construction, management, and operation of all ports and related infrastructure in Ghana.<\/p>\n
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