WBCG looking for Zimbabwe traffic

A team from the Walvis Bay
Corridor Group (WBCG) has
been drumming up business in
Zimbabwe.
The team recently hosted an
information session in Harare
“to create awareness of the
Walvis Bay Corridors via the
Port of Walvis Bay, into and
from the southern African
region, as the preferred trade
route,” says spokesperson
Agnetha Mouton.
Attendees, who included
members and board
members from The Shipping
and Forwarding Agents’
Association of Zimbabwe
(SFAAZ), were welcomed
by Namibian ambassador to
Zimbabwe, Panduleni Kaino
Shingenge.
Marketing of Walvis Bay is
starting to pay off, according
to the ambassador: “Since
the first cargo volumes for
Zimbabwe started moving
via the Port of Walvis Bay
in July 2007, we have seen a
significant increase, especially
during the past 24 months.”
The ambassador urged the
Government of Zimbabwe
to complete its dry port
infrastructure within the Port
of Walvis Bay in order for
more importers and exporters
to develop Walvis Bay,
Namibia as its preferred trade
route for southern Africa.”
Walvis Bay has created
dry ports within the harbour
precinct for its neighbouring
countries.
According to Mouton,
freight moving along
the corridor includes
frozen chicken, furniture,
equipment, vehicles and other
consumables.
“The need for landlocked
countries to gain access
through an alternative trade
route to and from sea is
imperative, benefiting from
access to the Port of Walvis
Bay, which offers importers,
and exporters reduced time and
cost savings, high reliability,
and cargo security,” she said.