Consistent growth in volumes
along the Walvis Bay
Corridors has laid the
foundation for diversification
within the Namibian economy.
A total of 682 333 tons of cargo
was moved along the Walvis Bay
corridors in the 2011/2012 financial
year – a growth of 240 000 tons
from the previous financial period.
The Trans-Kalahari Corridor,
which connects the Port of Walvis
Bay with the Botswana, South
African and Zimbabwean markets,
experienced 115% growth.
The Walvis Bay-Ndola-
Lubumbashi Development
Corridor, which connects the Port
of Walvis Bay with the Zambian
and the DRC markets, showed
75% growth.
Growth of 29% was experienced
on the Trans-Cunene Corridor,
which connects the Port of Walvis
Bay to Angola, according to
Agnetha Mouton, marketing
and communications officer for
the Walvis Bay Corridor Group
(WBCG).
National government has
recognised the potential of
transport as “a sector with the most
potential to create jobs,” she says.
Studies have been commissioned
to develop bankable projects along
the corridors in order to stimulate
job creation within Namibia.
Logistics-related opportunities
will include warehousing, storage,
container stuffing and destuffing,
and intermodal hubs, amongst
others, says Mouton.
“The objective is to transform
the transport corridors into
economic development corridors,”
she says.
CAPTION
Namibia’s road system connects neighbouring landlocked countries to the
port of Walvis Bay.
