THE reclamation of 1.5 million cubic metres of land from the Atlantic Ocean to construct a NAD3 billion (US$252.27 million) container terminal at the port of Walvis Bay in Namibia.
It is to be completed in February next year. China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), which is constructing the terminal, says the whole project is on schedule for completion in 2017.
The port expansion works include the construction of a modern container terminal, adding 600 metres of quay length to the existing 1,500 metres and 650,000 TEU capacity to the existing handling capacity of 350,000 TEU per annum, reported New Era Newspaper from Windhoek, Namibia.
Namibia Port Authority (Namport) port engineer, Elzevir Gelderbloem, said Namport was happy with the progress made so far.
"It took us nine years to get to the construction phase of the project," said Mr Gelderbloem. "Such projects take time to implement and we hope our next projects will be much quicker. "However, we have no dry land to expand as the harbour is completely boxed in by the town, but with the current project we are creating more land in the water. This type of expansion is unique and feasible for a container terminal," Mr Gelderbloem said.
"It's the kind of construction that has never been used in the country but will improve our port services at least until 2020 when we will have to undergo the same process again," he said.
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20 May 2015 - 21:45
New US$252 million box terminal in Namibia to open in 2016
THE reclamation of 1.5 million cubic metres of land from the Atlantic Ocean to construct a NAD3 billion (US$252.27 million) container terminal at the port of Walvis Bay in Namibia.
PORTS
20 May 2015 - 21:45
New US$252 million box terminal in Namibia to open in 2016
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