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Wreck removals get the go ahead

Salvage efforts resume along SA coast

Wednesday, November 27, 2024 0 2088

SOUTH AFRICA: As work resumes to remove the wreck of the FV Elke M that ran aground near St Francis Bay in the Eastern Cape at the beginning of the year, sources confirm that the Shanghai Salvage Company will be mobilising during December to begin work on removing the wreck of the Ultra Galaxy in an operation that is likely to continue until March next year.

Plans to roll out a Safety Management System

A service to the fishing sector

Monday, November 25, 2024 0 1973

SOUTH AFRICA: Hosting international participants to the Fish Platform Meeting at their premises last week, Sea Safety Training Group unveiled plans to roll out a Safety Management System (SMS) free of charge to the fishing sector.

Multi-national maritime operations focus on safe navigation

Naval and air assets from a range of nations and organisations including Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force, the Republic of Korean Navy,...

SARS rules for offshore bunkering finalised

SOUTH AFRICA: The amended of Sections 21, 60 and 120 of the Customs and Excise Act, 1964 (Act 91 of 1964) have been finalised and will come into...

Ongoing fatalities in the fishing sector

SOUTH AFRICA: Following a renewed spike in incidents during 2024, a total of 429 fishers have lost their lives in the South African fishing...

Plans to create a database of registered fishing vessels

GHANA: Building on calls to create a Regional Record of Authorised Fishing Vessels (RRAFV), participants at the recent meeting of the West Africa...

Critical shortage of naval architects impacts safety of fishing vessels

SOUTH AFRICA: South Africa currently has only five qualified naval architects at its disposal both within the private sector and within the South...

Fishers face frightening figures

SOUTH AFRICA: Fishers are six times more likely to succumb to fatal incidents while working; three times more likely to be in treatment for...

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