Editing Transport in Ghana (section)

==Marine transport==

=== Seaports and harbours ===
{{main|Takoradi Harbour|Tema Harbour}}
[[File:Tema Harbour, Greater Accra.jpg|thumb|left|upright|[[Container ship]]s and [[Merchant ship]]s being loaded and unloaded at the [[Intermodal freight transport]] of [[Tema Harbour|Tema Port]].]]
There are ports on the Atlantic Ocean at [[Takoradi]] and [[Tema]]. [[Tema Harbour|Tema Port]] in South Ghana, officially opened in 1962, is the bigger of the two seaports in Ghana, and is Africa's largest {{linktext|manmade}} harbour. It has a water-enclosed area of {{convert|1.7|km2|mi2}} and a total land area of {{convert|3.9|km2|mi2}}.<ref name="GPHA"/> Apart from handling goods for Ghana, it is also a traffic junction, where goods are transhipped, and transit cargo destined for the landlocked countries to the north of Ghana.<ref name="GPHA"/>

The port of Tema handles the majority of the nation's import and export cargo and most of the country's chief exports is shipped from Sekondi-Takoradi and Tema.<ref name="GPHA"/> The port of Tema has {{convert|5|km|mi}} of [[breakwaters]], 12 deepwater berths, an outsize [[oil tanker]] berth, a dockyard, warehouses, and transit sheds. The port has open and covered areas for the storage of cargo, including a 77,200-m<sup>2</sup> (7.72-hectare) paved area for the storage of containers, steel products and other conventional cargo.<ref name="GPHA"/> The port's container yard is capable of holding over 8,000 [[Twenty-foot equivalent unit|TEU]]s at any given time. The closed storage area, which is about 25,049 m<sup>2</sup> (2.51 hectares) in area, consists of six sheds with a total storage capacity of 50,000 tonnes of cargo. The port also includes a 100,000 [[Deadweight tonnage|dwt]] dry dock and slipway facility.<ref name="GPHA">[http://www.ghanaports.gov.gh/GPHA/tema/index.html Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304053635/http://www.ghanaports.gov.gh/GPHA/tema/index.html |date=2009-03-04 }}. ghanaports.gov.gh. Retrieved 1 January 2012.</ref> The Tema and [[Takoradi Harbour|Takoradi harbours]] in South Ghana are operated by the [[Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority]].
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=== Merchant marine ===
{{See also|List of rivers of Ghana|l1=Rivers in Ghana}}
There are six ships (with a volume of {{GT|1,000|disp=long}} or over) totaling {{GT|13,484}}/{{DWT|18,583|metric|disp=long}}.  This includes two [[oil tanker|petroleum tanker]]s and four refrigerated cargo vessels (1999 estimates).

[[File:Volta River with Adomi Bridge.JPG|thumb|right|{{center|[[Water taxi]]s on [[Volta Lake]] in Ghana}}]]
Ghana's [[Volta River]], [[Ankobra River]], and [[Tano River]] provide 168&nbsp;km of perennial navigation for [[Ship naming and launching|launches]] and [[Lighter (barge)|lighters]], and Volta Lake provides 1,125 kilometres of [[Canal|arterial and feeder waterway]].<ref name="Transport in Ghana">{{cite web |website=commonwealthofnations.org |url = http://www.commonwealthofnations.org/sectors-ghana/travel/transport/ |title=Transport in Ghana |access-date = 5 June 2013}}</ref> There are two main seaports in Ghana which are located in the southern coastal cities of Sekondi-Takoradi and Tema (Takoradi Harbour and Tema Harbour).<ref name="Commerce Ghana Adequate Transportation"/> The strategic [[Location (geography)|geographical location]] of Ghana to the Volta Lake and the many [[List of rivers of Ghana|rivers of Ghana]] that provide [[Inland port|inland transport]] make Ghana a very transited [[sovereign state]] for [[Cargo ship|freighters]].<ref name="The ideal gateway">{{cite web |work= commonwealthgovernance.org |publisher=Government of Ghana |url = http://www.commonwealthgovernance.org/partners/ghana-ports-and-harbours-authority/|title= Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority - Port of Tema: The preferred port • Port of Takoradi: The ideal gateway|access-date = 5 June 2013}}</ref>

[[Inland navigation|Inland]] water [[Water transportation|transport]] in Ghana includes the movement of [[passenger]]s by [[ferry]] or [[water taxi]]s and [[cargo]] on rivers, lakes and other water bodies in Ghana and Ghana has a [[ferry]] transportation system on Volta Lake at [[Yeji]] and [[Kwadjokrom]].<ref name="The ideal gateway"/> The Volta Lake is the major inland water transport facility that is efficiently regulated to transport passengers and cargo.<ref name="The ideal gateway"/> The main transport service provider on the Volta Lake is the Volta Lake Transport Company Limited (VLTC).<ref name="Commerce Ghana Adequate Transportation"/> The [[Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority]] and [[Ghana Railway Corporation]] and the [[Volta River Authority]] collectively have oversight responsibility over the [[Volta Lake]] and the Volta Lake Transport Company Limited (VLTC).<ref name="Commerce Ghana Adequate Transportation"/>