Lüderitz mayor disappointed as the Namibian ports authority cancels key energy support project [SOUND]

# The Namibian Ports Authority abruptly cancelled a pre-qualification tender for a new oil and gas supply base at Lüderitz, just days after its launch. Namibia, an exploration hotspot following a string of offshore discoveries by Shell, TotalEnergies, Galp and Rhino Resources, has ambitions to deliver the first oil by 2030, with Lüderitz being designated as the country’s energy hub. Mayor Phillipus Balhao says the town had high hopes for the port’s development: