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Record Freight Traffic for Walvis Bay Corridors
Volumes along all the Walvis Bay Corridors have hit a record high of more than 63,000 tonnes for the month of January 2012, reports Namib Times. The report describes this as a significant growth of...
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Major trade route now reaches Katanga
Port of Walvis Bay – Namibian transport corridor A new regional trade route reaching from the Katanga Province in the Congo all the way to Walvis Bay as point of entry, is on the radar of the Walvis...
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Namibia – Weak Rand Plays Havoc With Trade Balance
The continued weakening of the Rand and an increase in the volume of imports has seen Namibia’s trade deficit widen to N$17 billion, the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) has said. The country’s import...
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Ambitious Port Plan for Walvis Bay
Computer-generated imagery of what the Walvis Bay North Port will look like when built. Image courtesy Namport. Far from simply developing a new container terminal, Namport could be bringing forward...
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Namibia – Dry Port for Keetmashoop
Namibia Map (www.fao.org) Namibia – Plans by Governor of the Karas Region, Bernardus Swartbooi, to establish a dry port facility at Keetmanshoop have been hailed as a “brilliant idea” by experts who...
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Walvis Bay Container Terminal – AfDB and Namibia sign loan agreement
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and Namibia on Friday, November 8, 2013 signed a ZAR 2.9 billion (US $338 million) sovereign guaranteed loan to the Nambian Ports Authority (Namport) to...
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Comesa chips in with $1,4m for ZIM dry port in Nambia
Walvis Bay – making headway (www.transportworldafrica.co.za) The Common Markets for Eastern and Southern Africa has agreed to avail US$1,4 million for phase one of the construction of the country’s...
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Massive SADC Gateway port for Namibia
An aerial view of the port of Walvis Bay. NamPort is seeking a green light from Cabinet to spend over N$3 billion on the expansion of the harbour (Namibian Sun) NamPort has recently commenced a massive...
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Botswana Dry Port to Become Operational This Week
Workers putting the final touches to the entrance to the Botswana dry port. [Photo - Floris Stenkamp] The Botswana dry port in Walvis Bay is expected to be operational this week, Botswana Railways’...
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Walvis Bay rail upgrade ready to service new container terminal
The Namibian Ports Authority has completed the upgrade of all railway infrastructure at the Port of Walvis Bay at a cost of N$20M (US$1.3M) The work was included in Namports maintenance programme in...
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