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APPOINTMENT: Spokesperson for OPASA

Friday, November 21, 2025 0 518

SOUTH AFRICA: Boasting an extensive history in the offshore oil sector, Niall Kramer has been appointed as the National Spokesperson for the Offshore Petroleum Association of South Africa (OPASA).

Calling for strategic investment in Africa’s oil future

African Energy Chamber urges UK to strengthen partnerships with Africa

Friday, November 21, 2025 0 428

The African Energy Chamber (AEC) has called for pragmatic and common-sense approaches to Africa’s oil and gas development at the Wider African Energy Summit in Aberdeen this week.

Pushing the upstream exploration agenda

SOMALIA: The Somali Petroleum Authority (SPA) has extended its agreement with TGS to market and license geophysical data covering Somalia’s...

Bringing a ray of light to maritime South Africa

SOUTH AFRICA: AMSOL gathered guests and dignitaries in the Port of Ngqura this week to celebrate the renaming of its tanker Ilitha, highlighting...

Flushing women’s careers down the toilet

One almost wants to snicker at the fact that today is World Toilet Day, but it’s no laughing matter for many women in the maritime and...

Shortsea service strengthens trade

MOROCCO: A new shortsea service that connects Agadir and Casablanca directly with the UK and the Netherlands will cater for all types of cargo and...

Lifesaving equipment under scrutiny

SOUTH AFRICA: The Minister of Transport has called for comments on the draft the draft Merchant Shipping (Life-Saving Equipment and Fire...

New minister for fisheries takes office

SOUTH AFRICA: The new Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Willem Abraham Stephanus Aucamp was sworn in today in Pretoria to...

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