Developing Walvis Bay Port into a logistics gateway for southern Africa: Issues, challenges and the potential implications for Namibia’s future

Christoper Savage; Logan Fransman; Andrew K. Jenkins; Colin G. Bamford

doi:10.4102/jtscm.v8i1.154

Developing Walvis Bay Port into a logistics gateway for southern Africa: Issues, challenges and the potential implications for Namibia’s future

Christoper Savage, Logan Fransman, Andrew K. Jenkins, Colin G. Bamford

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Many developing countries wish to become the ‘gateway’ to a region or part of a continent.One strategy involves encouraging logistics cluster development. These hubs support global supply chains and may enable the economic growth of the host country through the resulting trade, as well as providing direct and indirect employment opportunities during the build and subsequent operation of the hub. Namibia intends to develop the Port of Walvis Bay to be come the preferred gateway to southern Africa and the Southern African Development Community region. This article builds on research on Caribbean cluster potential and Namibian logistics to identify the potential benefits and impact on development, as well as the drawbacks and risks of such a strategy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-10
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management
Volume	8
Issue number	1
Early online date	10 Dec 2014
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4102/jtscm.v8i1.154
Publication status	Published - 10 Dec 2014

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