The cargo volumes along the various corridor routes has significantly increased during the past two years and has spearheaded the need for increased capacities along the Trans Caprivi Corridor, Trans Kalahari Corridor and Trans Cunene Corridor. One of the major requirements was the need to create capacity for undercover storage inside the Port of Walvis Bay.
In line with Namport’s expansion program, the Port of Walvis Bay has just expanded its undercover storage facilities. A total of about 5 new sheds, each with an undercover storage capacity of 1,000 square metres have been added in different locations inside the port. Each of these sheds has a length of 96 metres, width of 20 metres and has a height restriction of 10 metres. Undercover storage has increased during the past year in the Port of Walvis Bay with about 12,000 square metres. This storage facility is a mobile shed which can be moved to any another area depending on the needs of the clients in the Port. This is just another phase in Namport’s policy to provide flexibility
in service delivery to its clients.
Namport acquired the first mobile shed about five years ago and it has proven to be very economical and suitable to the port development and expansion programme. These sheds will mainly 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, continues to grow. This is in anticipation for the increase in demand for storage requirements for cargo imports to the Zambian, Zimbabwean and the Democratic Republic of Congo
markets, who to a large extent still import and export cargo in break bulk form. Cargo volumes for the Port of Walvis Bay have increased significantly during the past year and as a result the demand for more storage space has also increased.
This latest development and the expansion of capacities are in line with the aim for the Port of Walvis Bay to become the hub for imports and exports for the SADC market.