The South African Maritime Safety Authority has confirmed the sinking of a fishing vessel off the west coast of the Western Cape near Saldahna Bay and the successful rescue of its 10 member crew early on Saturday morning.
According to the SAMSA Maritime Rescue Coordinating Centre (MRCC) in Cape Town, the incident of the sinking of the fishing trawler, registered as Ankoveld/ZR4388, occurred early on Saturday morning at a position some 28.5 nautical miles west north west of Cape St Martin and...
SAMSA: Six people have lost their lives in a vessel fire at the Port of Durban.
https://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/271475/vessel-fire-claims-six-casualties-in-durban-port/
Because of the lack of locally owned vessels that operate in global waters, the sea time training for Nigerian seafarers has been negatively affected. Therefore, Vanguard reports that the Nigerian Federal Government has been charged by maritime experts to put forward policies in order to increase Nigeria’s ship owning capacity.
Specifically, Mfon Ekong Usoro, Secretary General, of the Abuja Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, on Port State Control for West and Central African Region, stated that...
Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) at the Port of Richards Bay, in collaboration with the South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA), successfully towed the tanker vessel MARLIN AZURITE after its main engine failed outside port limits, south of the breakwater on Thursday, 18 October 2018.
The 183m long ship was built in 2016 and registered in the Marshall Islands.
The towage operation commenced at 09h00 on Friday, 19 October after the port activated its Business Continuity Plan. No...
http://www.sashippingnews.com/2018/10/22/port-of-richards-bay-team-rescues-vessel/
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/