The Port of Takoradi has successfully berthed and record-loaded a 295-meter CS SALUBRITY, a manganese capsize vessel at the Dry Bulk Terminal (DBT), with a draft of 16 meters and a length of 800 meters.

The Port of Takoradi Dry Bulk Terminal is the deepest of its kind in West Africa and is equipped with automated conveyor loading system

The Acting Director of Port, Takoradi, Peter Amo-Bediako, who witnessed the historic pilotage and berthing of the capsize vessel, was enthused about the significance of the successful berthing of the vessel at the automated Terminal. 

“There are 4 or 5 of such vessels lined up coming in before Christmas,” the Acting