TransNamib to extend Windhoek handling facilities

A FULLY integrated inland container terminal, along the lines of Gauteng's City Deep, is on the cards for Windhoek.
That's the word from Jack Dempsey, TransNamib Holdings senior manager, commercial services, who told FTW that phase one would involve a new container handling depot to be built at the extension to Windhoek's northern sector industrial premises.
"It's on the planning boards right now, and we expect the first phase to be completed within 18 months," says Dempsey "It's an essential facility. Our existing storage area is insufficient to meet the growing demand for container handling and storage in Windhoek."
The decision by Malaysian textile group Ramatex to establish a large scale manufacturing plant in the Windhoek industrial sector has emphasised the need for the new facility.
"We expect container space requirements to double in the next year or two as a result of this development and this will put heavy pressure on our existing operations," says Dempsey. "We have the land available immediately to the north of the Van Eck power station and that is where we are to start building when the plans have been passed."
TransNamib operates container facilities with mobile or fixed cranes at all destinations in the country.