Walvis Bay cuts 14 days for shipper

Marking a significant milestone for the Walvis Bay Corridor Group, packaging major Nampak has just moved its firstever shipment through the Port of Walvis Bay – in the process cutting more than 14 days from its supply chain compared to its previous port of entry on the east coast of southern Africa. That’s according to Walvis Bay Corridor Group spokesman Agnetha Mouton who told FTW that the shipment, which was moved from Sweden to Lusaka in Zambia, comprised a total of 600 tons of paper reel. The first part of the shipment arrived in Zambia within three days, moving by road along the Walvis Bay-Ndola- Lubumbashi Development Corridor (WBNLDC). With stock depletion threatening to halt production, it was a question of ‘all hands on deck’ to avert any crisis. “Thanks to cooperation between all parties concerned, we achieved what we set out to do,” said Michelle Kirov, the marketing director of Trade Ocean Shipping Namibia, which facilitated the shipment.