Shadrack Tshikalange

Rig Platform Vessel Returns For Gas Drilling Expedition

Deepsea Stavanger

Rig platform, the Deepsea Stavanger, arrived in Mossel Bay on 21 August 2020 ahead of its deployment to the Outeniqua Basin where it is scheduled to work on the next phase of the Luiperdpadda Project. The basin is situated off the coast of Mossel Bay, where energy giant, Total, discovered gas condensate in 2019.

Owned by The Odfjell Group, the Deepsea Stavanger is a sixth-generation deep water and harsh environment semi-submersible with an overall length of 118.6 metres and width of 96.7 metres....

http://www.sashippingnews.com/2020/08/29/rig-platform-vessel-returns-for-gas-drilling-expedition/

Port of Mossel Bay – Backbone of SA’s Fishing, Oil and Gas Sectors

Since the commencement of the national lockdown on 27 March 2020, the Port of Mossel Bay has been playing a critical role in the provision of essential services – with special emphasis on the fishing and oil and gas sectors.

Despite the uncertain times, the port has successfully handled seven Liquid Bulk vessels collectively carrying 168 587 kilolitres of liquid bulk cargo and 13 Break Bulk vessels carrying 908 tons of cargo. All safety operations protocols prescribed under the national lockdown...

http://www.sashippingnews.com/2020/05/20/port-of-mossel-bay-backbone-of-sas-fishing-oil-and-gas-sectors/

Dredging Campaign a Success at Port of Mossel Bay

Isandlwana off Mossel Bay 2020

It should be smooth sailing for vessels navigating and berthing at the Port of Mossel Bay now that Transnet National Ports Authority’s Dredging Services concluded its 2019/20 dredging campaign, which ensured that sand trap and high spots within the port were successfully removed.

Dredging is a critical aspect of port maintenance and refers to underwater excavation that helps to ensure safe navigational channels and maintain port depths. The 2019/20 campaign made use of two dredgers – trail...

http://www.sashippingnews.com/2020/03/05/dredging-campaign-a-success-at-port-of-mossel-bay/

Dredging Underway at Port of Mossel Bay

Isandlwana

Platform supply vessels used in TOTAL’s Brulpadda gas exploration project, as well as other ships with a specific under-keel clearance, will be better able to berth without hassle in the Port of Mossel Bay. This is thanks to a maintenance dredging campaign currently underway at the port, including the first quayside dredging there in 20 years.

Dredging is a critical aspect of port maintenance and refers to underwater excavation that helps to ensure safe navigational channels and maintain port...

http://www.sashippingnews.com/2019/12/05/dredging-underway-at-port-of-mossel-bay/

Port of Mossel Bay All Set for Garden Route Port Festival

Free Poster

Transnet National Ports Authority’s (TNPA) action-packed Garden Route Port Festival takes place this weekend, 2 and 3 November 2019, in and around the Port of Mossel Bay. The festivities are free and open to all, with a variety of family-friendly activities and entertainment on offer.

At a media briefing on Thursday, Mossel Bay Port Manager, Shadrack Tshikalange said, “We are extremely excited about opening up our port once again so that we can educate the public on what happens here through a...

http://www.sashippingnews.com/2019/11/01/port-of-mossel-bay-all-set-for-garden-route-port-festival/

Rig Platform Vessel Arrives in Mossel Bay

Deepsea Yantai

The Deepsea Yantai, a semi-sub rig platform vessel, arrived in Mossel Bay on Monday, 5 August 2019. The rig travelled from Singapore and is currently anchored just outside of Port of Mossel Bay port limits, where it will undergo services and crew change before departing for Las Palmas in the Canary Islands.

Built in in the Bahamas in 2019 by Chinese rig builder CIMC Raffles, the Deepsea Yantai, previously called Beacon Atlantic, is managed by Odfjell Group. It has a gross tonnage of 24000 and a...

http://www.sashippingnews.com/2019/08/07/rig-platform-vessel-arrives-in-mossel-bay/

Astor Closes Port of Mossel Bay’s 2018/19 Cruise Season

The arrival of the MS ASTOR cruise liner at the Port of Mossel Bay on Thursday, 28 March brought the port’s 2018-19 cruise season to a stunning end. The vessel is owned by the Germany-based Premicon, under charter to the Germany-based Transocean Tours and is one of four vessels to have visited Mossel Bay this season.

She arrived with 500 passengers mainly from Germany en route from Durban to Cape Town.

The vessel was welcomed by Mossel Bay Harbour Master, Captain Vania Cloete who presented a...

http://www.sashippingnews.com/2019/04/02/astor-closes-port-of-mossel-bays-2018-19-cruise-season/

Port of Mossel Bay Ready to Serve Oil and Gas Industry Following Total Gas Find

Far Starling

Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) says the Port of Mossel Bay is well equipped to provide value following global energy giant Total’s significant gas condensate discovery on the Brulpadda prospects, located on Block 11B/12B in the Outeniqua Basin, 175 kilometres off the southern coast of South Africa.

Mossel Bay Port Manager Shadrack Tshikalange said the port’s role in the drilling expedition involved providing land and quay space for the logistics base operations, as well as marine...

http://www.sashippingnews.com/2019/03/03/port-of-mossel-bay-ready-to-serve-oil-and-gas-industry-following-total-gas-find/

Isandlwana TSHD to Address Channel High Spots at Port of Mossel Bay

Shadrack Tshikalange

The Dredging Services division of Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has confirmed that its Isandlwana trailing suction hopper dredger has left the Port of Durban and will arrive in the Port of Mossel Bay on 09 December 2018 for approximately 10 days to address some high spots in the port’s entrance channel.

Dredging the high spots was a necessity ahead of an oil drilling expedition from December 2018 to March 2018 by petroleum refining company, Total, where supply vessels that support the...

http://www.sashippingnews.com/2018/12/14/isandlwana-tshd-to-address-channel-high-spots-at-port-of-mossel-bay/

Supreme Court of Appeal Upholds Prior Rulings Regarding Mossel Bay Yacht Club

Shadrack Tshikalange

The Supreme Court of Appeal upholds prior rulings to dismiss with costs an appeal by the Mossel Bay Yacht and Boat Club (MBYBC) against the judgments handed down by the Western Cape High Court in favour of TNPA on two occasions, in the MBYBC’s Review Application.

Port of Mossel Bay Port Manager, Shadrack Tshikalange, said: “While this is a landmark victory for TNPA, there remains the Eviction Application and the Ports Regulator complaint which were stayed pending the finalisation of this Review...

http://www.sashippingnews.com/2018/11/23/supreme-court-of-appeal-upholds-prior-rulings-regarding-mossel-bay-yacht-club/