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Housing market remains under pressure

4 days ago - 20 January 2020 | Infrastructure

According to Ruusa Nandago, FNB Group Economist and author of the FNB Residential property report released on 16 January 2020, the index reached a historic low of -5.1% y/y compared to -2.0% recorded over the...

First cruise liner for the New Year calls

2 weeks ago - 07 January 2020 | Infrastructure

The 12-deck 216 m vessel is currently on a 14 day round-trip South African and Namibian “New Year” cruise that began in Cape Town on 23 December and ends there again on 6 January 2020....

Twenty eight vessels due

3 weeks ago - 31 December 2019 | Infrastructure

The port log indicates that 28 vessel visits have already been scheduled for the first month of the New Year. Vessels heading to the Port of Walvis Bay include passenger liners (9),...

RFA views in on Namibia’s Logistics Hub

3 weeks ago - 31 December 2019 | Infrastructure

The Walvis Bay Corridor Group’s (WBCG) role of attracting traffic volumes to corridors relates to a big part of the Road Fund Administration’s (RFA) strategy. RFA Executive for Programme Management, Policy and Advice Namene Kalili,...

Automation to drive improvement of railways

3 weeks ago - 31 December 2019 | Infrastructure

Fitting to its new business strategy, TransNamib is assessing its current systems and processes. TransNamib’s Executive for Technology and Innovation, Logan Fransman, said that the rail operator is currently researching prospective signalling technologies that could...

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Passenger liner jetty utilised

1 month - 24 December 2019 | Infrastructure

The new container terminal constructed on reclaimed land in the Port of Walvis Bay is currently operating at 30% capacity based on the current Twenty-Foot...

New passenger liner jetty put to good use

1 month - 24 December 2019 | Infrastructure

The Namibian Ports Authority (Namport) said that the number of tourists arriving on board cruise ships for 2019 via Namibian ports equated to 21 779...

Namibia's second port a hive of activity

1 month - 24 December 2019 | Infrastructure

The fourth consignment of manganese ore totalling 30 000 metric tonnes was shipped from the Port of Lüderitz recently, with the next shipment due to...

ISO accreditations for Namport

1 month - 11 December 2019 | Infrastructure

The Namibia Ports Authority (Namport) once again secured and received its accreditations from the International Standards Organizations (ISO). This follows after a successful external audit...

Sustained flow of cruise liner visits

1 month - 26 November 2019 | Infrastructure

The Queen Elizabeth passenger vessel recently docked at the new passenger terminal of the Namibian Port Authority (Namport) in Walvis Bay. “The vessel carrying...

Uranium mine imports 7500 metric tonnes of Pyrolusite

1 month - 26 November 2019 | Infrastructure

The third consignment of about 7 500 metric tonnes of Pyrolusite (black or dark grey mineral with a metallic lustre, consisting of manganese dioxide) intended...

Steel rails delivery on track

1 month - 26 November 2019 | Infrastructure

The second consignment of about 3860 steel rails meant for the upgrading of the Walvis Bay to Kranzberg railway line section, was discharged from the...

Development at Extension 39

2 months ago - 17 November 2019 | Infrastructure

Swakopmund • [email protected] A handover ceremony of services and infrastructure by the Swakopmund municipality and Block 9 took place at Extension 39 in the...

Namport thanks top clientele

2 months ago - 12 November 2019 | Infrastructure

The Namibian Ports Authority (Namport) recorded a commendable increase of 19 percent of twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU)’s shipped and 33 percent of TEU’s landed...

Hupstoot vir Shack Dwellers

2 months ago - 11 November 2019 | Infrastructure

Walvisbaai • [email protected] Die Walvis Bay Shack Dwellers het N$1 miljoen van die Erongo-streeksraad deur middel van die kiesafdeling-ontwikkelingsfonds (CDF) ontvang.Die groep van...

Development for Arandis

2 months ago - 11 November 2019 | Infrastructure

Arandis · [email protected] The Arandis logistics hub, truck port and prepaid water meter projects were launched by the governor of the Erongo region Cleophas...

Namdock secures Angolan Navy maintenance...

2 months ago - 09 November 2019 | Infrastructure

Namdock announced yesterday that it had concluded a contract to maintain and repair the vessels of the Marinha de Guerra Angolana (MGA), the Angolan...

Reviewing public transport laws

2 months ago - 07 November 2019 | Infrastructure

Swakopmund • [email protected] A consultative meeting hosted by the Erongo regional council and the Ministry of Works and Transport on the public passenger...