General

Port

Walvis Bay

Name: Walvis Bay
Address: Namibia

Namibia

NAWVB

Technical Data

Port Specifications

UNLOCODE: NAWVB
Port Type: General
Terminals: 9
Berth Count: 39
Max Draught: 14.6 m
Country: 🇳🇦 Namibia

Conditions

Current Weather

Overview

About This Port

Walvis Bay is a city in Namibia and the name of the bay on which it lies. It is the second largest city in Namibia and the largest coastal city in the country. The city covers an area of 29 square kilometres (11 sq mi) of land. The bay is a haven for sea vessels due to its harbour, protected by the Pelican Point sand spit, which is the only natural deep-water harbour along the country's coast. Being rich in plankton and marine life, these waters also draw large numbers of southern right whales, attracting whalers and fishing vessels.

Location

Coordinates

22.9481°S, 14.5053°E

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Expected arrivals

5 inbound

Vessels underway broadcasting a destination that resolves to this port, closest first. Distance is the real sea route (around land and through canals). Off port is steaming time at the vessel’s passage speed; alongside adds the wait this port has actually kept comparable ships for. Berth waits vary far more than they average, so read the queue as typical, not promised. The crew’s own reported ETA is shown alongside for comparison.

Vessel	Type	Distance	Speed	Off port	Alongside	Crew ETA
MN CALAO	Ro-Ro Cargo	37 nm	14.6 kn	27 Aug	28 Aug+13h	28 Aug
GREEN MOUNTAIN	General Cargo	278 nm	11.8 kn	28 Aug	30 Aug+39h	28 Aug
CAMPA DEL INFANZON	Trawler	278 nm	2.9 kn	28 Aug	—	—
MSC NATASHA XIII	Container Ship	507 nm	19.0 kn	28 Aug	30 Aug+39h	28 Aug
CELESTE ACE	Vehicles Carrier	625 nm	12.2 kn	29 Aug	—	29 Aug

Network

Connectivity & hub role

46.7/ 100

Regional hub290th of 350 covered ports

How central Walvis Bay sits in the sea-route network we cover — a connectivity score across navigable distances. A higher score means the port is navigationally close to many other well-connected ports, the maritime signature of a hub.

Directly routable to 349 other covered ports.

Best-connected ports

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Method. A connectivity score across our own route network: a port reads higher when it is navigationally close to many other well-connected ports. The score is rescaled 0–100 within the snapshot, so the single most-connected port reads 100. Distances are Suez / Panama / Malacca-aware navigable sea miles.

Coverage. The route network spans the 350 largest commercial ports, so this ranks hubs within that covered network, not against every port on earth. The number is deterministic — no confidence grade is invented. Computed Aug 27, 2026.

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Vessel

Type

Distance

Speed

Off port

Alongside

Crew ETA

MN CALAO

Ro-Ro Cargo

37 nm

14.6 kn

27 Aug

28 Aug+13h

28 Aug

GREEN MOUNTAIN

General Cargo

278 nm

11.8 kn

28 Aug

30 Aug+39h

28 Aug

CAMPA DEL INFANZON

Trawler

278 nm

2.9 kn

28 Aug

—

MSC NATASHA XIII

Container Ship

507 nm

19.0 kn

28 Aug

30 Aug+39h

28 Aug

CELESTE ACE

Vehicles Carrier

625 nm

12.2 kn

29 Aug

—

29 Aug