Thirty nine vessel visits and counting

The game plan (port log) for the Port of Walvis Bay shows that 14 vessels called at the port between 3 November and 8 November, with another 25 vessels due to arrive between today and 29 November.

The majority of the vessel expected to call between today and 20 November, consists of container vessels (9). These vessels are the Maria Da Paiz, Maersk Cape Town, CMA CGM Rossini, CMA CGM Almaviva, MSC Meltemi III, Maersk Cadiz, APL Charleston, Charl Schulte and Maersk Sheerness which is the biggest with a length of 335 metres.

The Maersk Sheerness became the largest vessel to call at the Port of Walvis Bay in April 2020. Plans to facilitate the docking of the Maersk Sheerness began mid-2019 and on its arrival the vessel had an estimated 400 containers on board. With its 7 500 TEU capacity, Maersk Sheerness is similar to a 9 000 TEUs class vessel.

Four bulk carriers including Sea Aquarius (tomorrow), Aurora SB (13 November), Aquataurus (17 November) and Global Brave (20 November) are also expected.

The passenger liner AIDAura is scheduled to call at the Port of Walvis Bay tomorrow and will return for a second visit on 24 November with the passenger liner Zaandam set to arrive on 27 November.

Other visitors to the port of Walvis Bay include the tanker Sanmar Songbird and the fishing vessel Desert Ruby tomorrow. The multipurpose vessel Golden Karoo, the naval ship USS Herschel Woody Williams and the tanker Chemtrans Adriatic are all expected to dock on Friday.

The seismic vessel Ramform Titan could dock on 12 November, the research vessel Thor Magni and the general cargo vessel Unisky on 20 November and the multi-purpose vessel Grey Fox on 24 November.