GROWTH IN cargo volumes along the Trans Caprivi,
Trans Kalahari and Trans Cunene Corridors over
the past two years has led to increased demand
for storage space in the port of Walvis Bay,
according to Stella Auala, business development
officer of the Walvis Bay Corridor Group.
In response, the Port of Walvis Bay has
expanded its undercover storage facilities. Five
warehouses, each with 1 000m2 capacity, have
been added in different locations inside the
port.
Each of these sheds is 96 metres long,
20 metres wide and 10 metres high.
Undercover storage in the Port of Walvis Bay
has increased during the past year by about
12 000 m2, she says.
These facilities are mobile sheds which can
be moved to any other area depending on the
needs of the clients in the port.
Namport acquired the first mobile shed
about five years ago and it has proved to be
very economical and suitable for the port
development and expansion programme,
according to Auala.
The sheds will largely be used for the storage
of transit cargo, as volumes along the three
main transport corridors linking Walvis Bay with
the rest of the SADC region, continue to grow.
This is in anticipation of an increase in
demand for storage of cargo imports destined
for the Zambian, Zimbabwean and Democratic
Republic of Congo markets, which to a large
extent still import and export cargo in break
bulk form.
“This latest development and the expansion
of capacities are in line with the port's aim to
become the hub for imports and exports for the
SADC market,” she says.
Mobile sheds provide flexible and economical option
10 Apr 2007 - by Staff reporter
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