The Government of Ghana and Denmark have signed the third phase of the Strategic Sector Cooperation in Maritime to promote safety on the Volta Lake.
The Lake continues to report boat accidents with folks shedding their lives.
The Ghana News Agency reported in April 2022 that some 40 individuals have been feared lifeless on the Lake after a ship capsized.
The boat was crossing the Lake from Tongor-Dzemeni within the South Dayi District of the Volta Region to Havorkope within the Kwahu Afram Plains North District of the Eastern Region, when it encountered the storm main to the accident.
The third phase of the Strategic Sector Cooperation in Maritime, from 2022-2025, due to this fact focuses on enhancing navigational safety on the Volta Lake utilizing digital infrastructure to guarantee safety on the Lake and cope with the various avoidable accidents.
Also, the third phase of the Cooperation will guarantee compliance to worldwide requirements on business and capability growth of Ghanaian pilots and tugboat masters within the port of Tema to additional optimise each day operations and public-private collaboration.
The Strategic Sector Cooperation in Maritime, which began in 2015, will within the third phase, contribute to the inexperienced transition within the maritime trade by aiding Ghana’s inexperienced agenda and making the Port of Tema a recognised Green Port and the popular transshipment hub in sub-Saharan Africa.
Ghana and Denmark, by way of the Ghana Maritime Authority and the Danish Maritime Authority had beforehand dedicated to enhancing collaboration on maritime safety and compliance with worldwide requirements and making certain larger focus on the use of environmentally sustainable options.
Again, each nations pledged to work on the Zero Emission Shipping objective with the target to be sure that ships succesful of working on zero-emission fuels make up no less than 5 per cent of the worldwide deep-sea fleet by 2030.
Mr Andreas Nordseth, Director General of the Danish Maritime Authority, talking on the signing of the third phase of the cooperation, stated the Government of Denmark was scaling up its efforts to enhance maritime safety within the Gulf of Guinea by way of help for strengthened operational capability and improved regulation enforcement establishments at nationwide and regional ranges.
He stated the mission marked the collaborative efforts between the 2 counties within the final six years, including that amongst different issues, the target of the mission was to promote sustainability, inexperienced progress and enhancement of the Ghana maritime sector by way of “world class Danish solutions.”
The Director General stated the 2 earlier phases had taken off steadily and there had been an enlargement of the cooperation within the Maritime sector of each counties all through the six years requiring a good stronger collaboration within the ensuing years.
“This collaboration is enhancing the work of the GMA, adding to our continuous efforts of making the Port of Tema the best in West and Central Africa, whilst ensuring safety of migration on the Lake Volta and the sea,” Mr Nordseth stated.
Moving ahead, the Director General of the Danish Maritime Authority acknowledged that there can be the involvement of much more authorities, together with the participation of the Danish Environmental Protection Agency to focus on new difficult areas for each nations.
“One of the areas will be the greening of the maritime domain to reduce greenhouse gas emission from shipping with a strategic target of becoming climate neutral in 2050,” he stated, including that it was a frightening job as some options wanted to be discovered by each maritime authorities in addressing the challenges.
Mr Tom Norring, Ambassador of Denmark to Ghana, stated the mission complemented Denmark’s broad maritime agenda for selling secure and safe maritime area consciousness in West Africa, which might translate in a extra environment friendly sea-borne commerce.
Mr Kweku Asiamah, Minister for Transport, stated the strategic partnership performed a key half within the making certain that Ghana met International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Regulatory Compliance by way of the creation of high quality unit, amongst others, for improved maritime safety within the Port of Tema by way of the coaching of Ghanaian tugboat masters.
He stated the mission was properly thought by way of and expressed optimism that stakeholders would help it to improve safety in Lake transport.