{"id":170557,"date":"2015-11-29T10:03:32","date_gmt":"2015-11-29T10:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=170557"},"modified":"2015-11-29T10:36:27","modified_gmt":"2015-11-29T10:36:27","slug":"power-minister-inspects-power-barge-at-tema-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=170557","title":{"rendered":"Power Minister inspects power barge at Tema [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A government delegation led by the Minister of Power, Kwabena Donkor on Sunday morning visited the Tema Harbour to welcome the arrival of the much expected power ship from Turkey.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/power-barge-at-tema-3_533x400.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-170560 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/power-barge-at-tema-3_533x400.jpg\" alt=\"power barge at tema (3)_533x400\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/power-barge-at-tema-3_533x400.jpg 533w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/power-barge-at-tema-3_533x400-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ship which will add about 225 megawatts of power to the nation\u2019s grid arrived on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/power-barge-at-tema-4_600x360.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-170561 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/power-barge-at-tema-4_600x360.jpg\" alt=\"power barge at tema (4)_600x360\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/power-barge-at-tema-4_600x360.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/power-barge-at-tema-4_600x360-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking to the media after a short ceremony to welcome the ship, the Minister of Power said though it will boost \u00a0Ghana&#8217;s power supply, he stressed that the power ship will not totally solve the power crisis.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/power-barge-at-tema-2_578x400.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-170559 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/power-barge-at-tema-2_578x400.jpg\" alt=\"power barge at tema (2)_578x400\" width=\"578\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/power-barge-at-tema-2_578x400.jpg 578w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/power-barge-at-tema-2_578x400-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile officials from the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) disclosed that, the barge will be connected to the nation\u2019s power grid within a week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/power-barge-at-tema-1_600x360.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-170558 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/power-barge-at-tema-1_600x360.jpg\" alt=\"power barge at tema (1)_600x360\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/power-barge-at-tema-1_600x360.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/power-barge-at-tema-1_600x360-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The barge which was built by Turkish company, Karpowership, was expected to dock at Tema on Friday afternoon but was pushed back due to some delays in documentation and routine formalities at the Abidjan Port, where the barge was offloaded by the Black Marlin, a speed deck cargo ship.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/power-barge-at-tema-8_600x360.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-170565 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/power-barge-at-tema-8_600x360.jpg\" alt=\"power barge at tema (8)_600x360\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/power-barge-at-tema-8_600x360.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/power-barge-at-tema-8_600x360-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Eastern Naval Command escorted the barge to Tema and provided security after it took over from the Western Naval Command.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/power-barge-at-tema-7_600x360.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-170564 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/power-barge-at-tema-7_600x360.jpg\" alt=\"power barge at tema (7)_600x360\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/power-barge-at-tema-7_600x360.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/power-barge-at-tema-7_600x360-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The power ship is part of\u00a0medium term measures adopted by government to mitigate the effects of the power crisis.<\/p>\n<p>President John Mahama is expected to formally inaugurate the barge within the next ten days.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Photos by: Norvan Acquah Hayford\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A government delegation led by the Minister of Power, Kwabena Donkor on Sunday morning visited the Tema Harbour to welcome the arrival of the much expected power ship from Turkey. 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