{"id":290483,"date":"2020-04-24T22:12:10","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T20:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=290483"},"modified":"2020-04-24T22:12:13","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T20:12:13","slug":"namport-sets-new-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=290483","title":{"rendered":"Namport sets new record"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ni\u00ebl Terblanch\u00e9<\/p>\n<p>HISTORY was made on Friday morning when the largest container vessel ever, successfully docked at the new container terminal in the port of Walvis Bay.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When the Maersk Sheerness docked Walvis Bay, a new milestone in attaining the status of the port of choice for countries in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) was also reached.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The ship, with a length of 335.41 metres, beam of 43.16 metres and a container capacity of 7500 twenty foot equivalent unit (TEU) was brought into the port as a test.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kavin Harry, the acting Chief Executive Officer of the Namibian Ports Authority, said the investment made in the construction of the new container terminal is slowly starting to pay off and the arrival of the Maersk Sheerness is opening a new chapter in logistics handling capabilities of the port.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It also opens up new opportunities for the logistics industry in Namibia.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Namport sets new record\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Tkao-nqn26c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>RECORD BREAKER: Kavin Harry, the acting Chief Executive Officer of the Namibian Ports Authority speaks about the milestone reached in the Walvis Bay Harbour. \u2013 Footage: Ni\u00ebl Terblanch\u00e9<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe arrival of this vessel is of great significance, not only for Namport, but for the entire country, as this is not only consistent with our values and drive to becoming Africa&#8217;s Number One Port Authority but also places Namibia in a more competitive position as it now can accommodate bigger vessels,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to Harry, the shipping industry has over the past few months adopted a new modus operandi of using bigger vessels as opposed to multiple small vessels to transport cargo.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He added that the consistent drop in fuel prices was one of the biggest driving forces behind the paradigm shift.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He also said a another remarkable shift is the fact that large companies such as Maersk are forming partnerships with their rivals to move more \u2018boxes\u2019 in order to save costs.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor us as a ports authority, that is good news because that means we will handle larger volumes which in the end, will show on our bottom line,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Immanuel !Hanabeb, Namport\u2019s Executive: Commercial, said the shift in the focus of the shipping industry is aimed at saving operational costs and consolidation of resources.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn addition, a milestone of this nature shows the significance of Namport\u2019s investment into the future by equipping and preparing its staff members with the required skills for similar jobs ahead of time,\u201d !Hanabeb said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>!Hanabeb said plans to bring Maersk Sheerness started mid last year and it is indeed a historic achievement which is worthy of celebration.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For the ports authority to be able to compete with other ports, Namport last year officially inaugurated its state of the art New Container Terminal valued at N$4 billion and it is due to this that the country is now in a position to accommodate such large vessels.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><!-- MetaSlider 271797 not found --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":290484,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-290483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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