The Ministry of Transport is considering several private interests to create other commercial activities at the newly built James Town Fishing Harbour to raise the requisite funds to maintain the $50 million facility. Formal proposals have yet to be considered in making the facility viable. The sector minister, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, dropped a hint during a final inspection tour before the official commissioning by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at a date yet to be announced.
The minister and his team, as well as officials from the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA), were at the site to confirm the readiness of the harbour before the completion certificate was signed. The completion certificate is expected to be signed by the GPHA and the Chinese construction firm, CRCC Harbour and Channel Engineering Bureau Group Limited, for onward submission to the minister and the President.
Currently, the GPHA is conducting “a facility testing exercise” likely to be completed by the end of August before the completion certificate is signed. Mr. Asiamah said the government was committed to improving port infrastructure across the country to develop the fishing industry. He said the James Town Fishing Harbour was only one of many, including the Cape Coast Landing Site that the government was providing.
