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Mr Daniel Nii Kwartei Titus-Glover, the Deputy Minister of Transport has revealed that the expansion of the Tema Harbour would boost government’s employment creation.

With the bulk handling jetty, six mobile harbour cranes and additional new tugboats and a security patrol boat, additional hands would be needed, he added.

The Deputy Minister said with the reconstruction of access road to the Ghana Ports and Harbour Authority (GPHA), the youth especially would be gainfully employed.

Mr Titus-Glover was addressing participants of the Sixth Maritime Seminar for journalists in Accra organised jointly by the Ghana Shippers’ Authority (GSA) and the Ghana Journalists’ Association (GJA), on the theme “Contemporary Trends and Developments in Ghana’s Shipping Industry”.

He said Ghana was positioning itself to become the best maritime hub for trade in the sub-region with port expansion as well as other policy interventions such as; the Paperless Port System to make the Takoradi and Tema Ports more competitive.

Mr Titus-Glover said, the development would also reduce cost of doing business, improve customer satisfaction and increase revenue.