Walvis Bay
NAWVBNamibiaAfrica
Walvis Bay (NAWVB) is a sea port in Namibia. What follows is what an exporter checks before booking: how the port handles cargo, what it requires on arrival, and who works there.
Agri-food handling
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Quarantine and pratique
- Yes
- Container handling
- Yes
- Ro-ro handling
- Yes
Port facts
- Harbour size
- Small
- Harbour type
- Coastal (natural)
- Shelter
- Good
- Channel depth
- 14 m
- Cargo pier depth
- 16 m
- Anchorage depth
- 11 m
- Maximum vessel length
- 335.6 m
- Maximum vessel beam
- 48.2 m
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Cranes
- mobile
- Repairs
- Moderate
- Dry dock
- Large
- Rail connection
- Yes
- Supplies
- provisions, potable water, fuel oil
Source: NGA World Port Index (Pub 150). A row is absent where the dataset records nothing for this port.