September - December 2010 - Walvis Bay Corridor Group

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Mapping the way to successfor the next five yearsA workshop was held on the 21 stand the 22 nd of October 2010 inSwakopmund at the Sea Side SpaHotel and was attended by 23 representativesof the WBCG membersincluding the WBCG team. Thepurpose of this workshop was todevelop and define a strategy forthe WBCG for the next five years forthe period of 2010 – 2015, with theaim of increasing cargo volumesalong the Walvis Bay Corridorsthrough the Port of Walvis Bay.It was noted that success lies in thefact that sufficient capacities suchas infrastructure, operations, humanresources and finances resources;competitive port and corridor marketofferings; safe, secure and reliablecorridor operations and regionallyharmonized standards and proceduresfor cross-border transport areimperative to support the continuousincreased growth in volumes inthe port and along the corridors.The members provided their supportand commitment to competitivelyposition the Walvis Bay CorridorGroup through partnerships toincrease balanced import/exportcargo volumes; to effectively brandthe corridors as the preferred traderoute by all our customers and tocontinue to be committed to provideadequate and cost effective capacityand efficient services.The aim of the WBCG is to optimizethe operational side of the WalvisBay Corridors, through the Port ofWalvis Bay, and to market its locationand business opportunities bothin the region and abroad. Since theestablishment of the Walvis BayCorridor Group ( WBCG ) in 2000,volumes along the Walvis Bay Corridorshave grown the past tenyears from zero up to more than500 000 tonnes per annum.With the ever rising interest from theregional as well as the internationalmarket and with more direct shippingcalls to Walvis Bay, high efficiencies,short transit times andstrategic partnerships, the WalvisBay Corridor routes are now in avigorous position to serve the SADCmarket to the rest of the world.The leading trade route in southern Africawww.wbcg.com.na | e-Corridor eSeptember—December | 2010 4
Creating capacityat the Port of Walvis Baycontributed by Jo-Ann Stevens from the Port of Walvis BayNamport is pleased to announceberth 3 to extend the operationalto STEFANUTTI STOCKS MA-the commencement of the Terminallength of the container terminal.RINE.This development is ex-Optimisation Program for Berths 1to 3 at the Port of Walvis Bay. Thisrepresents the most important infrastructuralimprovement on thecontainer terminal since 1999 whenit was deepened to -12.8m.The optimisation includes dredgingof the outer entrance channel to adepth of -14.4m; dredging of thearea adjacent to berths 1 to 3 to adepth of -14.0m chart datum andquay improvements to berth 1 andAll these improvements – worthapproximately US$15 million – willenable the Port of Walvis Bay tohost larger container vessels ofaround 5000 TEU or two vesselswith lengths of 250m simultaneously.The dredging contract hasbeen awarded to a joint venture ofBOSKALIS INTERNATIONAL BVand NAMIBIA MARINE ENGI-NEERING LTD. The berth optimisationcontract has been awardedpected to be completed by end ofFebruary 2011.The increased volumes of cargothat traverse along the Walvis BayCorridors has resulted in the needto create more capacity at the Portof Walvis Bay, in order to accommodatethe large volumes of cargoserving the hinterland such as Angola,Botswana, Democratic Republicof the Congo, Gauteng Regionin South Africa, Zambia aswell as Zimbabwe .Aerial view of the Port of Walvis Bay5 The leading trade route in southern Africawww.wbcg.com.na | e-Corridor eSeptember—December | 2010
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