Plan freight through Ghana on the record, not on rumour.
Moving goods through Ghana means reading costs, rules and road conditions that change week to week. Anansi profiles five freight corridors with the Ghana Highway Authority's published load limits and weighbridges and the disruptions reported along them, checks a load's size and gross weight against those limits, and tracks fuel-cost drivers, trade data and infrastructure commitments.
- Q1
Is a 4-metre-wide, 80-tonne load within the GHA's limits from Takoradi to Obuasi, and which weighbridges will check it?
GHA limitsGHA weighbridgesCorridor
- Q2
What has been reported about incidents, closures and road works on the Tema to Kumasi corridor this year?
Reported eventsPress
- Q3
How far have the cedi, crude oil and diesel moved this quarter, and what does that do to haulage costs?
Cedi ratesCrude and dieselBoG inflation
- Q4
Where are the Accra to Kumasi dualisation and other road projects, against what was budgeted?
Budget 2025 and 2026Mid-Year ReviewPress
Surveyed bridge clearances, abnormal-load permit rules, port and shipping statistics and customs data are in development.
See the whole corridor, not just the headlines.
Anansi covers five freight corridors: Tema port to Kumasi, to Paga and to Aflao, Takoradi port to Obuasi, and the coastal highway from Accra to Takoradi. Each shows its towns, the Ghana Highway Authority's weighbridges and the road crashes, protests, public works and floods reported near it, and checks your load's dimensions and gross weight against the GHA's published limits. Bridge and overhead-line clearances come from road surveys, which we are collecting with design partners.
Gulf of Guinea
Ghana
Route check
Takoradi Port to Obuasi
- Load
- 80 t generator
- Size
- 12.0 × 4.0 × 4.5 m
- 1
Port exit, TakoradiRule
Width 4.0 m is over the GHA's 2.55 m limit: the load is out of gauge and needs authorisation to move
- 2
BridgeExample
Surveyed clearance 5.1 m: a 4.5 m load clears by 0.6 m
- 3
GHA weighbridge, BogosoRule
Gross weight and dimensions are checked here: carry the load's authorisation
- 4
Road works, Bogoso to DunkwaNews
Lane closure and diversion reported
- 5
Offin crossing, DunkwaSurvey
Clearance and load rating not in the record: survey before moving
Verdict
Out of gauge: the move needs authorisation. The Offin crossing is not on record, so survey it before moving.
For teams moving goods through Ghana.
Project cargo and heavy-lift firms
Follow road works, incidents and rule changes on the corridors you move through.
Freight forwarders and 3PLs
Track the cedi, fuel-cost drivers and trade flows behind rates and volumes.
Mining and industrial supply chains
Keep routes to site under watch alongside the economic backdrop.
Cargo and transit insurers
Read reported incidents and conditions on the corridors you underwrite.
Logistics and warehouse investors
Size port-linked and inland demand against trade, growth and infrastructure plans.
What logistics teams ask us.
Drawn from the questions logistics operators, project cargo firms and investors ask about Ghana. Some Anansi answers today; the last group is what we are building towards with design partners.
Corridors and roads
- What has been reported about incidents, closures or road works on the Tema to Kumasi corridor this year?
- Which road and rail projects did the 2026 Budget fund, and how far along are they?
- What has been reported about heavy-vehicle incidents on the Takoradi to Tarkwa road this year?
- Is an 80-tonne load, 4 metres wide and 4.5 metres high, within the GHA's limits on the Tema to Kumasi corridor, and which weighbridges will check it?
Costs and currency
- How have the cedi and crude oil moved this quarter, and what does that mean for fuel and fleet costs?
- What is the outlook for inflation and interest rates over the next year?
- What does a 20% fall in the cedi do to the dollar value of cedi freight revenue?
Trade and demand
- What does the trade balance say about import and export values this year?
- How have services and industry, where trade and transport sit, grown over the past five years?
- What did the Bank of Ghana say about oil prices and trade routes as risks to the outlook?
- Which of this year's law changes affect hauliers and importers, from the Road Traffic Regulations to the Customs Act, and when do they apply?
In development with design partners
In development- Which route should an 80-tonne, 4.5-metre-high load take from Tema to a mine site in the Western Region?
- Which bridges, culverts and overhead lines limit heavy loads between Takoradi and Tarkwa?
- Which permits and escorts does an abnormal load need, and how long do they take?
What Anansi reads.
What Anansi reads for logistics today, and what we are building. Logistics is our newest sector, so the gaps are listed as plainly as the coverage.
Freight corridors
Five corridors from Tema, Takoradi and Accra, with their towns, approximate lengths, GHA weighbridges, and the road crashes, protests, public works and floods reported near each
LiveGHA limits and load check
The Ghana Highway Authority's published height, width, length and gross weight limits, and a check of your load's dimensions and gross weight against them
LiveCedi rates
Daily cedi exchange rates against the dollar, pound and euro
LiveCrude oil and diesel
WTI and Brent crude and diesel futures, every trading day
LiveTrade and the current account
Bank of Ghana reports, IMF and World Bank trade data
LiveNational accounts
GSS growth and shares for agriculture, industry and services since 2013
LiveBudget statements
Road, rail and port commitments in the 2025 and 2026 budgets and the Mid-Year Review
LiveGhanaian press
Leading national outlets, read twice a day and grouped into cross-outlet stories
LiveRegulatory change tracker
Ghana's 2026 law changes for hauliers and importers, including the Road Traffic Regulations, 2026 and the new Customs and Excise Acts, each with its stage, key dates and sources
LiveSurveyed clearances and abnormal-load permits
Bridge, culvert and overhead-line clearances from road surveys, and permit and escort rules on key routes
In developmentPort and shipping statistics
Throughput, vessel turnaround and dwell times
In developmentFuel pump prices and customs
Pricing-window fuel prices and clearance data
In development
The record in one place, and honesty about the rest.
Route and cost knowledge in Ghana lives in scattered reports, budget tables, news stories and drivers' messages. Anansi brings the published part of it together.
What was reported, and when
Incidents, closures and road works reported by the national press, grouped into stories and searchable in plain English.
Costs next to their drivers
The cedi, crude oil, diesel and inflation sit alongside the Bank of Ghana's own reading of the risks, so cost questions start from the numbers.
No guessing on clearances
The load check uses the GHA's published limits and nothing else. There is no public database of bridge clearances in Ghana, so where a clearance, permit condition or axle-by-axle limit is not on record, Anansi says so rather than guess.
Moving heavy or abnormal cargo in Ghana?
The GHA's limits and weighbridges are already in Anansi. The clearances that decide an abnormal load are still surveyed by hand, and we are collecting them with a small group of project-cargo, mining and insurance partners, starting with the routes from the ports to the mines. If that is your work, we would like to hear from you.
Other sectors
Tell us about the routes you run.
We are working with a small group of forwarders, project cargo firms, mining supply chains and insurers. Request access and tell us where your freight goes.
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