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Drafting a roadmap for Marine Protected Areas

Collaborative engagement

Friday, April 18, 2025 0 1076

SENEGAL: A three-day workshop highlighted the importance of managing Senegal’s Marine Protected Areas (MPA) as vital assets for conserving biodiversity and advancing the region’s blue economy.

Collaboration is key to develop maritime skills

Industry gathers to discuss maritime careers and trends

Thursday, April 17, 2025 0 1666

SOUTH AFRICA: A programme aimed to discuss the way forward to develop maritime careers and identify the training requirements to meet future trends drew a diverse audience in Cape Town yesterday where the Transport Education Training Authority (TETA) co-hosted an industry engagement with Fisheries & Aquaculture Development Institute (FADI).

Accelerating aquaculture

ANGOLA: The Angolan Government is instituting measures to enhance existing feed factories and fingerling production centres, as well as encourage...

Ship management tender resurfaces for another round of bidding

SOUTH AFRICA: The contract to manage the SA Agulhas II and the Algoa that was extended again last month has once again been advertised by the...

Public comment invited on Upstream Petroleum Act

SOUTH AFRICA: The public has until the middle of May to comment on the Draft Regulations of the Upstream Petroleum Resources Development Act, 2024...

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

SOUTH AFRICA: Scheduled for October this year, the inaugural African Boating Conference will be hosted in Cape Town and aims to provide a broad...

Targeting the fishing industry with new management measures

ANGOLA: The Angolan government has announced new measures to reduce overcapacity of the fishing fleet and improve the monitoring of the sector...

Discussing port performance in South Africa

SOUTH AFRICA: The 11th Annual Port Performance Roadshow for the South African Port system is scheduled for May to provide port users with the...

RSS Upcoming Events

24 Apr 2026 MARINE HEATWAVES WEBINAR SERIES 4/24/2026 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

The CLIVAR Atlantic Region panel is pleased to invite you to join the second edition of its webinar series, welcoming two invited speakers:

6 May 2026 TURNING THE VOLUME DOWN: The benefits of underwater noise reduction 5/6/2026 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

The session will bring together the perspectives of environmental NGOs, port professionals and ship owners/operators to reveal the latest strategies and technologies for mitigating URN and its effects. An expert panel will unpack ongoing regulatory discussions of URN at the IMO and explore the recently launched URN module within IAPH’s Environmental Ship Index (ESI), which can be used by ports and ships to 'turn down the volume’ on this critical shipping output.

9 May 2026 MARITIME INDUSTRY SOCCER TOURNAMENT 5/9/2026 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM

The 8th Maritime Industry Soccer Tournament will take place in Cape Town on Saturday the 9th of May! This annual event, hosted by AMSOL, sees hundreds of players and supporters from across the maritime industry compete for the title of tournament champion - all for a good cause.