Walvis Bay to add 100 ground slots

Electronic document submission on track LEONARD NEILL FURTHER EXTENSIONS to the port of Walvis Bay container terminal and the provision of a new EDI system are priorities in Namport’s plans for 2006, says marketing and strategic business Development manager Jerome Mouton. The container terminal was recently upgraded from 368 to 778 ground slots. This increased the handling capacity to more than 8-million tonnes of bulk, containerised, frozen and dry cargo and about 250 000 TEUs annually. Now an additional 100 ground slots are to be opened up, says Mouton. “We are also planning to expand our dry-docking and repair facilities to allow for the optimum use of our Syncrolift. “A core EDI system which will link Namport’s clients through a port community system is being introduced and should be fully operational by 2007. This system will allow the electronic submission of documents by clients via Namport’s website.”