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Posted: Jan 19, 2024

Fish processing discharge permits under review

Public comments invited

SOUTH AFRICA: The Coastal Waters Discharge Permits issued to fish processing facilities operating within St Helena Bay in the Western Cape are under review and the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment has extended the deadline for public comment to the end of February.

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Posted: Jan 18, 2024

Protecting vessels in high-risk waters

New piracy protection product

A new product to provide cover for vessels entering a War & Piracy ‘breach’ area, such as the Gulf of Aden or the Gulf of Guinea, where there is a heightened risk of vessels being seized was launched today by West P&I Club.

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Posted: Jan 16, 2024

Government discussions aim to resurrect offshore bunkering

Algoa Bay and additional opportunities on the horizon

SOUTH AFRICA: Sobantu Tilayi, COO of the South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) admits that the sudden closure of the offshore bunkering operations in Algoa Bay could have been avoided if the relevant government departments had worked more closely with one another.

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Posted: Jan 16, 2024

Salvage resources need to be enhanced

St Francis salvage puts team through its paces

SOUTH AFRICA: The current salvage and wreck removal of a fishing vessel that grounded at St Francis Bay earlier this month is putting the South African incident response team through its paces and helping to highlight gaps that may exist within the country’s emergency maritime support structures.

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Posted: Jan 12, 2024

Digitising the port space for efficiency

MPA complies with FAL Convention

MAURITIUS: The Mauritius Port Authority has launched a new digitised system aimed to eliminate the current administrative burden that requires local shipping agents to submit around 57 documents per ship call.

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Posted: Jan 11, 2024

Namibian discoveries boost potential for investments

Positive developments in offshore gas

NAMIBIA: The country’s status as an oil and gas producer is gaining momentum with the announcement of the discovery of light oil in the Orange Basin.

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Posted: Jan 4, 2024

Exciting opportunity for African maritime entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs can pitch to investors

KENYA: The deadline for applying to become one of the 30 handpicked projects that will be given an opportunity to pitch their maritime ideas to a panel of investors is looming on 26 January.

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Posted: Dec 29, 2023

A degree of change

Adjusting course

Having been involved in preparing one of the largest South African delegations to attend the World Maritime University (WMU) in 2013 when the South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) sponsored a cohort of 27 students for the year-long course  – Tebogo Ramatjie had the opportunity to join the international maritime programme this past academic year and reflects on the experience.

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