Walvis Bay Harbor
| Walvis Bay Harbor | |||
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| Data | |||
| UN / LOCODE | NA WVB | ||
| operator | Namibian Port Authority | ||
| Port type | seaport | ||
| Piers / quays | 8th | ||
| Throughput | 4.826 million tons (2017/18) | ||
| Container (TEU) | 176,335 TEU (2017/18) | ||
| website | www.namport.com.na | ||
| Geographic information | |||
| place | Walvis Bay | ||
| region | Erongo | ||
| Country | Namibia | ||
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| Coordinates | 22 ° 56 '8 " S , 14 ° 29' 7" E | ||
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The port of Walvis Bay ( English Port of Walvis Bay ) is a seaport in the Namibian coastal city of Walvis Bay . It is the largest port in the country and the only real deep-sea port . Like both Namibian ports, it is operated by the Namibian Port Authority (Namport).
Location and connection
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The port is centrally located in Namibia in a north-south direction. This strategically favorable location is also important for the Namibian neighboring countries without access to the sea , in particular Botswana , Zambia and Zimbabwe . In the past few years, especially the access roads from neighboring countries to the port in Walvis Bay through the Trans-Caprivi-Highway and the Trans-Kalahari-Highway and other infrastructures (including the rail link ) have been expanded.
Development and economic importance
As the only real deep-sea port, the port is of great economic importance for Namibia and the entire region. After the exclave Walvis Bay was handed over from South Africa to Namibia in 1994 , the port experienced a boom and is now one of the five largest ports in southern Africa.
In the 2005/2006 financial year, Namport invested more than 37 million Namibian dollars in the expansion of the port.
Botswana , Zambia and Zimbabwe signed contracts with Namibia between 2006 and 2009 that allow the construction of dry ports for the storage and distribution of imports and exports from the countries. Botswana opened it in 2015, Zimbabwe in 2019.
Clearance can generally be ensured within 48 hours, with an average of 12–15 hours for container carriers.
Expansion 2014–2019
The port has been expanded to include more berths and a new container terminal since May 2014. The container handling capacity rose to 1.065 million TEU after completion in August 2019 . The former port area of 110 hectares was enlarged by 40 hectares through land reclamation . The expansion cost 4.5 billion Namibian dollars .
The construction of a second port ( SADC Gateway Port ) has been planned since 2015. The construction of a waterfront was supposed to start in 2015, but was postponed to 2017 and is now to start in 2020.
statistics
| year | Ships | Freight (tons) | TEU |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008/09 | 1601 | 5,038,052 | 250.262 |
| 2009/10 | 1641 | 4,901,170 | 247,743 |
| 2010/11 | 1585 | 5,190,437 | 220,178 |
| 2011/12 | 1625 | 6.210.285 | 334.410 |
| 2012/13 | 1541 | 6,133,860 | 301,817 |
| 2013/14 | 1520 | 5,372,635 | 253,052 |
| 2014/15 | 1395 | 5,751,968 | 237,546 |
| 2015/16 | 887 | 2,985,202 | 115,955 |
| 2016/17 | 1345 | 5,168,131 | 203.071 |
| 2017/18 | 1070 | 4,825,920 | 176,335 |
| 2018/19 | 1002 | 5,374,714 | 144,109 |
Sources: Namport
Facilities and infrastructure
The port of Walvis Bay consists of the actual port (South Port), the fishing port and the North Port, which is under construction (as of January 2019) .
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In addition to a small sports port, it has a fishing port as well as general cargo and container ports. 3.875 containers can be stored at the same time. The maximum annual capacity is 250,000 TEU and 7–8 million tons of general cargo . These can be reached through a 6.2 kilometer long, 134 meter wide and 12.8 meter deep fairway . In addition, several cruise ships and the RMS St. Helena regularly dock at the small cruise terminal every year .
In addition, u. a. the following facilities are available:
Special occurrences
On January 13, 2015, at 11 p.m. local time, the tug Omanda sank directly in the port for unknown reasons. The master reported the ingress of large quantities of water into the engine room as early as 19:40 local time.
strike
On January 29, 2014, a strike broke out in the port. The approximately 100 workers demanded the removal of a foreman and the withdrawal of a new system that should lead to an increase in labor productivity. In the run-up to the strike, the port management was criticized after container fraud was discovered.
Web links
- Namibia Ports Authority (Port Authority)
- Walvis Bay Corridor Group (port logistics and connection to neighboring countries)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Namibia Annual Report 2005/2006 ( Memento from February 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF)
- ↑ Zambia is building a port
- ↑ Zimbabwe receives dry dock ( memento from July 24, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ Botswana Railways opened Walvis Bay Dry Port in Namibia. Railwaypro, February 3, 2015.
- ^ Mnangagwa to open Zimbabwe's Dry Port facility in Namibia. Bulawayo24, March 27, 2019.
- ^ Giant's ground-breaking. Informanté, April 24, 2014 ( Memento of May 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on May 8, 2014
- ↑ Construction of the SADC gateway begins. Allgemeine Zeitung, March 12, 2015 ( Memento of March 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Retrieved on March 17, 2015
- ↑ DEVELOPMENT OF WALVIS BAY WATERFRONT AND MARINA WELL ON TRACK. Namibia Economist, October 15, 2019.
- ↑ Annual Report 2014. Namport, 2014, p. 45.
- ↑ Statistics. Namport. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
- ↑ Statistics. Namport Group, 2018/19, p. 80.
- ↑ Elzevier Gelderbloem: High Level Overview of the Master Plan for the Port of Walvis Bay , In: Namibia Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft Journal, Edition 66, 2018, ISBN 978-99945-76-60-9 , pp. 85ff.
- ^ Sinking of the Namport Tugboat "Omanda" on January 13, 2015 in the Port of Walvis Bay Fishing Harbor. Namport press release, January 14, 2015
- ^ Illegal strike at NamPort Allgemeine Zeitung, January 31, 2014 , accessed on February 3, 2014
- ^ Illegal strike continues on Allgemeine Zeitung, February 3, 2014 , accessed on February 3, 2014