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IMO elections are looming – what to expect

Hotly contested Council elections in Category C

Thursday, November 16, 2023 0 1142

The International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) Council will meet next week for its 130^th Session ahead of the Assembly’s 33^rd Session that kicks off on 27 November, which will include the election of the new incoming Council as well as the official acceptance of the new Secretary General, Arsenio Antonio Dominguez Velasco who is due to being his four-year term on 1 January 2024.

Small scale rights decriminalise traditional fishing

62 Small scale fishing cooperatives given access to resources

Wednesday, November 15, 2023 0 554

SOUTH AFRICA: The era of interim relief declared for small scale fishers will come to an end as 62 small scale fishing cooperatives in the Western Cape became the recipients of the historical small scale rights.

South Africa takes a step closer to establishing a National Petroleum...

SOUTH AFRICA: South Africa’s intention to establish a National Petroleum Company (NPC) took a step forward this week with the release for...

Ultra-deep survey underway

NAMIBIA: An environmental and geophysical survey is being undertaken to map one of Namibia’s most challenging and remote offshore locations...

IMO audit gets underway

SOUTH AFRICA: Key areas of South Africa’s maritime administration will be audited under the International Maritime Organisation’s...

IMO audits in Africa

It’s been five years since the International Maritime Organisation instituted mandatory audits of Member States in February 2016 and a total...

Unlocking Angola’s fisheries sector

ANGOLA: In an effort to address Angola’s over-reliance on the export of crude oil which currently represents almost 95% of the...

Africa charts a course for a sustainable Blue Economy

TANZANIA: The Second Marine Spatial Planning Forum for Africa took place this week in Dar es Salaam to explore the potential of Marine Spatial...

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