Infrastructure upgrades on the cards

Transworld Cargo’s persistence on the Walvis Bay Corridor is bearing fruit. A member of the Walvis Bay Corridor Group, Transworld Cargo has actively been involved in developments on the corridor. According to managing director Heino Herrlich, it has been just as important to keep their Zambian clients up to date with these developments ensuring they are always aware of what is happening. “We faced several challenges but the chicken and egg situation of attracting shipping lines has slowly been overcome and today Walvis Bay can offer direct sailings to and from the Far and Middle East, Europe, South and North America.” According to Herrlich Transworld Cargo is committed to improving its infrastructure in Walvis Bay and has added bonded facilities, a container depot and a yard. “All the open and undercover facilities measure around 14 000 m2,” says Herrlich. “Our facilities have also been certified by a leading loss adjustor and surveyor as being safe for storage and handling of high value cargo such as copper and semi-precious cargo.” This certification, he says, is also not just for the depot in Walvis Bay, but along the entire Trans Caprivi Corridor. “With the Port of Walvis Bay intending to spend more than R1.3 billion in the coming years to improve their facilities, we are planning to keep up with the infrastructure spend and will invest in more facilities not only at Walvis Bay, but also in Zambia and in the DRC,” says Herrlich. “These are all areas of utmost importance to us and we are hoping to transit more volumes through Namibia.”