Port makes it easy to do business

Support from the Namibian Port Authority helps to reduce costs and improve service levels to users in the shipping and rig repair industry, according to Duane Sanders, operations director of Namibian-based Logistics Support Services (LSS). Other public service sectors such as immigration, customs Namibia, directorate of maritime affairs and port health also understand the costs of delays to vessels and therefore fully support the required processes to ensure successful execution, he says. LSS has evolved during the past five years into providing a comprehensive service offering that includes “but is not limited” to ships agency, husbandry, customs clearing and forwarding, general and bonded warehousing, transport, equipment rentals, and procurement of general and technical supplies. “These are tailored to the individual needs and requirements of our customers and their principals,” he says. In support of its comprehensive service offering, the company has invested in equipment and infrastructure to meet increasing demand, not only in the offshore, but onshore industries. Work has started on new warehouses that will bring the total bonded space under roof to around 5 500-sqm. “We are confident about our abilities and future growth,” says Sanders.