NLA Announces New Appointment to its Board of Directors at Annual General Meeting

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1 NLA Announces New Appointment to its Board of Directors at Annual General Meeting Frank van Wyk, newly appointed director to the NLA Board AGM Summarised - Appointment of new NLA Director Frank M van Wyk - Appointment of Auditors CR van Wyk Chartered Accountants & Auditors - Feedback presentation of NLA AFS 2011 CR van Wyk Chartered Accountants & Auditors - Approval of Financial Report Approval of CPI increase of 7 % in 2013 Member & Service Fees - Guest Speaker Johny Smith - Walvis Bay Corridor Group The NLA held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Thursday, Nov 15, 2012 in Windhoek. As an open meeting, the event was attended by both NLA members and stakeholders. Following an unanimous vote, Mr Frank van Wyk was appointed as Board member, representing the Transporters chamber. His representation includes bringing to the fore interests of small and medium category operators. Re-elections to the board include the appointment of Mr Willie du Toit and Patrick Kohlstaedt, representative of the Transporter and Freight Expeditor chambers respectively. The meeting concluded at 17:30. The AGM venue was proudly sponsored by the Windhoek Show Society. Appointment of Auditors 2011/12 AGM AFS 2011 Feedback Presentation The appointment of CR van Wyk Chartered Accountants & Auditors, was announced at the recently held AGM. Following the announcement, Mr Adriaan Kotze, Partner at the newly appointed auditing firm, delivered a feedback presentation on the 2011 Annual Financial Statements. Hardcopies of the AFS 2011 were handed to members interested in perusing through the document. Imprint: Published by Namibia Logistics Association (NLA), PO Box , 5 von Braun Street, Cargo City, Southern Industrial Area, Windhoek, Namibia, Tel: +264 (0) , Fax: +264 (0) ; Christine Steenkamp (Editor), info@nla.org.na NLA considers the information in this publication to be reliable. However, it does not guarantee, express or imply its accuracy, nor is it responsible for any decisions taken based on this information.

2 NLA AGM Keynote Address by Johny Smith Developing Namibia into a Transport & Logistics Hub Johny Smith, Chief Executive Officer of WBCG Johny Smith, CEO of the Walvis Bay Corridor Group (WBCG), delivered the keynote address at the NLA AGM. The WBCG, a Private Public Partnership (PPP), was created in 2000 to promote an increase of imports and exports via the Port of Walvis Bay, between Southern Africa and the rest of the world. Its core mandate of service includes facilitation of business development, cross border facilitation and infrastructure along the three corridor (Trans-Kalahari, Trans-Caprivi, Trans- Cunene) routes. The Government of the Republic of Namibia invested in major transport infrastructure, to optimize Namibia s unique location as well as to establish new trade routes, linking Namibia with the rest of the These in- SADC region. clude: - Port development - Rail development** - Road development** **links with Angola, Botswana, Zambia) When Namibia became independent, all trade was done via South Africa as Namibia had no direct connections with any of its other neighbouring countries. Until 2003, there was no direct shipping connections to the international world, neither transit traffic for the neighbouring countries via Namibia, existed. With the initial development of the Walvis Bay Corridors, it functioned simply as transport corridors. However, since then, not only has the WBCG handled various commodities such as copper, second hand vehicles, equipment and machinery, frozen fish, chicken, meat, textiles, chemicals, but it has developed into alternative trade routes for Southern African countries. The WBCG has branches in Lusaka, Zambia (2005), Johannesburg, South Africa (2008), Lubumbashi, DRC (2012) as well as a representative office in Sao Paulo Brazil since April Although the Port of Walvis Bay was only known as a fishing port in 1994, it has since been developed as an alternative trade for Southern Africa. Building on its successes, the WBCG will continue working towards developing Namibia into a Transport and Logistics Hub, by Complimentary to this vision, Namibia is currently developing a new Transport Master Plan, which will pave the way for effective trade via the four modes of transport, within the next twenty years. Freight Expeditor & Transporter Chambers Convene The Freight Expeditors and Transporters Chamber meetings were held in parallel on Thursday, November 15, The NLA herewith urge its members to attend and actively participate in the different meetings as inputs given on these platforms are valuable contributions to the enabling environment. Written contributions can be forwarded to the NLA offices: All meeting venues were sponsored by the Windhoek Show Society. Freight Expeditors Chamber Meeting info@nla.org.na, fax: Transporters Chamber Meeting 2

3 Transworld Cargo Boasts about its Brand New Warehouse and Office Facilities State of the art warehousing technologies were incorporated in the new TWC warehousing solutions Transworld Cargo (TWC) is proud to announce that it now offers brand new warehouse and offices facilities at Cargo City, 5 von Braun Street, Southern Industrial Area, Windhoek. With more than 25 years worth of experience in freight forwarding and value added logistics services, TWC views itself as a transport and logistics market leader in Namibia and beyond. Offering the entire scope of logistics services (sea / air / road freight, customs clearance, warehousing, courier services etc) TWC is well positioned to provide integrated logistical service offerings. With its business focus on Warehousing and Distribution, TWC offers open, under-roof and bonded storage facilities in Windhoek, Hosea Kutako Airport, Walvis Bay and Oshikango. In response to the demand created through the trend of Namibian companies outsourcing non-core business areas such as logistics, TWC ensures that it continuously expands storage and warehousing facilities and space at its various locations. In mid-2012, TWC added 900 sqm warehouse to its 14,000 sqm facility in Walvis Bay. At the end of 2012, Transworld Cargo will open a brand new warehousing facility boasting with 5,800 sqm at its new premises in the Southern Industrial Area, Windhoek. The new facilities are supported by state of the art warehousing technologies, as well as offers integrated warehousing and distribution solutions. Clients with in- / outbound logistics, storage, local and international distribution, as well as value adding services such as (De-) Consolidation, Commissioning or Assembly Kitting can be accommodated. Complementing the new warehouse facility at the vibrant Cargo City Complex in Windhoek is by 2,000 sqm office space available to rent. For rental options, Olaf Liebich can be contacted: The new office and warehousing facilities available for rent from Transworld Cargo (TWC) Southern Industrial Area, Windhoek 3

4 NLA Training Facilitation & Capacity Building Activities Participants from Shell Namibia successfully completed the Defensive Driver Training (BE) course The NLA in collaboration with Advance Driving Academy Namibia (ADAN) offers a variety of operator courses. All operator courses can be customized in order to compliment each company s unique operational requirements and training schedule. Dedicated (onsite) training facilitation can also be booked, on condition that the minimum number* of participants be secured for the requested booking. All certificates and / or operator license tags are valid for 24 months from date of issue. Training courses, schedule New Members Profiles as well as terms & conditions, can be accessed via the NLA website. Alternatively you are welcome to contact the NLA office for further assistance. Tel: Fax: info@nla.org.na Left: Participants from various companies who have successfully completed the Forklift Operator License Training course. The venue was sponsored by Peter s Papers Website: events.html Frieda & Linda Investment cc Company Representative: Frieda Shikangala Tel: shikangalafrieda@yahoo.com Street: Oshikango Postal: PO Box 2152 Oshikango Customs Clearing & Forwarding Fourek Investment T/A MBW Logistics cc Company Representative: JB Woest Tel: mooz@scavenge.net Street: Farm Sukses Otjiwarongo Postal: PO Box 1892 Otjiwarongo Freight Broker Rent-A-Drum cc Company Representative: Gys Louw Tel: gys@rent-a-drum.com.na Street: Sam Nujoma Drive Windhoek Postal: PO Box Windhoek Waste Removal 4

5 MEMBERS profiled Corporate Guarantee Business History Corporate Guarantee is a proud member of the Nictus Group, who has been in business in Namibia for the past 66 years. The Transport and logistics community plays a significant part in the company s long-standing customer relations with the people of Namibia. Services The slogan a unique approach to short-term insurance is a summation of what Corporate Guarantee strives for offering its clients the unique opportunity to take an active part in managing their own risk. This is done by playing a facilitating role when clients grown their own self-insurance fund as per the stipulations and regulations set out in the Short-Term Insurance Act 4 of What it means is that the client begins to build a fund whereby contributions or insurance payments are held to be used by the client as and when necessary. With this option, contributions are no longer allocated to a communal pot, but stays the property of the insured. It is worth noting that all contributions are 100% tax-deductable. The policy owner decides for which event to claim where the managing your own risk truly comes into its own. Should the client incur a loss, there is no fine print, no need to appoint a loss adjustor, no need to obtain three different quotes one simply submit the claim and Corporate Guarantee will do the pay out within 24-hours. Message To Our Clients We put great emphasis on flexibility and the multi-faceted aspects of the policy in order for YOU to be able to run your operations with minimum hassle. We wish all our existing and new clients a blessed and prosperous 2013! Get in Touch Physical Address: Corporate House Luderitz Street, Windhoek Tel: +264 (0) Fax: +264 (0) finance@veritas.com.na Web: A further benefit is the fact than one can obtain a loan against ones own policy, as it is a capital of nature. Corporate Guarantee facilitates this through an in-house affiliate, which means better rates than commercial banks and quicker turnaround time in processing. loaders. Imprint: Published by Namibia Logistics Association (NLA), PO Box , 5 von Braun Street, Cargo City, Southern Industrial Area, Windhoek, Namibia, Tel: +264 (0) , Fax: +264 (0) ; Christine Steenkamp (Editor), info@nla.org.na NLA considers the information in this publication to be reliable. However, it does not guarantee, express or imply its accuracy, nor is it responsible for any decisions taken based on this information. 7