COLUMN | Quick updates: Van Oord gets big and green, Asian cables frenzy, next round of Battle of the Subsea Robots, Borr’s big green plan, anchor handlers change hands, scrap price Brazilian rigs [Offshore Accounts]

After our diversion into Harbour Energy’s Carbon Capture and Storage plans last week and the abandonment of its 500-million-barrel Sea Lion discovery in the Falklands ( ..

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SA Employee Share Scheme Creates Value

Paul Maclons

Around 370 employees of specialist marine solutions provider, African Marine Solutions (AMSOL), are reaping the benefits of a payout created through the company’s employee share ownership scheme (ESOP), with many owning shares for the very first time.

The scheme, introduced in 2016, has developed into a catalyst for economic empowerment and shared value creation within the maritime industry, with around 84% of the beneficiaries being black employees.

It is a key element of the company’s employee...

http://www.sashippingnews.com/2019/06/25/sa-employee-share-scheme-creates-value/

First Sludge Transfer at Port of Saldanha

Effective planning and oversight between the office of the Port of Saldanha’s Harbour Master, African Marine Solutions (AMSOL), the South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) and SpillTech saw the first sludge transfer operation completed successfully at the port on 18 and 19 April 2019. A quantity of 104 cbm of sludge was transferred from the MV Pacific Queen onto the SA Amandla tug during the operation, which was overseen by General Purpose Rating (GPR) Mathew Blaauw, current acting...

http://www.sashippingnews.com/2019/05/16/first-sludge-transfer-at-port-of-saldanha/

Women in Maritime The Focus of East Cape Career Fair

Tanaka Mugabe (SA International Maritime Institute), Pumla Makubalo (African Marine Solutions), pupil Danielle Gallagher (Bertram Secondary School), PhD student Estee Vermeulen (Nelson Mandela University) and Sandisiwe Ncemane (Coega Development Corporation)

Women in the South African maritime sector were the focus of an inaugural career fair hosted by the South African International Maritime Institute (SAIMI), which attracted high school pupils, tertiary students, educators and women in in the maritime industry on Thursday (September 6).

Presented in conjunction with partner African Marine Solutions (AMSOL), the fair hosted about 120 students and pupils from Nelson Mandela Bay high schools, Nelson Mandela University, the University of Fort Hare and...

http://www.sashippingnews.com/2018/09/07/women-in-maritime-the-focus-of-east-cape-career-fair/

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