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Enhancing emergency response to hazardous threats

National port exercise enhances response mechanisms and readiness to hazardous threats

Wednesday, May 20, 2026 0 704

MAURITIUS: A full-scale simulation exercise saw some 200 emergency responders participate in joint multi-agency emergency and response training to enhance response mechanisms and readiness to hazardous threats.

Protecting migrants in distress at sea

Rescue Guide launched

Wednesday, May 20, 2026 0 574

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), and the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) have released a revised Rescue Guide, a tool to help all partners uphold the humanitarian and legal duties to rescue refugees and migrants in distress at sea and bring them to safety.

The real cost of Hormuz tensions brought home

TANZANIA: The true cost of the ongoing tensions between the United States of America and Iran was brought home this week when the body of a young...

Partnership will celebrate South African women in maritime

SOUTH AFRICA: Acknowledging International Day of Women in Maritime, Maritime Review Africa is pleased to announce a new partnership with Maritime...

Rescheduling will leave Marion Island temporarily unmanned

SOUTH AFRICA: Following the announcement in the delay of SA Agulhas II scheduled trip to relieve the current over-wintering team on Marion Island,...

Keeping the blue economy on Africa’s agenda

KENYA: Despite some mixed reviews with social media posts highlighting incidents of disorganisation at this week’s Africa Forward Summit...

Enough is enough!

World’s seafarers’ and dockers’ unions demand immediate end to seafarer humanitarian crisis - call for governments to confront...

Angola assumes Presidency of the Benguela Current Convention

ANGOLA: Angola officially assumed the rotating presidency of the Benguela Current Convention during the 7th BCC Ministerial Conference in Luanda...

RSS Upcoming Events

18 Sep 2026 SAIMENA GOLF DAY 9/18/2026 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM

The South African Institute of Marine Engineers and Naval Architects Cape Branch (SAIMENA) is hosting their Annual Golf Day 2026 at the beautiful Clovelly Country Club in Cape Town.

29 Sep 2026 REGIONAL CITES WORKSHOP 9/29/2026 10:00 AM - 10/1/2026 3:00 PM

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.

5 Oct 2026 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MARINE BIOINVASIONS 10/5/2026 - 10/7/2026

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.