Continued conflict in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province poses a major risk to moving assets in the country’s oil and gas industry. To overcome this threat, a Namibian company recently moved bulk equipment from Walvis Bay to Cabo Delgado, over land across multiple jurisdictions, over thousands of kilometres and through several border posts.
Announcing this major achievement, Africa Global Logistics (AGL) Namibia and Right Equipped Solutions (RES) announced that they have successfully delivered specialised dry bulk equipment from Namibia to an oil and gas support facility in Pemba, Cabo Delgado, Mozambique.
“The journey crossed multiple countries, border posts and customs regimes, and the equipment arrived on schedule, in full compliance and without disruption to the client’s operational timeline.”
The two partner companies stated that the delivery demonstrates what an integrated logistics network, deep regional experience and the right equipment partners can achieve together, at a time when oil and gas ambitions are reshaping ports, roads and border posts from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean.
The two companies said the route links the Atlantic gateway ports of Walvis Bay and Lüderitz, now established as service and supply hubs for Namibia’s Orange Basin oil and gas sector, with Pemba on the Indian Ocean, home to specialised support infrastructure serving the Rovuma Basin’s LNG developments in Cabo Delgado.
The destination facility supports offshore rig operations, so the delivery effectively connected two nodes of the same oil and gas supply chain on opposite coasts of the continent. Both ends of the corridor are being deliberately built up as strategic trade and energy infrastructure.
In Namibia, Namport and the Walvis Bay Corridor Group are working to establish and promote key trade corridors to South Africa, Zambia, Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Moving equipment from Namibia to Mozambique over land means navigating Namibia’s SACU-aligned trade rules through to Mozambique’s import and hydrocarbon-sector requirements, which AGL and RES managed through established regional networks, accredited customs processes and years of experience moving abnormal and project cargo across southern Africa’s borders.
“Namibia is building its reputation as SADC’s preferred trade gateway, and the oil and gas sector is a big part of that story. Moving specialised equipment from Walvis Bay all the way to Cabo Delgado shows what our ports, people and partners can already do,” said Ben Stenning, Managing Directorof AGL Namibia.
Right Equipped Solutions Managing Member, Henner Rodenwholdt, said “Right Equipped was founded in Namibia in 2021, and today we are supplying equipment to oil and gas operations on the other side of the continent. It shows how quickly Namibian businesses can grow alongside the energy sector when they have strong partners.”
Right Equipped Solutions (RES) is a Namibian supplier of premium, tailored and customised equipment for the mining and earthmoving, ports and maritime, and oil and gas sectors in Namibia and the wider region. Founded in 2021, the company focuses on reducing operational costs, streamlining pit-to-port equipment integration and lowering total cost of ownership through world-class machinery, integrated solutions, skilled maintenance support and reliable parts availability.
