[3] Following surveys and planning,[4] the construction of the port begun in 1921 by then governor of the Gold Coast, Sir Gordon Guggisberg and was completed in 1928.

[7] In July of 2004, it was announced that a $250 million modernization project which was to upgrade the harbour was to begin.

The project included the dredging of wharf and construction of container berths to increase the volume of cargo the harbour could handle.

[6] A few years later in July of 2009, the Authority announced a $700 million project to rehabilitate and upgrade the harbour.

The project was to include the reclamation and redevelopment of the old log pond into an oil services facility.