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SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6726
TUESDAY 13 FEBRUARY 2018
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Hopes kept alive to restore Sea Rescue fraternity mourns the death of Report on Page 2 tin mining at Uis Richard Schumacher
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Port of Walvis Bay key Chinese global “Belt and Road” network
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Port of Walvis Bay set for 400 % increase in electricity usage by 2019 - STS-cranes the reason.. Floris Steenkamp The port of Walvis Bay's electricity usage is set for an increase of close to 400 % when its four ship-to-shore cranes (STS-cranes) are commissioned by the end of the year. Each ship-to-shore crane at peak load is expected to draw 2, 5 megawatts [10 megawatts in total], as opposed to the port's current entire power demand of 3, 5 megawatts. Each crane will be supplied with electricity by a trailing cable which conveys electricity at 11 000 volts. This was said on Friday by the chief executive officer of Namport, Mr. Bisey /Uirab on the occasion of the arrival of the four giant cranes aboard the heavy cargo vessel Zhang Hua 8. The cranes were custom built for Namport in China and departed the port of Shanghai destined for Walvis Bay on 30 December 2017. /Uirab explained the port of Walvis Bay evolved to accommodate larger container ships, in line with international customer demand. Container handling equipment inevitably also has to keep up the pace with size and capacity, and therefore these STS-cranes are now set to replace the role of the mobile harbour crane the port of Walvis Bay used the past 21 years. In fact the port of Walvis Bay boasts nine mobile
harbour cranes, but with the advent of the ship-toshore cranes these mobile harbour cranes will now shift roles to bulk cargo handling. Mobile harbour cranes can load and unload 15 containers per hour. The new STS-cranes load and unload an average of between 30 and 40 containers per hour. These four STS-cranes were manufactured by ZPMC and were delivered with the container terminal on reclaimed land now clicking on to just past the three quarters completion mark. ∙Other features of the STS-cranes as outlined by Mr.Uirab: each crane came at a cost of N$110 million; the height of each crane with the boom in operational position is 70m; the height of the crane can increase to 122m with the boom raised; boom outreach from seaside leg is 69m; on a clear day the cranes will be visible from Swakopmund; each crane weighs 1 290 tons.
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The late Richard Schumacher The death occurred on Sunday of Mr. Richard Schumacher (50), perhaps best known for the major role he played over many years at the Sea Rescue Institute of Namibia's Station 1 (S.R.I.N. Walvis Bay). Mr. Schumacher for several years called Walvis Bay and Angola home, after taking up a job opportunity in that country. He later relocated to Henties Bay and was for the past few months living there permanently with his wife and toddler daughter, after his contract in Angola expired. Former colleagues of the S.R.I.N. yesterday described the late Mr. Schumacher as a very dedicated member of the sea rescue fraternity, an easy person to work with and an able and dependable colleague at sea. According to a close relative Mr. Schumacher complained on Saturday of not feeling well. On Sunday morning his wife rushed him to the Medi-Clinic Cottage Hospital in Swakopmund where he was admitted to the intensive care ward. He sadly passed away within twenty minutes after being admitted. Funeral arrangements are yet to be announced. Picture: Koos Liebenberg
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