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Posted: Apr 15, 2025

Public comment invited on Upstream Petroleum Act

Independent legislation for the sector

SOUTH AFRICA: The public has until the middle of May to comment on the Draft Regulations of the Upstream Petroleum Resources Development Act, 2024 which was published in the Government Gazette yesterday.

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Posted: Apr 15, 2025

New appointment of Principal Secretary

Office of the President announces new appointment

SEYCHELLES: David Bianchi’s appointment as the new Principal Secretary for Civil Aviation, Ports and Marine takes effect today.

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Posted: Apr 14, 2025

New conference aims to create a broader picture of Africa’s boating sector

Showcasing opportunities and challenges for Africa

SOUTH AFRICA: Scheduled for October this year, the inaugural African Boating Conference will be hosted in Cape Town and aims to provide a broad perspective of the recreational marine sector on the continent.

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Posted: Apr 14, 2025

Targeting the fishing industry with new management measures

Reducing fishing capacity and illegal fishing

ANGOLA: The Angolan government has announced new measures to reduce overcapacity of the fishing fleet and improve the monitoring of the sector through the signing of a Presidential Decree that aims to decrease the fleet by 20% by 2026 and introduce drone monitoring.

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Posted: Apr 14, 2025

Discussing port performance in South Africa

Port performance roadshow returns to calendar

SOUTH AFRICA: The 11th Annual Port Performance Roadshow for the South African Port system is scheduled for May to provide port users with the opportunity to engage on issues impacting the country’s eight commercial ports falling under the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA).

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Posted: Apr 12, 2025

Charting a course to Net-Zero for global shipping

Draft amendments approved for global shipping

Measures that include a new fuel standard for ships as well as a global pricing mechanism for emissions are set to be formally adopted by the International Maritime Organisation in October this year and come into force in 2027.

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Posted: Apr 12, 2025

Two vessels launched to boost cabotage services

Mozambique seeks to strengthen cabotage regime

MOZAMBIQUE: Two large vessels have entered service at the Port of Maputo in Mozambique to offer coastal shipping services to the country’s trade and strengthen the government’s commitment to boost cabotage.

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Posted: Apr 11, 2025

Navies prepare for maritime engagement

Kenya Navy fleet flagged off for duty

KENYA: The Commander Kenya Navy Fleet, Brigadier Mohamed Shemote, officially flagged off the Kenya Navy Special Boat Unit (SBU) operators for The Africa-India Key Maritime Engagement (AIKEYME) Exercise, yesterday in preparation for a multi-nation exercise due to be conducted in Tanzania in the next few weeks.  

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Is there still a Master Plan for the Ocean Economy? 
As the lead department in developing the Ocean Economy Master Plan, it should be cause for alarm that the OEMP was not mentioned in the Portfolio Committee meeting in April to discuss the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment's five year plan. 
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