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CONTENTS SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2014 IN DEPTH NAMIBIAN HORSE MACKEREL FISHERY 6 Namsov Fishing Enterprises, Emeritus Fishing Limited (Corvima Investment) and Atlantic Harvesters are battling against the Namibian Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) over the allocation of fishing rights after they launched an urgent court application and appeared in the Namibian High court in October. Nelle du Toit provides an overview of the issues being presented. CONTAGIOUS CLAUSES 10 With the recent outbreak of Ebola in West Africa, there has been considerable interest by both owners and charterers to find clauses that specifically deal with the risks and uncertainties that arise when calling at ports with a risk of exposure to Ebola. There is no need for a charterparty to contain an Ebola clause, but a clearly laid out contractual scheme does give certainty to both parties.
COLUMNS: FISHY BUSINESS 14 Shaheen Moolla discusses the dismal state of the legal abalone fishery as it struggles to survive against rampant poaching.
THROUGH THE LENS 17 What is driving the large investments by the big hake fishing companies and are we seeing investment in other sectors of the industry? Claire Attwood investigates the state of investment in the fishing sectors. MARITIME MEMORIES 44 Launched as the hull-based stern trawler Marbella, but modified to carry sophisticated equipment for underwater search and survey operations, John Lethbridge has been a regular caller in Cape Town for bunkers and stores. Brian Ingpen writes about the John Lethbridge’s role in finding maritime memories.
PORT DEVELOPMENT
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Eye on 2017 for the New Port of Walvis Bay development
Kenya and China sign port development deal
New oil terminal for Kenya to quadruple capacity of port
Maputo maintenance dredging
MARITIME NEWS AFRICAN NEWS
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South Africa and Australia discuss the blue economy
Violence against seafarers increases off Africa’s west coast.
Maritime briefs Buy-out in Cape Town
strengthens vessel-building capacity
FEATURES SALVAGE & TOWAGE
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MoU to promote maritime interests
Scant salvage season for South
Enabling a smooth flow of
ISU membership increases Jack-up barge recovery in
Massive investment for
African salvor
Mozambique
LOF arbitration panel Wreck removal convention will provide legal harmony
Towing offers opportunities in Africa
Salvage stats
cargo
aquaculture
Laying the keel for the ocean economy
Mercy Ship visits Cape Town New factory freezer trawler for SA hake fishery
Customised build for offshore patrol
ON THE COVER PEOPLE AND EVENTS NEWS 46 Inspiring maritime students through practical seamanship training Fishing industry bids farewell to dedicated ambassador Maritime centre receives donation from shipbuilder New port manager for Durban New Chief Operating Officer to tackle port efficiency Celebrating a golden milestone Benguela’s worth estimated at R3 billion Shipping stalwart crosses the bar Cabotage and local content seminar Ship repairer gets behind Namibia’s Vision 2030 initiative World Maritime Day celebrations in Langebaan Celebrating a successful merger Another successful soccer tournament National Marine Week kicks off in Cape Town
GREEN MARINE NEWS & DEBATE 51 Sustainable hake fishery brings
long term economic and environmental benefits International Coastal Cleanup Day Code of Conduct for responsible fisheries developed Counting fish in Kenya Fisheries leaders set their sights on a more sustainable future for the African ocean Protecting penguin’s prey Effectiveness of new shark nets analysed
Towage opportunities Rig shifts, commercial offshore unit relocations and salvage work all offer towage companies opportunities around the continent and, according to Dave Murray, Business Unit Manager – Offshore Marine Services for Smit Amandla Marine (SAM), the year has been a particularly busy one. “There is a lot of opportunity in Africa with regard to rig shifts and commercial offshore unit relocation, and we have had a good year from a towage perspective,� says Murray highlighting the services offered by SAM’s two spot tugs in the region, the Smit Madura and Smit Amandla. According to Murray the Smit Madura has experienced her best year in operation since joining the fleet three years ago. Although busy with services for her core client, De Beers Marine Namibia, the 50m anchor handling tug has also been involved in a number of longer spot operations. These include the successful tow of a barge from Madagascar to Durban as well as the escort of a McDermott crane barge. Most significantly, however, was the tow of a barge and jack-up from Pointe-Noire in the Republic of Congo to Richards Bay in South Africa – and the return of the empty barge to Pointe-Noire. Full story on page 24
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EDITOR’S CHOICE: RECOMMENDED READS: INVESTMENT IN THE FISHING SECTORS? Claire Attwood highlights recent trends in investment in the South African fishing sectors on page 17.
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H
ave you read the Minister’s speech? That’s the question being most asked this month at maritime functions and it refers to Minister of Transport, Dipuo Peters’ discourse at the South African Maritime Safety Authority’s (SAMSA) AGM at the end of September where she called for “immediate action from the (SAMSA) Board in order to resolve the appalling state of affairs at SAMSA�. What usually follows the opening question in these chats amongst maritime colleagues are the knowing nods and ensuing discussion on the schism that we all believe to exist between the Department of Transport and its subsidiary body – as if this could be the explanation as to why the minister was so severe in her deliberations. This leads into a conversation on the three pillars of SAMSA’s mandate and how many seem to believe that it is clear that the Authority has taken to heart the third point: to promote South Africa’s maritime interests as its over-arching purpose – perhaps to the detriment of the first two tenets of its existence which relate to the preservation of life, environment and property at sea. It is an interesting dilemma for the industry. We’ve lauded the Authority, and particularly its CEO Commander Tsietsi Mokhele, for his foresight and passion to champion the maritime cause. We’ve watched him weave the maritime thread into the government conversation. And, as we begin to see a level of recognition across a number of government departments, we are told take stock of an entity that requires some oversight. One cannot fain surprise that expenditure on conferences and advertisements ballooned from R12m in 2012 to R54 million in 2013. Most conference organisers and many publications have viewed the Authority as an unofficial Lotto pay-out as they cashed in their rate cards and sponsorship tiers. SAMSA has been visual at most events on the calendar including one hosted by us – the Maritime Industry Awards. Was this a waste of resources? I dare to say that a little discernment could have been applied, but that some of the television slots highlighting the cadets on the SA Agulhas were well timed and could have contributed to a broader maritime awareness amongst our youth. So too do career and job summits, but a rubber stamp of approval associated with the sponsorship and exhibition stands of just about every maritime exhibition and conference could have been undertaken with some introspection.
96 percent and the cost escalation associated to the SA Agulhas of 31 percent – Peters did not mince her words when she asked that “immediate actions be taken� to make the entity viable and able to deliver on its legislative mandate. The SA Agulhas may lie at the heart of many of SAMSA’s reported woes, but most in the industry will agree that the Authority’s sheer determination to create a dedicated training vessel for their cadetship programme should not go unapplauded. It was never going to be an easy or cheap endeavour – something that is clearly realised by the Authority. Their Annual Report highlights the need for projects such as the cadetship programme and the SA Agulhas to be funded externally. “Projects will therefore be funded only to the extent to which project funding is available and the organisation’s core revenue will not be used. The SA Agulhas and the cadetship projects, which contributed significantly to the deficits will soon no longer be funded by SAMSA,� it states in the report. But perhaps what is most alarming and does not come across clearly in the visually alluring Annual Report is the “lack of reliability of reported information�. The Annual Report provides performance targets that are generally reported as being met or at least mostly met, but the Auditor General raises concerns that these targets are “not specific, measurable or time bound�. In addition, what is not evident in the Annual Report, but is highlighted in the Minister’s speech is anomalies of data – or data spike for the fourth quarter of the reported year. For instance the tally of inspections of both local and foreign going vessels catapults rather unrealistically in the fourth quarter – calling into question the validity of what is presented. Similarly, although a 100 percent target of audited training institutions is reported at year-end, according to the speech, data allegedly reveals that no audits were carried out within the first three quarters of the year.
What the industry has been waiting for is a followup to the successful and refreshingly different South African Maritime Industry Conference (SAMIC). Organised by the Authority, the conference has the ability to knock many conferences off the calendar by providing one unified thought tank for the industry.
“The fact that the auditors could not validate the performance results and that the third quarter results of some KPI’s seem to be far apart from the fourth quarter results, call for an objective independent performance audit of the 2013/2014 performance information,� she says.
Envisioned to fill a gap left by the demise of the National Maritime Conference of the 1990’s organised by industry for industry – SAMIC was well positioned to meet the needs of an industry ready and willing to move forward. It seems a pity, however, that this conference, anticipated to take place before the end of 2014, may now never take its rightful place on the calendar.
With much more fodder to chew on in both the Annual Report as well as Minister Peters’ speech, it would be unfair to try and unpack the issues within this column. And as transport month draws to a close and we mull the pronouncements of Operation Phakisa, perhaps our closing issue for the year will delve a little deeper into the state of South Africa as a maritime nation on the continent.
But this is not the only reason the minister pegs the Authority to be “in serious trouble�. Citing plummeting cash flows (a 350 percent decline), irregular expenditure (R28.8 million), fruitless and wasteful expenditure (R1.1 million), a total asset decline of
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KEEL HAULED& APPLAUD The maritime community will surely understand the concept of being keelhauled and we have reinstated the practice, which was allegedly instituted by the British Navy as a way of “severely rebuking a subordinate”. But at the same time we will also applaud those individuals and companies in recognition of significant achievements.
KEELHAULED The South African Maritime Safety Authority for allowing their state of affairs to draw the ire of the Auditor General and the Minister of Transport.
APPLAUD We applaud two South African superyacht captains, Phil Wade and Anthony Just the initiators of Marine Inspirations – an organisation that assisted two learners from Lawhill Maritime Centre participate in an international yachting event and gain valuable seamanship experience.
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QUAY QUOTES:
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“We will continue to encourage horse mackerel value addition and the quota allocation will favour those adding value to it,” says Namibian Minister of Fisheries, Bernard Esau on page 6. “The horse mackerel industry in Namibia has the potential to creeate more than 20,000 jobs if the freezer horse mackerel quota is converted into wet fishing quota,” says Paulus Hango of the Trade Union Congress of Namibia on page 6. “The legal commercial fishery pales in insignificance when compared to the illegal fishery. In 2013, more than 2400 tons of abalone – some 7,3 million individual abalone – were poached. This compares to the legal take of 96 tons or 120,000 individual abalone. The legal fishery accounts for less than 1,6 percent of the value and size of the illegal fishery,” writes Shaheen Moolla on page 16. “Unhappily, the investment that is taking place in the fishing industry seems to be confined to the large industrial fisheries; there is little investment taking place in the smaller, less capital intensive fisheries,” writes Claire Attwood on page 18. “Container ships are always difficult. How we will contend with the ability to discharge such volumes of containers is a big issue and a mammoth challenge, but one also has to consider that the volume of bunker fuel on these vessels equals the quantities carried by a medium sized tanker of the past,” says Captain David Main of Smit Amandla Marine on page 20. “All unskilled and semi-skilled labour must be sourced from within Namibia,” says Elzevir Gelderbloem, port engineer at Namport on page 28. “We are of the opinion that sometimes site coordination and communication between Chinese supervisors and local workers are not properly conducted due to the cultural difference of the countries,” says Aaron Hsu, deputy project engineer of CHEC on page 30. ”The port infrastructure in many African ports is often insufficient and deteriorated. Seen in combination with fast growing economies in the continent, this provides an excellent opportunity for a company like NIRAS,” says Business Unit Director at NIRAS, Jesper Harder on page 34. “Veecraft Marine will add to Nautic’s already strong in-house research and develop- ment capability and vessel support competencies. Nautic’s existing clients and the more than 100 vessels in service across the African continent will benefit from the acquisition
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through added value and increased service offering,” says James Fisher, CEO of Nautic Africa on page 38. “The CDC aims to dedicate 80 Ha to abalone farming by 2020 creating about 2,080 permanent jobs. South Africa is widely known to have of the best abalone and the best product in the world, all of which is exported to the Far East,” says CDC agro-processing project manager Dr Keith du Plessis on page 39. “During the lab phase it became ap- parent that there may be other key stake- holders that had been omitted and these were invited to the open day. Operation Phakisa is not an event, but an ongoing programme. We welcome the participation of all stakeholders and the value they can bring to enhance the programme,” says Ismail Akhalwaya, head of Operation Phakisa on page 40. “For me I feel I can retire today that’s how happy I am. In Durban I addressed the president in a fundraising dinner saying there is this economy we are not participating in. Two years later, we have a plan that is quantified and concrete and even implementation has started - that’s how fast it has moved. It’s a dream come true,” says Commander Tsietsi Mokhele, chief executive of the South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) on page 40. “MSC certification has helped to foster a spirit of cooperation between the different role players to get this experiment under way. We’re very excited about this opportunity to be able to monitor changes in the benthic communities in the areas where trawling has stopped,” says SAEON’s Lara Atkinson on page 52. “By establishing this set of principles, we aim to work closely with the fishing industry to encourage high standards of behaviour that will embed responsible fishing practices and the continuous improvement in the sustainable management of our precious fishery resources,” says Dave Japp of Capfish on page 53. “We can have coastal development and poverty eradication with sound environmental management. We don’t have to make the same mistakes seen in developed countries and Asia. Many of our marine and coastal systems are still in good condition so we have the chance to get things right,” says Dr Melita Samoilys the company director of CORDIO (Coral Reef Degradation in the Indian Ocean) East Africa on page 56.
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Namibian Fisheries
The scramble over Namibia’s horse mackerel allocations
the president of the Namibian Seaman and Allied Workers Union (NASAWU) and the Trade Union Congress of Namibia (TUCNA), Paulus Hango, arranged a public meeting to express the need to create more jobs in the horse mackerel industry by converting the horse mackerel freezer quotas to wet fishing quotas. Both frozen and wet fish quotas have for years been implemented in the hake processing industry.
Quotas to create jobs
Namsov Fishing Enterprises, Emeritus Fishing Limited (Corvima Investment) and Atlantic Harvesters are battling against the Namibian Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) over the allocation of fishing rights after they launched an urgent court application and appeared in the Namibian High court in October. Nelle du Toit provides an overview of the issues being presented.
T
he Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) is also investigating the actions of the MFMR minister, Bernard Esau, after it received a civil complaint. The Windhoek Observer reported that the documentation that the ACC requested from the ministry for review is identical to the supporting documents the High Court requested from Namsov. The court application and investigation follows after Namsov’s Total Allowable Catch (TAC) was reduced (from 13 percent to one percent) and 200 workers (120 permanent and 80 temporary staff members) were laid off as a result. In September Bidvest released its annual report stating: “In the event that the current situation is not resolved urgently, fishing businesses are likely to perform poorly in the next six months. Our businesses have tied up two of the group’s fishing vessels and the crews have been sent home.” Fishing companies will be informed of their TAC for the 2015 season by December this year.
Namibianization of resources Namibia has long been embarking on its ‘Namibianization’ plan, in which natural resources and companies extracting these resources need to either be wholly Namibian-owned, part-Namibian owned or create jobs for a large segment of the Namibian population.
is to “add value” to natural resources by processing resources on land and through this create more jobs for the Namibian population. Over the years there has been steady growth in the horse mackerel industry and the ministry aims to keep the processing of horse mackerel within Namibia itself. “We will continue to encourage horse mackerel value addition and the quota allocation will favour those adding value to it,” Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Bernard Esau, said. The industry’s governing body, the Midwater Trawling Association (MTA), announced that more than 10 “new right holders” were awarded horse mackerel fishing quotas recently, but did not release the names of the new right holders or their TAC. “The TAC and fishing rights allocation remains the property of the ministry of fisheries and is confidential,” Sharon Neumbo, deputy chair of the MTA explained. The last public figures of the fishing quota allocation by the MFMR for the industry was released in 2012. Minutes prior to the MTA statement
“The horse mackerel industry in Namibia has the potential to create more than 20,000 jobs if the freezer horse mackerel quota is converted into a wet fishing quota,” Hango said. “Because some of our members have been unfairly retrenched, we have created an unemployment desk to look into the unemployed becoming employed.” TUCNA has recently won their appeal to the High Court after they lodged a complaint over the retrenchment and unfair dismissal of workers at the Corvima Fishing Company, one of the fishing companies now taking the MFMR to court. The president of the trade union spoke in favour of companies perceived to create more land-based employment. “There is nothing wrong with giving rights to Omualu Fishing (one of the new TAC holders) as Omualu employs about 700 workers, majority of them women,” Hango continued. There are 55 seagoing personnel and 653 onshore personnel reportedly working at Omualu. Omualu Fishing recently launched the opening of their N$ 40 milllion fish processing plant in Walvis Bay where the company fillets ‘butterfly cut’ horse mackerel, mainly for the European market. So far the company has exported 20 tonnes since the project started in May. A wholly owned Namibian joint venture
“In the event that the current situation is not resolved urgently, fishing businesses are likely to perform poorly in the next six months. Our businesses have tied up two of the group’s fishing vessels and the crews have been sent home.”
Part of the national development plan
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Frozen fish is generally processed offshore and traditionally employs men to work on the fishing vessels whereas the wet fish processing quota involves the processing of raw fish on land and traditionally employs women to sort fish within the land based factories.
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company, Omualu Fishing is yet to yield a profit from their product.
Horse mackerel vs hake In August this year industry stakeholders of the horse mackerel industry expressed their concerns over government regulations implemented in the sector being ‘forced’ into the horse mackerel industry. The chairman of the MTA appealed to the governmental organisation to conduct an in-depth analysis of the horse mackerel industry prior to passing regulations which could stunt the industry. The exportation standards and production processes of horse mackerel are completely different to that of the hake export and production market, stakeholders explained at a meeting with the Namibian Standards Institution (NSI). “The model for hake simply cannot be copied and pasted onto the horse mackerel industry,� one representative said. Concerns over regulations negatively affecting horse mackerel, traditionally a low-cost source of protein were discussed. Members expressed a need for market research on value added products. However, market research is expensive and horse mackerel companies are appealing to government to fund market it, particularly where economic benefits and employment creation is significant. In Namibia horse mackerel is currently processed onshore into whole frozen packs, produced into fish meal, canned, filleted ‘butterfly style’ to wealthier markets (Omualu), turned into powdered soup (Kuiseb Fishing has contracted the university of Namibia to conduct research into viability) and dried in small quantities, which are not considered viable by companies producing it. Members of the hake industry, who are complying with the ministry’s incentives,
In August this year industry stakeholders of the horse mackerel industry expressed their concerns over government regulations implemented in the hake industry being ‘forced’ into the horse mackerel industry. The chairman of the MTA appealed to the governmental organisation to conduct an in-depth analysis of the horse mackerel industry prior to passing regulations which could stunt the industry. added lip-service to the ministry’s value addition drive in the horse mackerel industry. “You have to understand that the horse mackerel industry employs less than 1,000 people when its TAC is around 340,000 tonnes in comparison to the hake industry which employs up to 10,000 people with a TAC of only 140,000 tonnes,� Matti Amukwa, president of the Confederation of the Namibia Fishing Association and chairman of the Namibian Hake Association told the media. “The valuation of horse mackerel must follow in the steps of the hake industry,� Antonio Marino, the managing director of Tunacor, said at the company’s ‘Namibianisation’ celebration at the Tunacor factory in September. “There are more employees at Tunacor than the entire horse mackerel industry alone,� Marino continued. “So it is quite clear what is employment creation and what is not.� From the horse mackerel companies that have reported staff figures both Namsov and Omualu reportedly employs over 700 employees each, which already puts horse mackerel staff members over the 1,000 people the president of the confederation suggested. This is without including staff figures from other horse mackerel companies, such as Atlantic Harvester, Gendev, Emeritus Fishing, Erongo Marine Enterprises and Kuiseb Fishing to
Workers at the Omualu fishing plant in Walvis Bay. (Photos: Nelle du Toit) 8
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name a few.
Publication making waves The recent contentious fishing publication “Oshili nashi Popiwe� (allow the truth to come out), distributed in a national newspaper in September highlighted what they termed the “smokescreen for breaking the South African owned duopoly in midwater trawling�. Erongo Marine Enterprises, a division of the South African based Oceana Group, and Namsov, a division of the Bidvest Group, were identified as the major South African players in the Namibian horse mackerel industry. TUCNA slated the publication as propaganda aimed at tarnishing the reputation of the fisheries minister. “Everything written in the publication is all lies and we cannot allow what these people tried to do, to succeed,� Hango continued. The publication alleges kick-backs (over N$ 700,000) received by the ministry of fisheries from Omualu, a ministerial trust developed to promote the JV and Omualu’s horse mackerel quota increasing from 12 000 metric tonnes (MT) in 2012 to 27 000 MT in 2014 (of which only 3 500MT was processed and the remainder of the quota sold back to Namsov for N$ 60 million). “There is nothing peculiar about selling quotas. All the JVs are selling their quotas
Minister Bernard Esau (far right) toasting members of the JV Omualu at the launch of their N$ 40 million fish processing plant. (Photo: Nelle du Toit)
to somebody. Be grateful rather that Omualu at least has its own vessels,� Amoomoo was reported as saying. Selling of rights, licences or quotas is not unique to the Namibian fishing industry as sectors such as the oil and gas industry and other natural resource industries have reportedly revealed quota trading for millions of dollars to ‘foreign investors’ as well. Although TUCNA themselves could not confirm the publisher of the publication, they have identified Namsov as the main instigator. “We want to make it categorically clear that we do not agree with the Namsov group of companies and the associate that seems to try and hijack the effort of the ministry of fisheries and marine resources to add value to horse mackerel fish,� Hango continued. “The company [Namsov] have a choice to either add value to horse mackerel and create more jobs or they lose everything,� Hango said. In September this Bidvest Namibia Fisheries (Bidfish), Namsov’s holding company, announced that the company may invest up to N$ 500 million into developing horse mackerel processing onshore. Bidvest has revealed that it sought the services of an ‘international expert’ who will conduct a feasibility study. Various activities will be carried out during the feasibility study and will include the extraction of high value protein from fishmeal, normal bulk production, the production of value added products, determining the vessels that will need to be utilised and the various methods of catching, the Namibia Economist reported. Jan Arnold, Bidvest Namibia Fisheries Managing Director, was reported as saying that “costings and returns will be integral in the study. A big component will be the land, buildings, quays, jetties, cold store and ancillary equipment.� “The aim of the next phase of the feasibility study is to determine how best to do this to make it a feasible option. This will include design work, product flow, cost estimates for the various components, [and] determination of feasibility/profitability. If this supports our planned shore processing concept, we will embark on seeking approval on all levels and structuring of ownership and participation. This will be wide as we do not foresee Namibia establishing many such facilities. This could easily become a frenzy resulting in surplus capacity as is the case in the hake industry.� “We hope to conclude this by the end of 2014 for presenting to the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources and our boards for consideration.�
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Ebola Contingencies
Contagious Clauses Dealing with the risks of Ebola
With the recent outbreak of Ebola in West Africa, there has been considerable interest by both owners and charterers to find clauses that specifically deal with the risks and uncertainties that arise when calling at ports with a risk of exposure to Ebola. There is no need for a charterparty to contain an Ebola clause, but a clearly laid out contractual scheme does give certainty to both parties.
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he issue is too recent for there to be a standard clause in common use yet. There is no BIMCO Ebola clause, although some of their forms contain wording that could be used as a starting point for parties negotiating an Ebola clause.1 As there are many different Ebola clauses in circulation, the danger is that a poorly drafted clause does not reflect what the parties intended. This can lead to uncertainty and increase the risk of disputes rather than reducing them. This Insight article from Gard identifies some of the issues that need to be considered by both owners and charterers when these clauses are being negotiated.
Which disease(s) will the clause apply to? The parties first need to decide if the clause will only apply to Ebola (or other particular named diseases), or whether it will cover a range of diseases not specifically identified in advance. The advantage of a specific list is that there can be no dispute as to the clause’s potential application. The downside is that there is also a chance that new diseases are identified that are as serious, or even more so, than those the parties had in mind when drafting the clause (such as SARS or H1N1/swine flu). If the clause is to cover a range of unnamed diseases, then it needs a clear mechanism to identify which are relevant for the clause. A common approach that we have seen is for the clause to refer to
diseases that have a particular degree of seriousness as determined by a specific health body – say the World Health Organisation (WHO), or the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The difficulty is that these organisations issue many updates and warnings about different diseases, but they will rarely use the particular form of words contained in the clause, which then makes it difficult to know if and when the clause applies. It is also very unlikely that the WHO would ever answer a direct question whether a particular disease was “extremely harmful to human health” or a “highly infectious disease”. If there is to be a reference to a public health body it would be best to set a specific criteria which can be measured objectively – for example if the disease is the subject of a WHO declared Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). The parties must understand the criteria being used to make sure it reflects the degree of seriousness that they intend – the recent Ebola outbreak is only the third PHEIC declared by the WHO since 2005. If the parties want the clause to apply to a wider class of diseases then different criteria would be needed. A middle route may be to list all the diseases that the parties consider the clause should apply to, and then add a catch-all “or any other disease or illness with a similar degree of seriousness to humans”. In general, an owner would want to ex-
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How much risk of exposure to a disease does there need to be for the clause to apply? For example, does the disease need to be prevalent within the port, or are confirmed cases in the region or country enough?
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pand the list of diseases as wide as possible to maximise protection, and a charterer would want to restrict it, to minimise the potential impact on trading.
How to identify if the clause applies at a particular port? The next issue is: how much risk of exposure to a disease does there need to be for the clause to apply? For example, does the disease need to be prevalent within the port, or are confirmed cases in the region or country enough? What if the port of call is in a country that has had no reported cases of the disease, but it is located near to the border of another country that has had a significant outbreak? How long ago does the last confirmed case need to have been? In some clauses that we have seen this test is also deferred to an authority – for example the clause applies to a place where the WHO has declared an outbreak. Yet again, the problem here is that the WHO may never issue a clear declaration one way or the other. A more popular approach is to say that the clause applies where there is a particular level of risk of exposure to the relevant disease. The parties need to then decide what level of risk is needed. Several BIMCO clauses work in this way – for example, the BIMCO Conwartime definition of War Risks applies to certain acts “which, in the reasonable judgment of the Master and/or the Owners, may be dangerous or may become dangerous to the Vessel, cargo, crew or other persons on board”. This requires a judgment to be made on the level of risk. However, the parties need to consider carefully what degree of risk will trigger the clause, and then make sure that the words used reflect their intention. The options range from low risk (perhaps “a possibility of the disease being present at the port”) to high (“the port is actually seriously affected”). If a dispute arises, the clause will be analysed closely to identify what the parties intended. For example, if the parties say the risk of exposure must be “likely” then this could include an event that is more likely than not to happen, but also an event which has a less than even chance of happening.2
CHECKLIST: + Make sure you know what diseases the clause is to apply to. If it is an open-ended list, can the relevant disease be identified objectively? + Identify what degree of risk of exposure there needs to be for the clause to apply, and make sure the wording reflects this. + Make sure that you understand each part of the clause – it may contain unexpected items that substantially affect other charterparty clauses. + Finally, it should be noted that this is not a complete list of the issues, and it is recommend that queries are directed to professionals. Bear in mind that a disease with a 50 percent chance of exposure would be a very extreme case indeed, and that on current information a vessel calling at a West African port would have a much less than 50 percent risk of exposure to Ebola. We have also seen a few clauses that are triggered where the local authorities implement Ebola related “measures”. The problem is that it may well be unclear if a particular “measure” falls within the clause - say if it has been adopted in response to Ebola outbreak in another country, and in some cases there may be no public explanation at all for a particular measure, or the stated explanation may be suspected to be only part of the story. In general, owners will want the clause to be drafted where it will apply even if the risk is at the lower end of the scale, and charterers will want it to apply only when the risk is high.
The consequences of calling at an affected port The final important area of consideration is what happens if the Ebola clause applies. The primary aim will be to allow owners to refuse to call at the port and to request alternative instructions, in a similar way to a War or Piracy Clause. It is important to remember the risks may only be identified when cargo is already loaded and bills of lading issued naming the port with the outbreak as the place of discharge. Owners would therefore want to ensure that any rights they have under the charterparty to refuse to call at the “risky” port are also included in the bill of lading, and that anything done under the Ebola clause will not amount to a deviation from the contract of carriage. This would normally be by an express agreement on the part of charterers to do so, or an indemnity to owners against the consequences of enforcement of the Ebola clause. This point is particularly important because, unless agreed otherwise, sailing to a new discharge port could amount to a deviation from the contractual voyage, which may in turn prejudice P&I cover.3 In either case, the clause is likely to identify who is to be responsible for the extra time and costs incurred as a result – whether in terms of hire, demurrage or an adjustment to freight. Some clauses for voyage charters state that laytime or demurrage will apply at a reduced rate during any delays caused by Ebola. In such clauses it is probably the charterer that has the interest in expanding the range of triggers for the clause, although this will depend on what else the clause covers.
Other points that could be included in an Ebola clause A range of other points are included in Ebola clauses. Some contain warranties by the owner that the vessel has not called at an affected port within a particular period prior to delivery. As long
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as this is accurate and it only refers to the conditions at the ports at the time of the call then it should be acceptable. Some clauses have placed an express obligation on owners to satisfy themselves that shore workers attending on board are not affected by the disease. With some diseases that may be relatively easy to identify, but it will not always be easy to do this, so if the potentially applicable list of diseases is long, then an owner needs to be careful about agreeing this. The parties would probably want the clause to apply not only to ports of call, but also other waterways or places through which the vessel may pass. If so,
The consequences of calling at an Ebola risk port are unpredictable - different authorities around the world may take very different approaches to vessels that have called at such ports, perhaps requiring extended quarantine periods, or withholding services, or even blacklisting them. this should be expressly stated.
ing services, or even blacklisting them.
The consequences of calling at an Ebola risk port are unpredictable - different authorities around the world may take very different approaches to vessels that have called at such ports, perhaps requiring extended quarantine periods, or withhold-
These problems may continue even after the charterparty has come to an end and owners should note that there may be no P&I cover for costs and expenses incurred where quarantine is expected.4Â An owner would therefore ideally want the clause to expressly cover a situation where the vessel is allowed to call at an affected port and consequences later arise at an unaffected port.
Erongo Ebola preparations
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hortly after South African Development Community (SADC) health ministers met in Zimbabwe early September to adopt a common regional agenda the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) and Ministry of Health and Social Services (MHSS) in Namibia called for an emergency meeting with local ship chandlers and agents, Namport staff, immigration officials, doctors and medical staff members on measures to prepare for the possibility of the Ebola virus entering the Erongo region. The recent call for state officials to conduct a united and coordinated response to curb the spread of the deadly disease is spurring key stakeholders and decision-makers into a drive to prevent and control a possible infestation. Within the Erongo region, the airport and harbours were identified as entry ports which accommodate high foreign travel. However, as was pointed out, we should not only have measures in place for the official entry points as the coastal area is exposed to entry from any foreign vessel that can drop anchor in the area. A local ship agent pointed out that Port Health inspects all foreigners travelling to Walvis Bay and called for an Ebola-centric strategy between Port Health and Namport. Ships that anchor close to the bay also need to be screened by Port Health, it was stressed. Any vessel, whether anchored or moving through the port, needs to submit a shipping and health declaration form issued from the Directorate of Maritime Affairs, an official explained. This helps to track where the vessel is travelling and whether any members have been affected by illness. Members who supply and deliver necessities and transport inspectors to ships that have dropped anchor may be at risk as vessels may not have been cleared by officials prior to the inspection being done on the vessel. Means and measures to prevent and control a possible infestation within Erongo and the rest of Namibia are still being formulated. By Nelle du Toit
Finally, and importantly, the clause will need to be adapted to whether the charterparty is a time charter or a voyage charter – they are unlikely to be interchangeable. For example, with a time charter it may be agreed that the vessel may remain on hire if the vessel discharges at a different port, whereas under a voyage charter this may take effect as an adjustment to the freight payable.
Negotiations between owners and charterers Gard recognises that in general an owner would want to expand an Ebola clause to maximise its application, and a charterer would correspondingly want to keep its terms narrow to minimise the effect on trading. The final balance will of course depend on the parties’ negotiating positions, but the aim should be to ensure clarity and certainty, not only to reduce issues between owners and charterers, but also potentially with cargo interests if the clause is incorporated into bills of lading. To achieve clarity, the parties really need to first identify what they want the clause to do, and that requires an open and measured discussion.
Footnotes
A captain is transported via a local pilot ship from a Maersk container ship to an incoming Hamburg Sud vessel wearing a mask and gloves to help protect him from the Ebola virus. (Photo: Nelle du Toit)
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1. See, for example, Clause 14(A) of BALTIME 1939 (Revised 2001), Clause 25 of SUPPLYTIME 2005, and Clause 46 of BIMCHEMVOY 2008. 2. The Heron II [1969] 1 AC 350. 3. See Gard Rule 34.1.xi. 4. Under Rule 48, Gard will cover certain costs and expenses incurred in connection with quarantine orders or disinfection, but not “where the Ship has been ordered to a port where the Member knew or should have anticipated that she would be quarantined.�
FISHY BUSINESS
Shaheen Moolla discusses the fishing sector
ANOTHER FRAP FAILURE: ABALONE 2014 AND THE POACHING CONSEQUENCE On 11 August 2014 the State Attorney wrote to the South African Commercial Linefishers’ Association’s attorneys stating that its client – the Minister – would concede the line fish review application “subject to the successful negotiation” of some or other settlement. The State Attorney was awaiting further instruction from the Minister and his department. By 1 October 2014, the State Attorney was unable to obtain even such basic instructions. Not that the Minister is in any position to “negotiate” anything as neither he nor his predecessor filed a single set of pleadings explaining or justifying the December 2013 “decisions”.
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allocation process for 20 fisheries in 2005. y 1 August 2014, the Minister and his department had to conThe 2005 process was developed, refined cede another epic failure in the and perfected to the point of enabling all history of South African fisheries managesubsequent allocation processes to efment. The ten-year long abalone fishing fectively be undertaken on a “plug and rights allocated to 303 abalone right holdplay” basis. More than 47 judicial deciers expired on 30 July 2014 without any sions, including a Constitutional Court fishing right re-allocation process. judgement in the Bato Star matInstead, the fishery is now ter confirmed the legality The governed by a system and soundness of these allocation of of possibly unlawful fishing rights alloca“exemptions” that fishing quotas ought to tion processes. The do not provide 2013 and 2014 be the equivalent of inhaling the holders of abalone fishing and exhaling for a national fishthese authorisaright allocation eries regulator, especially when tions with any processes ought form of secua complete rights allocation packto have been a rity or bankable figurative snorage was carefully and systemifishing quotas. kel in the shalcally developed over a period lows. As we have seen of four separate rights alwith the eight-year To make matters location processes long system of “inworse, the Minister terim relief” lobster exof Fisheries continues to emptions, exemptions are a not decide any appeals and license to loot or poach. Exemphundreds of former long term right tions undermine the very basic tenets of holders in the oyster, mussel, tuna, hake responsible and successful inshore fishhandline and demersal shark fisheries eries management – security of quota, a remain without fishing rights (or even exsense of quota ownership and the recogemptions) and the ability to fish and earn nition of the need to invest in the longa living, despite the acknowledgment that term sustainability of the resource. The allocation of fishing quotas ought to be the equivalent of inhaling and exhaling for a national fisheries regulator, especially when a complete rights allocation package was carefully and systemically developed over a period of four separate rights allocation processes – the medium term process in 2001/2002; the 10-year long abalone rights process in 2003; the large pelagic rights allocation process in 2004 and then the mega long term rights
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the process that denied them rights in the first place is unlawful. The appeals were lodged back in February 2014. By law, the initial decision-maker, Desmond Stevens, had 30 days to submit his written response to each appeal to the Minister. In terms of South African law, the Minister had to decide these appeals within a reasonable period. Given the context of the commercial quota allocations and the dependence of people on fishing rights for their income, a “reasonable period” has long since passed. The irresponsible and inept management of these fishing quota allocation processes contribute directly to illegal and irresponsible fishing as chaos and uncertainty are rampant. Fishermen don’t know if they will be allowed to fish next month or next season and so naturally will try and harvest all they can, even if this means exceeding quotas or utilising gear and techniques not normally used. The history of mismanaging the abalone fishery is perhaps the poster fishery for illegal and irresponsible fishing. There is almost no working relationship between abalone right holders and the department. The concept of right holders and
As we have seen with the eight-year long system of “interim relief” lobster exemptions, exemptions are a license to loot or poach. Exemptions undermine the very basic tenets of responsible and successful inshore fisheries management – security of quota, a sense of quota ownership and the recognition of the need to invest in the long-term sustainability of the resource.
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FISHY BUSINESS
Shaheen Moolla discusses the fishing sector
The legal commercial fishery pales in insignificance when compared to the illegal fishery. In 2013, more than 2400 tons of abalone – some 7,3 million individual abalone – were poached. This compares to the legal take of 96 tons or 120,000 individual abalone. The legal fishery accounts for less than 1,6 percent of the value and size of the illegal fishery. the department co-managing the fishery, which is one of the pillars of the current Abalone Territorial User Rights Fishery System (TURF), was abandoned a long time ago. The 2003 Abalone Policy states that – “Management of the resource will not rest solely with the Department. Instead, the Department will share this important responsibility with the right holders who depend on the resource for their livelihoods and with the coastal communities who depend on the commercial sale of abalone for their income and prosperity.” The most basic and internationally accepted tenets of TURF – that of co-management and incentivisation – are no longer. Co-management means managing fisheries through partnership and delegation. Inherent in these concepts are the recognition of mutual trust, sharing of data and information and the sharing of decision-making obligations. The department unilaterally decided to close the fishery back in 2007 without forewarning or consulting the industry. Substantial TAC cuts were simply foisted on right holders who were told to either accept the allocations or face closure of the fishery. The department abandoned all successful compliance initiatives resulting in uncontrolled poaching of abalone. The reality is that right holders and fishing communities have been proactively excluded from participating in the research and management of this fishery. Abalone poaching has consequently become an accepted career choice for many in areas such as Hout Bay, Hawston, Kleinmond and Gansbaai.
legal abalone trade in the Western Cape, and a research paper commissioned by the University of Cape Town and authored by Kimon de Greef, Fishing for answers at poaching’s ground zero, further confirm the appalling extent of illegal abalone fishing in the Western Cape.
The current strategy of attempting to manage the fishery by reducing the TAC (and even threatening to close the fishery altogether which proved a failure in 2008/2009) and hoping to reduce poaching, is an abysmal failure.
The illegal abalone fishery, which removes no less than 2000 tons of abalone annually is the single greatEvery est threat to South AfIllegal fishing annual abalone rica’s abalone popucontinues to grow lation, coupled catch recommendation Every annual with the inadand data model in recent memequacy of the abalone catch ory is predicated on a hope and a present manrecommendaprayer that poaching is reduced by agement and tion and data unrealistic and unattainable percentag- compliance model in reregimes. cent memory
es. The reality is that with each passing
legal is predicated season, illegal fishing only escalates. cThe ommeron a hope The illegal fishery has grown some cial fishery and a prayer pales in insig60 percent since 2008. In addithat poaching nificance when is reduced by untion, the department’s rate compared to the ilrealistic and unatof confiscation is delegal fishery. In 2013, tainable percentages. clining. more than 2400 tons of The reality is that with abalone – some 7,3 million ineach passing season, illegal fishdividual abalone – were poached. This ing only escalates. The illegal fishery has compares to the legal take of 96 tons or grown some 60 percent since 2008. In ad120,000 individual abalone. The legal fishdition, the department’s rate of confiscaery accounts for less than 1,6 percent of tion is declining. In 2006 approximately 16 the value and size of the illegal fishery. percent of illegally harvested abalone was The department’s abandonment of the confiscated. At present this figure is only abalone TURF management policy predisix percent according to TRAFFIC. cated on the internationally acclaimed In 2001, illegal fishing was estimated at principles of co-management and incenless than three times the size and value of tivisation, and compounded by its failure the legal fishery. Today, the illegal fishery to re-allocate abalone fishing rights will is more than 20 times the size and value result in the complete collapse of the abalone fishery. of the legal fishery.
An August 2014 report by TRAFFIC into abalone poaching trends for the period 2000-2013 proves that South Africa’s abalone resource is being depleted by illegal fishing and not the legal fishery, which continues to be penalised in isolation. The most recent independent research reports by the Institute for Security Studies on crime and illegal abalone fishing in Cape Town by Khalil Goga, titled The il-
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The reduction of illegal abalone fishing was a key condition imposed by Cabinet when it sanctioned the re-opening of the abalone fishery in July 2010. Right holders cannot be faulted and prejudiced for this ongoing escalation of illegality, particularly given the department’s abandonment of the policy of co-management and the deployment of adequate and effective anti-poaching resources such as the Green Courts and Operation Trident.
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COMPARISON BETWEEN LEGAL AND ILLEGAL ABALONE FISHING Increase in 60% poaching since 2008
96 tons 2400 tons
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Abalone fished in 2013
Decline in confiscation of poached abalone
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A wide-angle perspective on commercial fishing
THROUGH THE FISH EYE LENS
The investment sea-saw swings in roundabouts Early in October, Sea Harvest celebrated its 50th anniversary, marking the occasion with the launch of a R125 million freezer trawler, Harvest Atlantic Peace. The hake producer’s investment follows hot on the heels of an announcement in June, that I&J is investing over half-a-billion-rand in the fishing industry. What is driving the large investments by the big hake fishing companies and are we seeing investment in other sectors of the industry?
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Claire Attwood provides wide angle perspective
he Harvest Atlantic Peace was built in Norway in the world renowned Sterkoder AS yard. She is a stern fishing trawler with an on-board factory and is capable of catching and processing 6500-7000 green-weight tons of Cape Hake per year. She will be able to freeze 40 tons of Cape Hake per day with a crew of 60 and will be at sea for between 30 and 40 days.
Jankovich-Besan.“It also reflects the company’s confidence and belief in the industry and in the value of the Cape Hake resource which is globally recognised as one of the best managed fisheries in the world.”
I&J’s vessel purchase includes a freezer factory ship, identified and purchased in Norway and due for delivery in August 2015; a newly purchased fresh fish trawler that is already fishing out of Cape Town; In a statement released in June, I&J anand a second fresh fish trawler that is benounced its investments would posiing purpose built in Spain and tion the company for signifiwhich will be similar in deA cantly increased efficiensign and specifications 2013 analysis by cy and capacity and to the very successpossibly create 75 the Deep Sea Trawling ful Forest Lily and new jobs. Its inFoxglove, built Industry Association, SADSTIA, vestment is not and delivered demonstrated that the average only in fishing to I&J in 2003. age of the hulls in the fishery was just vessels, but A renewed short of 30 years. The need to moderalso includes the R67 milnise and refresh an aging fishing fleet fleet builds capacity lion upgrade is unquestionably one of the factors The investof its Wooddriving investment in the deep sea ment in fishing stock Primary trawl fishery, but another factor vessels by Sea Processing facHarvest and I&J is the need to increase the tory, completed in will provide a muchthe first quarter of capacity of the fleet. needed boost to the 2013. deep sea trawling industry, According to Jonty Jankovichwhich operates some of the oldBesan, managing director of I&J, the inest fishing boats in the world. vestment represents the single largest in Over the past decade, both Sea Harvest the fishing industry for the past 25 years. and I&J have decomissioned the oldest “This series of investments demonstrates vessels in their fleets, but in recent years I&J and its shareholders’ recognition that they’ve found themselves caught short -constant investment is absolutely necwith insufficient fishing capacity to land essary in such a complex industry,” said their quotas. This is understandable when
There’s no doubt that the investments by the big companies provides a welcome boost, not only to the fishing industry, but also to the suppliers that have weathered storm after storm ¬in recent years -- from the uncertainty of rights allocations (from 1998 to 2006), to the economic downturn that followed shortly afterwards in 2008.
one considers that catch rates are always fluctuating and what might seem like a big enough fleet today, may not be so tomorrow. Rob Whitehead captured this quandary when he wryly said with a shrug in his voice, “that’s fishing for you”. Also investing in fishing is the Oceana Group that not only dominates the small pelagic fishery in South Africa, but also has significant investments in hake, rock lobster and horse mackerel (the latter more in Namibia than South Africa). Although Oceana CEO, Francois Kuttel, says that an investment in the company’s hake fishing fleet is a few years off, a programme to replace some of the older purse seiners in its fleet is well underway. Last year Oceana spent R27.8 million on a GRP (glass fibre) purse seiner, moulded by west coat boat builder, Tallie Marine. Kuttel says the decision to buy a GRP vessel (as opposed to a steel boat, sourced from Europe) was something of an experiment, but it seems to have paid off. “We’re satisfied,” he told me, “it’s a platform we can work with.” The boat holds 200 tons of pilchards in refrigerated seawater, is well insulated, relatively fuel efficient and remarkably stable. In fact, no-one seems more surprised by the vessel’s performance than Kuttel himself, who seems to have come to the conclusion that Tallie has developed a “short and stocky” purse seiner that’s exceedingly well suited to local conditions. Its shallow draught means it can easily navigate the shallow waters alongside Oceana’s St Helena Bay processing plant, its holds take the right amount of fish for the factory to process efficiently and the 1 000hp engine is exactly right for the fishing conditions. Oceana has placed an order with Tallie Marine for a second purse seiner, to be built and equipped along the same lines as the first, and Kuttel says Oceana is likely to continue a “rolling programme” of investment, not so much aimed at replacing
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A wide-angle perspective on commercial fishing doesn’t affect us,” said Whitehead.
Less investment in smaller fisheries Unhappily, the investment that is taking place in the fishing industry seems to be confined to the large industrial fisheries; there is little investment taking place in the smaller, less capital intensive fisheries. In fact, squid fisherman, Dino Moodley, told me the fishery had been badly affected by the very low catches of the past three fishing seasons and, rather than investing and growing, the industry is “in survival mode”. More cause for concern is the atmosphere of pessimism and uncertainty that seems to pervade the fishing industry. This may be something of a hangover from the reign of “Fishy Tina” (as Noseweek calls the former minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Tina Joemat Pettersson) whose botched Fishing Rights Allocation Process (FRAP 2013) has, understandably, inspired little confidence in the companies and individuals who hope to secure rights in the deep-sea, inshore and small pelagic sectors when those rights are ready for renewal in 2020. an aging fleet, but with a view to building fishing capacity.
Investment a boost for some suppliers There’s no doubt that the investments by the big companies provides a welcome boost, not only to the fishing industry, but also to the suppliers that have weathered storm after storm ¬in recent years -- from the uncertainty of rights allocations (from 1998 to 2006), to the economic downturn that followed shortly afterwards in 2008. How much of the investment in vessels and processing equipment is trickling down to local suppliers depends on who you talk to. A tired-sounding Eddie Elschot
whose company, Marine Radio Acoustic Devices, supplies electronic equipment to the fishing industry, told me that the first six months of 2014 had brought nearly more business than he could handle. He said, however, it was very welcome and he is encouraged by the fact that the big companies were investing. But Rob Whitehead, whose company African Maritime Services is a leading supplier of trawl gear, said that demand was stable and the growth of his business was largely as a result of it expanding into other industries, notably the oil and gas industry. “There’s still the same number of ships catching the same amount of fish, so it
More cause for concern is the atmosphere of pessimism and uncertainty that seems to pervade the fishing industry. This may be something of a hangover from the reign of “Fishy Tina” (as Noseweek calls the former minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Tina Joemat Pettersson) whose botched Fishing Rights Allocation Process (FRAP 2013) has, understandably, inspired little confidence in the companies and individuals who hope to secure rights in the deep-sea, inshore and small pelagic sectors when those rights are ready for renewal in 2020.
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The FRAP was legally so flawed that all decisions and outcomes were set aside by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery (DAFF), which must now embark on a process to re-allocate rights in the squid, linefish and tuna pole fisheries, among others. In fact, as one right-holder (who preferred not to be named) told me, the investment by the big fishing companies is driven by need − they need new boats and they need more fishing capacity − but the industry would be seeing far more vigorous investment by fishing companies if they were generally not so insecure and uncertain about their long-term tenure in fishing.
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FEATURE
Salvage and Towage
Scant salvage season for South African salvor Despite the onset of heavy storm weather during the traditional “salvage season” around the South African coast, local stand-by salvors, Smit Amandla Marine (SAM), have not had to mobilise for any major incidents.
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ut Captain Dave Main, GM Salvage Africa for Smit says that the seasonal nature of the business has changed over the last few decades and attributes this to, amongst other regulations, more stringent construction requirements for tankers in particular. “Salvage used to be more seasonal,” says Main who has been in the game for almost four decades. “The big jobs used to happen over winter,” he says explaining that it was mainly the tankers rounding the Cape of Storms that experienced structural damage. He notes that the last time a ship-toship oil transfer had to be undertaken from a tanker with structural damage was in 1996. Main reports, however, that although statistics for tankers have improved, they are seeing more structural failures on bulk carriers.
Tapping into a global network But, as part of a global company, the SAM salvage team is not sitting idle. According to Main, many of their team members have been called out to work on other projects around the globe. He adds that they aim to send crew to situations where they will gain important experience and knowledge in the field. “Salvage is not rocket science – it’s about applying experience and knowledge,” he says explaining that nothing tops a salvage master’s ability to call on past experience in the field and apply it to a current situation.
the mouth of the Congo River in approximately 40 metres of water. Smit Salvage has been contracted to remove the hull, legs and other components originating from the jack-up platform. A diving support vessel, work barge, anchor handling tugs and a variety of other specialised equipment will be mobilised.
Having returned from the ISU AGM, Main further highlights some of the issues under discussion at an international level. He raises the alarm on dealing with the ever-increasing size of container ships as they gear up to accommodate 18,000 TEU’s.
According to Main, the wreck removal is likely to be completed by the first quarter of next year.
“Container ships are always difficult. How we will contend with the ability to discharge such volumes of containers is a big issue and a mammoth challenge, but one also has to consider that the volume of bunker fuel on these vessels equals the quantities carried by a medium sized tanker of the past,” he warns.
Interestingly the logistics around sending a crew from South Africa to incidents within Africa still pose a number of bureaucratic obstacles with regard to obtaining visas. Main highlights how it is sometimes easier for the European teams to acquire visas than for local South Africans – despite being from the continent.
“The number of salvage incidents may be on the decrease, but the complexity of the contracts is becoming higher,” he says pointing to the much-publicised Costa Concordia project. “Before it was relatively easy to get permission to leave a wreck, but now you have to absolutely prove that it cannot be removed.”
“We are continuously working on these issues,” says Main explaining that incident response often requires the urgent acquisition of a visa to travel. “It’s not like we are planning a business trip many weeks ahead of schedule – you just don’t know when you are going to have to respond.”
With new expertise and technology, the industry is capable of lifting wrecks that that “have been down there for 25 years”.
Future trends Looking at the statistics produced by the International Salvage Union (ISU), Main notes that the number of Lloyd’s Open Forum’s (LOF’s) being contracted globally are decreasing and says that it is becoming less and less viable for companies operating only within the salvage space to survive.
A local team has been seconded to the site of the Perro Negro 6 offshore Angola that collapsed mid-2013.
He believes, however, that although there is likely to be further consolidation in the market, there is still space for the small salvage operator to make a living.
The Saipem rig capsized and sank near
It’s a different scenario locally where
“Container ships are always difficult. How we will contend with the ability to discharge such volumes of containers is a big issue and a mammoth challenge, but one also has to consider that the volume of bunker fuel on these vessels equals the quantities carried by a medium sized tanker of the past,” he warns.
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the market is smaller and players often cooperate on contracts. “It makes sense for us to work together,” he says referring to recent projects where they have teamed up with the likes of Subtech to pool resources.
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Attracting and promoting talent “We have an interesting line of work,” says Main musing how media attention on the Costa Concordia has promoted an interest in maritime careers. “I am so chuffed about the coverage that the team of South Africans under Nick Sloane got and the excellent job that they did,” he says. He says a contract of this stature run by South Africans proves that the local sector should not underestimate itself and he hopes that it will help spark an interest in the industry as a whole. Commenting on the depth of experience coming through the ranks in Smit Amandla Marine, he says that there is some younger talent who will be able to follow similar career paths to that of many South African salvage masters who, in recent years, have been involved in high profile international jobs. “We will be able to draw them out of the tug operations,” he says explaining the need for tug experience in the sector. “There are many aspects to being a salvage master, but we have a definite recruitment advantage. We have one of the few permanent dedicated salvage tugs and that is an advantage.”
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embership to the ISU is growing with a 25 percent increase in the Associate Membership during 2013. Membership statistics:
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LOF Arbitrators’ panel renewal The current panel of Lloyd’s Open Form (LOF) arbitrators were appointed for a fiveyear term, which ends in November 2014, and a process is underway to select the new panel.
Jack-up barge recovery in Mozambique
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outh African, Durban-based multi-sectoral marine company, Subtech Marine recently successfully delivered a capsized jack-up barge back to its owner after a salvage operation in Maputo. With a dive team lead by Matthew Moor that included the Subtech-trained Mozambique diver Lucas Francisco, the process to refloat the capsized barge commenced. After two days of toiling against spring tides, the barge was raised on her side and towed to deep water. Once in deepwater, the lift bags were deflated and the barge partially self-righted. After pumping some flooded compartments, the barge was back on an even keel. According to the company, it was a slow slow process to lift the spud legs – an operation that had to be done manually. Three days later the spud legs were raised high enough to come alongside the quay in Maputo Port The team was forced to tackle further problems when it was discovered that the barge had got caught on a piling cross beam on the outgoing spring tide. After exhausting all attempts to free the barge, the long wait for the tide to change began. At the change of tide from spring lot to high, the barge came free on her own. All Subtech gear was recovered without loss and the barge was handed back to the client.
CREATION OF PSC’S UNLIKELY: There has been a suggestion to create the role of Property Salvage Consultant (PSC) at an international level to be the equivalent of an SCR, but in non-SCOPIC LOF salvage cases. The ISU does not support this proposal which continues to be discussed.
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The Nairobi Convention will be a step in the right direction to achieve greater harmonisation of the laws on wreck removal internationally, as well as more legal certainty. all parties involved,” they write.
Wreck removal convention will provide legal harmony Becoming the tenth country to ratify the Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks (the Nairobi Convention) in mid April, Denmark tipped the scales in favour of the convention coming into force on 14 April next year.
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enmark joins Bulgaria, Denmark, Germany, India, Iran, Malaysia, Morocco, Nigeria, Palau and United Kingdom as the ten countries to ratify the Convention. According to an article written by Gard, the increased complexity and cost of wreck removals is becoming a major con-
cern for shipowners and operators, their insurers and their reinsurers. “So far, states have had their own legal framework in place for dealing with wreck removals within their territorial waters. This has led to a patchwork of different legislation, which in turn has created legal uncertainty and lack of transparency for
Gard believes that the Nairobi Convention will be a step in the right direction to achieve greater harmonisation of the laws on wreck removal internationally, as well as more legal certainty and transparency in this regard. It will impose obligations on shipowners to report, mark and remove ships and wrecks and for shipowners to have compulsory insurance to cover liability under the Convention to pay for the removal of ships and wrecks. Territorially, it will only apply within the exclusive economic zone of a state party from the 12 mile territorial limit to 200 nautical miles from the coast. A state may extend the application of the Convention to within its territorial waters under the “opt in” provision, if it so wishes.
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Towing offers opportunities in Africa
Rig shifts, commercial offshore unit relocations and salvage work all offer towage companies opportunities around the continent and, according to Dave Murray, Business Unit Manager – Offshore Marine Services for Smit Amandla Marine (SAM), the year has been a particularly busy one.
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There is a lot of opportunity in Africa with regard to rig shifts and commercial offshore unit relocation, and we have had a good year from a towage perspective,” says Murray highlighting the services offered by SAM’s two spot tugs in the region, the Smit Madura and Smit Amandla. According to Murray the Smit Madura has experienced her best year in operation since joining the fleet three years ago. Although busy with services for her core client, De Beers Marine Namibia, the 50m anchor handling tug has also been involved in a number of longer spot operations. These include the successful tow of a barge from Madagascar to Durban as well as the escort of a McDermott crane barge. Most significantly, however, was the tow of a barge and jack-up from Pointe-Noire in the Republic of Congo to Richards Bay in South Africa – and the return of the empty barge to Pointe-Noire.
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“The two month contract was completed successfully and without incident,” comments Murray who adds that it was not without its challenges. “Winter time on the South African coast is always a challenge and we had to heave-to and wait for the weather to abate at one point.” Another coup for the company was the supply of the South African-flagged tug to provide salvage support on the Perro Negor 6 operations off Angola. Understanding that the South African coast is a difficult market for opportunistic spot tows, Murray admits that without the DeBeers contract that includes static towing, recovery of anchors and fuel
transfer, the investment in the Smit Madura would not have been viable. He maintains, however, that the advent of a more active offshore oil sector on the South African coast would certainly change the status quo. “The interest is there and with the right input from government it will take off,” he says admitting that the sector is likely to bring more offshore vessel support work than towage opportunities, but will offer substantial rig shift work. SAM’s other high-profile tug, the Smit Amandla Marine has been kept busy in the towage market during a quiet salvage season. Apart from relocating a crane barge to Saldanha Bay, she was involved in the tow of the fore section of the Smart (which broke in two outside of Richards Bay) to the dumping ground off the continental shelf. . She also towed the Desert Diamond from Ngqura to East London.
“The two month contract was completed successfully and without incident. Winter time on the South African coast is always a challenge and we had to heave-to and wait for the weather to abate at one point.”
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SU members provided 196 salvage services in 2013, which was exactly the same as the previous year. In the year, ISU members conducted 48 wreck removal operations which is higher than the average of 33 operations over the past five years. In 2013 income from Lloyd’s Open Form (LOF) cases and associated SCOPIC revenues along with income from other salvage activity has risen slightly to US$264 million from the previous year’s US$237 million. Lloyd’s Open Form continues to be a very important contract for salvors with 48 LOF services performed, up from 37 previously. LOF revenues were US$202 million in 2013 up from US$186 million in 2012. In 2013, LOF revenue represented 76.6 percent of total salvage revenues, slightly down on the previous year’s 78.2 percet but slightly up on the five year average of 75.5 percent. However the total salved value in LOF cases is down from US$1.65 billion to US$1.23 billion with an average salved fund of US$17.44 million. LOF revenues
ISU collects statistics from its members to provide an overview of the state of the salvage industry. The statistics are returned anonymously to an independent consultant for aggregation and analysis. The 2013 figures relate to salvage and wreck removal cases when revenue was received, not when contracts were signed. They show a substantial industry with total revenues of more than US$ 700 million, up from just over US$ 600 million in the previous year. These numbers represent gross income not profit. expressed as a percentage of the salved value are 16.3 percent up from 11.23 percent. The five-year average is 12.22 percent, which is historically consistent. These numbers derive from both settled cases and arbitrators’ awards. The reason for the increase in the LOF revenue as a percentage of the salved value in 2013 is that there has been a small increase in LOF cases and a very marked decrease in total salved funds. It indicates an increase in smaller value cases where it has been appropriate to reach a higher settlement or make a higher award to give the contractor a meaningful reward for their work. Wreck removal income has increased notably, from some US$300 million to US$450 million in 2013. That is probably due to the impact of a small number of substantial, well-known cases. Wreck re-
Wreck removal income has increased notably, from some US$300 million to US$450 million in 2013. Wreck removal revenues have increased generally in the past decade and now account for a substantial portion of the industry’s annual income.
moval revenues have increased generally in the past decade and now account for a substantial portion of the industry’s annual income. The total revenue from all sources has grown significantly in the past decade but there are still fluctuations in both the totals and within the sources of revenue each year. The ISU statistics are consistent with the Lloyd’s Salvage Arbitration Branch statistics. The ISU conducts an annual survey of its members’ success in preventing marine pollution. The information is collected separately from the general statistics. The total of all pollutants salved in 2013 was 718,602 tonnes compared with 810,068 tonnes in 2012, a decrease of 11 percent. The average annual figure for the 19 years for which data is available is a little below one million tonnes of potential pollutants salved per year. It is in line with the trend of a decreasing number of casualties that chiefly reflects improvements to ship and operational safety over the past two decades.
The total of all pollutants salved in 2013 was 718,602 tonnes compared with 810,068 tonnes in 2012, a decrease of 11 percent. The average annual figure for the 19 years for which data is available is a little below one million tonnes of potential pollutants salved per year. It is in line with the trend of a decreasing number of casualties that chiefly reflects improvements to ship and operational safety over the past two decades.
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Eye on 2017 for the New Port of Walvis Bay Container Terminal Six months into construction of the N$3.38 billion contract for the New Port of Walvis Bay Container Terminal on Reclaimed land and China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) is looking positive. Nelle du Toit provides an update.
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espite having temporary setbacks in local labour relations, the company is aiming to finalise production by May 2017. Once completed, the port - identified as the gateway for southern African trade - is expected to be one of the biggest harbours in southern Africa.
Labour unrest resolved In September over 70 Namibian workers downed tools to demonstrate in front of the Namibian Ports Authority (Namport) and the China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) campsite in Walvis Bay, Namibia. Held in contravention of the labour act, the demonstrating workers were
suspended until for bringing the company into disrepute. This is after the contracts of a handful of Namibian workers came to an end and workers feared that they will also be left without jobs after the CHEC workers camp was finalised. “Depending on the work involved, level of skill required and on the expected duration of that specific task some of the contracts are for three months, six months or one year duration,� Aaron Hsu, deputy project engineer of CHEC explained. “Most of the general workers got three month contracts simply due to the amount of general work required during
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“We are of the opinion that sometimes site coordination and communication between Chinese supervisors and local workers are not properly conducted due to the cultural difference of the countries.� Hsu confirmed that the strike had not had a major impact on the project and maintained that everything was “still on track�.
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and CHEC. “The exact stipulations are confidential, however, the contract does require CHEC to follow local best practice on labour issues and Namibia laws must be adhered to.�
including acting project manager, deputy project managers and assistant project managers as well as all our HR teams and HR from Namport participating in the meeting,� he continued.
“We employ 200 Chinese nationals all of whom are working in a specialised field,� Hsu said. “About 81 workers are employed on the dredging vessels, 86 are working in management and 33 employees are technicians and engineers. We employ well over a 100 Namibian nationals,� Hsu explained.
CHEC and the labour union, the Metal and Allied Namibian Worker’s Union (MANWU), quickly resolved their differences and workers were reinstated within a week after the demonstration. MANWU stated that CHEC should be commended for their understanding and leniency towards suspended workers. “Mistakes will not be corrected through rocks but rather through rice,� Job Muniaro of MANWU said at a press conference held after the demonstration.
Many of the workers complained about a specific site manager working at the harbour area. “We are of the opinion that sometimes site coordination and communication between Chinese supervisors and local workers are not properly conducted due to the cultural difference of the countries,� Hsu said adding that advice had been sought from the labour union in this regard. “We had more than four high ranking meetings regarding the employees’ complaints with all of our top managers
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CHEC has started with a performance evaluation programme aimed at reviewing employees after their contract comes to an end to see whether they qualify for an extension. The company promised to start with the performance evaluation in October this year. CHEC also sponsored a training workshop for shop stewards to gain a better understanding of the labour act.
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Hsu confirms that over the course of the project about 850 direct local employees and 550 indirect local employees will be employed while around 300 foreigners will form the base of specialised input. Skills such as formworks, reinforcement, concrete works, safety technical management, construction equipment operation are some of the skills that are currently lacking locally, he says. “We are using many Namibian companies, especially from the Walvis Bay area, as suppliers,� Hsu says adding that they have already cooperated with more than 30 local companies specialising in fields such as freight, transportation, building construction, design, consultancy, security, accommodation, logistics and material supply. He foresees the number of local subcontractors increasing. The local shops are also benefitting or the influx of foreign clientele.
Project to enhance African trade According to the contract terms, CHEC needs to reclaim land around the port, design, finance and construct the new container terminal, build a new quay wall and dredge the harbour in order to complete the project. A variety of dregding vessels will be brought into the harbour to handle the complicated conditions during dredging and land reclamation. The project is expected to enable Namport to handle one million TEU’s. Features include 40 hectares of new land adding 600m of quay length. The expansion will create much needed additional capacity for all port business including containers, bulk loads and rig repair. The project is also of national strategic importance, because it is believed that the Port of Walvis Bay can play an important role in facilitating trade in Sub-Saha-
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The high natural organic content of much of the sediments in Walvis Bay results in the sediments being natural accumulators of heavy metals which will have to be managed carefully during dredging operations. ments, however for less mobile marine life, the effects of dredging could have a huge impact.
Heng Yuan Fei (centre left), acting project manager of CHEC, and Job Munairo (centre right) of MANWU address members of the media at a press conference. Photo: Nelle du Toit.
ran Africa. The existing Walvis Bay facility has only two container berths with a total maximum water depth of 12.8m. Namport therefore intends to construct the new container port facility on reclaimed land inside current port limits, just northwest of the current berths 1 to 8. The water depth in Walvis Bay ranges from -20 m CD at Pelican Point to approximately -2,5m CD at the entrance to the Lagoon. Much of the work undertaken since the start of construction in May has been subsea. Areas have been demarcated and specialised sand bags and raw material hauled to prepare for the land reclamation process. Vessels for deepening the water basin have arrived over the last few months. The specialised dredging vessels will deepen the basin to 14m and to 16m along the quay wall. This will enable larger ships such as container vessels and passenger liners to a length of 370m to dock at the new port. According to a report by Namport, throughput of container volumes from landlocked countries in southern and central Africa countries (30 percent of current traffic) and traffic from transshipment (60 percent) to other West African countries is expected to increase on completion of the project. Only about 10 percent of the current throughput volumes represent cargo imported into and exported from Namibia itself. The Port of Walvis Bay is therefore envisaged to become a hub.
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Apart from new roads, storage facilities, water and electricity, infrastructure such as a railway link and terminal will be built for the new harbour as well. The gauge width of the container quay crane will be designed to the international standard of 100 feet.
Impact on environment The natural environment plays a strategic role in the positioning of the new harbour. Walvis Bay is bounded to the west by Pelican Point which shelters the Port of Walvis Bay from the predominantly south-westerly swell. According to the Namport Container Terminal Expansion environmental impact assessment (EIA) prepared by Ocean and Land Resource Assessment Consultants (OLRAC) for CSIR Stellenbosch (2009) the dredging will have a low impact on the siltation of the lagoon, spread of pollutants, effect on fisheries and the increased chemical or biological oxygen demand (COD/BOD) in the bay. Less mobile marine life used for mariculture (such as oysters, shellfish, etc), however, are vulnerable and could potentially be affected. Dredging has the potential to mobilise harmful elements and compounds previously isolated within the ocean’s sediments. The relatively straight and exposed Namibian coastline provides few suitable habitats for marine organisms that require sheltered environments. The construction of the new port changes the current water flow and refreshment rate around the lagoon area of Walvis Bay. This means that toxic and high anoxic (oxygen depleting) water levels could take longer to flush out. According to the report, moving marine life will have a chance to find more suitable environ-
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At present one of the main mariculture interests in Walvis Bay is in farming oysters. There are a number of oyster farms located around the saltworks and in the designated marine farm area in the lee of Pelican Point. While the flesh quality and growth rate of the oysters has been high, the risk of losses as a result of sulphur eruption is also high. Major losses were experienced in 2008 with the resulting in both existing and new farmers considering LĂźderitz to be a more suitable location for oyster farming. The high natural organic content of much of the sediments in Walvis Bay results in the sediments being natural accumulators of heavy metals which will have to be managed carefully during dredging operations. “The construction of the causeway and southern part of the Phase 1 quay will be done in stages with the dredged material being contained to prevent fugitive material being carried by currents and the tide into the lagoon,â€? the report indicates. Criteria in the environmental management plan (EMP) needs to be adhered to. It is proposed that a 20mg/litre level will serve as a warning level; this may be maintained for a maximum of 36 hours before dredging will be suspended. If a level of 80 mg/litre is reached an immediate shut-down will be required. Effluent from the fish factories is predicted to be more confined by the new reclamation, especially in the area near Berth 8 and near the south part of the fishing port and factories, and flow northward once Phase 3 is completed. Positive benefits of this change in flow patterns are that effluents from the fishing harbour and oil spills will not flow towards the lagoon, however the EIA report advises that a programme be implemented to monitor this. By Nelle du Toit
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Kenya and China sign port development deal
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enyan and Chinese officials have signed a deal for the Lamu Port project which involves the construction of three berths and is part of the Lamu Port- South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport (Lapsset) corridor. Upon its completion, the port will have 29 berths. President Kenyatta said construction of the three berths will clear the way for the participation of the private sector in the construction of the remaining 29 berths and other components of the corridor project. “The signing of this contract for construction of the first three berths is a major milestone in delivering the Lapsset corridor programme as well as achieving Kenya’s Vision 2030,” he added.
IRAS, an international, multidisciplinary consultancy company based in Denmark, has been appointed as the consultant for a new oil terminal in Mombasa, Kenya, which will replace the 50-year-old existing terminal. With this, the capacity of the terminal will be quadrupled
The existing terminal has only one berth, accommodating carriers up to 100,000 tons DWT. The new terminal will accommodate four ships of 150,000 tons DWT. NIRAS conducted the first relocation study in 2012 and, with Kenya Port Authority (KPA), it was agreed that the new terminal should be placed off the existing port terminals. Since then NIRAS has been in close contact with the Authority for the further development of the project. “In August we signed the new contract and spirits were high when we were asked to commence the engineering of this interesting project,” says Business Unit Director at NIRAS, Jesper Harder.
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“Port of Mombasa is the gateway for import and export not only to Kenya, but also to landlocked countries, so the existing oil terminal is crucial for import of fuel to a big part of East Africa. Kenya Port Author-
ity is therefore pleased that we can now implement a new terminal with increased capacity and we are looking forward to continue our collaboration with NIRAS on this important project,” explains Daniel Amadi, Head of Projects Development and Management, Kenya Ports Authority. Apart from the design of the new terminal, NIRAS will be in charge of the preparation of the tender documents for the constructions works, including the many electrical and mechanical installations such as pipelines and loading arms. The Danish firm will also handle the supervision throughout the construction period. The terminal in Mombasa will benefit from NIRAS’ fresh experiences from working on a similar terminal in Vasiliko in Cyprus. “The project in Kenya is perfectly timed. It is evident that we on this project can utilise the experiences made from another major oil terminal project in Cyprus,” says Jesper Harder. Harder sees great potential in especially the African oil terminals, and he believes that NIRAS is well equipped to take its share of the cake. ”The port infrastructure in many African ports is often insufficient and deteriorated. Seen in combination with fast growing economies in the continent, this provides an excellent opportunity for a company like NIRAS,” says Harder.
”The port infrastructure in many African ports is often insufficient and deteriorated. Seen in combination with fast growing economies in the continent, this provides an excellent opportunity for a company like NIRAS.”
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The Italeni is scheduled to continue dredging activities for the month of November with plans in place to minimise any impact on shipping operations. This campaign will ensure that all quays are returned to their designed depth and the dredger is expected to remove approximately 25,000cum of dredged material. The MoU with TNPA has resulted in the training of employees at TNPA’s Maritime School of Excellence, the acquisition and refurbishment of a tugboat (already in Maputo), as well as the dredging of all the port quays.
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South Africa and Australia discuss opportunities in blue economy
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ilateral consultations between South Africa’s International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane and her Australian counterpart Julie Bishop recently identified the blue economy as a key area for the two countries to collaborate on. Through cooperation in the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA), Minister Nkoana-Mashabane said that the two countries will push the agenda of the ocean economy, as outlined in Operation Phakisa, and strive to achieve the targets of the National Development Plan. “In IORA, we see more and more opportunities for us to work together. We have committed that we will work with (Australia) to put up a document that seeks to consolidate relations on how we can unleash the ocean economy through skills exchange and development,” said Minister Nkoana-Mashabane. The document, according to Minister Nkoana-Mashabane, will be finalised soon. Australia is currently the chair of the 20-member IORA, which brings together a range of countries from small island countries like Comoros and Seychelles, to G20 members such as India and Indonesia. The two countries have also committed to create common ground for regional economic co-operation to include the coast and ocean resources. South Africa and Australia also have a history of productive co-operation across a range of issues, including fisheries protection, law enforcement, defence relations and customs cooperation. “South Africa places great importance on its relationship with Australia, which has over the past two decades become South Africa’s biggest trading partner,” said Minister Nkoana-Mashabane.
VIOLENCE AGAINST SEAFARERS INCREASES OFF AFRICA’S WEST COAST International Maritime Bureau (IMB) statistics indicate that maritime crime off the coast of West Africa is becoming increasingly more violent with more casualties, including deaths, in the first nine months of 2014 than the total number recorded during 2013.
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recent Oceans Beyond Piracy (OBP) study found that in 2013 over 1,200 seafarers faced criminals who succeeded in boarding vessels in West Africa and nearly 300 of these seafarers were held hostage. These statistics were highlighted at a panel discussion between OBP and IMB held during September in London where the complex models of West African piracy and the ways in which flag States, seafarer Nations and advocacy groups are addressing the problem were discussed. Panelists included Admiral Sir James Burnell-Nugent of OBP, Pottengal Mukundan of the IMB, Douglas Stevenson of Seamen’s Church lnstitute, Peter Swift of Maritime Piracy Humanitarian Response Programme and Tim Hart of Control Risks. With estimates that nearly two-thirds of attacks actually go unreported, the panelists aimed to highlight the importance of consistent reporting. “Piracy and armed robbery at sea in the Gulf of Guinea is not a new issue, but an increase in the operational range of pirate groups means a greater number of seafarers are facing an increased risk,” says Tim Hart. Unlike off the coast of Somalia, where pirates have been discouraged by navies and private security companies, West African pirates are undeterred by regional navies and more willing to engage with security personnel. Due to the complex models of maritime crime off West Africa, seafarer welfare is often of little concern to the attackers. Furthermore, trends indicate a worrying increase in kidnap-forransom cases. “A common misperception is that piracy and other violent crimes at sea represent victimless crime. In reality, however, many seafarers suffer from physical or psychological abuse, and the impact on them can
be severe and long-lasting as well as on their families,” says Peter Swift. In order to better understand the impact of the violence, major flag States, including Liberia, the Marshall Islands, St. Kitts and Panama have agreed to provide detailed, but anonymous, information to be compiled by the IMB. This is consistent with the information provided by these same flag States in the Declaration Condemning Violence Against Seafarers related to acts of Somali piracy. Additionally, this effort will now be supported by the major seafaring nations. “We commend and thank these States for taking action to improve the safety of seafarers and see this as a first step towards mobilising a more effective response to these crimes and hope that others will join them in the near future,” says Admiral Sir James Burnell-Nugent. According to Pottengal Mukundan, Director of the IMB, “The information provided for crimes off Somalia helped to give us a more complete picture of the maritime crime problem and has assisted companies and states to identify policies that best support seafarers. We expect this will be the case with West Africa as well.” The significant increase of lethal violence and kidnapping off the West African coast underscores the importance of seafarer advocacy groups, including the Seamen’s Church Institute and Maritime Piracy Humanitarian Response Programme, which are constantly identifying the most effective ways to deliver the assistance that they provide to the victims of these crimes. “We must step in to protect the seas’ most valuable resource: the human beings who live and work on ships,” says Douglas Stevenson of SCI.
NARCOTICS DESTROYED
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The Kenyan government recently destroyed a ship carrying narcotics in their effort to send a message to drug barons using Kenyan ports. The MV Al Noor was destroyed 33km from the Mombasa Port and sunk to a depth of 329 metres with 370.8kg of heroin. The initial cargo was 373.8kg, but three kilos were taken to the government chemist for further analysis. The exercise was carried out by Kenya Navy Explosive Ordinance Disposal team.
Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) is to provide meteorological equipment to all pilotage districts within the organisation, to assist the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NEMA) in taking care of the entire coastal areas of their operations. The Meteorological equipment for the Agency is also in line with the Nigerian Ports Authority Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) having considered the agency’s activities as of utmost importance to the operation of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA).
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Celebrating ISO milestone
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autic Africa has successfully been recommended for ISO 9001:2008 certification after their first attempt, representng an important milestone in the growth and development of the company. “The ISO certification will benefit Nautic in many ways, particularly through further improvements in the quality of
our products and by boosting customer confidence in these products. We also expect it to enhance customer and employee satisfaction, reduce rework, waste and frustrations and allow Nautic Africa to benefit from cost savings and greater management control and efficiencies. Achieving this certification will also assist us in accessing new markets and in positioning Nautic as a preferred supplier in the maritime industry,’’ says Chris Brown, ISO Management Representative at Nautic. Nautic Africa has already begun work on the next phase of certification; ISO
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18001:2008. The ISO certification process, which is driven by senior management, aims to validate Nautic’s guarantee to supply their customers with a quality product and offering. Brown says it also reinforces their commitment to nurturing a culture of innovation, accountability and continual improvement within the company, all while providing superior quality, value and service in the design, building and operation of our vessels.
Photo of Chris Brown from Nautic Africa.
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Buy-out in Cape Town strengthens vessel-building capacity
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complete buy-out of Veecraft Marine by Nautic Africa, a Paramount Group company, puts the vessel manufacturer and operations specialist in a strong position to establish a strong vessel-building competence in Africa. A 12-year-old company, Veecraft Marine specialises in manufacturing quality steel and aluminium vessels for government and Andre van Niekerk of Veecraft with private clients around the globe. There’s a James Fisher of Nautic. strong kinship between Veecraft Marine and Nautic: they design similar ranges of vessels, predominantly for deployment in African waters. Questioned on the purchase, James Fisher, CEO of Nautic Africa confirmed that the company was on the hunt to “own the market�. He added that a forward order book in excess of R250 million sealed the deal. “The acquisition of Veecraft consolidates manufacturing of commercial and naval vessels in Cape Town and South Africa with compounded gains for all stakeholders,� says Fisher. Aside from Veecraft Marine’s significant inherent value as a manufacturer with a local and international track record, the company brings to the Nautic business a number of key relationships, including a long-standing co-operation with vessel architects Incat Cowther in Australia. “Veecraft Marine will add to Nautic’s already strong in-house research and development capability and vessel support competencies. Nautic’s existing clients and the more than 100 vessels in service across the African continent will benefit from the acquisition through added value and increased service offering,� says Fisher. “We can now offer our clients more resources, a greater variety of designs and more capabilities for support.� Nautic Africa is 51 percent owned by Paramount Industrial Holdings, part of the Paramount Group.
MoU to promote maritime interests The South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the South Korean Shipping company, Polaris Shipping during September to establish frameworks for collaboration The MoU will jointly cooperate and collaborate on matters that will include:
Identifying
critical skills gaps within the maritime sector, which will support merchant ships on the South African Register;
Cooperation
in undertaking training and placement of South African cadets on-board ships owned and operated by Polaris to complement SAMSA Cadetship Programme;
The two parties are likely to discuss jointly undertaking maritime related activities that could include discussions around the feasibility of the establishment of a national shipping company, as well as the promotion of continental coastal shipping, cabotage, bunkering services, ship building, ship repair as well as other ship and shipping support related services. The MoU was signed by SAMSA CEO, Commander Tsietsi Mokhele and Polaris’ Kim, Wan Jung.
Enabling smooth flow of cargo South African state-owned freight and logistics company Transnet and port and rail operators in Swaziland and Mozambique recently launched the Maputo Corridor Joint Operating Centre (JOC). The Centre is a major milestone for the three countries in their drive to provide a seamless flow of cargo services for their customers.
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he JOC enables Transnet, through its rail freight division, Transnet Freight Rail, Mozambique rail and port operators respectively, Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique (CFM) and Maputo Port Development Corporation (MPDC) and Swaziland Railway to establish common operating and maintenance philosophies.
has been in operation since 2013, has already realised significant efficiency gains. These include an impressive 24 percent reduction in dwell time at Komatipoort, and an unprecedented 57 percent reduction in dwell time at the ports in Maputo. Dwell time refers to the time it takes to turn around vessels and trains.
These efforts are aimed at enhancing operational efficiencies on the freight corridor, which runs from Mpumalanga Province in South Africa through Swaziland to the Port of Richards Bay and the Port of Maputo in Mozambique.
In the JOC’s first year of operation, Freight Rail’s volumes to Mozambique grew from 2.6 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) to 4.5 mtpa. Magnetite exports through Maputo increased from an average of 10 trains per week, to an average of 18 trains per week. Turnaround time for Maputo magnetite was reduced by 47 percent - from 118 hours to 62 hours - which is 10 hours faster than the service design time.
The JOC houses representatives from all four partners under one roof, focusing on the integration of planning and operations, and managing all cross-border operations and stakeholders. The JOC, which
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To ensure the JOC’s effectiveness, the four operators have aligned and integrated investment plans, maintenance standards, safety, operational philosophies and skills development across the corridor. As a result, there has been an alignment on standard operating procedures, maintenance and safety standards amongst the three countries. This includes the activation of an integrated cross-border train plan for coal, magnetite, containers and fuel. Crucially, these milestones will enhance adherence to scheduled train movements across rail and port facilities throughout the corridor. Transnet is also partnering in similar initiatives to co-ordinate tactical and operational functional responsibilities across borders on the North-South Corridor (Zimbabwe, Zambia, DRC and South Africa) in Bulawayo and the East-West Corridor (Botswana and South Africa) in Mahalapye.
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Massive investment for aquaculture Plans for a R2 billion aquaculture facility to be developed on 300 hectares of the Coega Industrial Development Zone in Port Elizabeth, South Africa were announced in September.
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posed 120 Ha in the Coega IDZ can create about 3,000 additional permanent jobs in the long term.
lans for a R2 billion aquaculture facility to be developed on 300 hectares of the Coega Industrial Development Zone in Port Elizabeth, South Africa were announced in September.
“Another species that could potentially be farmed is seaweed, which is complimentary to abalone farming,” he said. “Seaweed can be used for abalone feed and various pharmaceutical uses.”
CDC agro-processing project manager Dr Keith du Plessis said a feasibility study had been completed. “The envisaged facility will focus on the commercial cultivation of marine animals and plants,” he said. Du Plessis believes that approximately 5,000 jobs can be created for the local economy through this project. He said the findings of the feasibility study especially showed that environmental conditions were ideal for abalone farming. “The CDC aims to dedicate 80 Ha to abalone farming by 2020 creating about 2,080 permanent jobs. South Africa is widely known to have of the best abalone and the best product in the world, all of which is exported to the Far East,” Du 50693 Unical Ads_01.pdf 1 2013/02/05 9:09 Plessis said. In addition, finfish farming on a pro-
Du Plessis also said the deep-water Port of Ngqura is of strategic importance and ideal for maintenance of the cold chain required by aqua-farmed produce. At present, CDC is working on two Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA); one for seawater abstraction and discharge outlet and another for the land-based activities related to aquaculture. “There are synergies between the proposed aqua-farming facility and other CDC projects which require large amounts of seawater for cooling,” he explained. AM
Dr Du Plessis said the CDC is working closely with local stakeholders, government and prospective investors. Dr Ayanda Vilakazi, CDC head of marketing and
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communications, said the aqua-farming facility is aligned with the government’s plans to harness the potential of an ‘oceans economy’. “Earlier this year the South African presidency announced plans to explore parts of the ocean to find economic potential that could lead to the country’s gross domestic product (GDP). Cabinet has welcomed the announcement and Minister in the Presidency responsible for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Jeff Radebe confirmed that they would encourage more investors to partner with government in new economic growth opportunities. Last month, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Senzeni Zokwana paid a two-day visit to the Eastern Cape, where he held meetings with the executive leadership over the creation of employment in the fisheries, agriculture and forestry sectors. “The fisheries sector, including aquaculture, has a critical role to play in meeting one of the greatest challenges confronting the world: food security. Fishing provides vital sources of livelihoods, nutritious food and economic opportunities. “Aquaculture development would ensure we close the fish protein gap that may be created by the declining marine capture fish resources,” said Minister Zokwana at the time.
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Laying the keel for the ocean economy Metaphorically speaking, the ratified action plans of Operation Phakisa’s first phase will lay the keel upon which the ship to sail the country to its blue economy prosperity, will materialise. To this end, President Jacob Zuma presented outcomes of the the four work streams at an open day held in Durban mid-October.
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he four areas he addressed included marine transport and manufacturing; offshore oil and gas exploration; aquaculture; and marine protection services and governance. Highlighting a concern of the Marine Transport and Manufacturing work stream it was noted that South Africa currently has no registered ships while, yearly, 300 million tons of cargo moves in and out of the country’s ports. Furthermore, the country does not have a fleet to ferry the 1.2 million tonnes of liquid fuels that moves along its coasts, or to support the rapidly expanding offshore oil and gas activities. Some opportunities highlighted by the team were South Africa’s ideal location to serve the West-East cargo trade routes, as well as, exploitation of the booming African offshore oil and gas industry, through marine manufacturing services such as ship and rig repair, refurbishment and boatbuilding. The team highlighted four targets for exploitation:
Increasing
the local manufacturing capacity through a 10 percent increase in local component usage for boat and ship building;
Increasing ship repair capacity in
Richards Bay to create 200 direct jobs;
Creation
of a dedicated occupational team for the sector within the Department of Higher Education and Training to align theoretical and workplace learning;
Increasing the amount of minerals
exported on South African ships, which is expected to create over 4000 direct jobs.
Zuma announced that progress has been made towards the establishment of a National Shipping Company, a partnership with South Korea.
Targets set by this team included:
The drilling of 30 exploration wells in 10 years.
The production of 370,000 barrels of oil and gas per day over 30 years
The creation of 130,000 jobs A contribition of US$ 2.2 billion to the GDP.
Commander Tsietsi Mokhele, chief executive of the South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA), told Maritime Review Africa: “For me I feel I can retire today that’s how happy I am. In Durban I addressed the president in a fundraising dinner saying there is this economy we are not participating in. Two years later, we have a plan that is quantified and concrete and even implementation has started - that’s how fast it has moved. It’s a dream come true.� However, some of the industry’s prominent associations, such as SAASOA say they were left out of Operation Phakisa’s deliberations.
Malte Kersten, chairman director at SAASOA, said: “There has been a limited The aquaculture work stream identified consultative process but SAASOA as such initiatives to boost the sector by proposwas not really engaged in the process. ing the implementation of 24 projects We have been informed, but we were not countrywide by 2019, expected to grow part of it.� the sector’s revenue by R1.4 billion by 2019 from R500 million presA high-ranked official at ently. the South African As“During
sociation of Freight Progress in the mathe lab phase it Forwarders, who rine protection serbecame apparent that there commented unvices and ocean der conditions governance may be other key stakeholders anonymwork stream, in that had been omitted and these ofity, said that efforts to prowere invited to the open day. as far as he tect the country’s oceans Operation Phakisa is not an event, knew the association was from illegal exbut an ongoing programme. We not repreploitation, culwelcome the participation of all sented in any minated in the stakeholder development stakeholders and the value group work sesof an Oceans Act, they can bring to enhance sions. with a draft Oceans Bill to be published the programme.� Ismail Akhalwaya, next year. head of Operation PhakiIndustry reactions “The announcements are good, but time frames are what we need to wrestle with, whether they come to fruition or not is something we are going to have to look at. It’s not plain sailing right now,� said Peter Besnard, chief executive of the South African Association of Ship Operators and Agents (SAASOA). Prasheen Maharaj, chief executive of Southern African Shipyards, said: “For some of us that have been pursuing this for many many years it is almost like a dream come true because now the blue
The offshore oil and gas exploration work stream revealed South Africa’s coast and adjoining waters have possible resources of nine billion barrels of oil, equalling 40 years of the country’s oil consumption.
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sa, said that stakeholders who participated in the labs were identified through inputs provided by relevant departments, and industry players familiar with the sectors and the stakeholders. “During the lab phase it became apparent that there may be other key stakeholders that had been omitted and these were invited to the open day. Operation Phakisa is not an event, but an ongoing programme. We welcome the participation of all stakeholders and the value they can bring to enhance the programme,� said Akhalwaya. By Sbo Msane
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New factory freezer trawler for SA hake fishery
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Customised build for offshore patrol
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ape-based shipbuilder Nautic Africa, recently launched a first in class 35m Sentinel multipurpose patrol vessel. Built for Nigerian owners, it forms part of a multi-million rand order for offshore patrol boats that was secured in 2013. According to Nautic, the fully South Africandesigned vessel has been built specifically to fit the client’s needs. The aluminium hull and composite wheelhouse are ballistic protected to STANAG Level 1, offering protection for crew against small arms fire up to 7.62mm and grenade and mine blast. The vessel displaces 92 tons (lightship) 160 tons (full load) and has a gross tonnage of 245 tons (approx.). The length of the vessel is 35m, beam 7.5m and draught 1.4m with a design that is optimised for endurance security patrols and cargo transfer. Located above deck is a mess seating area for crew and passengers and an offset area with comfortable seating and entertainment units. There is an enclosed galley situated aft of the mess area and a sick bay. The craft is designed to operate with a crew of six, but provision is made for additional crew and passengers with total accommodation space for 18. Cabin space is
The 35m Sentinal multipurpose vessel from Nautic has been fully customised to meet clients needs. well appointed with the captain and first engineer’s cabins situated in the forward part of the main deck. Both have en-suite bathrooms. Other accommodation consists of two four-man cabins, two twoman cabins and four single cabins. Fresh water capacity is 10,000 litres. The vessel is powered by three Caterpillar C32ACERT engines resulting in a top speed of 30 knots, although speeds in excess of this have been achieved on trials. Fuel oil capacity is 56,000 litres with electrical power provided by two Caterpillar C4.4 107 kV generators. Endurance of 16 days (42,096l/16 days) is possible. Provision is made for weaponry to be fitted on deck but none is being supplied from South Africa.
The wheelhouse comprises a full array of navigation and communication equipment whilst on the after end starboard side the vessel carries an 8.5m Guardian Interceptor boat with a launch and recovery davit. A large open deck area of 53m² on the after deck aft is provided for the carriage of cargo and containers. Nautic report that the vessel has performed well on sea trials and that delivery should be made before the end of November. Further news is that the company order book remains full with the African market being described as “growing exponentially.â€? At present there are two craft under construction at the Cape Town yard with a further two being prepared. By Steve Saunders
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he world’s largest civilian hospital ship, the Africa Mercy, docked in Cape Town for a twoweek stopover whilst en route to Madagascar. Built in Denmark in 1980 for the Danish state railways, the 16,572 gt vessel was operated as the Dronning Ingrid and used as a railway ferry. Purchased for US$6.5 million by a UK charity, it was extensively modified and equipped with five stateof-the-art operating rooms and an 82-bed ward, the rail decks of the ferry being specially suited for the kind of spaces required. The vessel now has more capacity than its three predecessors combined. The vessel is entirely staffed by volunteers and focuses on providing specialised surgical healthcare to people of the continent who have little or no access to such services.
The Africa Mercy docked in Cape Town for a two-week stopover.
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According to the Mercy Ships organisation, since inception in 1978, the Mercy Ships have worked in more than 70 countries, treated more than 2.5 million people and provided services valued at more than R11 billion. By Steve Saunders
MARITIME MEMORIES
By Brian Ingpen
Wreck Hunter Scans for Maritime Memories Launched as the hull-based stern trawler Marbella but modified to carry sophisticated equipment for underwater search and survey operations, John Lethbridge has been a regular caller in Cape Town for bunkers and stores.
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his highly-specialised vessel is operated by Deep Ocean Search, an ultradeepwater search and recovery company whose contracts from governmental and private agencies have kept her in full operation for the last four years, scouring the seabed to depths of up to 5,800 metres for wrecks, cargo recovery or geophysical and other scientific surveys.
Design features Her original design and construction for sea conditions in the North Atlantic and North Sea fishing grounds give her ideal sea-keeping capacity. The later installation of a dynamic positioning system allows her to remain on station above a survey site. Her state-of-the-art side-scanning sonar equipment with a cross-track range of 3,000 metres, and her remotelyoperated vehicle that can work at ocean depths of 6,000 metres have located several intriguing wrecks.
Wreck discovery While searching for the wreck of a specific vessel, the side-scanning sonar equipment aboard John Lethbridge discovered a different ship lying in 4,700 metres of water. Close-up imagery taken by the vessel’s remotely-operated vehicle revealed the wreck to be the Tasman, a Dutch owned cargo passenger steamer that was torpedoed and sunk by U-46 while en-route from London to India. Barely five years old when she was lost, Tasman was built in Earle’s Shipyard in Hull for Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij (KPM) in 1912-13. She was the second KPM vessel of that name and
operated mainly on the company’s JavaAustralia service. Towards the end of World War 1, she was requisitioned by the British Shipping Controller and placed under the management of Federal Steam Navigation Company, a British cargo ship company that traded between the UK and Australasia. Sailing from Tilbury and carrying a few passengers, the camouflaged Tasman crept along the English coast without escort, anchoring on the first night in the Solent and in Tor Bay on the second night before entering Plymouth harbour, where warships were arriving to land the survivors of Galway Castle. Shortly after leaving Plymouth for Cape Town, the Union-Castle Intermediate steamer had been torpedoed by U-82 160 nautical miles south-west of the Fastnet Rock off the English coast. With his ship’s back broken, her master ordered the passengers and crew away in the boats, a step that in retrospect was unnecessary as she remained afloat for three days. Sadly, 150 lives were lost as some lifeboats capsized in the heavy swell. Thick mist shrouded the Devon coast when Tasman sailed from Plymouth as part of a very slow 13-ship convoy, protected by six destroyers that, curiously, were withdrawn early the following morning. Afternoon tea had just been served in the ship’s quaint paneled lounge when she was shaken by an enormous explosion as a torpedo smashed into the forward hold, causing the ship to sink rapidly by the head about 220 nautical miles west-south-west of Cape Villano. Sea conditions deteriorated, leaving the hapless
Given her record of wreck discovery and the level of sophistication of her equipment, the ship is ideal to assist in the search for the Malaysian aircraft (MH 379) that crashed in the eastern Indian Ocean earlier this year. The range of her sonar equipment means that she can scan a great area during each pass and therefore cover a given site – in this case, an aircraft crash site - in less time than many other similar vessels.
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folks to endure a bitterly cold night in the lifeboats at the mercy of mountainous waves and a strong wind. After utter despair at seeing a ship turn away from the lifeboats, Tasman’s passengers and crew – barring 14 who had perished in the sinking - were rescued by USS Talbot and landed at Brest, France. Two days later, the American destroyer took the survivors to Plymouth. Launched in 1915, U-46 was commanded by Kapitänleutnant Leo Hillebrand, one of the German u-boat aces of World War 1, sinking 52 ships and inter alia, awarded the Iron Cross First Class. U-46 surrendered to Japan on 26 November 1918 and later served as O-2 in the Japanese navy. She was refitted extensively, but was lost in a storm in 1925.
Wreck discovery off Cape Town The ROV aboard John Lethbridge shot other remarkable footage earlier this year when the team discovered the wreck of the Orient Liner Orcades, sunk by U-172, west-south-west of Cape Town in 1942. En-route from Egypt to Britain via the Cape, the ship had left Cape Town on 9 October 1942 and headed on an admiralty-prescribed course towards the southwest. She steamed directly into an area where two u-boats were operat-
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MARITIME MEMORIES
The Master of John Lethbridge and former
containership master, Captain Damir Crvelin relishes the interesting programme of his present command. (Photograph: Brian Ingpen)
Gary Buller, Chief Officer of John Leth-
bridge, began his sea-going career in the lower decks of Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels. (Photograph : Brian Ingpen)
The full-ship multi-beam high resolution image of Orcades, taken by the ROV aboard John Lethbridge. (Photograph : Deep Ocean Search)
ing and across the line of fire of U-172, commanded by Karl Emmermann whose vessel formed part of the Gruppe Eisbar submarine flotilla that collectively sank 28 ships in the latter part of 1942. (Emmermann accounted for eight of those ships.) Emmermann fired three torpedoes that hit the Orient Liner. Badly damaged, Orcades hove to, lowered lifeboats, but when her master, Captain Charles Fox, realised that she would not sink immediately, he turned and headed for Cape Town at eight knots. In deteriorating weather, Emmermann lost sight of the ship but as visibility improved, he found her and attacked again, firing another three torpedoes. She capsized and sank quickly. Given the weather conditions and the distance from land, it was miraculous that only 45 lives out of 1067 on board were lost.
Impressive imagery Although the ship lies in deeper water than Titanic, the images of Orcades taken by John Lethbridge’s ROV are impressive. Her name is clearly visible on the starboard quarter and on the bow, while her promenade deck with its ornate window arrangement, the damaged fo’c’sle and
the company crest on the bow also feature prominently among the images. Given her record of wreck discovery and the level of sophistication of her equipment, the ship is ideal to assist in the search for the Malaysian aircraft (MH 379) that crashed in the eastern Indian Ocean earlier this year. The range of her sonar equipment means that she can scan a great area during each pass and therefore cover a given site – in this case, an aircraft crash site - in less time than many other similar vessels.
In the undersea nerve centre of John Leth-
bridge. Left : The owner’s representative and offshore manager, Jean-Christophe Caillens, who as an officer in the French navy, was aboard the survey ship Pourquois Pas. Right : Bob Ormerod, the company’s marine superintendent. (Photograph : Brian Ingpen)
With the authorities having approved its vessel for the operation, Deep Ocean Search is awaiting the official charter to continue the search, a task that is becoming increasingly critical as relatives still need closure for lost passengers and crew, and are turning to the courts to help them in their quest for more information concerning the aircraft’s disappearance. From a political point of view, there remains a pressing need to find the aircraft, and thereby solve the mysteries that surround its disappearance. That operation will catch the world’s attention.
John Lethbridge in Cape Town (Photograph: Brian Ingpen)
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radley Felix and Ronaldo Strauss from Simon’s Town School’s Lawhill Maritime Centre in Cape Town have been invited to participate in the Ibiza Rendezvous, the first super-yacht sailing regatta to embrace the island of Ibiza in Spain. The trip forms part of a new charitable mentoring programme, Marine Inspirations, which aims to expose young South Africans from disadvantaged backgrounds to hands-on seamanship experience and possible career opportunities in the world of yachting.  Marine Inspirations is the brainchild of two South African super-yacht captains, Phil Wade and Anthony Just who – following a captains’-lunch in Mallorca, Spain, earlier this year – reflected on how the quality maritime training they had received in South Africa had contributed to their career success.  This led to an agreed desire to share their good fortunes with the less fortunate in southern Africa. During the Ibiza Rendezvous sailing regatta, Felix and Strauss, who are currently in Grade 11 at Lawhill, will join the Marine Inspirations crew aboard an 83 foot classic schooner where they will gain the practical and valuable boat-handling skills considered to be fundamental to good seamanship. The trip will be a hugely exciting experience for the 17-year-olds, who hail from the Eastern Cape and Namibia, as they will be travelling abroad for the first time. Their life-changing trip to Spain has been made possible by Wade and Just’s initiative, which is also well recognised and endorsed by the General Botha Old Boys Bursary Fund, amongst other private donors. Â
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Fishing Industry bids fond farewell to dedicated ambassador The South African fishing industry lost one of its most dedicated employees and ambassadors when Roy Bross, Executive Secretary of South Africa’s Deep Sea Trawling Industry Association, SADSTIA, died in Cape Town in September.
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Roy Bross leaves a legacy of dedication to the fishing industry.
ross worked for SADSTIA right up until he took ill in late July and the esteem with which he was regarded by the industry was evident at a memorial ceremony.
But Bross’s involvement in the deep-sea trawling industry went well beyond matters of catches and quotas (although he had an exact record of both). For instance, Speaking at the memorial, Tim Redhe fought doggedly for over a decade to dell, the current chairman of SADSTIA, ensure that the fishing industry became paid tribute to Bross, saying that he was exempt from certain fuel taxes. He won so passionate and enthusiastic about the this battle in 1999, to the benefit of the fishing industry that he came to represent entire fishing industry, not just SADSTIA the very best of what the industry stands and its members. for: He was also responsible for ensuring that South African exporters were able to “He worked extremely hard,� said Redimplement the requirements of a Europedell, “if you phoned Roy late on a Friday an Union regulation that might otherwise afternoon, he would be at his desk, writhave sunk a R3,5 billion export industry. ing a letter or tackling a problem. The regulation was implemented on He was resilient and persisBross 1 January 2010 and it is fair to tent, sometimes workwas one of say that, were it not for Bross ing for years before he those rare individu(at the age of 70) working resolved an issue to als who spend their day and night, the hake inhis satisfaction, and professional lives doing dustry might well have lost he was often highly something that they love – its most important trading amused – even deand SADSTIA is fortunate partner. lighted – by the peto have been the focus culiar or even bizarre Bross was an economist of his intellect and loy- by training and disposition: situations that seem to alty for so many occur in our industry.� he was patient, precise and years. always eager to discuss and deBross was appointed as bate the latest trends and issues afSecretary of SADSTIA in 1983, at fecting the industry, be they political or a time when the South African hake fishbiological. His knowledge of the industry ery had been devastated by − in Bross’s was profound. own words −“predatory trawling by esAnd then there was his sense of husentially lawless and under-regulated mour: subtle, dry and irrepressible. With international fishing fleets.� He persona word or a turn of phrase, Bross could inally participated in a major effort by the troduce a sense of the ridiculous into the trawler owners of the time to rehabilitate most serious scientific discussion, or, with the South African hake stock. a pointed irony, indicate his disapproval Classical corrective measures were infor work that was late, incomplete or not troduced, including the declaration of an up to scratch. exclusive economic zone; the establishBross was one of those rare individuals ment of an annual total allowable catch who spend their professional lives doing and the distribution of quotas. In this way, something that they love – and SADSTIA the deep-sea trawling industry, with Bross is fortunate to have been the focus of his as administrator and lobbyist, began to intellect and loyalty for so many years. implement a sustainability program that was well ahead of its time. By Claire Attwood
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Maritime Centre receives donation from shipbuilder Nautic South Africa recently donated R50,000 to the Lawhill Maritime Centre in Simon’s Town.
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ituated directly opposite and in association with Simon’s Town High School, The Lawhill Maritime Centre provides lodging and classes for its students. In addition to the traditional high school subjects taught at Simon’s Town High School, it offers students two extra specialised subjects: Maritime economics and Nautical Science. The Centre’s objectives are twofold, to stimulate maritime awareness among the youth, equipping them for the shipping industry and to provide the industry with high-quality, skilled employees. Eddie Noble, Project Director for Nautic South Africa’s Vessel Operations Management team recently visited Lawhill to hand over the cheque to the principal; Brian Ingpen who accepted the donation with gratitude. The money will go towards a much-needed new website, photo scanner and audio visual equipment for the Centre’s large common room area. “The Lawhill School embraces the exact same values and desires as Nautic. Both organisations strive to invest
Eric Noble hands over the cheque to learners at the Lawhill Maritime Centre. in our future: Lawhill gives the learners an opportunity to grow and prosper in the maritime environment, and Nautic strives to create the maritime environment for the kids,� says Noble. The com-
New port manager for Durban Moshe Motlohi recently took over the position of Port Manager in Durban from Tham Ntshingila who will continue to play a mentoring role to his successor.
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fter having served the organisation for fifteen years, fourteen of these spent as a Port Manager at the Ports of East London, Richards Bay and Durban, Ntshingila has a wealth of information and skill to pass on. “I am excited to announce the appointment of Moshe Motlohi as the new Durban Port Manager. He is an ex-teacher who holds a Management Advanced Program from Wits Business School and an Executive MBA from Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town,� said Tau Morwe.
pany is passionate about attracting local skill and has invited students to visit the factory to watch and learn how the boats are built.
Celebrating a successful merger
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ollowing the announcement of the merger of Velden Pike Nichols into the Bowman Gilfillan team recently, clients and partners were invited to celebrate the successful new entity at a cocktail function at the company’s Cape Town offices. Speaking at the function, Craig Cunningham, head of Maritime at Bowman Gilfillan, welcomed the three new partners, Andy Pike, Mark van Velden and Trudie Nichols, highlighting the synergies in expertise and experience that they bring to the practice. Bownman Gilfillan now has eight offices across six countries. Also speaking at the function, Andy Pike admitted that, with their own ambitions to forge into Africa, the merge with Bowman Gilfillan had helped them realise these goals and that the strengths of both companies could be better realised.
Motlohi joined South African Ports Operations (SAPO) in June 2003 as the Chief Operations Manager in Port Elizabeth. In 2005 he was promoted to head a more complex operation at Durban Container Terminal (DCT) where he was responsible for operations, SHERQ, security and technical departments. In 2007 he was promoted to a position of Business Unit Manager at Durban Container Terminal, where he led one of the biggest re-engineering initiatives, the Vulindlela Project at DCT. In 2010 he was promoted to Terminal Executive at Cape Town terminals, and later transferred to lead Pier 1 and Pier 2 container terminals. He then moved to Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) head office to head up the People Transformation and Development Unit. In 2012 he was promoted to the Head of Strategy at TPT.
Andy Pike, Trudie Nichols, Craig Cunningham, Mark van Velden and Jeremy Prain.
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New Chief Operating Officer to tackle port efficiency
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he weighty task of ensuring that operations at eight South African ports provide effective, efficient and affordable services will now fall on the shoulders of Transnet National Ports Authority’s (TNPA) new Chief Operating Officer (COO), Phyllis Difeto. “We are extremely pleased to have been able to appoint Ms. Difeto as COO at TNPA. Her Masters Degrees in Law, Commerce in Maritime Law, and Business Leadership as well as extensive experience at TNPA and at Transnet Phyllis Difeto has taken up the position of chief operating Group level as General officer at TNPA. Manager in the Office of the Group Chief Executive, gives her enormous depth of understanding of the maritime industry and the organisation,� said Tau Morwe, TNPA Chief Executive. She is the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Auditor for the SA Government under the IMO Voluntary Organisation Audit Scheme and has experience as the Secretariat for the SA and Global BRICS Business Councils. Engagements through these two positions provide insight into the international maritime industry and the pressures on ports and port performance as well as the promotion of economic trade, business and investment amongst the business communities of the five BRICS countries. Difeto was a member of the Government established South African Working Group to review legislation and develop new enabling maritime labour legislation as a process of ratifying the Maritime Labour Convention. She also participated in the Presidential Ocean Lab initiative intended to maximise the economic potential of South Africa’s ocean. She honed her legal, conflict management and stakeholder relations skills, among many others, while a Senior Commissioner with the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) responsible for seven fulltime and 21 part-time commissioners. She is also appointed by the Minister of Public Works as the Councillor for the South African Council for the Quantity Surveying Profession and is a director for Global Maritime Legal Solutions.
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rom its humble beginnings in Saldanha Bay back in 1964, Sea Harvest has developed over the last 50 years to become one of the largest hake producers in the country and is today the single largest employer in Saldanha Bay and the West coast region. The company is responsible for creating direct and indirect employment to between 4000 and 5000 people. In 2008 Sea Harvest was purchased by a consortium led by the empowerment company Brimstone that resulted in the empowerment shareholding jumping to 77 percent and making it the biggest empowerment company in the South African fishing industry.
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Benguela’s worth estimated at R3 trillion
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bout 150 world fisheries’ experts and scientists attended the Global Large Ecosystems Conference took place in Swakopmund, Namibia, at the beginning of October. The event, spearheaded by the Benguela Current Commission, is aimed at providing a platform to provide ways to further assess and manage large marine ecosystems across the globe. It also aims to deliberate ways in which to protect the marine environment in Angola, Namibia and South Africa. A five-year strategic action programme was signed between Namibia, Angola and South Africa in August this year. Namibia’s Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Bernard Esau, delivered president Hifikepunye Pohamba’s opening speech, where he noted that water shortage is one of the country’s greatest challenges. The value of the productive Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME), alongside South Africa, Namibia and Angola, is estimated to be valued at US$ 269 billion (around R 3 trillion). The Benguela Current Commission is the inter-governmental organisation coordinating the efforts of Angola, Namibia and South Africa as it promotes long-term conservation and sustainable use of the BCLME. By Nelle du Toit
Shipping stalwart crosses the bar
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he Chairman of Maputo Port Development Company (MPDC) Captain Dave Rennie has passed on. In a brief press statement, the Company stated: “It is with great sadness and deep regret that we inform you of the passing away of Captain Rennie, on Friday 12th September 2014, in Durban. Capt. Rennie was not only our Chairman; he was an inspiring leader and a dear friend to all workers at MPDC and the rest of the Port of Maputo. His presence will be missed.�
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he Nigerian Chamber of Shipping will host a training course from 11 to 13 November in Lagos on Understanding Cabotage and Local Content in the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry.
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Ship repairer gets behind Nambia’s Vision 2030 initiative The South African fishing industry lost one of its most dedicated employees and ambassadors when Roy Bross, Executive Secretary of South Africa’s Deep Sea Trawling Industry Association, SADSTIA, died in Cape Town in September.
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n line with the Namibian government’s Vision 2030 programme, Ship repair company Elgin Brown & Hamer (EBH) Namibia has made a substantial donation towards a local reading programme in order to enhance the quality of teaching and introduce children to a world of learning through books. The Erongo Region Ministry of Education, in launching its ‘Erongo Reading Programme’, aims to address poor levels of reading ability in the region by exposing learners to a wider range of books and developing the skills of teachers. “Developing people is at the core of our corporate culture, a philosophy which filters through our organisation and out into the community. As a business we have a responsibility and an obligation to exert a positive influence on our immediate social environment. One of the ways in
which we can do this is to support educational initiatives such as the Reading Programme, and it is our honour to do so,” says Hannes Uys, Chief Executive Officer of EBH Namibia. The company has also recently invested in an affordable housing project by developing a piece of land procured for the sole purpose of building some 220 houses for its employees. Taking into account the socio-economic needs of the Namibian people and working together to find solutions is what Vision 2030 is about, says Uys. “The government has called on the private sector to partner with the public sector and other entities to help raise the quality of life and standard of living of the Namibian people. Housing and education are two fundamental areas in which EBH can make a difference in our region,” he says.
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“Vision 2030 is everybody’s responsibility,” says John Awaseb, Director of the Erongo Region Ministry of Education. “Corporate sponsorship, such as from EBH Namibia, together with the Ministry of Education will strengthen Vision 2030 and make it a reality.” The premise behind the Reading Programme is the low levels of reading ability evident among learners in the region, and a vision of ensuring that every learner is taught to read effortlessly and fluently. “There is no doubt that a learner who cannot read, cannot learn. It is our aim to turn the situation around by making books more accessible to learners, to provide the time and space for them to read, and most importantly, to build ‘reading stamina’ among our learners in a world with so many electronic distractions,” says Awaseb. “Reading and learning are fundamental building blocks to a prosperous future for Namibia and her people,” Uys adds. “A programme which aims to encourage learning and personal development is ‘music to our ears’ at EBH Namibia. We wish the Erongo Ministry of Education well in implementing this exciting initiative.”
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Another successful soccer tournament
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embers of the maritime industry in Cape Town came together for the second annual Maritime Soccer Tournament recently where teams from a number of prominent companies battled it out on the pitch. Hosted and sponsored by Smit Amandla Marine, the day’s activities saw Nautic Marine walk away with the top honours and the trophy. Proceeds of the day are used to fund maritime education.
World Maritime Day celebrations in Langebaan
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n 25 September Minister of Transport, Minister Dipou Peters hosted the World Maritime Day career Expo and Exhibition and Gala Dinner at the Club Mykonos Resort in Langebaan. The theme for this year was: “IMO conventions: effective implementation.� Minister Peters, who gave the keynote address, was joined by Western Cape MEC for Transport Donald Grant, as well as various maritime CEOs, captains and senior national as well as provincial government officials. World Maritime Day is celebrated every year during the first week of September by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and various events are planned worldwide to acknowledge the day. In the Western Cape, the focus fell on the youth with various school children from previously disadvantages communities participating in the event. The exhibition allowed for these learners to display their knowledge of the maritime sector through educational displays and exhibitions. The day also always serves as a platform to create awareness around the various
career options that are available within the maritime industry. In addition, an exhibition featured displays by key maritime stakeholders, such as the South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA), Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA), Transnet Port Terminals (TPT), Grindrod Shipping Company and Smit Amandla Marine. Maritime experts took the time to engage with learners and answer questions regarding careers within the martime industry. To further encourage the participation of these young learners, an exciting competition was held. Schools from the Saldanha Bay area in the Western Cape were encouraged to enter the competition which required an understanding of the following criteria:
Ship designing; Essay writing; Drama, and Art competition By Natalie Janse
National marine week kicks off in Cape Town
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he Minister of Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa, was on hand to kick off a week of marine-related celebrations at a low-key function held at the Department of Environmental Affair’s premises in the Cape Town Waterfront where she launched an interactive exhibition aimed at promoting the opportunities available within the maritime sectors. After listening to inspiring story of Hassiem Achmat who survived a shark attack, Minister Molewa invited the “shark boy� to speak to public servants and inspire them to achieve within their portfolios. At the heart of the Department of Environmental Affairs’ (DEA’s) planned interventions for National Marine Week was the development of a traveling exhibition under the theme: Oceans 70/20 – decoding the mysteries and opportunities. Oceans 70/20 – decoding the mysteries and opportunities.
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ing 20 years of freedom, as a democratic country. It marks what government has achieved in the last 20 years but also what is planned over the next 20.
Decoding Mysteries
The oceans are a mysterious place, unexplored and full of wonder. There are many discoveries waiting to be made – benefits and influences, scientific discoveries and innovations. These mysteries need to be deciphered and uncovered, in order to show ordinary citizens how oceans play a role in their daily lives. Optimising Opportunities
The oceans have the potential of being a major driver towards the betterment of South Africans. It is a vast natural resource and as a developing country we need to utilise these resources sustainably to ensure it builds a better South Africa, therefore the word optimizing instead of maximising. It also points to the fact that optimising the use of the oceans for economic development happens in a balanced and environmentally sustainable way. The exhibition was scheduled to travel around the country to create awareness amongst learners.
SUSTAINABLE HAKE FISHERY BRINGS LONG TERM ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS TO SOUTH AFRICA Ten years after it was first certified as sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), one of South Africa’s oldest commercial fisheries has not only proved its environmental credentials, but has also demonstrated that sustainability can provide long-term economic gains.
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ecent independent studies demonstrate the long-lasting benefits that MSC certification of the South African hake fishery is having on the economy and environment. Securing the health of the fishery has prevented the loss of up to 12,000 jobs within the fishing industry whilst demand for certified sustainable fish has resulted in the expansion of export markets worth US$187 million. At the same time, improved fishing practices have led to major environmental improvements.
Dr Melita Samoilys is the company director of CORDIO (Coral Reef Degradation in the Indian Ocean) East Africa. The small non-profit organisation is based in Kenya and, working through the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) and the Red Sea/Gulf of Aden, focuses on marine research for conservation.
First certified in 2004, and recertified in 2010, the South African hake trawl fishery meets the strict standards established by the MSC, the world’s leading certification and ecolabelling programme for sustainable wild-caught seafood. The actions taken by the fishery to improve its environmental performance and maintain its sustainability credentials are helping to safeguard South Africa’s seafood supplies at the same time as maintaining healthy fishing economies and ecosystems. Continued over the page
IN THIS SECTION>> Code of conduct for responsible fisheries >> A code of conduct for responsible fisheries in South African water has been developed with the Responsible Fisheries Alliance leading the way. The code aims to steer the fishing industry towards adopting responsible fishing practices. >> page 53.
Counting fish in Kenya >> Dr Melita Samoilys is the company director of CORDIO (Coral Reef Degradation in the Indian Ocean) East Africa. The small non-profit organisation is based in Kenya and focuses on marine research for conservation. >> page 54.
Fisheries leaders set their sights on a more sustainable future for African oceans>> Fisheries leaders from across government, NGOs and industry gathered recently in Cape Town, South Africa to discuss solutions to over fishing. >> page 55.
Effectiveness of new shark nets analysed >> Just over a year ago the idea of exclusion nets rather than more traditional shark nets was put forward as a safety option along the South African coastline. Fish Hoek was chosen as the testing ground and now, 14 months later, the results are in. >> page 56.
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Protecting the fishing economy and opening up new markets The South African hake fishery employs over 8,000 citizens and is responsible for export revenue of around US$ 187 million a year. Two independent economic studies indicate that certification has helped to create opportunities for diversification to non-traditional markets such as the UK, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden and Australia, where buyer commitments to sustainable sourcing have often been the driver.
and with support from the government, conducted scientific research into the effectiveness of this measure.
Protecting ecosystems Another major environmental benefit that certification has brought is the ongoing research into the impacts of the fishery on habitats and other bottom-dwelling species.
The results showed that without certification the Net Present Value (NPV) of South Africa’s hake trawl fishery could decrease by an estimated 35 percent over a five-year period. The resultant loss in the fishery’s contribution to GDP would be between 28–47 percent, with the potential loss of 12,000 jobs in the fisheries sector and supporting industries. Secretary of the South African Deep-Sea Trawling Industry Association (SADSTIA), Roy Bross, commented, “The fishing industry is certainly aware of the market benefits that have resulted from MSC certification. We are also very proud of the environmental improvements we’ve made.”
miles off the west coast of South Africa, where the trawl industry have agreed to stop fishing in certain areas for a period of at least four years to monitor ecosystem recovery in areas of closure. This further highlights the collaborative approach being taken by the fishing industry to improve their environmental impacts and meet certification conditions. SAEON’s Lara Atkinson, who is managing the project, says, “MSC certification has helped to foster a spirit of cooperation between the different role players to get this experiment under way. We’re very excited about this opportunity to be able to monitor changes in the benthic communities in the areas where trawling has stopped.”
New export markets ensuring income of $187 million/year
Delivering on-going change
WITHOUT MSC CERTIFICATION the value of hake fishery could shrink between 28 - 47% Secretary of SADSTIA, Roy Bross, commented: “The fishing industry is certainly aware of the market benefits that have resulted from MSC certification. We are also very proud of the environmental improvements we’ve made. Being able to demonstrate our work through MSC certification means that we can ultimately pass the market rewards throughout the entire trawling family.”
Reducing seabird mortalities The hake fishery has also seen some significant environmental improvements as a result of conditions set at certification. This includes the introduction of bird-scaring lines. According to a recent seven-year study by BirdLife South Africa, this practice has resulted in a 90 percent reduction in seabird mortalities, and up to a 99 percent reduction in accidental albatross deaths in South Africa’s hake trawl fishery.
The South African hake fishery employs over 8,000 citizens and is responsible for export revenue of around US$ 187 million a year. Two independent economic studies indicate that certification has helped to create opportunities for diversification to non-traditional markets such as the UK, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden and Australia.
This astonishing conservation success story can be traced back to when the fishery was first certified in 2004. A condition on the certification led to the discovery that each year around 10,000 seabirds (70 percent of which were albatrosses) were being killed accidentally. BirdLife South Africa recommended the use of birdscaring lines, to address this problem, and in collaboration with the fishing industry,
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As one of the improvements required to maintain MSC certification, SADSTIA initiated research that used the best available data to chart the trawling grounds, including historically intensively trawled areas. This information has been used to “ring fence” the trawl grounds to prevent damage to lightly trawled areas and to preserve natural refuges for hake. Pioneering research is also being conducted in the Atlantic Ocean, 100 nautical
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Certification also has process benefits. In South Africa it has contributed to closer cooperation between scientists, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and industry, in pursuit of responsible ecosystem-based management of fisheries. A recent study by some of the leading marine scientists in South Africa, found that the conditions attached to MSC certification have led to increased ecosystem research and mitigation. This included addressing challenges facing this sector. Examples include research into the effect of trawling on bottom habitats, seabird bycatch, finfish by-catch and aspects of stock assessment. Martin Purves, MSC Southern African Programme Manager, commented, “The MSC’s vision is for the world’s oceans to be teeming with life – today, tomorrow, and for generations to come.
“This fishery clearly demonstrates what the MSC’s Theory of Change is all about. Responsible fishermen should be rewarded and see the economic benefits of their conservation efforts in the market place. On the other hand, environmental improvements should be evident and lead to long-term sustainability of certified fisheries. Collaboration between the fishing industry, scientists, government agencies and NGOs to find solutions has led to huge environmental gains in this fishery in a relatively short period of time.”
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International Coastal Clean-up Day
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n late September Deputy Minister of Environmental Affairs, Barbara Thomson, in partnership with Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife led the International Coastal Clean-up Day (ICCD) in Cuttings Beach Merebank, Durban. Over 1,877kg of litter was collected, consisting primarily of small paper, cigarettes and polystyrene packaging. The clean-up was in support of the annual International Coastal Clean-up Day (ICCD), originally initiated by the Ocean Conservancy. The event has grown from its very humble beginnings in 1986 in Texas, USA. Today more than 100 countries participate in cleaning their oceans. The Department’s ICCD theme for this year was “communities creating waves of change’’ and the event was used as a platform to address issues concerning coastal pollution as well as to stimulate change in the behavioural patterns that negatively affect the marine environment. South Africa has been participating in the ICCD event for 18 years. The cleanup is aimed at not only encouraging and involving citizens in the removal of litter from their local beaches, but also to gather data on the types and amount of litter that is found in our coastal areas. In 2013, a study done by the University of Kwazulu Natal, found that more than 70 percent of small fish caught in local estuaries and the Durban harbour had evidence of plastic litter in their gut. Information gathered on the litter and debris this year has been forwarded to the Ocean Conservancy to form part of the global beach litter database (Ocean Trash Index). This information assists in finding solutions on litter management from land-based sources as well as from offshore sources. In her keynote address, Deputy Minister Thomson encouraged the community to take responsibility for land-based litter and participate in finding solutions to combat the problem. “South Africa has over 3,000 km of beautiful coastlines and some of the most diverse environments of the world. There are many benefits derived from these coastal environments but because of constant development along our coastal environment, it is under threat and awareness raising, specifically through litter collection, is of utmost importance to educate communities about
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Code of Conduct for responsible fisheries developed in South Africa
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Code of Conduct for responsible fisheries in South African waters has been developed, with the Responsible Fisheries Alliance (RFA) leading the way.
The RFA collaborated with independent consultants Capricorn Fisheries Monitoring (CapFish) on a project to develop a Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries in South Africa. This innovative Code of Conduct was developed to provide a guideline to steer the fishing industry toward responsible fishing practices which in turn will ensure the sustainable harvesting of marine resources. Based on the principles for a responsible fishery as espoused by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), it serves as a generic template for local fisheries by outlining the approach to various issues such as pollution, bycatch, discarding of waste, and overfishing that need to be considered in order to stimulate the effective implementation of an EAF in a local context. This generic template developed by the RFA and CapFish will serve as the basis to enable other fishing sectors to voluntarily develop their fishery-specific Codes of Conduct. The Alliance will now seek to work closely with the broader fishing industry in order to promote the adoption of this self-regulatory mechanism by all. Additional objectives of the Code of Conduct are to:
Encourage collaboration between crew, management and others with an interest in the management, conservation and utilisation of fishery resources;
Ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations pertaining to the fishery; and
Serve as an instrument of reference to fishers, present and future. The RFA is hopeful that these industry specific Codes of Conduct will encourage the sustainable use of marine resources within local fisheries and facilitate a healthier, more robust fishing sector.
Dave Japp, project executant, says “By establishing this set of principles, we aim to work closely with the fishing industry to encourage high standards of behaviour that will embed responsible fishing practices and the continuous improvement in the sustainable management of our precious fishery resources.� the impacts that litter has on the marine environment. This is what this coastal clean-up aims to achieve, to make us take responsibility for the litter we create on land and become more aware of the impact it has on the marine ecosystem,’’ she said.
1,877kg of litter was collected,
consisting primarily of small paper, cigarettes and polystyrene packaging.
Public invited to comment on measures to mitigate shark attacks
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inister of Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa, invited the public to give their inputs on ways to mitigate shark attacks in Port St Johns, in the Eastern Cape. Department of Environmental Affairs spokesperson Zolile Nqayi said government was concerned about the attacks. “While the Department of Environmental Affairs has invested a lot of resources in marine conservation and research, bathers continue to fall prey to sharks, particularly at Second Beach, Port St Johns,� Nqayi said. He said South Africa was investigating several measures in a bid to protect swimmers and surfers.
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Counting fish in Kenya Dr Melita Samoilys
Dr Melita Samoilys is the company director of CORDIO (Coral Reef Degradation in the Indian Ocean) East Africa. The small non-profit organisation is based in Kenya and, working through the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) and the Red Sea/Gulf of Aden, focuses on marine research for conservation.
Natalie Janse asked Dr Samoilys a few questions: What and where did you study? I did both my postgraduate degrees in marine research in Queensland, Australia, working on the Great Barrier Reef. My MSc, in the early 80s, was a profound and eye opening experience when the GBR had yet to be hit hard by crown of thorns, cyclones and coral bleaching.
What does your job entail on a daily basis? Rather too much fund raising and project management. However, it is varied enough. Between writing papers, data entry and analysis, developing new ideas and proposals, networking with colleagues, and frequent field work, it keeps me fully engaged within the environment I work in.
How did your career path lead you to your current position? Migrating to Australia from Kenya in the late 80s led me to work on the Great Barrier Reef as well as in the Pacific Islands for many years and then on to the Philippines, all of which gave me incredible experience and understanding of tropical marine environments and conservation approaches. Coming back to a job at IUCN in Nairobi brought me home and that is how I ended up at CORDIO.
What aspects of your job do you really enjoy? I love most being underwater counting
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Keeping our oceans alive with opportunity fish on a coral reef. I have done it all my working life. It gives me the greatest joy. It is particularly rewarding now I am older and have 30 years of experience, having dived across the Pacific, Indian Ocean and Red Sea, observing nuances of differences, seeing the “same old thing” and then something different, and of course grappling with the changes wrought by global warming on reefs. My next passion is working with fishermen, bringing together my bio-ecological knowledge and their knowledge through fishing and experiencing hallelujah moments, in both of us, as we break through in understanding. Finally I love to inspire and mentor young east Africans in marine conservation.
What aspects of your job are more challenging? Fund raising, it is an uphill battle.
Where does your passion for the environment come from? Growing up in East Africa with wildlife on the doorstep was a major factor. Moving to Mombasa as a teenager and living beside the beach, sea grass beds and a coral reef clinched it. Snorkeling was a part of life and also I think having Greek heritage gives me an inherent love of the sea.
Where to for you now? I want to build CORDIO into an established and world-renowned organisation recognised for its cutting edge marine research and practical conservation action in the WIO. Behind this I want to see marine conservation in the WIO blooming with innovative ideas and action and not conforming to business as usual borrowed from other countries. We can have coastal development and poverty eradication with sound environmental management. We don’t have to make the same mistakes seen in developed countries and Asia. Many of our marine and coastal systems are still in good condition so we have the chance to get things right. As long as we get better political buy-in, we have a real chance to be world leaders in marine environmental management in the 21st century. The oceans are not only a vital natural system for keeping the globe healthy, but they also offer huge economic opportunities if managed wisely. I welcome feedback, advice and comments of all sorts, that is how I learn, expand and meet new people.
GREEN MARINE
Fisheries leaders set their sights on a more sustainable future for African oceans
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isheries leaders from across government, NGOs and industry gathered recently in Cape Town, South Africa to discuss solutions to over fishing.
The meeting marked the first time that the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) international Stakeholder Council met in Africa and coincided with World Food Day 2014. In recognition of the importance of seafood to developing world economies, representatives from African nations discussed the urgent need to take action towards securing healthy marine ecosystems and sustainable fishing livelihoods. Government delegates from Comoros, Mauritius, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, the Seychelles, South Africa and Tanzania shared their experiences. The MSC sustainable seafood certification programme was recognised as an important mechanism in delivering change towards sustainable fishing. Peter Sinon, Minister of Natural Resources of the Republic of Seychelles addressed the meeting expressing his support for African nations working together with the MSC. “As a region, we share an invaluable resource. Tuna in the Seychelles does not stay there. Fish have no borders. They travel all over the Indian Ocean. If we do not work together to manage our fish populations, we will defeat our purpose as governments to ensure the long-term economic prosperity of our countries. We need to implant sustainable fishing practices in the minds of everyone – this is something we need to do together,” he said. “We are working with our tuna industry to support assessment towards MSC certification and encourage other nations to do the same.” The MSC is committed to working with African nations. Werner Kiene, Chairman of the Marine Stewardship Council said: “The MSC’s board has made it clear that we are prepared to help African nations to deliver on their strong resolve to do justice to the idea of sustainable fishing. These improvements can be delivered on a solid basis of science and political experience.” Rupert Howes, Chief Executive of the MSC said: “To deliver our vision of 20 percent of wild capture seafood certified as sustainable by 2020, we must engage with regions around the Indian Ocean. To support this the MSC is developing new tools and methodologies, which will increase the accessibility of the MSC programme to fisheries within the developing world. “There are no quick wins or easy fixes to the problem of unsustainable fishing, but creating consumer demand for sustainable seafood has an important role to play. Evidence shows that MSC certified fisheries deliver measurable benefits by keeping fish stocks at healthy levels whilst giving fisheries access to new markets where sustainable seafood is in increasing demand. I hope that today’s meeting is the beginning of new real and lasting improvements in the way that African oceans are fished.” The meeting of African regional representatives was also attended by inter-regional organisations and development agencies from across Africa, who agreed to work with governments to support this effort. This included representatives from the Southern African Development Community (SADC), African Union Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR), WWF, East Southern African Regional Programme, the South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission (SWIOFC), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and German development agency (GIZ). Christine Penney, co-Chair of the MSC Stakeholder Council said: “I am delighted that this first meeting of the Stakeholder Council to be held in the developing world, and in Africa, has proved so productive. The Stakeholder Council includes representatives from many areas of society – fisheries, industry, environmental NGOs, independent scientists and retailers – from across the globe. It has a special sub-committee dealing with the developing world, which is of very high importance to the Council.” Professor Eyiwunmi Augustine Falaye of University of Ibadan in Nigeria has been appointed the new Chairman of the MSC’s Developing World Working Group and will continue to work with developing countries to inform the MSC’s work.
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Keeping our oceans alive with opportunity
Protecting penguin’s prey F
ish surveys can potentially play an important role in the survival rate of the endangered African penguin with the development of a cost effective tool to detect their prey. The tool would provide the information necessary to make informed fishing management decisions affecting these endemic birds.
Population decline The African penguin – the only penguin species breeding on the African continent – is undergoing a very rapid population decline and therefore classified as endangered. The numbers of these endemic penguins have decreased drastically over the last few decades, with a massive 70 percent decline in the past ten years. This trend currently shows no sign of reversing, and immediate conservation action is required to prevent further declines. The decrease in population is largely attributed to food shortage, assumed to be the result of large catches of fish, and environmental fluctuations. From previous studies carried out on the West Coast of South Africa, it seems there is a close association between the availability of the penguin’s prey –sardines and anchovy – and its survival as a species.
Research In 2008, a multi-party island closure task team was set up by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) to conduct research on African penguins and assess the potential impact of purse-seine fishing on penguins during their breeding season. Comprising government, fisheries representatives and scientists, the task team initiated the implementation of experimental fishing exclusion zones within a 20 km radius of four islands on the west and south coasts of South Africa – which alternated between open and closed in different years, between 2008 and 2014. The findings of this experiment are currently being assessed in order to formulate recommendations to government with regards to the potential influence of commercial fishing on the conservation status of this species. The Responsible Fisheries Alliance (RFA) has also been funding research on these birds to gain a better understanding of the situation as well as insight into potential management options. Since 2008, intense monitoring of penguins on two islands in Algoa Bay included GPS tracking of chick-rearing penguins as well as monitoring chick growth rates, breeding success and diet. St Croix Island is host to the world’s largest colony of African penguins and was closed to purse-seine fishing from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2011. Nearby Bird Island remained open to fishing until 1 January 2012 and it was then declared closed to fishing for three years.
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ust over a year ago the idea of exclusion nets rather than more traditional shark nets was put forward as a safety option along the South African coastline. Fish Hoek was chosen as the testing ground and now, 14 months later, the results are in. During the 14 month period, the nets were deployed 130 times. Initially the deployment and retrieval process was quite lengthy, but with practise the deployment time was brought down to just 38 minutes and retrieval just 54 minutes. The nets remained in the water for 7.3 hours on average per deployment. Initially the nets were randomly deployed, but as of October 2013 the nets were deployed regularly on weekends, public holidays, school holidays and throughout the months of January and February. On the whole the nets seem to be extremely effective. Shark Spotters were called on to assist with the evaluation and although many sharks were spotted in the area during the test period, none ventured close to the nets. Even more pleasing was the fact that only one incident of a marine bird getting caught in the nets was reported during the 14-month period. This is a hugely positive aspect of this type of safety system.
Fish surveys
Previously traditional shark nets have been deadly not only to sharks, but to various marine animals including seals, dolphins, turtles and seabirds.
Researchers also explored links between penguin foraging ecology and fish availability. In 2013, with additional financial support from the RFA, researchers, Pichegru and McInnes, conducted fish surveys during the same time as they were monitoring penguins on the islands. They investigated the impact of fishing pressure on the availability of penguin prey as well as the relationship between food availability and foraging behaviour.
The public has also responded in an extremely positive manner by adhering to the slight restriction that the nets place on swimming areas and comments have remained positive.
Says Dr Pichegru, “The small pelagic fish surveys that were conducted in this study are extremely cost effective and could potentially be a powerful tool to facilitate adaptive management strategies of fisheries over small temporal and spatial scales.” She suggests that local abundance of small pelagic fish and variation in such abundance could be assessed rapidly on a monthly basis, and fishing behaviour adjusted accordingly. “While the feasibility and the design of such management strategies should be further explored, they would certainly benefit African penguins, while limiting socioeconomic impacts on the fishing industry.” All breeding sites along the South African coast are either protected in South African National Parks or provincial or local authority nature reserves, or by other relevant authorities. The African Penguin is listed under the Threatened or Protected Species Regulations of the National Biodiversity Act, elevating its protection status to a national level.
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A final report, put together by the City of Cape Town, will now be presented to the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) and the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) detailing the results of the trial according to the specific criteria of the permit conditions. The City of Cape Town will also study the results of the testing internally and recommendations will then be made regarding the possible installation of these nets as a permanent safety feature in Fish Hoek during the summer months. By Natalie Janse
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African Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206 ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 Imtech Marine South Africa: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723 Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702 ZF Services South Africa: Tel 011 457 0007; Fax 086 647 1378 ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723
Couplings ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 Grindrod Marine Services: Tel 021 510 0042; Fax 021 511 1770 Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702 Southern Power Products (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 511 0653; Fax 021 510 3049 ZF Services South Africa: Tel 011 457 0007; Fax 086 647 1378
Diesel Generator Sets ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Barloworld Power: Dbn Tel 031 000 0050; Cpt Tel 021 959 8200 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 Cummins South Africa (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 945 1888; Fax 021 945 2288 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 Grindrod Marine Services: Tel 021 510 0042; Fax 021 511 1770 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411 MTU SA (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 529 5760; Fax 021 551 1970 Peninsula Power Products: Tel 021 511 5061; Fax 021 511 5441 Raka Marine: Piet 082 658 1061; Gerhard 082 652 8221 Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723
Products and services SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702 Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Fax 021 510 0947 Southern Power Products (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 511 0653; Fax 021 510 3049
Engines ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Barloworld Power Systems: Tel 031 000 0047; Fax 031 000 0051 Cummins South Africa (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 945 1888; Fax 021 945 2288 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 DCD Dorbyl Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 Grindrod Marine Services: Tel 021 510 0042; Fax 021 511 1770 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723 Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411 MTU SA (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 529 5760; Fax 021 551 1970 Peninsula Power Products: Tel 021 511 5061; Fax 021 511 5441 Raka Marine: Piet 082 658 1061; Gerhard 082 652 8221 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702 Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Fax 021 510 0947 Southern Power Products (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 511 0653; Fax 021 510 3049
Engine, Gearbox & Oil Coolers ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411 Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Fax 021 510 0947
Engine & Gearbox Controls ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Barloworld Power: Dbn Tel 031 000 050; Cpt Tel 021 959 8200 Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723 Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411 Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Fax 021 510 0947 List your company’s details here
Fresh Water Generators ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 Grindrod Marine Services: Tel 021 510 0042; Fax 021 511 1770 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702
Fuel & Lubrication Oil Treatment ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 Grindrod Marine Services: Tel 021 510 0042; Fax 021 511 1770
HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009
Gearbox Sales ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Barloworld Power Systems: Tel 031 000 0047; Fax 031 000 0051 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411 Peninsula Power Products: Tel 021 511 5061; Fax 021 511 5441 Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Fax 021 510 0947 ZF Services South Africa: Tel 011 457 0007; Fax 086 647 1378
Gearbox Spares, Repairs ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Barloworld Power Systems: Tel 031 000 0047; Fax 031 000 0051 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 DCD Dorbyl Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411 MTU SA (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 529 5760; Fax 021 551 1970 Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Fax 021 510 0947 ZF Services South Africa: Tel 011 457 0007; Fax 086 647 1378
General Engineering Repairs ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 Dorbyl Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 MTU SA (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 529 5760; Fax 021 551 1970 Peninsula Power Products: Tel 021 511 5061; Fax 021 511 5441 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702 Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Fax 021 510 0947
Generators ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Barloworld Power: Dbn Tel 031 000 0050; Cpt Tel 021 959 8200 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 Grindrod Marine Services: Tel 021 510 0042; Fax 021 511 1770 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723 Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411 Raka Marine: Piet 082 658 1061; Gerhard 082 652 8221 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702 Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Fax 021 510 0947 SVITZER Salvage Africa : Tel 021 408
6710; Fax 021 408 6138
Governors ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723
Nozzles ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411
Oil Coolers ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Fax 021 510 0947
Oily Water Generators Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 Grindrod Marine Services: Tel 021 510 0042; Fax 021 511 1770 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009
Pitch Propeller Repairs African Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206 ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702
Pneumatic Engine Control Repairs ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702
Propeller Repairs,Systems African Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206 ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 DCD Dorbyl Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702
Propellers African Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206 ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax
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086 580 4702 Southern Power Products (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 511 0653; Fax 021 510 3049 ZF Services South Africa: Tel 011 457 0007; Fax 086 647 1378
Propulsion Systems African Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206 Barloworld Power: Dbn Tel 031 000 0050; Cpt Tel 021 959 8200 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 Cummins South Africa (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 945 1888; Fax 021 945 2288 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 Grindrod Marine Services: Tel 021 510 0042; Fax 021 511 1770 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723 Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411 MTU SA (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 529 5760; Fax 021 551 1970 Raka Marine: Piet 082 658 1061; Gerhard 082 652 8221 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702 Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Fax 021 510 0947 Southern Power Products (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 511 0653; Fax 021 510 3049 ZF Services South Africa: Tel 011 457 0007; Fax 086 647 1378
Spare Parts African Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206 ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Barloworld Power: Dbn Tel 031 000 0050; Cpt Tel 02 959 8200 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Mares Shipping GmbH: Tel +49 40 37 47840; Fax +49 40 37 478446 Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723 Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702 Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Fax 021 510 0947 ZF Services South Africa: Tel 011 457 0007; Fax 086 647 1378
Steerable Thrusters African Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723 Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702 ZF Services South Africa: Tel 011 457 0007; Fax 086 647 1378
Turbochargers ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050
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DCD Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702 Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Fax 021 510 0947
Valves ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 DCD Dorbyl Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702
Water Jets ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411 Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Fax 021 510 0947 Southern Power Products (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 511 0653; Fax 021 510 3049
FISHING GEAR Long Line Winches, Sales & Repairs HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009
Netting, Twines African Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Scaw SA (Pty) Ltd: Tel Cpt 021 508 1500; Dbn 031 450 7400
Seabed Surveys African Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530
Trawls Scaw SA (Pty) Ltd: Tel Cpt 021 508 1500; Dbn 031 450 7400
Trawl Bobbins African Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009
Trawl Doors African Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009
Trawl Floats African Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009
510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009
Trawl Winches, Sales & Repairs HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723
FISH PACKAGING Cartons Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523
Ice Packs / Chill Wrap Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523
FISH PROCESSING EQUIPMENT Blast Freezers ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009
Cannery Equipment HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009
Chillers ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050
Cutting Machines Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009
Filletting Machines HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009
Freezers ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009
Gutting Machines HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009
Ice Makers ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009
Antenna Instruments C & C Technologies: Tel 021 705 2741 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Imtech Marine South Africa: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723 Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752 SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886 Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610
Automatic Steering ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Imtech Marine South Africa: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752 SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886 Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610
Autotrawl Systems HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Imtech Marine South Africa: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723 Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752
Compasses ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 C & C Technologies: Tel 021 705 2741 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Imtech Marine South Africa: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752 Novamarine a div of Novagroup: Tel 021 506 4300; Fax 021 511 8396 SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886 Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610
Computer Systems & Equipment Ozone Eqauipmentg HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009
Scales Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009
Trawl Repairs African Maritime Services: Tel 021
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ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 C & C Technologies: Tel 021 705 2741 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Imtech Marine South Africa: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752
SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886 Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610
Electronic Charts & Plotters ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 952 Imtech Marine South Africa: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752 Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610
Electronic Equipment ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 C & C Technologies: Tel 021 705 2741 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Imtech Marine South Africa: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723 Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752 Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610
Electronic Surveillance HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Imtech Marine South: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 Marine Data Solutions: Tel 021 386 8517; Fax 021 386 8519 Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752 Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610
Fish Finding Equipment ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Imtech Marine South Africa: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752
GMDSS Stations ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Imtech Marine South Africa: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 Marine Data Solutions: Tel 021 386 8517; Fax 021 386 8519 Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610
Gyros ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 C & C Technologies: Tel 021 705 2741 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Imtech Marine South Africa: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886 Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610
Maritime Communication Equipment ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050
Products and services Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Imtech Marine South Africa: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 Marine Data Solutions: Tel 021 386 8517; Fax 021 386 8519 Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723 Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752 Novamarine a div of Novagroup: Tel 021 506 4300; Fax 021 511 8396 SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886 Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610
Navigation Equipment ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 C & C Technologies: Tel 021 705 2741 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Imtech Marine South Africa: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 Marine Data Solutions: Tel 021 386 8517; Fax 021 386 8519 Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723 Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752 SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886 Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610 Viking Life-Saving Equipment (SA) (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 507 5879; Fax 021 507 5878 List your company’s details here
Navigation Light Fittings and Spare Globes ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723 Viking Life-Saving Equipment (SA) (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 507 5879; Fax 021 507 5878
Precise DGPS Positioning C & C Technologies: Tel 021 705 2741 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Imtech Marine South Africa: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 Marine Data Solutions: Tel 021 386 8517; Fax 021 386 8519 Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752 Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610
Radar Sales, Repairs ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Imtech Marine South Africa: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 Marine Data Solutions: Tel 021 386 8517; Fax 021 386 8519 Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752 SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021
511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886 Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610
Radio Remote Control Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009
Radio Sales, Repairs ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 C & C Technologies: Tel 021 705 2741 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Imtech Marine South Africa: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 Marine Data Solutions: Tel 021 386 8517; Fax 021 386 8519 Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752 SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886 Satellite Phones and Email Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610
Satelite Phones & Email ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610
Smoke & Fire Detector Systems ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Craig Internationaljmhn Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Imtech Marine South Africa: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723 Novamarine a div of Novagroup: Tel 021 506 4300; Fax 021 511 8396 Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610
Telecommunications ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Imtech Marine South Africa: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 Marine Data Solutions: Tel 021 386 8517; Fax 021 386 8519 Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752 SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886 Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610
Weather & Receivers ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Imtech Marine South Africa: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752 Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax
021 534 3610
PROFESSIONAL & SPECIALISED SERVICES Acoustic Surveys C & C Technologies: Tel 021 705 2741 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Imtech Marine South Africa: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752 Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772
Aluminium Technical Information HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Hulamin (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 507 9100; Fax 021 534 2469
Attorneys Maritime Law Bowman Gilfillan: Tel 021 480 7811; Fax 021 424 1688 Velden Pike Nichols Inc: Tel 031 265 0651; Fax 086 604 6318
Bulk Terminals Smit Amandla Marine: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885
Classification Societies ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886
Consultancy & Training African Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530 Allweld Solutions: Tel 021 510 1482; Fax 021 510 8082 ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752 Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610
Consultants African Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206 African Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530 ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Offshore Maritime Services: Tel 021 425 3372; Fax 021 425 3379 Smit Amandla Marine: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885 Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772
Consulting Engineers ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411
Crew Transport Services Servest Marine Services: Tel 021 448 3500; Fax 021 447 0895 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009
Equipment Selection & Procurement African Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206 African Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530 ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552
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9523 Grindrod Marine Services: Tel 021 511 5504; Fax 021 511 1770: Dbn: Tel 031 274 4700; Fax 031 274 4996 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723 Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411 Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772 Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610
Ferry Services ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Smit Amandla Marine: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885
Fisheries Research Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752 Smit Amandla Marine: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885
Harbour, Ocean Towage SVITZER Salvage Africa: Tel 021 408 6710; Fax 021 408 6138 Servest Marine Services: Tel 021 448 3500; Fax 021 447 0895
Heavy Lift ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 Smit Amandla Marine: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885 SVITZER Salvage Africa: Tel 021 408 6710; Fax 021 408 6138
Hydraulic Design, Project & Engineering Inspection & Testing Services ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772 Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610
Launch Services ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Servest Marine Services: Tel 021 448 3500; Fax 021 447 0895 Offshore Maritime Services: Tel 021 425 3372; Fax 021 425 3379
Logistics ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 Grindrod Marine Services: Tel 021 511 5504; Fax 021 511 1770: Dbn: Tel 031 274 4700; Fax 031 274 4996 Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411
Marine Surveyors ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Offshore Maritime Services: Tel 021 425 3372 Fax 021 425 3379
Marine Insurance IDRS Industrial & Domestic Risk Services: Tel 021 685 0660; Fax 021 686 6363
Maritime Training HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax
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021 511 8009 Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752 Sea Safety Training Centre: Tel 022 742 1297; Fax 022 742 1365 Unicorn Training School: Tel 031 274 4770 Fax 031 5578 Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610
Naval Architects
1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723 Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702 Smit Marine: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885
ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050
Ship Registration
Net Monitoring
ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050
Imtech Marine South Africa: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723 Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752
Onsite Machining ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702
P & I Club Representatives Bowman Gilfillan: Tel 021 480 7811; Fax 021 424 1688
Personnel Agency DCD Dorbyl Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Smit Amandla Marine: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885 Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772
Project Management ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Imtech Marine South Africa: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723 Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752 Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702 Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772
Salvors Smit Amandla Marine: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885 Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772 SVITZER Salvage Africa: Tel 021 408 6710; Fax 021 408 6138
Seabed Surveys C & C Technologies: Tel 021 705 2741 Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752 Smit Marine: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885 Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772
Ship Management ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274
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Spares Procurement African Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206 ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Grindrod Marine Services: Tel 021 511 5504; Fax 021 511 1770: Dbn: Tel 031 274 4700; Fax 031 274 4996 Mares Shipping GmbH: Tel +49 40 37 47840; Fax +49 40 37 478446 Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723 Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411 Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Fax 021 510 0947
STCW 95Training Unicorn Training School: Tel 031 274 4770 Fax 031 5578
Superintendent (Marine) ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411
Surveyors, Hull, Machinery ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050
Tailshaft Surveys ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 DCD Dorbyl Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900
Technical Documents ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050
Towage Servest Marine Services: Tel 021 448 3500; Fax 021 447 0895 Offshore Maritime Services: Tel 021 425 3372; Fax 021 425 3379 Smit Amandla Marine: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885 SVITZER Salvage Africa: Tel 021 408 6710; Fax 021 408 6138
Vessel Purchase/Sales ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411
Vessel Management, Crew supplies, Maintenance Planning ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009
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Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411 Smit Amandla Marine: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885
PUMPS Ballast Water Systems African Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206
Bilge Pumps ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702
Fish Pumps & Hoses ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411
Fresh & Sea Water Pumps ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702
Marine Pump Sales ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411
Pumping Services ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702 Smit Amandla Marine: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885 Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772 SVITZER Salvage Africa: Tel 021 408 6710; Fax 021 408 6138
Pumps ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552
9523 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702 Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772
Pump Sales & Service ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Hytec Cape: Tel 021 551 4747; Fax 021 551 2575 Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702 Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772 0836
Spare Parts ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 Grindrod Marine Services: Tel 021 510 0042; Fax 021 511 1770 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Mares Shipping GmbH: Tel +49 40 37 47840; Fax +49 40 37 478446 Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702
SHIP REPAIR & MARINE MAINTENANCE & ENGINEERING SERVICES & EQUIPMENT Anti fouling systems ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 Grindrod Marine Services: Tel 021 510 0042; Fax 021 511 1770 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723 Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702 List your company’s details here
Battery Charges & Inverters ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009
Products and services Imtech Marine South Africa: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723 Novamarine a div of Novagroup: Tel 021 506 4300; Fax 021 511 8396 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702 Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610
Battery Management ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 Grindrod Marine Services: Tel 021 510 0042; Fax 021 511 1770 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Imtech Marine South Africa: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702 Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610
Boat Builders ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 DCD Dorbyl Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Hulamin (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 507 9100; Fax 021 534 2469 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702
Boiler Cleaning ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 DCD Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702
Boiler Repairs ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 DCD Dorbyl Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702
Cathodic Protection ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252 Grindrod Marine Services: Tel 021 510 0042; Fax 021 511 1770 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Imtech Marine South Africa: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702 Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772
Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610
Cleaning ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 DCD Dorbyl Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702 Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772
Cold Metal Repairs ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 DCD Dorbyl Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702
Corrosion Prevention ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 Grindrod Marine Services: Tel 021 510 0042; Fax 021 511 1770 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Industrial Shrinkwrap Solutions: Tel 021 885 2521; Fax 086 242 8327 Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702 Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772
Cutless Bearings African Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206 ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252 Grindrod Marine Services: Tel 021 510 0042; Fax 021 511 1770 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702
Diving Services ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702 Smit Amandla Marine: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885 Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772 SVITZER Salvage Africa: Tel 021 408
6710; Fax 021 408 6138
Drydocking ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 DCD Dorbyl Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702
Electrical & Mechanical Repairs ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 DCD Dorbyl Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702
Electrical Cable Support Systems ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 DCD Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723
Electrical Installations ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 DCD Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702
Electrical Motor Repairs ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702
Environmental Protection Industrial Shrinkwrap Solutions: Tel 021 885 2521; Fax 086 242 8327 List your company’s details here
Explosion Proof Equipment ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax
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021 511 8009 Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723 Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610
Gritblasting ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 DCD Dorbyl Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Industrial Shrinkwrap Solutions: Tel 021 885 2521; Fax 086 242 8327 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702
Gritblasting Equipment ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702
HVAC Systems E.R.A.S.E.: Tel 021 949 8955; Fax 021 946 3178
High (Ultra) Pressure Water Jetting ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050
Hold Tank Cleaning ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252
Hull Blasting & Painting ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252
Hull Cleaning ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772
Hydraulic Systems & Equipment ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723
Hydroblasting ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050
Insulation ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050
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EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252
Marine Aitconditioning ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252 E.R.A.S.E.: Tel 021 949 8955; Fax 021 946 3178 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411
Industrial Shrinkwrap Solutions: Tel 021 885 2521; Fax 086 242 8327 Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723 Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411
Steel Works ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009
Marine Coatings
Steering Gear, Repairs
ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009
EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252
Marine UPS Inverters ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723
Pipe Fittings: Pipes ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009
Refrigeration Service & Repairs ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252 Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411
Rudder Repairs/Surveys ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252 List your company’s details here
Ship Conversions ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252 Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723 Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411
Ship Equipment Repairs HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 List your company’s details here
Ship Painting ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252
Ship Repairs & Maintenance ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009
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Stern Bearings African Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206 ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411
Sterngear ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252
Stud Welding ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009
Tank Cleaning/Sludge Removal & Disposal ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252
Tank Blasting & Coating ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009
Thruster Repairs African Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206 ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252 Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723 Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610
Transformers Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009
MARITIME REVIEW Africa: SeptemberlOctober 2014
Ultrasonic Cleaning ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252 Grindrod Marine Services: Tel 021 511 5504; Fax 021 511 1770: Dbn: Tel 031 274 4700; Fax 031 274 4996 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009
3500; Fax 021 447 0895 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Smit Amandla Marine: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885
Offshore Rig Supply
ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702 Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772
African Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530 ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 DCD Dorbyl Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Novamarine a div of Novagroup: Tel 021 506 4300; Fax 021 511 8396 Smit Marine: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885
Underwater Systems
Oil Pollution Abatement / Cleanup
Underwater Welding Repairs
ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702 Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772 Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610
Welding Repairs ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 DCD Dorbyl Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702
SHIP SUPPLY Bunkers ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Grindrod Marine Services: Tel 021 510 0042; Fax 021 511 1770 Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411 Smit Amandla Marine: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885
Crew Changes Servest Marine Services: Tel 021 448 3500; Fax 021 447 0895 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Smit Amandla Marine: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885 Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772
Lubricants ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523
Launches, Helicopters ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Servest Marine Services: Tel 021 448
ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Smit Amandla Marine: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885 SVITZER Salvage Africa: Tel 021 408 6710; Fax 021 408 6138
Oil Pollution Equipment ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Viking Life-Saving Equipment (SA) (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 507 5879; Fax 021 507 5878
Oil Spill Prevention Kits ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Viking Life-Saving Equipment (SA) (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 507 5879; Fax 021 507 5878
Ship Chandlers African Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530 Novamarine a div of Novagroup: Tel 021 506 4300; Fax 021 511 8396
Spare Parts African Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206 ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 Grindrod Marine Services: Tel 021 510 0042; Fax 021 511 1770 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Mares Shipping GmbH: Tel +49 40 37 4 7840; Fax +49 40 3747 8446 Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723 Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610
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