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There are six ships (with a volume of {{GT|1,000|disp=long}} or over) totaling {{GT|13,484}}/{{DWT|18,583|metric|disp=long}}. This includes two [[oil tanker|petroleum tanker]]s and four refrigerated cargo vessels (1999 estimates).
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Ghana's [[Volta River]], [[Ankobra River]], and [[Tano River]] provide 168 km of perennial navigation for [[Ship naming and launching|launches]] and [[Lighter (barge)|lighters]], and Volta Lake provides 1,125 kilometres of [[Canal|arterial and feeder waterway]].<ref name="Transport in Ghana">{{cite web |website=commonwealthofnations.org |url = http://www.commonwealthofnations.org/sectors-ghana/travel/transport/ |title=Transport in Ghana |access-date = 5 June 2013}}</ref> There are two main seaports in Ghana which are located in the southern coastal cities of Sekondi-Takoradi and Tema (Takoradi Harbour and Tema Harbour).<ref name="Commerce Ghana Adequate Transportation"/> The strategic [[Location (geography)|geographical location]] of Ghana to the Volta Lake and the many [[List of rivers of Ghana|rivers of Ghana]] that provide [[Inland port|inland transport]] make Ghana a very transited [[sovereign state]] for [[Cargo ship|freighters]].<ref name="The ideal gateway">{{cite web |work= commonwealthgovernance.org |publisher=Government of Ghana |url = http://www.commonwealthgovernance.org/partners/ghana-ports-and-harbours-authority/|title= Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority - Port of Tema: The preferred port • Port of Takoradi: The ideal gateway|access-date = 5 June 2013}}</ref>
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[[File:Kotoka International Airport – Kumasi Airport – Sekondi-Takoradi Airport.jpg|thumb|right|[[Kotoka International Airport]] in [[Accra]], [[Kumasi Airport|Kumasi International Airport]] in [[Kumasi]], and [[Takoradi Airport|Sekondi-Takoradi Airport]] in [[Sekondi-Takoradi]].]]
On July 4, 1958, the Ghanaian government established [[Ghana Airways]] connecting Ghana with other countries. By the mid-1990s, Ghana Airways operated international scheduled passenger and cargo service to numerous European, Middle Eastern, and African destinations, including London, Düsseldorf, Rome, Abidjan, Dakar, Lagos, Lomé, and Johannesburg. As a result of persistent management and financial problems, Ghana Airways ceased all operations and entered into liquidation in 2004.<ref name=aviation>Clark, Nancy L. "Civil Aviation". ''[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/ghtoc.html A Country Study: Ghana]'' (La Verle Berry, editor). [[Library of Congress]] [[Federal Research Division]] (November 1994). ''This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the [[public domain]].[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/about.html]''</ref>
Ghana has twelve airports, six with hard surfaced runways. The most important are [[Kotoka International Airport]] at Accra and airports at Sekondi-Takoradi, Kumasi, and Tamale that serve domestic air traffic. In 1990, the government spent US$12 million to improve Accra's facilities. Workmen resurfaced the runway, upgraded the lighting system and built a new freight terminal. Construction crews also extended and upgraded the terminal building at Kumasi. In early 1991, the government announced further plans to improve Accra's international airport. The main runway was upgraded, improvements were made in freight landing and infrastructure, and the terminal building and the airport's navigational aids were upgraded.<ref name=aviation/>
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