New feeder service for Walvis Bay

Maruba Container Lines has announced a new feeder service, which is calling at the Port of Walvis Bay. The service originates from the Far East and calls at major Chinese ports such as Shanghai, Ningbo, Qingdao, Xiamen and Shekou and connects to the main ocean carrier vessel in Port Kelang, Malaysia, on a weekly basis, to Durban, for transshipment into Walvis Bay, and further on to the ports of Douala, Libreville, and Pointe Noire. The other ports along this route will be called on an inducement basis, according to Walvis Bay Corridor Group business development office Agnetha Mouton. “The importance of Walvis Bay as an import, export and transshipment hub to the rest of West Africa was realised due to well developed infrastructure of Namibia in general, as well as the Port of Walvis Bay,” says Maruba in a statement. The majority of the consignments include Chinese chemical, electronic goods, textiles destined for Angola, as well as machinery and secondhand vehicles.