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Marine School for the coast Sharlien Tjambari
Namibia is a step closer to the formation of a school for marine engineering and marine studies at the coast. A delegation of the Japan-based Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology and the Sasakawa Peace Foundation is currently in Swakopmund and is meeting with a high level delegation of the University of Namibia to lay the ground-works of what would be the future Namibian School of Marine Systems Engineering. Namibia's Minister of Fisheries and Marine Engineering School falls within the preamble of Resources Bernhard Esau met the delegation in both the Walvis Bay and Swakopmund local autSwakopmund yesterday where he urged stake- horities' future growth strategies. Both coastal holders to leave no time and resource wasted in towns view the establishment of more tertiary education institutions here as growth points for realising this reality for Namibia. The establishment of the Marine Systems the local economies.
inside Namport fires Oud-Walvisbaaier hou 86 workers Namport says it anticipates a temporary setback to service delivery in the port of Walvis Bay, following the dismissal of 86 employees who took part in an illegal strike in the port's container terminal in August last year. A further six employees received final written warnings for their part in the wildcat strike.
“This unfortunate turn of the events will regrettably result in disruption of service rendering capacity to our esteemed clients in certain areas. Whilst management has put in place measures to mitigate the impact of such disruptions, we are all urged to render our support when so requested and those specifically required will be engaged directly by their respective supervisors”, the Acting Chief Executive Officer of Namport, Mr Kavin Harry said to staff in an internal memorandum.
Oil spill as far north as Mile 108
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The Doubt whether a single oil cross leak could result in this..... returns home
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On the picture to the left a Walvis Bay resident is seen literally peeling sticky oil from his feet soles after a fishing outing to a popular spot south of Henties Bay over the weekend. Namport is currently in doubt whether the vessel Urzu that sprung an oil leak in the port of Walvis Bay can actually be behind such a large oil spill. Oil has now been reported on beaches as far as Mile 108 leading the port authority to belief that either Urzu came in from the north leaking or that there is another oil spill originating from another vessel. (See more on page 2)
Bad luck for Kudus
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