Lucrative Dry Port encounters teething problems

The Dry Port was set up at a cost of P40 million
The Dry Port was set up at a cost of P40 million

WALVIS BAY: As part of government’s efforts to increase access routes for imports and exports to international markets especially Europe and America three years ago, about P40 million was invested to construct a dry port at Walvis Bay, Namibia. To date, Batswana have been reluctant to utilise the facility.

The dry port facility, which is adjacent to the Namibian Port here, is operated by Sea Rail, a wholly owned subsidiary of Botswana Railways registered in Namibia.

The dry port offers containers handling, vehicles and warehousing. The 36,000 square metre port has about 300 parking bays that can handle 4,800 cars annually.

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