6 August 2015, 14:21
ALE has invested in a new yard in the Coega Industrial Development Zone’s (IDZ) new lay-down area in Nelson Mandela Bay, Johannesburg.
ALE signed a deal with the Coega Development Corporation (CDC) for the storage of abnormal cargo and is the first project tenant that will operate from and make use of the newly established laydown area next to Ngqura port.
The 12 hectare abnormal cargo storage site, located on the boundary between the Port of Ngqura and the Coega IDZ, will be used as a temporary storage site for wind turbines that will be transported to the Amakhala wind-farm project near Bedford.
“From April until November this year, nine vessels will offload 56 wind turbines at the Port of Ngqura and the Coega IDZ for the Amakhala Project located near Bedford in the Eastern Cape,” said Linda Sityoshwana, CDC’s trade solutions project manager.
“ALE is a major industry player and for this reason Coega is proud to be associated with the organisation. This signing confirms the Port of Ngqura and Coega IDZ as the ideal corridors for the transport of abnormal cargo”.
Kevin Stasch, Head of Projects for ALE in South Africa, said: “We are really pleased with our new yard. It is conveniently located by Ngqura port and will aid our work on the Amakhala project tremendously.”
The Port of Ngqura has been the port of entry for major abnormal-sized equipment, particularly wind turbine components, among others.
The first vessel docked at the Port of Ngqura on 22nd April and the wind turbine components have already been stored at the lay-down area as from 23rd April.
ALE are currently occupying two-hectares of land and will have an option to expand the land area with an additional 1.4 hectares at the peak of the project.
Dr Vilakazi, Head of Marketing and Communications, welcome’s ALE’s investment as authentication of the strategic location of the 11 500ha Coega IDZ, particularly the Port of Ngqura, as a transhipment hub, which connects Africa to the rest of the markets from the West to the East and South to North, enabling the efficient exporting and importing of goods to drive costs down and improves economies of scale.