Overview:

      Tema is located in the southern coastal area of Ghana, on the north side of Guinea bay, about 26km away from Accra, the capital. Founded in 1967, it is now the largest man-made seaport in West Africa after expansion. The port is an emerging industrial area in the capital, with large sleeve mills, steel mills and electrolytic aluminum plants, as well as automobile repair, cement, cigarette, textile and food industries. Accra, the capital, has an international airport and regular flights to all parts of the world.

      It has a tropical rain forest climate. The annual average temperature is about 34 ℃ in February and 15 ℃ in August. The annual average rainfall is about 200 mm.

      There are 14 main berths in the port area, with a coastline of 3600m and a maximum water depth of 10.5m. Loading and unloading equipment include various shore cranes, mobile cranes, high-speed conveyor belts and grain suction machines. The port has a warehouse capacity of about 100000 tons and a special cocoa shed with a storage capacity of 60000 tons. The bagged cocoa beans can be directly delivered to the cabin through the conveyor belt. The maximum depth of the anchorage is 18 M. In 1992, the container throughput was 83000 TEU, and the annual cargo throughput was about 5 million tons. The main export goods are cocoa, wood, peanut kernel, coffee, bauxite and manganese ore. The import goods are mainly crude oil, cement, automobiles, building materials, tractors and groceries. Cocoa export accounts for about 67% of the total export value. The main trade objects are Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany and Nigeria.