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SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6934 FRIDAY 8 OCTOBER 2021 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net
New container terminal to be managed by private sector Namport believes this option would return container volumes to the Port of Walvis Bay The Namibian Ports Authority (Namport) issued a memorandum this week, confirming it is investigating the possibility to outsource the new container terminal on reclaimed land to a private operator. In the memorandum Namport’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr Andre Kanime, admits container volumes have dropped significantly since the terminal has been commissioned. A private operator would be best able to develop cargo volumes for the facility. According to Kanime, the drop in container volumes come as a result of other ports in the region developing. That created additional capacity, at the cost of Walvis Bay’s existing capacity. Secondly, larger container vessels are commissioned which offloads at fewer ports that can handle those size ships. Walvis Bay has a limit on the size of container vessel that can enter the port. Apart from the fact that a private operator would grow its own cargo volumes, such operators also have more expertise to improve port efficiency and have more financial capacity to invest in equipment and infrastructure to handle larger size container vessels.
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Concerns over “dying” palm lane at Walvis Bay
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Walvis Bay residents and regular commuters on the B2 coastal road have contacted the Namib Times at several occasions the past few days, expressing concerns that the town’s well-known palm tree lane at the town’s entrance is dying. The newspaper inspected the palm lane and it is clear that more than two thirds of the trees’ leaves are turning brown. The process has sped up in recent weeks, and fears are this palm lane will not survive. In fact, many trees have already died.
A massive assembly project is currently executed in Walvis Bay’s 3rd Street East where two 5 100 tons wheat silo’s are completed for Namibmills. The two silo’s are almost completed and a gangway system is in the process of installation. The gangways makes provision for the offloading of the wheat, depositing into the silo’s and then again for the dispatch of the wheat from the silo. Namibmills transports the wheat from Walvis Bay to its mills in Windhoek where it is processed for pasta and bread flour among others.
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