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SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6651 TUESDAY 9 MAY 2017 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net
Skok en ongeloof toe bekende Jack Jordan dood aangetref word
inside Skeleton Coast Rally
Floris Steenkamp
Piquet Jacobs
Wyle mnr. Jack Jordan
Emosies van skok en ongeloof heers sedert Saterdag nadat die nuus bekend geword het van die dood van 'n bekende in versekeringskringe aan die kus, mnr Jack Jordan. Jordan het volgens alle beskikbare aanduidings Saterdag sy eie lewe geneem. Familie, kollegas en Jordan het glo toe sy dagoggend kort na vriende van wyle mnr polse met 'n mes gesny tienuur vir die laaste Jordan is verslae. en homself daarna 'n keer lewend gesien. Jordan sou glo eers steek met die mes in sy Hy het met sy motor in probeer om homself in nek toegedien. Kovambo Nujoma sy motor te vergas. Die Hy het weens hewige rylaan in die rigting poging het volgens die bloedverlies gesterf. van die soutpanne Mnr Jordan is Saterpolisie misluk. Vervolg op bl 2
Walvis Bay to get second floating dock operator Floris Steenkamp Studies are currently underway to test the viability of establishing a second floating dock operator in Walvis Bay. The floating dock will not only focus on vessel repairs in the local fishing industry, but also attract the wider marine ship repair markets of West Africa, sources very close to the project explained. The project was initiated by Tunacor Properties Ltd in a joint venture with local businessman Mr Anton Pretorius, who pioneered the floating dock industry of Walvis Bay nearly a decade ago. Geo Pollution Technologies has been instructed to carry out an environmental impact assessment of the intended project.
Apart from the floating dock, the project will also include two new 120m long concrete jetties and an existing concrete jetty that will be extended to 120m. Tunacor Properties earmarked two of its seafront erven in the fishing harbour of Walvis Bay for the project (plots 3686 and 3687). Two existing wooden jetties will be dismantled to make way for the
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NCC approves Namport EBHN merger
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The Novanam story
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Pictured above: Walvis Bay’s only existing floating dock operator is Elgin Brown Hamer Namibia (EBHN) which operates in partnership with Namport three floating docks. Two of the docks has a lift capacity of between 5000 and 6000 tons each and Namdock III the largest has a lift capacity of up to 15 000 tons. Namport was recently granted approval by the Namibia competitions commission to acquire the full shareholding in EBHN, thereby dissolving private ownership in the three existing floating docks. new concrete jetties and Geo Pollution Techno- and/or affected parties sultation meetings are the floating dock, ac- logies in the meantime, on its website www.- scheduled for the forecording to details re- invited the public to thenamib.com as a seeable future. The cently made public. register as interested number of public conContinues on Page 2
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