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Port of Walvis Bay: committed to being the gateway to Southern Africa Dec 02, 2009 Port of Walvis Bay: committed to being the gateway to Southern Africa Namport, Walvis Bay, Namibia Strategically located half way down the coast of Namibia, with direct access to principal shipping routes, Walvis Bay is a natural gateway for international trade. Walvis Bay is Namibia's largest commercial port, receiving approximately 3,000 vessel calls each year and handling about three million tonnes of cargo. It is a sheltered deepwater harbour benefiting from a temperate climate. Fortunately, no delays are caused by bad weather.

In order to deal with even higher levels of throughput, Namport have steadily improved its cargo-handling facilities, and remains committed to infrastructure development.

Container terminal & equipment

The container terminal at the port of Walvis Bay can accommodate grounds slots for 3,875 containers with provision
for 424 reefer container plug points. The technical services division, Namtech, provides reefer repair services at the port.

Namport uses a General Containerised Operating System, which enables the Container Terminal to render an efficient
and streamlined service to our clients. The system computerises aspects such as gate control, ship to shore operations and container yard planning. In addition, clients can arrange remote access to the system.

From PTI 43 page 11. Read the full article here.



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