The Port of Walvis Bay will be receiving 4 Roll-on/Roll-off (RoRo) ships in the month of May with the first vessel making its call on 20 May 2019 at ETA 12h00 and the last one is expected to be at the Port’s quayside on 31 May 2019 from Ghana heading to the Durban Port in South Africa. The RoRos combined will be discharging over 350 vehicles destined for the Zambian, Zimbabwean, Botswana and local markets during their various intervals.
|
NAME |
DATE & TIME |
LAST PORT OF CALL |
NEXT PORT OF CALL |
|
ETERNAL ACE |
20.05.2019 ETA 12h00 |
BRUNSWICK, USA |
EAST LONDON, SA |
|
GLOVIS COUGAR |
22.05.2019 ETA 06h00 |
ANTWERP, BELGIUM |
DURBAN, SA |
|
HOEGH SHANGHAI |
22.05.2019 ETA 06h00 |
TANGER MED, MOROCCO |
DURBAN, SA |
|
PRIME ACE |
31.05.2019 ETA 06h00 |
TEMA, GHANA |
DURBAN, SA |
In the event of two RoRos docking on the same day and time, one vessel will have to wait on anchor for space, if not available. RoRo vessels can berth at designated areas only due to the access ramp that has to be lowered.
Roll-on/roll-off ships are vessels designed to carry wheeled cargo, such as cars, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, trailers, and railroad cars, which are driven on and off the ship on their own wheels or using a platform vehicle, such as a self-propelled modular transporter. This is in contrast to lift-on/lift-off vessels, which use a crane to load and unload cargo. RoRo vessels have either built-in or shore-based ramps that allow the cargo to be efficiently rolled on and off the vessel when in port and can carry up to 5,500 vehicles per load.
The Namibian Ports Authority has since January 2019 to date received 12 RoRo vessels.
SOURCE: Namport
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