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SAMSA aims to boost governance

Whistle blower hotline tender issued

Tuesday, April 11, 2023 0 1012

SOUTH AFRICA: One year since the finalisation of the report into various allegations of irregularities at the South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA), the authority has issued a tender requesting for bids from service providers to establish and maintain a whistle blower hotline.

Mobilising funds to end overfishing

MSC scales up fund to help end overfishing

Tuesday, April 11, 2023 0 923

INTERNATIONAL: The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) set an ambitious goal to mobilise US$100 million to help safeguard the ocean and sustainable seafood supplies over the next decade as part of MSC’s Ocean Stewardship Fund which aims to end overfishing.

Historic dry dock gets a modern touch

SOUTH AFRICA: The Robinson Dry Dock in the Port of Cape Town has welcomed its first vessel after a year-long decommissioning that was used to...

Africa remains a hotspot for stowaways

According to an article written by Lene-Camilla Nordlie of Gard, despite an overall decrease in the number of stowaway incidents reported in...

A two horse race for top IMO position

There is a high possibility that this year’s International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) election for a new Secretary General could...

Drilling operations in Gabon

GABON: The DHIBM-3H production well has been successfully drilled, completed and handed over to production operations without incident. The well...

More questions than answers for fisheries

SOUTH AFRICA: Members of the Forestry, Fisheries and Environment portfolio committee raised a number of questions that remain successfully...

Fisheries monitoring gaining momentum in Nigeria

NIGERIA: The successful establishment of Nigeria’s Fisheries Monitoring Centre with stations in Abuja and Lagos was highlighted during a...

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