Moçâmedes – President João Lourenço on Sunday learnt about the progress of the ongoing facelift being given to Moçâmedes Bay.
The contract includes the rehabilitation of the Sacomar mining terminal and the expansion of the Namibe Port container terminal, whose technical mobilization phase is almost complete, while works are expected to be finished in February 2025.
On site, the Head of State was briefed on the works by the CEO of the Port of Namibe, Nazareth Neto.
According to the port's CEO, when the works are completed, probably at the end of this year, it will be a modern infrastructure on a par with many in southern Africa, and will be able to effectively serve the provinces of Huíla, Cuando Cubango and Cunene.
According to the report ANGOP had access to, the mobilization of the construction site is 87% complete, the buildings are 90% complete and the pile driving is 100% complete.
It indicates that the dredging work has been completed and the construction of the quay bridge is 49 percent complete, while the demolition of the ship loader and the deck is at an early stage of construction.
The work is taking place to the north of Moçâmedes Bay and consists of the construction of a new quay, various buildings and support infrastructures.
The quay bridge will be 520 metres long and 18 metres wide and will allow vessels of 50, 60 and 250 thousand tonnes to dock simultaneously.
The quay bridge is made up of indirect foundations using 514 metal piles distributed over 110 vertical piles and 404 inclined piles, while the superstructure on the form of the deck consists of a transition block 17.80 metres long and 18 meters wide, two blocks on the land side 30 metres long and 18 meters wide.
As for the container terminal expansion, the report says the construction site is at 84%, project development at 100%, dredging at 100%, pile driving at 100%, rockfill work at 44%, installation of equipment such as cranes at 25% and execution of the terminal at 37%.
These works are being carried out at the Maritime Port located on the south side of Moçâmedes Bay, and the construction of the new container terminal consists of extending the existing quay and building various buildings, including the Port's control and administration centre.
It includes support infrastructures and the supply and assembly of lifting, loading and weighing equipment, towing and piloting vessels, forklifts, an X-ray inspection system and VTS maritime traffic monitoring, among others.
The quay extension will be 288 metres long and 18 metres wide. MS/ART/TED/AMP
