September - December 2010 - Walvis Bay Corridor Group

….continued from page 9infrastructure in Namibia previousmentioned hinterlands are withinreach for every type of receiver whohas a limited budget.After 3 sailings we proved to beright and volumes were growing. Atthat moment a monthly service fromEurope North Continent and UK toWalvis Bay with an average transittime of 15 days was sufficientenough to cope with the cargo volumeat that time.Since March of this year we made acommercial decision to prolong ourservice route to Durban. Due to thisand our continuously increasingWalvis Bay volumes we had toshorten our rotation to offer enoughspace compared to the cargo volumesat this moment. We spacechartered more space which nowresulted in a 3 weekly service fromBremerhaven, Antwerp and Sheernessto Walvis Bay. Together withour agency for a European shortsea carrier ( UECC ) we are ableto ship cargo from the whole Europeto Walvis Bay.Even though we increased the voyagesto Walvis Bay the nett cargovolumes per voyage keeps on increasingwhich is an excellent result.We are the only RoRo serviceprovider from Europe to Walvis Bayand due to our short transit time andon time schedule our customers arevery satisfied and keep on comingback to us.For the future we can say that wehave established a reliable and payableservice which is settled in theRoRo shipping trade routes andwhich will be there for more years tocome.Our offices in Europe and our agentin South-Africa are pleased to providemore information about ourservices. Contact information canbe found on our website http://www.nmtshipping.com where Informationcan also be found regardingour complete work scope, shippingroutes and trade areas.HIV/AIDS PREVALENCE DROPPING INTRANSPORT COMPANIEScontributed by Edward Shivute from the WBCG HIV/AIDS HelpdeskThe WBCG HIV/AIDS Help Deskengaged various transport companiesin an effort to assist them indeveloping their Workplace PlaceProgrammes in line with the NationalStrategic Framework on HIV/AIDS. The group initiated cooperationagreements with the participatingtransport companies to ensurethat workplace interventions areconducted in a concerted and systematicapproach, which includesspecific stages/steps of the workplaceprogramme implementationprocess. This approach was endorsedby the WBCG HIV/AIDSsteering committee and by the seniormanagement cadres of the respectivemember companies.In the absence of any studies regardingprevalence rates withinmany transport companies in Namibia,most of the workplace activitieswere conducted on an ad-hocbasis and without any foundation.This has prompted the WBCG toadvocate for proper structures andpromote on-site VCT for all transportworkers in order to achieve thefollowing objectives and includes toget an estimate prevalence rate ofHIV infection in the participatingcompanies and the broader Namibiatransport sector; inform thecompany on what interventions.......continued on page 11The leading trade route in southern Africawww.wbcg.com.na | e-Corridor eSeptember—December | 2010 1010