2020HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE PERIOD (1 April 2019 31 March

HIGHLIGHTS

1 APRIL 2019 TO 31 MARCH 2020

HIGHLIGHTS

1 APRIL 2019 TO 31 MARCH 2020

APRIL 2019

CUSTOMS REFORM TO POSITIVELY IMPACT CROSS BORDER TRADE

Namibia’s newly formed Revenue Agency (NamRA) aims to improve compliance through increased access to regulatory information and functions as one of their components going forward. NamRA’s objective to improve coordination between Customs units, includes the coordination between Customs and other border regulatory agencies at an national and international level. They further aim for enhanced detection of irregularities and Namdeb signed a Smart Partnership with the Walvis Bay Corridor Group (WBCG) to strengthen its employee wellness programme.

The WBCG provided high quality employee wellness screening to Namport employees. The special month-long wellness campaign kicked off on May the 20th with onsite testing at the mine’s land-based operations centre in Oranjemund. The partnership aimed to promote health-seeking behaviour amongst Namdeb’s employees.

In a constant effort to inform the logistics community on the advantages of using the Port of Walvis Bay and its Corridors, the Walvis Bay Corridor Group (WBCG) hosted a Beyond Borders information session in Lusaka, Zambia in June 2019.

The session this year brought together over 100 of Zambia’s business people such as road hauliers, freight forwarders, importers and exporters and government agencies to engage with the Namibian

illicit consignments through the collection and analysis of data.

“In support of Namibia’s Logistics Hub endeavours, NAMRAaimsforfasterclearance times for legitimate trade and increased transparency in regulatory processes and decision-making”, says Acting Customs Commissioner, Ms. Thandi Hambira.

MAY 2019

WBCG ASSISTS NAMDEB WITH EMPLOYEE WELLNESS CAMPAIGN

JUNE 2019

NAMIBIA –ZAMBIA CORRIDOR TO GET RAIL LINK

Zambia is investing in the expansion of their railway system network, that includes the 200 km Livingstone – Kazungula - Sesheke rail project, and the 800 km Solwezi – Kaoma - Sesheke western rail project to link Zambia and Namibia up to the port of Walvis Bay.

On the Namibian side, plans for the 767km Grootfontein – Rundu - Katima Mulilo railway line is already in motion, with the commencement of the feasibility study slated for later this year.

This initiative is a deliberate government policy to link the new mines and mining activities that are not already connected to the railway grid and network along the Walvis Bay-Ndola-Lubumbashi Development Corridor.

WBCG HOSTS ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL ENGAGEMENT WITH ZAMBIAN INDUSTRY

team. The event was addressed by the High Commissioner of Namibia to Zambia, Ambassador RemigiusHaindongo, Permanent Secretary of Transport and Communications Zambia, Mr. Misheck Lungu and Namibia’s Executive Director for the Ministry of Works and Transport, Mr. Wilem Goeiemann. Speakers from the WBCG, Namport, Transnamib and Africa Union Cargo reflected on the latest developments, followed by BHL and Zambulk sharing their experience of utilising the WBNLDC.

HIGHLIGHTS

1 APRIL 2019 TO 31 MARCH 2020

JULY 2019

WORKS AND TRANSPORT MINISTER REAFFIRMS SUPPORT TO WBCG

The Minister of Works and Transport, Hon. John Mutorwa visited the Walvis Bay Corridor Group (WBCG) Head Office to better acquaint himself with the company’s activities.

Met by the Board of Directors, along with the Acting Chief Executive Officer, and WBCG's management team, Hon. Mutorwa was briefed on the configuration of WBCG and given an update on the company’s mandate and the various projects it manages. As part of his presentation, The CEO highlighted WBCG’s endeavors to consolidate the activities of the Namibia transport sector towards the successful implementation of the Namibia logistics hub Project.

D&M RAIL PRAISES WBCG’S WELLNESS SERVICES

“The quality and efficiency of the services provided by WBCG is something we greatly applaud”, says D&M Rail Managing Director, Mr. Dawie Moller about the employee wellness screening campaign recently conducted by the WBCG Wellness Services in Walvis Bay in July.

“The preliminary work was done in a very professional manner and the session was carried out successfully. We look forward to working with WBCG for the duration of our agreement”, Mr. Moller says of the first session of the Employee HIV/AIDS and Wellness Programme Implementation Agreement signed between the two entities in March this year, concluding in 2021.

ZIM NOW LINKED TO SEA THROUGH WALVIS BAY

ZIMBABWEAN President, H.E. Emmerson Mnangagwa has said the country's newly launched N$50 million dry port at Walvis Bay will increase trade for the land-locked country. Mnangagwa inaugurated the dry port in the company of Namibian President H.E. Hage Geingob during his state visit to Namibia at the end of July.

Most of the country's trade is with the United States and Europe, while trade with Asia is on a steady rise. “We were landlocked but were landlinked to others in the region; now we are sealinked through Namibia with our own dry port,” the President said.

AUGUST 2019

TRANSNAMIB MOVES FIRST SHIPMENT OF NORTHERN CAPE MANGANESE FROM ARIAMSVLEI TO LÜDERITZ

A milestone has been achieved with TransNamib moving the first shipment of Northern Cape manganese from Ariamsvlei to Lüderitz. The train departed Ariamsvlei on Thursday, the 1st of August and arrived at the Port of Lüderitz the following day.

520 tons of manganese was offloaded at the storage facility in Lüderitz on Saturday, 03 August 2019. This rail shipment filled 20 wagons loaded with 26 tons of manganese per wagon and was pulled by two locomotives.

This is the first major movement of cargo on this route, which has not been operational since 1998. The railway line was recently rehabilitated and upgraded Aus and Lüderitz.

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1 APRIL 2019 TO 31 MARCH 2020

AUGUST 2019

NEW CONTAINER TERMINAL GOES LIVE

Walvis Bay’s new container terminal went online on August 24, with RDO Favour being the first container vessel to dock at berth 11.

According to Elzevir Gelderbloem, Namport project manager and port engineer, the port’s regular cargo handling operations seized between August 17 to 23 to move 1 131 containers from the old container terminal to the new area, as well as the necessary ground-handling equipment. To further improve efficiencies at the Port of Walvis Bay, the Namibian Port Authority (Namport) has upgraded its operatingsystemsbyintroducing Navis N4 technology. Namport ICT executive, Mr. Victor Ashikoto, said that automation and investment in management and security systems are crucial to ensure that cargo is handled as quickly and efficiently as possible.

Navis provides operational technologies that unlock greater performance and

Taking up the call for private sector involvement in infrastructure development in the transport sector, Buks Haulage Limited or BHL as they are commonly referred to, have done just that. To contribute to time savings on the Walvis Bay-NdolaLubumbashi Development Corridor (WBNLDC) , BHL upgraded a 221km stretch of gravel road between Kaoma and Kasempa in Zambia. This improved section of road means that the route to Walvis Bay from Solwezi has

PORT OF WALVIS BAY PHASES INTO SEMI-AUTOMATION

efficiency for the world's leading terminal operators. N4 optimisation solutions help terminal operators automate decision making and elevate productivity across a range of critical operational and business processes. This N4 technology takes a holistic approach to streamlining operations to ensure that land, labour and equipment are used in the most productive fashion.

According to Mr. Ashikoto, the main areas to initially use this technology is the container landing, yard management and security systems.

SEPTEMBER 2019

WBCG WELCOMES NEW CEO

The Walvis Bay Corridor Group welcomed its new chief executive officer, Mr. Mbahupu Hippy Tjivikua, who joined the team on the 1st October. Mr. Tjivikua rejoins WBCG, after serving as Project Manager for the Safe Trade and Transport Corridors project in March 2008 to May 2011.

Mr. Tjivikua has close to twenty years of experience in the corporate sector, with eleven of those years spent in the transport and logistics industry. He was previously the Executive for Commercial and Marketing at TransNamib, also serving in other senior roles such as Executive: Strategy and Stakeholder Management and Senior Manager: Operations.

BHL SHORTENS ROAD LINK BETWEEN WALVIS BAY AND THE COPPERBELT

been shortened by 400 km for trucks and saves two days worth of travelling time for them.

CEO and Founder of Buks Haulage Limited (BHL), Mr. Buks van Rensburg, explains that the construction works started in 2017 and was completed in 2018. “The shorter route has already seen a 10% increase in cargo movement on this corridor for the year.”

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1 APRIL 2019 TO 31 MARCH 2020

OCTOBER 2019

WBCG TALKS LINKS BETWEEN PORT AND MARKETS AT DURBAN CONFERENCE

Speaking at the African Ports and Rail Evolution in Durban earlier this month, WBCG’s CEO, Hippy Tjivikua said that despite Africa’s trade challenges, corridor updated conference delegates on Namibia’s progress of the region’s newest logistics hub. The various infrastructure developments in road, rail and port were highlighted along with the country’s procedural and capacity building developments.

According to Mr. Tjivikua, WBCG remains steadfast in its efforts to promote the Walvis Bay corridors and has called for the continuation of effective coordination of various stakeholders to maximise inter-regional trade. On 7th November 2019, the Walvis Bay - Ndola - Lubumbashi Development Corridor’s management committee led a team of Namibian and Zambian senior government officials and private sector representatives on a tour of the common border at Katima Mulilo and Wenela border posts on the Zambian and Namibian sides.

The tour aimed to raise awareness and get an appreciation of the numerous trade facilitation challenges at the common border. The team’s task was to identify the problem areas that require urgent intervention at the common border and secondary corridor infrastructure. The tour was followed by a stakeholder meeting, chaired by the Director Transportation and Policy Regulation at the Ministry of Works and Transport of Namibia, Dr. Cedric Limbo, who is also the Co – Chair for the WBNLDC Corridor Committee - Namibia.

The Walvis Bay Corridor Group (WBCG) Wellness Service supported the country’s AIDS day activities by providing testing services at the World AIDS Day commemoration event held at the Sam Nujoma Stadium in Windhoek on the 2nd December.

The team further provided testing services and exhibited at Namibia’s first regional AIDS conference held at the Safari hotel on the 3rd and 4th of December in Windhoek. The two-day conference was jointly hosted by the Office of the Governor of the Khomas region, the Khomas Regional council, the Ministry of Health and Social Services, the Regional AIDS Coordination Committee (RACOC), the City of Windhoek and support groups of people living with HIV.

DECEMBER 2019 NOVEMBER 2019

NAMIBIA & ZAMBIA OFFICIALS VISIT KATIMA MULILO AND WENELA BORDER POSTS

INDIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER PLEDGES SUPPORT TO NAMIBIA’S LOGISTICS HUB

During a courtesy visit to the Walvis Bay Corridor Group’s (WBCG) head office in Windhoek this month, the High Commissioner of India, H.E. Prashnat Agrawal commended the relentless efforts of the company, towards trade facilitation as a strategy for the implementation of the logistics hub master plan in Namibia.

“I admire the efforts of the WBCG and the good that has come of it to positively impact the Namibian economy.” The High Commissioner further commended the country on the transport infrastructure upgrades.

H.E. Agrawal noted that the embassy receives regular queries from India’s business community and investors keen on doing business in Namibia. The Embassy team therefore actively promote the port of Walvis Bay as a gateway for India’s cargo into and out of southern Africa. He therefore was vising the WBCG to garner more insight into Namibia’s logistics development plans and to better understand the setup of the sector.

WBCG PROVIDES SUPPORT TO KHOMAS WORLD AIDS DAY ACTIVITIES

HIGHLIGHTS

1 APRIL 2019 TO 31 MARCH 2020

JANUARY 2020

WALVIS BAY’S NEWLY BUILT PASSENGER JETTY DELIVERS

Walvis Bay’s newly built passenger jetty has received nearly 5000 passengers since the start of 2020. Additional five passenger vessels were expected to have called at the port for the remaining weeks of January.

Speaking on board of the MSC Ochestra, one of the many passenger vessels calling at the port of Walvis Bay, Mr. Ross Volk, Managing Director of the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) South Africa, said that Namibia is fast developing into favourable tourism hub and should ready itself to host more MSC vessels. “From next season we will have two vessels based in Southern Africa, increasing our number of call to 22 from Cape Town.

FEBRUARY 2020 FEBRUARY 2020

WBCG BOARD TREASURER RETIRES: JACK DEMPSEY’S LEGACY IN INDUSTRY REMAINS

After nearly twenty years of service to the company, Treasurer to the Walvis Bay Corridor Group (WBCG) Board of Directors, Mr. Jack Dempsey has retired his pocket calculator.

With the establishment of Trans-Namib in 1988, Dempsey joined as Manager of Procurement. During his years at Trans-Namib, he served as the Head of Marketing as well as the Head of Operations consecutively. In 2009, he retired as Technical Advisor to the CEO and started his own consultancy, Dempsey Multi-Consult. He has served on the WBCG Board since 2002, when he was named a director of the company’s board as an independent consultant.

WBCG WELCOMES SCANIA NAMIBIA AS NEWEST WELLNESS MEMBER

Walvis Bay Corridor Group’s Wellness Project Manager, Edward Shivute has announced that SCANIA Namibia recently joined as its newest member.

Scania Namibia joins other transport sector members to become a member of the WBCG Wellness Service.

According to Jaco Zondagh, Sales Manager for Scania Namibia, the interaction with and feedback from WBCG has been phenomenal. “WBCG is an important entity in the logistics industry and their wellness programme is accessible and comprehensive for all their stakeholders”.

MARCH 2020

WBCG WELCOMES NEW BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER FOR DRC

Assuming the role of Business Development Manager (BDM) for the WBCG’s office in the DRC, Mr. Mbayo brings with him a vast array of expertise and experience.

As BDM for the DRC office, Mr. Mbayo sees his role as a significant contributor to WBCG’s mandate. “While I am still assessing the industry as a state of business in DRC, I anticipate a lot of business development activities that will increase cargo for Walvis Bay”, he says.

Officially opened in 2012, the Walvis Bay Corridor Group’s DRC office focuses primarily on marketing and promoting the utilisation of the Walvis Bay-NdolaLubumbashi Development Corridor (WBNLDC).

ANNUAL REVIEW 2019-2020

Produced by the Marketing and Communications Department of the Walvis Bay Corridor Group