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Promoting localisation in marine manufacturing supply chain

Industry engagement highlights grant assistance

Thursday, February 27, 2025 0 2043

SOUTH AFRICA: Offering financial assistance with the goal to promote localisation of the South African marine manufacturing supply chain, the Aerospace Industry Support Initiative (AISI) presented information on how to apply and benefit from the financial assistance they offer during a stakeholder engagement in Cape Town yesterday.

Proposed regulations for the offshore bunkering sector muddy the waters

DFFE publishes draft regulations for public comment

Tuesday, February 25, 2025 0 3961

While the need for regulations to control the environmental risks associated with the offshore ship-to-ship transfer of bunker fuel is needed, the media statement issued by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) includes unnecessarily alarmist language that is nuanced to prompt journalists on the receiving end to infer...

JV creates new tanker operation

NIGERIA: The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Shipping, Stena Bulk, and Caverton Marine Limited have signed a joint venture to...

Towards the implementation of an MPA action plan

MADAGASCAR: Stakeholders met last week to develop guidelines for the country’s implementation and governance of Marine Protected Areas...

Charting the course for continued maritime surveillance

CÔTE D’IVOIRE: A second meeting to review the roadmap for the transfer of YARIS to the YAOUNDE architecture as well as to discuss the...

Master plan is close to completion

SOUTH AFRICA: Welcoming members of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on board the SA Agulhas II last week, Nonhlanhla Mkhize, DG Nomfundo...

Upgraded dredger ready for action

SOUTH AFRICA: After a four-week installation process to install a new marine excavator on the Italeni undertaken in Transnet National Port...

Drilling continues in Orange Basin

NAMIBIA: Following the completion of drilling operations for the Sagittarius-1X exploration well in Block 2914, located in the Orange Basin, the...

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