SOUTH AFRICA: A search for a missing fisher got underway this morning after four crew members died during an incident that left the fishing boat, Dijaanda, stranded on rocks near Mossel Bay.
SOUTH AFRICA: Owners of the SA Amandla (formerly the John Ross) have planned a fitting tribute to the vessel as she reaches retirement that includes an expo at the V&A Waterfront to allow both members of the public as well as those with a historic tie to the vessel to celebrate her unique contribution to the South African maritime space.
SOUTH AFRICA: Kgomotso Selokane, CEO of Heron Marine, kicked off the maritime session of the Southern African Transport Conference in Pretoria today by questioning the country’s ability to take advantage of its position in the maritime domain.
LINERIA: As the world’s largest flag State by tonnage, Liberia’s signatory to the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships yesterday will trigger the entry into force of the Convention on 26 June 2025.
NIGERIA: Celebrating World Hydrographic Day yesterday, the Managing Director of the National Inland Waterways Authority unveiled the navigational charts for the River Alape.
GHANA: A $137 million project to build a world-class ship repair facility in Ghana’s Takoradi port has been given a boost with the confirmation of a $23.04 million loan from the African Development Bank.
SEYCHELLES: The island State’s ocean patrol capabilities were strengthened over the weekend when the King of the Kingdom of Bahrain officially handed over four patrol boats to the Coast Guard of Seychelles.
NIGERIA: The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) is investigating an incident that occurred on the Jebba Lake Channel last week in which over 100 ferry passengers died after a boating accident.
The Q1 2026 Maritime Tender Intelligence Report is the first in a new series of quarterly deep-dives. It includes detailed sections highlighting trends and opportunities within a number of maritime sectors across Africa.
The 3rd International Conference on Seafloor Landforms, Processes and Evolution will be organised by the University of KwaZulu-Natal and the Submarine Geomorphology working group of the International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG), and will take place on the 20th to 24th July 2026 in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
The Aquaculture Association of Southern Africa (AASA) invites researchers, students, industry stakeholders, government partners and all interested parties to its upcoming biennial conference, themed “Resilience through Collaboration,”
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Secretariat and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) have invited parties and observers to a regional workshop on implementing CITES through national fisheries legal frameworks for countries in Africa.
The International Conference on Marine Bioinvasions (ICMB) is an international forum where scientists and policy makers from around the world meet to review current challenges in the global management of invasive marine organisms and to share new developments in science and policy.
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