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INFRASTRUCTURE Undersea Optic Cable hits Namibian Coastline By Jo-Ann Stevens amibia's telecommunications giants, MTC and TELECOM Namibia have set up a joint a Nmultinational consortium of telecommunications operators to help fund a multimillion-dollar undersea initiative. This follows the signing of a Construction and Maintenance Agreement (C&MA) and Supply Contract for the implementation of the West Africa Cable System (WACS) in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 8 April 2009. WACS is a Submarine Fibre Optic Cable that will link countries in Southern Africa, Western Africa and Europe, with at least 3.84 terabits per second (Tbp/s) of international bandwidth. Planned landing points include Namibia, South Africa, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Nigeria, Togo, Ghana, Côte d´Ivoire, Cape Verde, Canary Islands, Portugal and the United Kingdom. The landings in Namibia, the DRC, the Republic of Congo and Togo will provide the first direct connections for these countries to the global submarine cable network. Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks has been contracted to supply the 14,000 km long cable system with all associated landing points, which is expected to be ready for service by mid- 2011. Costing about US$600-million (about N$5,420 million), the project has brought together a multitude of nations and some of the world´s most influential telecommunications players in a joint effort to use state-of-the-art technology in linking more people more efficiently than ever before. The telecommunications companies that have signed the WACS Construction and Maintenance Agreement include Telecom Namibia, Our Ports 9 | 28 The vessel laying the fibre optic cable Mr. Bisey Uirab, CEO, Namport (Centre) during a tour of the vessel Angola Telecom, Broadband Infraco, Cable & Wireless, MTN, Portugal Telecom, Sotelco, Tata Communications, Telkom SA, Togo Telecom and Vodacom. WACS will provide Africa with faster and better connectivity to Europe and the world at far cheaper rates; savings which will be passed onto Namibian consumers. An investment level of 2% for Telecom Namibia is envisaged in this 3.84 Tbp/s 4 fibre Cape Town to the UK system, with an own landing point at Swakopmund. Telecom Namibia´s share of that capacity would be sufficient for the country's needs for more than 10 years, according to Wessel van der Vyver, General Manager for International Services at Telecom Namibia. The agreement signed is set to make the WACS broadband sea cable a reality for Namibia, and with it access to much cheaper, much faster Fibre Optic links between countries in the south and west of the continent to the rest of the world. The Ile De Brehat (Marseille) made a call at the Port of Walvis Bay on Sunday, 31 January 2011 at 19:00 and departed on Monday, 01 January 2011 at 20:00. This historic vessel is the 3rd of the three fairies build in Korea 2002 with a length of 140 meters & a width of 23 meters designed to lay the N$ 5,5 Multimillion-dollar 14 000 Km undersea Fibre-Optical cable.
I A P H African Ports On the Move By George Sunguh frica has been described as level, the continuous need for one of the fastest growing systematic enlargement of container economic regions in the handling capacity should not be Aworld, by Mr. Susumu Naruse, forgotten. Secretary General, of the The stance of IAPH on this chal- International Association of Ports lenge, he noted, is very clear. and Harbors (IAPH). “We adopted the resolution in May Mr. Naruse, said this while giving a last year, which stated, in short, key note address during the recent IAPH urges the world's ports, 8th PAPC Conference held in though in the midst of economic Arusha, Tanzania, where called upon difficulties, to move ahead with ports in Africa to continue to continued investments to improve develop their infrastructure from a Mr. Naruse productivity and expand capacity”. long term perspective in order to He said more than 200 port authoriright track observing that 2009 was meet vigorous demand. ties in the world have joined IAPH an exceptional year for global He said: “I am of the opinion that and the member ports covered container transport. Africa has now become a focal area nearly 80% of global container in the economic development and “Movement of international contain- throughput. consequently the port development. ers experienced a decline for the first “We have a biannual Ports It is necessary to develop new time in its over 60 year history”. Conference, and we have a World infrastructure, improve efficiency The total number, he said, of Ports Conference in Busan, Korea, in and raise overall port performance, containers handled by the major May. It provides a good opportunity but at the same time, it is imperative container ports in the world had for African ports to network and for the ports to consider externalities declined on average by around 10% communicate other ports in the of their activities, typically environ- in 2009 compared to the previous world. ment and safety and security of year. In recent years, IAPH and major logistics”. “The situation, however, has been member ports have been working He added that he was sure African changing since the latter half of last very hard on environmental issues. ports will be able to effectively go year. In fact, the container through- We have created WPCI (World Ports through this but it would be much put of the major ports during the Climate Initiative) to tackle environfirst half of this year has shown a easier to do so by learning the best mental challenges; in particular, practices of some preceding ports. strong increase, for instance, 18% in reduction of green house gases “I am sure, with this respect, IAPH Rotterdam, 16% in Antwerp, and emission. Other than this, IAPH can be of great help to African ports 15% in Los Angeles,” he told the technical committees are reviewing and in return the African experi- conference. best practices in many fields, ences would provide great guidance As the world economy was projected including port security and safety, to other ports to follow.” to grow by 4.5% this year, it may be intermodal transport systems, The Secretary General also took the expected that container throughput planning and development of dry opportunity to invite African Port of world ports will be bouncing back ports, port communication systems executives to take part at the to almost the same level of 2008 at and port and city interface. forthcoming IAPH's biannual ports the end of this year. “I believe that establishment of conference, in Busan, Korea in May In fact, he added, some of the major efficient total logistics systems will 2011. ports predicted that they would be become a big challenge to the He however said the year 2010 able to achieve better performance African port industry in near future should be remembered as the year this year that in 2008. because you have vast inland area as when international trade and port As the volume of world trade will well as a lot of land-locked coundefinitely bounce back to the normal tries,” he throughput bounced back on the concluded. Photo: IAPH Our Ports 9 | 29
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