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Steel News February 24, 2021 08:05:41 PM

New Cargo Facility Features Extensive Use of Steel

Paul Ploumis
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The construction of the 600-metre quay wall was carried out by the China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC).

New Cargo Facility Features Extensive Use of Steel

SEATTLE (Scrap Monster): The newly built modern cargo handling facility in Namibia features extensive use of steel. The facility is expected to boost Africa’s logistical capacity and bring about significant transformations to international trade in the region. The Namibia Port Authority had recently constructed a 30-hectare modern container terminal at the Walvis Bay port- the largest commercial port in Namibia.

The construction of the 600-metre quay wall was carried out by the China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC). The company used double corrosion protected steel anchors to secure the quay wall. For this, the high-strength steel pipes were fully grouted and then sheathed with high-strength HDPE. The point of contact between the pipe and steel anchor plate was filled with a corrosion preventive compound.

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The above anchors were drilled two metres apart into the reclaimed land at 30 degrees from horizontal. CHEC noted that the new international trade hub would not have been possible without steel’s impressive strength and flexibility of use.

The new $268m facility has increased Walvis Bay’s annual handling capacity from 350,000 TEU containers to 837,000. Also, it has cut the container transit time from 14.5 days to 9.5 days.

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