Dodi Princess
''Dodi Princess'' was a cruise boat on Lake Volta in South Ghana. It was owned by the Volta River Authority and under the management of Volta Hotels. It was the only cruise ship in Ghana. It was built as a cargo ship and later converted into a passenger ship in 1991. The ship was replaced with the 176-passenger restaurant ship, ''Dodi Princess II'', built in Akosombo, Ghana by Onur Makina of Istanbul, Turkey. History The ship was built in 1977 at the Tema Shipyard and christened ''Grains Maid''. The vessel was used mainly for the transportation of dry cargo and agricultural products including fertilizer. A typical voyage upstream would carry goods from Akosombo to Yeji in the Brong-Ahafo Region and Buipe in the northern part of Ghana and its downstream voyage would return with yam and grains to the southern part of the country. ''Grains Maid'' sailed on the lake from its commissioning in the late 1970s to the late 1980s when its commercial services declined due to financial constr ...
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Dodi Island
Dodi Island is an island in Ghana, located off the shore of Lake Volta. It is a tourist destination and a land place for the cruise ship, Dodi Princess. Gallery File:Dodi Island and Rocky Shore − Lake Volta.jpg, Rocky Shores of Dodi Island. File:Dodi Island Pier and Shoreline.jpg, Pier and Shoreline A shore or a shoreline is the fringe of land at the edge of a large body of water, such as an ocean, sea, or lake. In physical oceanography, a shore is the wider fringe that is geologically modified by the action of the body of water past a ... of Dodi Island. File:Dodi Island Pier.jpg, Cruiseliner Pier of Dodi Island. See also * Dodi Princess References {{reflist Islands of Ghana Volta River Authority Lake islands of Africa Artificial islands of Africa ...
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