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SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6705 TUESDAY 21 NOVEMBER 2017 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net
Namport welcomes “Giraffe� in port of Walvis Bay
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Coastal road upgrades
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The fish has landed
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Namport's newly built tug, Onduli (the name meaning Giraffe in the Oshiwambo language), arrived in the port of Walvis Bay from a shipyard in Spain where she was custom built for the Port Authority at a price tag of N$60 million. Onduli is officially now the biggest and strongest tug in Namport's arsenal. The vessel is 30m wide with a beam of 11m. The vessel will be officially welcomed in the Namport family of tugs in January during a christening ceremony.
Husab Erongo RED commissions workers hi-tech Walvis Bay intakeprotest substation Pages 9
Minister Shaningwa approves new height restrictions in Swakopmund Staff Reporter
The new Swakopmund Town Planning Amendment Scheme No. 61 was published in the Government Gazette on Wednesday (15 November), after the Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Sophia Shaningwa, approved the scheme in October. It is now law. The new scheme includes drastic changes to building heights and bulk developments all over town. It paves the way for buildings with a height of up to 40 meters and no limit on bulk. Since the Amendment Scheme was approved, it has sparked a public debate. The main criticism: it allegedly was never laid open for public input. namib times contacted the Municipality of Swakopmund and requested a copy of the scheme, to verify the exact details. The request was denied. "No, the scheme cannot be sent, it needs to be certified by the Minister Continued on Page 2
Piquet Jacobs
Bulk electricity supply to Walvis Bay now of a world class standard Regional electricty distributing company, Erongo RED commissioned its new intake-substation at Walvis Bay on Friday, a project described proudly by the company as the "biggest project to date". The new intake-substation is a state of the art facility that was manufactured by ABB in the Czech Republic at a price tag of N$270 million. Described as the hub of electricity distribution in Walvis Bay, the intake substation is fed by Nampower's two transmission lines from the Walmund substation. Nampower completed these two transmission lines as part of its bulk infrastructure to Walvis Bay at a price tag of N$300 million and given the hi-tech intake-substation Walvis Bay boasts an N-1 network. N-1 means if one transmission line is down, Walvis Bay can still be fed by the other line with adequate supply capability to supply Walvis Bay's increasing power demand. Initial planning for the substation commenced in 2012, when Erongo RED and NamPower identified the urgent need to upgrade electricity supply capacity to Walvis Bay. Continued on Page 2
Darts Open at the Coast
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