Containers do duty for Angolan customs

Angolan customs offices and sleeping quarters along the Namibian border have been upgraded through the installation of flat pack Multihouses from Container World in Windhoek. The company is a joint venture with Container World South Africa, and demand for used containers is outstripping supply in Namibia, according to Norbert Liebich of Container World Namibia. The company supplies refurbished and converted used containers, in addition to the Multihouses. It won the tender for the Angolan customs offices, ablution blocks and living quarters because of the cost-effectiveness of the Multihouse concept. Multihouse packs are transported in bundles of four “flat-pack” units, which can reduce transport costs by up to 75%, and are then assembled on site. Each container in flat-pack form measures 6.22m (L) x 2.44m (W) x 0.65m (H) which means that four units are shipped as a standard 20 foot ISO dimensioned container. The units are used for offices, accommodation, clinics, cold rooms, warehousing, kitchens, ablution blocks, and more, he says. Mobile clinics have been supplied to the United Nations for military operations in Africa. Transworld Cargo, in which Liebich is also a shareholder, recently built offices and sleeping quarters at its new warehouse facility in Oshikango using the flat packs.