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On the picture: ship to shore cranes are delivered to customers in various stages of assembly including completely assembled units like the one seen above. At the time of going to press it was yet to be established in what state of assembly the first four cranes would be delivered at Walvis Bay.
Ten storey hotel to tower Cranes to be positioned over Waterfront Floris Steenkamp along 600 m long quay wall A ten storey hotel and casino will tower over the Walvis Bay Waterfront in the foreseeable future, a local architect confir- on new container island med this week. The exact location of this future project is where the former Dolphins Coffee Shoppe was situated across the street from the Protea Hotel Pelican Bay by Marriot. A local architect confirmed the project on condition of anonymity, as it is still in its initial phase with many design features yet to be finalised. The owner of the development is a Chinese businessman and the development of the hotel is expected to further raise Walvis Bay's profile in the Chinese market as a tourist- and investment destination. "I can confirm the project. However, there is more than one local architect involved in the project, and I don't want to pre-empt the project with any public statements", explained this architect. Note: the hotel project must not be confused with the waterfront project, a joint initiative by the municipality of Walvis Bay and Afrikuumba Development on the land currently occupied by the municipal swimming pool and cricket oval.
The Namibia Ports Authority (Namport) is expected to take delivery of its four ship to shore cranes (sts’s), the first of its kind container handling equipment that will be installed on the new container terminal on reclaimed land in the port of Walvis Bay. The delivery of the cranes will take place in about one month’s time, confirmed corporate communication manager for Namport, Tana Pesat this week. The cranes form part of the turnkey container terminal currently under construction by China Harbour and Engineering Company (CHEC) in the port of Walvis Bay. The cranes were manufactured in China. The cranes will arrive in Walvis Bay partly assembled. The completion of the container terminal is scheduled for the last quarter of this year or early 2018. The total cost of construction is N$4 billion and will double the container capacity of the port of Walvis Bay from a Continues on Page 2
Hundreds of shacks destroyed in 2017
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