The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) on Wednesday, May 1 inaugurated a Tanker Parking Terminal at Kpone in the Greater Accra region.
The construction of the parking terminal was a demonstration of the Authority’s commitment to improving standards in the petroleum downstream industry.
The investment according to NPA also exhibits its long term commitment to curb safety risk posed by the indiscriminate parking of Tankers (Bulk Road Vehicles) along the road leading to Tema Oil refinery (TOR) and other depots in Tema.
The new state of the art parking terminal can accommodate almost 1000 tankers at a go and also has office spaces and resting rooms for drivers.
The TOR Managing Director, Isaac Osei at the inauguration of the terminal read a speech on behalf of the Energy Minister, John Peter Amewu.
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“We, as stakeholders in the industry and operators of these tankers, therefore, have the responsibility to give members of the public the assurance that we are doing our utmost best to ensure their safety while we carry out our business,” he stressed.
He assured the Tanker Drivers the NPA would continue to create an enabling environment for the operations of the transportation sections
