Walvis comes up trumps for project shipment

Avoiding congestion issues

at the port of Durban was

the prime motivation for the use

of Walvis Bay as a project

cargo transit

port – and its

facilities came

up trumps,

according

to RARA Avis managing director

Judy Everitt.

The company, which specialises

in the transport of ceramics,

recently diversified into projects –

and chose to move a consignment

of mining

equipment from

West Africa to

Botswana via

Namibia.

In terms of

challenges,

said Everitt,

Walvis Bay

port was not

among

them.

“For us the biggest

challenge in

transporting the

project cargo

was putting

our trust in a

third party

company,” she

said.

“Efficiency and speedy

throughput are hallmarks of

the Port of Walvis Bay which

we use for a lot of smaller

consignments as well.”

Everitt sees Namibia as an

area of

potential

growth.

“Trade

between

Namibia

and South

Africa

has been

growing

for the

past fifteen years and we

see the potential for further

expansion.”

While the import of

ceramics from China is an

area of specialisation, the

company is a global logistics

provider offering intermodal

services for all products on

worldwide routes.

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Efficiency and speedy

throughput are hallmarks

of the Port of Walvis Bay.

– Judy Everitt