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EMPOWERED EMPLOYERWith over 500 employees, the majority of whom work

on the company’s fleet of 15 owned and managed vessels, SMIT Amandla Marine strives to be the

leading employer of South African seafarers, and actively promotes maritime education and awareness.

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AWARDSThe South African maritime sectors recently applauded members of the industry at the Maritime Industry Awards where a number of individuals and companies were recognised for their contributions towards development, empowerment and professionalism.

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DURBAN MARITIME SUMMIT 06The first Durban Maritime Summit held in Feb-ruary this year aimed to focus on the concept of Durban as a smart port city with the emphasis on understanding how the port and the city interact to improve the lives and working opportunities of those that reside and work in them.

COLUMNS

SCIENTIFICALLY SPEAKING 08In those exhilarating scientific working group meet-ings, mention the word “transboundary” or the phrase “shared fish stocks” and the members of the group will awaken as if a bolt of lightning had struck the tea trolley. Dave Japp considers the science, and politics, of transboundary resource management.

FISHY BUSINESS 10Shaheen Moolla investigates the Namibian allo-cation of fishing rights by means of a new fishing quota allocation “mechanism” during 2016. The Namibian fishing industry had complained that the political intention of allocating more and more quotas to a larger number of right holders diluted Namibia’s ability to compete with other fish produc-ing states and also created a class of rent-seekers that did not invest in infrastructure and jobs.

THROUGH THE LENS 13Claire Attwood cannot quell her curiosity around what it takes to catch an octopus and its rightful place on the menu. After spending some time with Garry Nel, who has spent the best part of 20 years experimenting with the best way to catch and pre-pare octopus, she believes that she is ready to give this particular cephalopod another try.

MARITIME MEMORIES 40In this month’s column, Brian Ingpen explores the shipping ventures that responded to the initial calls of sugar growers on the South Coast for improved links with Durban. It all started when sugar baron CG Smith chartered the small steamer Somtseu for a service between Durban and Port Shepstone at the mouth of the Umzimkulu River.

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ENGINES AND PROPULSION 16• Lubricating Oils – Lifeblood of the ship’s engine systems• Impact of low sulphur fuel on engines• Marine propulsion market driven by economy and the environment• Ship energy and efficiency• Aligning skills to match engine needs• WÄRTSILÄ 31: The most efficient engine in the world• Optimising engine performance for Nigerian gas transporter• Engine supplier adds value to education• Meeting the varied needs of the maritime industry

LAW AND INSURANCE 26• Insuring your best results against fire at sea• Shark team successful in their appeal against liability• Emerging opportunities for marine insurance• Trend of reduced frequency of total losses arrested in 2015• Historic decision by Ports Regulator• Insurers ordered to pay for the loss of Lindsay• A Legal perspective on the Lindsay case• Arrested bulk carriers sold for millions• Comments sought for Marine Spatial Planning Bill• P&I Clubs merger discussions• A boost for marine insurance surveys in Africa• International conference to discuss marine insurance

MARITIME NEWS

AFRICAN NEWS 32• Ambitious plans for a maritime start-up• Committee to address Lagos terminal issues• IMO interacts with Africa• Cape Town shipbuilder secures project for Ivory Coast• Enhancing multi-agency efforts against smuggling at sea in Africa• New port investment for Morocco• Safety certification for ship repairer• Dredging of Maputo Port channel in May

Specialist marine solutions provider Smit Aman-dla Marine won the Maritime Employer Award at the 2016 South African Maritime Industry Awards held in Cape Town.

In accepting the prestigious Award on the com-pany’s behalf, Managing Director Paul Maclons said: “I accept this on behalf of the many men and women at sea and ashore who work to-gether each day to ensure that we can deliver a world class service to our clients. As sharehold-

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NEWS 43• COVER STORY: Empowerment efforts acknowledged• 40-year milestone for monitoring specialists• Navy award• Fishing company assists with school transport needs• Partnership between diamond miner and university supports education• Cape Town Port Festival returns to calendar• Maritime Industry Soccer Tournament• Appointments

MARITIME INDUSTRY AWARDS

WINNERS 47• Maritime Employer award• Maritime Newcomer award• Commitment to the Environment award• Seafarer of the Year award• Maritime Media award• Maritime Student award• Maritime Maestro award

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NEWS AND UPDATES 53• Solutions to ocean acidification will unlock ocean value• The earth’s life support system is at risk• Global seafood traceability campaign launched• Business unusual needed for a thriving ocean• Cruising towards ocean responsibility• GREEN WARRIOR: Managing limited resources for conservation

ers, our employees are the committed and motivated backbone of our company.” With over 500 employees, the majority of whom work on the company’s fleet of 15 owned and managed vessels, he says that Smit Amandla Marine strives to be the leading employer of South African seafarers, and is very active in the maritime education and awareness space.

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Our 23 judges had a mammoth task adjudicating the candidates and it took over a month to fi-

nalise the process. The robust system converted input from the judge for each nomination into a formula that provided an individualised score. Final-ists were chosen based on these scores and judges were asked to review this selection before proceeding. Without exception each category

drew a depth of talent, commitment and perseverance. Three categories, however, stand out for me. The first is the Maritime Media Award that aims to recognise efforts to broadcast the mari-time industry in a relevant, truthful and positive light. Our industry needs to tap into the varied media channels that are available to us and ensure that a posi-tive maritime message is heard beyond our sector. At the award’s evening we challenged

guests to shape the maritime message and deliver positive headlines. The re-sultant feedback is being processed and our mandate for the future as members of the maritime media is to work on channels that broaden the scope of audience that the message receives. The second award category that really

excites me is that of the Maritime New-comer Award. This is not an easy indus-try to break into. Most sub-sectors are capital intensive and require significant financial backing. And so, when individ-uals note potential gaps that need to be filled or provide new products and

services, we need to applaud their ef-forts. I am excited to receive the phone calls

from new companies eager to tell their story and get some coverage in this magazine. There are many that we have watched develop over the years to become bigger companies. Some of the garage start-ups of yesteryear have grown to attract international interest and brought foreign investment into the country. But it is the Maritime Maestro Award

that truly inspires me. We present this trophy in much the same way that the Oscars present the Lifetime Achieve-ment Award. It is about recognising the efforts of individuals in the industry who have gone above and beyond the call of a nine-to-five position. We say they have salt in their veins and their efforts have helped promote and pro-fessionalise the maritime industry over many years. This year’s winner received a standing

ovation when he accepted his trophy. Brian Ingpen has and continues to in-spire so many young people from all over South Africa to pursue a career at sea. But it’s not just about teaching them how to do this – it’s about inspir-ing them to live a dignified and mea-sured life that leads to successful can-didates for the maritime industry both at sea and ashore. But he inspires more than just the

learners he teaches. He inspires just about everyone in the maritime indus-try too.

With the launch of the All Hands On Deck initiative at the Maritime Industry Awards function, we hope to capture a small bit of Brian’s oomph. It’s an initiative that collectively aims to get the industry to promote itself in cre-ative and insidious ways while having a bit of fun and to create an avenue to raise funds for worthy maritime-relat-ed causes. We will be revealing more in the coming months, but our first offer-ing of a maritime-themed deck of play-ing cards has been very well received. While we got rather caught up in em-

phasising excellence at the Maritime Industry Awards, we are fully aware of a number of areas in the industry that require debate and challenge. We are working on doing this and the May/June issue looks set to be one of our most contentious yet.

Colleen Jacka, editor

We celebrated excellence in the maritime industry at the beginning of April with the hosting of the Maritime Industry Awards. The success of the event rests with those who took the time to nominate fellow colleagues and peers in the industry and this year’s call for nominations was met with over 80 quality responses that had to be narrowed down to two or three finalists in each category.

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QUAY QUOTES Who is saying what in the maritime industry

EXPRESSIONS Quay quotes


12 “The Namibian lobster fishery based in Lüderitz is in stagnation and continues to be economically depressed due to the lack of ad-equate facilities to process and export live lob-sters directly from Lüderitz. Namibian lobster right holders earn a pittance for their catches compared to their South African counterparts,” writes Shaheen Moolla.

15 “Producing sufficient volumes is our big-gest problem now,” he says. “We are currently investigating further development and expan-sion of the project now that we feel we have a blueprint that’s working,” says Claire Attwood.

21 “Operating with an engine that is not properly aligned always results in unnecessary wear and tear on the engine, parts and the pro-pulsion system,” says Melvyn Frost of Maritime Mechanicals Consulting.

23 “I have accompanied faculty members several times to Scandanvia where the best tech-nology exists and to inspect various software and hardware equipment,” says Wärtsilä Ship Power Development Partner for Africa, Greg Davids.

26 “Every seaman probably fears the con-sequences of a serious fire at sea, but, unfortu-nately, awareness of the possibility of fire does not always lead to the attitudes and actions necessary to prevent it. Some individuals may be sensitive to the hazards of fire and to the means of preventing it. Others may be completely irre-sponsible. Somewhere between these extremes is the majority who are in some respects very careful — in others, foolishly careless — perhaps from lack of knowledge,” writes Michael Heads from P&I Associates.

27 “This represents a bold and thoughtful decision by the Regulator which, whilst recog-nising the current stresses on the South African

economy as a whole, still allows TNPA a reason-able return of ZAR 2 billion on its investment in the circumstances,” says Andrew Pike, Head of the Ports, Terminals and Logistics Sector Group at Bowman Gilfillan Africa Group.

28 “More than anything else, this judgement vindicates Viking Fishing because it found there was no ‘want of due diligence’,” said Tim Reddell, a director of the Viking Fishing Group.

29 “The number of ship arrests around the world has risen drastically over recent months as banks and creditors seek compensations from ship owners who find themselves unable to pay up on outstanding loans. South Africa has become positioned as a good destination to successfully sell marine assets under such conditions and we believe the recent auction reflected professionalism and credible interna-tional outreach through the global campaign we undertook,” Comments Warren Schewitz, CEO of Clear Asset.

32 “We are still finding our feet, but we will be different to other companies. We will train black female engineers and introduce them to the industry,” said Ngazibini Qongqo.

34 “This is a critically important project for Abidjan that will contribute positively to the economic and social success in Cote d’Ivoire,” states Jacques Brummer, CEO of Southern Power Products.

36 “We believe it will attract more car-go, create more jobs, encourage the growth of smaller businesses associated with the port and highlight the need for more infrastructure devel-opment as well as increase our contribution to the economy of the country,” says Osório Lucas, CEO of MPDC.

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Applaud

We applaud all the winners as well as finalists in the Maritime Indus-try Awards held at the beginning of April. We also applaud Transnet Na-tional Ports Authority (TNPA) for re-viving the Port Festivals as a way to promote the maritime industry to a wider audience.

Keelhauled

We keelhaul the South African Presi-dency and the African National Con-gress for diluting the importance of the progress report on Operation Phakisa held in April and turning it into a political rally to garner support for the 2016 local elections.

The maritime community will sure-ly 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 sub-ordinate”. But at the same time we will also applaud those individuals and companies in recognition of significant achievements.

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PORT RELIABILITYSeaIntel reports consistent overall improvements in average schedule reliability on both Europe and Asian trades into African ports between July and December in their Global Liner Performance Report, com-pared with the first six months of 2015. Average on-time arrival within +/- 1 day of schedule is significantly up in both directions, with some Af-rica – Europe services experiencing anything up to a 22 percent jump in reliability.

SLEEPING WITH SHARKSIn March Airbnb featured an inter-esting sleeping arrangement as they unveiled the opportunity to lease a fully submerged bedroom in the shark tank at the Paris Aquarium that included 35 sharks as neigh-bours. This underwater bedroom sits within three million litres of wa-ter, in an aquarium ten meters deep and where the only thing separating the guests from the majestic sharks is a 360-degree transparent wall.

CYBER THREATSAccording to the 2015 Crew Con-nectivity survey, 43 percent of crew have sailed on a vessel that had been compromised by a cyber incident, yet almost 90 percent of crew had never received any cyber security or hygiene training or guidelines. It’s essential that ship operators acknowledge the fact that cyber attacks now target users rather than infrastructure, and our greatest threats remain our employ-ees, crew and suppliers.

our target of 1.1 million TEUs for last year by a small margin, it is a manifes-tation that the port traffic is growing at a fast rate. It definitely maintains our position as one of the top container ports globally,” states managing director of the Kenya Port Authority, Catherine Mturi-Wairi.

42 “To us, progressive and sustainable ports are those that co-exist and evolve with the communities where the commercial ports are. These port festivals therefore offer a platform and a workable solution to make our ports community friendly and to expose the public to the opportunities available in this sector, but in a fun and innovative way,” said TNPA Chief Executive Richard Vallihu.

53 “Ocean acidification is a global process with local impacts on fisheries and coastal communities, so there is a need to act urgently at all levels. It is a threat to national growth and development, particularly in the developing nations, and should be reflected in national and subnational developmental plans,” says Dr Louis Celliers, CSIR coastal systems research group leader.

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PORT MILESTONESouth Africa’s bulk port, Richards Bay, commemorated its 40th anniversary on Friday, 1st April, with further celebratory events planned for the remainder of the milestone year. The Port of Richards Bay was established in 1976 and – despite being one of the “newcomers” to the industry – has expanded to include a variety of exports, earning it a reputa-tion as one of the most successful of its kind within South Africa’s shores. The Port of Richards Bay was created for the purpose of transporting locally-mined coal to international shores.

RIG COUNTAccording to the Baker Hughes rig count, the number of offshore oil rigs in Africa fell from 26 in January to 20 in March 2016. This marks a decline from 40 in March last year after peaking in 2015 at 45 in January 2015. Internationally the offshore rig count has declined from 242 in January this year to 211 in March. The global figure in March 2015 was 316.

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REPORT BACK Durban Maritime Summit


Introspection aims to create broader development and benefits as Port becomes Smart Port City

The first Durban Maritime Summit held in February this year aimed to focus on the concept of Durban as a smart port city with the empha-sis on understanding how the port and the city interact to improve the lives and working opportunities of those that reside and work in them.

It was certainly a refreshing direction for a conference – most of which seem to have an all-Africa or at least sub-region-

al focus. Perhaps a narrower, harder and more purposed look at maritime locations is what is needed to move the maritime agenda forward. It’s a focus that the EThe-kwini Maritime Cluster in Durban has been successfully pushing for some time and has helped them to become the only truly ac-tive maritime cluster in South Africa. The Cluster, of course, recognises that the

Port of Durban is not an isolated piece of infrastructure without any purpose in de-veloping the economy of the country as a whole and the Deputy Mayor of the EThe-kwini Municipality, Nomvuzo Shabalala, said that, although the Port of Durban was

part of the daily lives of Durbanites, it was also an essential muscle for moving trade along the transport corridor to Gauteng.

“This is an important time for us to exam-ine the role that our port can play in not only improving the economic growth of the region, but the country as a whole. The port of Durban is the biggest in South Afri-ca, generating more than 60 percent of the combined revenue of South Africa’s eight ports and handling 80 million tons of cargo annually. It is also a gateway to the rest of Africa and the nucleus of trade within the Southern African Development Communi-ty. Almost daily, we hear that our economy is not growing as it should, that jobs are in short supply and that our currency is ex-

tremely volatile,” she said.

In this context she emphasised the impor-tance of port cities as drivers of economic performance and the need, therefore, to focus on the creation of smart port cities. “Smart Port Cities are at the forefront of in-formation and communications technolo-gy, they are more efficient, work better and use less energy. Creating a Smart Port City means creating a city that enjoys a flour-ishing economy while ensuring the positive coexistence of urban areas with the indus-trial areas of the port. This continues to be a major challenge in the older areas of our city, as proactive town planning did not exist in the early days. Today’s Smart Port City must be liveable while maintaining the competitiveness of its port and down-stream industries,” she said.

“Through the EThekwini Maritime Clus-ter, we aim to fast track enterprise de-velopment and look at ways in which the maritime sector can be opened up for BEE development. We are also working hard to educate our children so that they can be-come part of Durban’s maritime sector and follow careers in this sector, she concluded.

High on the Cluster’s agenda is the devel-opment of skills for the maritime sector. The Deputy Mayor highlighted a number of

Benefits of a Smart Port City:

�� Job creation

�� Enterprise development

�� Boosted investment

�� Improved technology

�� Stimulate exports and economy

�� Stimulate innovation

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�� Collaboration between stake-holders

�� Strategic partnerships

�� Buy-in from relevant drivers

�� Strengthened communication and information

�� Comprehensive talent devel-opment

�� Funding model

�� Implementation plans

Top: Thato Tsautse (Managing Director of the EThekwini Maritime Cluster), Dr Henriette van Niekerk (Director Clarksons Platou) and Trevor Jones (Director Maritime Studies at UKZN).

Above: EThekwini Deputy Mayor, Nomvuzo Shabalala, Deputy Minis-ter of Transport, Sindisiwe Lydia Chikunga and Thato Tsautse, MD of the EThekwini Maritime Cluster.

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Learners engage with the maritime industry at the Maritime Careers’ Exhibition alongside the conference.

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collaborations in this regard and spoke about the 40 graduates, 37 artisans and 10 high schools that were being supported.

“We need to replenish skills for a robust industry. The cluster is need-ed to build the industry through interaction and collaboration,” agreed Zeph Ndluvo, director of the EThekwini Maritime Cluster, who added that more training in seafarers was required and that more could be undertaken to harvest the potential of maritime tourism in the region.

“But above all we need to resuscitate the training and development of maritime skills, with seafarers on South African vessels and to grow the number of vessels registered in South Africa and proudly flying our flag and where possible play a role in growing the maritime tour-ism market,” he said.

“For South Africa's maritime sector to grow, there is a need to create a social and, educational environment that is aligned to the interna-tional convention standards and a legal environment that is attractive to international maritime nations,” said Herschel Maasdorp Executive Head of the Transnet Maritime School of Excellence who added that Improving the quality of basic and tertiary education will be critical to minimise the gap that exists between the trained population and the requirement in the workplace.”

The Summit was relatively well attended, but some potentially inter-ested stakeholders or interested parties may have fallen through the cracks. Social media interaction that followed the event indicated that more could have been done to attract a broader audience.

With Operation Phakisa and Transnet’s Market Demand Strategy high on the agenda at the Summit as well as the need to grow the sector, promote enterprise development and transform the industry mari-time conferences need to, now more than ever, engage more deeply in broadcasting the maritime message.

It was a good start and the addition of a maritime careers’ exhibition alongside the conference will have hopefully helped to garner some more interest from younger South Africans ready to choose a career path.

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SCIENTIFICALLY SPEAKING Promoting knowledge through science


In the 1950’s to 1970’s hake, horse mack-erel, sardine and tuna were all open to exploitation by international fleets.

If the numbers are to be believed, at the peak of the hake fishery in “South West Africa” more than one million tonnes were caught (more than three times the current combined catch in the waters of the Ben-guela ecosystem). Ask any of the industry’s shrewd “old-timers” and they will relate how negotiations around catch sharing took place through the ICSEAF (Internation-al Commission for the South East Atlantic Fisheries) annual meetings.

Nowadays things are different. The lan-guage of fisheries science challenges man-agers and is loaded with acronyms. We have UNCLOS (United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea), RFMOs (Regional Fisheries Management Organisations) and the BCC (Benguela Current Commission – a kind of RFMO). Consider the governments of the Benguela region each responsible for and independently managing their Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) against the backdrop of globally accepted fisheries management approaches, such as the ecosystem ap-proach to fisheries (EAF) − difficult to con-ceptualise and challenging to implement.

South Africa is a full member of the BCC and subscribes to its obligations, along with Angola and Namibia. These countries are also signatories to UNCLOS with some tough commitments not least of which is Article 63 which refers to straddling fish stocks as:

“Stocks occurring within the exclusive eco-nomic zones of two or more coastal States or both within the exclusive economic zone and in an area beyond and adjacent to it”.

Article 63 expands on the obligations of states:

“Where the same stock or stocks of associ-ated species occur within the exclusive eco-nomic zones of two or more coastal States, these States shall seek, either directly or through appropriate subregional or region-al organisations, to agree upon the mea-sures necessary to co-ordinate and ensure the conservation and development of such stocks without prejudice to the other provi-sions of this Part”.

Another key international instrument re-ferring to the straddling stocks issue is the UN Straddling fish stocks and highly migra-tory fish stocks agreement (1995) which is also ratified by each of the BCC countries. Notably, Article 6 and 7 of this instrument “apply also to the conservation and man-agement of such stocks within areas under

national jurisdiction, subject to the different legal regimes that apply within areas under national jurisdiction and in areas beyond national jurisdiction ….”

Taking stockThe key word in all these instruments is

clearly “stock”. Transboundary fisheries is-sues are very complex and relate directly to how we define stocks, because they are the primary management entity.

A stock means different things to different people, although as a rule a stock could be a species that has a life history that is clearly defined and separated from the life history of another nearby stock of the same spe-cies. If stocks are discrete – that is they do not overlap between countries – then there is no transboundary issue.

However, if, as suggested by Hyashi (1993) a transboundary stock is: “A group of com-mercially exploitable organisms distribut-ed over, or migrating across, a maritime boundary between two or more national jurisdictions, whose exploitation can only be managed effectively by cooperation between the States concerned, but where emigration to or immigration from other ju-risdictions need not be taken into account.”

… then we have a problem!Much of the straddling stocks agreement

refers to “high seas” and “highly migratory” species, including tunas and sharks, which in the Benguela region, is the responsibili-ty of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT).

The migratory longfin tuna (albacore) is found in the EEZs of the three BCC states but is managed by ICCAT, although each country assumes a degree of autonomy with regard to fishing effort so as to maintain the catch limits set by ICCAT.

Deep-water demersal species such as al-fonsino, orange roughy, patagonian tooth-fish and many other species, are the man-date of SEAFO (South East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation), another RFMO to which the three BCC countries (and others) are signa-tories.

However, orange roughy and alfonsino are recognised commercial species within the Namibian EEZ, are also potential candidates for commercial fisheries in both Angola and South Africa, and are likely to have stock overlaps.

Cooperation is keyAlthough these different instruments

go on a bit, simply put they say that each country, as a signatory to the BCC agrees to

Transboundary – science or politics?In those exhilarating scien-

tific working group meet-ings, mention the word “transboundary” or the

phrase “shared fish stocks” and the members of the

group will awaken as if a bolt of lightning had struck

the tea trolley. Dave Japp considers the science, and politics, of

transboundary resource management.

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follow a precautionary approach; agrees to share data, apply reference points; do its best to “restore stocks” and develop data collection and research plans, etc.

The BCC recognises this and also makes the statement that the BCC is obligated to “provide a vehicle for the countries of the region to introduce an ‘ecosystem ap-proach to ocean governance’”. This means that the three countries must work togeth-er to manage the marine environment, in-cluding fish stocks that may be shared.

The BCC is a relatively new organisation, but it provides a platform for its three members states to undertake “transbound-ary” research surveys. The focus of these surveys (conducted mostly with the sup-port of the Norwegian government and the United Nations) has been horse mackerel and sardinella in the north and, of course, hake in the south (Figure 1).

Understanding your fish and chips

Recognising that there are other trans-boundary stock issues such as horse mack-erel and sardinella in northern Namibia and Angola, lets focus on hake. Even though we know that fish and chips bought at the cor-ner fish shop or the fish fingers at your su-permarket are, well, “hake”, only a handful of people know that hake are not simply hake.

There are shallow-water (Merluccius cap-ensis or “cape hake”) and deep-water hake (M. paradoxus), white hake, black hake and even brown. There is also Marine Steward-ship Certified (MSC) hake, SASSI green and orange hake and longline and trawl-caught hake.

Most consumers would not know (or care) if hake was caught in Namibia or South Afri-ca. But, thanks to the strides we have taken in fisheries science, we recognise that we are not only dealing with potentially differ-ent stocks, but also two hake species.

Two recently published papers (Stromme et. al, 2015 and Jansen et al, 2016) give some insights on the transboundary re-search on hake conducted by the Dr Fridt-jof Nansen programme. The first focused on deep-water hake. The authors’ conclu-sions are significant because they suggest that “large” M. paradoxus migrate from South African waters into Namibia and then back again! They also suggest that there is no evidence of spawning of this species in Namibia and that there are no “small juve-niles” on the south coast of South Africa.

Another paper from Namibian scientists on the two species dynamics in Namibian

waters contradicts this view, suggesting that there is some evidence of spawning of deep-water hake in southern Namibian waters (see Jansen et al., 2015 in Kathena et al., 2016).

Further, Stromme et al. state that from all the Nansen transboundary surveys since 2000, only 20 individuals of deep-water hake were found to be in a ripe and run-ning stage (meaning spawning state) – i.e. that includes all of the transboundary sur-vey area including SA and Namibian waters.

It is difficult to reconcile these conclu-sions with the assumption that, because no deep-water hake spawn in Namibia, all spawning must occur in South African wa-ters and any adult hake in Namibia have migrated from South Africa.

The authors ask, what “sustains the high exploitation rate (of hake) in Namibian wa-ters” and they go even further to suggest that deep-water hake migrate onto the Agulhas Bank as far east as Port Alfred. While migrations might be happening, there certainly is not sufficient evidence to suggest that the fishery for deep-water hake in the Benguala is entirely sustained by the South African “stock”.

Jansen et al. 2016 used a different meth-odology (spatial mapping) to try and un-derstand the results of the transboundary surveys for shallow-water hake. Their re-sults find there are likely to be three “pri-mary” populations of M. capensis (a Wal-vis, Orange River and Agulhas population) and that there is most likely a migration from the Walvis population to South Africa (Agulhas population). They were cautious about calling these separate stocks sug-gesting that M. capensis catches are taken from one stock with populations that be-have differently.

Genetic investigationsThe transboundary question has also

been investigated using genetics. The ge-netics at least support the separation of the two species based on evolutionary history. Work done by Dr Henriques and her col-leagues at Stellenbosch University suggest that the two species of hake caught in the Bengulea are not “sister species” and have evolved from quite different pathways

Deep-water hake is more closely related to the Angolan hake M.poli while M. capen-sis most likely has its origins from the Euro-pean hake M. merluccius. There is also ev-idence that inter-breeding (hybridisation) between the two hake species may occur, adding further complexity to the joint man-agement options for the two species.

Are we any closer to understanding the transboundary dynamics of hake and oth-er species and should we move to joint assessments? Keep in mind that this im-plies that South Africa negotiates a sharing agreement with Namibia (for deep-water hake at least), that data are provided freely for combined stock assessments and that we have a common management regime.

The big issuesThe big issues would be: who gets the

allocations, how much they get and who pays for the management of the stock? I would venture an opinion that none of this is clear. In my view the genetic studies are inconclusive; the results of the transbound-ary surveys are insuffficient to draw conclu-sions about migrations and there are still many fundamental questions around the life history of the two species.

My personal view is that we as South Af-ricans should get our own house in order before we even think transboundary. We still do not fully understand the early re-cruitment movements of hake in our own waters.

The stakes are high. It is clear, however, that before we think of sharing fish re-sources that “shared stock” status needs to be demonstrated beyond doubt. In my view the ones who really know what is go-ing on are the fishers – those who fished the “stocks” when they were at their peak in the ICSEAF times and those who fish the resources month by month around the coasts.

Or is it just a question of politics? His-torically the South African and Namibian fisheries have been split, separate stock as-sessments are conducted and Total Allow-able Catches set independently.

Is it just a matter of convenience that these “stocks” exist or are we in denial sim-ply for political and economic expediency?

FISHY BUSINESS Shaheen Moolla discusses the fishing sector


The Namibian fishing industry had complained that the political inten-tion of allocating more and more

quotas to a larger number of right holders diluted Namibia’s ability to compete with other fish producing states and also creat-ed a class of rent-seekers that did not invest in infrastructure and jobs.

The class of rent-seekers has of course be-come an expensive hallmark of the South African fishing landscape where right hold-ers hold a quota only to seek a monthly rent.

The policy acknowledgement that the performance of right holders would be regularly reviewed against criteria such as investments, employment, value addition and socio-economic factors is an important theoretical step toward moving away from the rent-seeking class of right holders.

Although Namibia’s fishing industry com-prises 10 commercial fisheries (compared to South Africa’s 22 commercial fishery sec-tors), the Namibian industry lands about the same amount of fish, or slightly less depending on the South African anchovy season, worth approximately R7 billion. Namibia’s industry essentially comprises an industrial sector and a recreational com-ponent.

By global standards, the Namibian lobster and line fisheries could be considered the only small-scale commercial or artisanal fisheries while the remaining fisheries are certainly all capital intensive, high value in-dustrial fisheries with a plethora of foreign

investors from South Africa, Spain and even Iceland. Namibia’s hake and horse macker-el fisheries are its two mainstay fisheries accounting for more than 90 percent of its total annual catch allowance.

Rights allocation The scheduled allocation of fishing rights

in late 2016 or early 2017 will be across Namibia’s 10 fishing sectors, including the crab, lobster, hake, pilchard, horse macker-el, large pelagic, monk and sole and contro-versial seal fisheries.

The principal legislative instrument that

will determine the allocation of fishing rights in Namibia is the Marine Resources Act of 2000, and particularly sections 32 and 33. Section 33 provides the broad cri-teria that the Minister may have regard to when considering applications for fishing rights. These criteria include the following:

�� whether or not the applicant is a Na-mibian citizen;

�� where the applicant is a company, the extent to which the beneficial control of the company vests in Namibian cit-izens;

�� the beneficial ownership of any vessel which will be used by the applicant;

�� the ability of the applicant to exercise the right in a satisfactory manner;

�� the advancement of persons in Namibia who have been socially, economically or educationally disadvantaged by discriminatory laws or practices which were enacted or practised before the independence of Namibia;

�� regional development within Namibia; �� co-operation with other countries, es-

pecially those in the Southern African Development Community;

�� the conservation and economic devel-opment of marine resources;

�� whether the applicant has successfully performed under an exploratory right in respect of the resource applied for;

�� socio-economic concerns; and�� the contribution of marine resources to

food security.

Namibia’s fishing rights allocation dis-pensation explicitly recognises that foreign owned entities may not only participate in the fishing industry via joint ventures with Namibians, but may in fact directly hold fishing rights.

Under the current 2009 Namibian Fish-ing Policy, which is presently under review, fishing rights can be allocated to periods of 20 years, 15 years, ten years and seven years. The criteria determining these peri-ods are rather rigid, contradictory and con-fusing and one hopes that they would be reviewed and clarified. At present, 20-year

Namibian media reported in November last year that the

country’s Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources

(MFMR) was preparing for the allocation of fishing rights by means of a new fishing quota

allocation “mechanism” during 2016. The Fisheries Minister,

Bernard Esau, mentioned that his ministry had commenced

a review of Namibian fisheries laws and policies earlier in

2015 and that the allocation of fishing rights would be based

on performance and subject to continuous three-year

performance reviews.

A FRAP to the North: The Allocation of Namibian Fishing Rights in 2017

The scheduled allocation of fishing rights in late 2016 or early 2017 will be across Namibia’s 10 fishing sectors, including the crab, lob-ster, hake, pilchard, horse mackerel, large pelagic, monk and sole and controversial seal fisheries.

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rights are allocated to any entity that per-manently employs 5,000 or more Namib-ians in “on-land” facilities.

Fifteen-year rights are allocated to appli-cants who satisfy the following criteria:

�� Applicants who are at least 90 percent beneficially owned by Namibians with significant investment in vessels or on-shore processing facilities. For this pur-pose 50 percent ownership in a vessel or an operational onshore processing facility in the fishery for which rights are granted is considered a “significant investment”.

�� Namibian applicants who own a “small-er share of a larger venture”, although what a “smaller share of a larger invest-ment” is, is not clear.

�� A venture with “more substantial for-eign ownership” which makes or has the capacity to make “a major eco-nomic contribution and overall devel-opment” in Namibia. For this purpose, 500 Namibian employees working onshore in activities related to the fishery for which the rights are granted is considered as being sufficient to be considered a “major contribution”.

�� Smaller joint or wholly foreign owned ventures can also qualify provided these make an innovative contribution to the development of the fishing in-dustry in Namibia, such as developing new products or new export markets and where a longer term right is neces-sary to secure the investment involved.

Ten-year rights are granted to applicants that:

�� Have at least a 50 percent Namibian ownership profile and own a vessel or operational processing facility in the fishery for which rights are applied for.

�� Have less than a 51 percent Namibian

ownership profile with onshore invest-ments in the fishery for which rights are granted.

Seven-year rights are granted to appli-cants that:

�� Are new entrants to the fishery.�� Are majority Namibian owned ventures

having at least 50 percent ownership in vessels or an operational onshore processing facility in the fishery for which rights are applied for, including ventures which only operate in the fish-ery involved by chartering of vessels or other similar arrangements.

�� Are less than 51 percent Namibian owned with onshore investments in the fishery for which rights are granted.

Confused stateIt is suitably quite confusing. To make

matters even more complicated, the effect of such a fishing rights duration dispen-sation is that one would necessarily have different right holders in the same fishery

with fishing rights of varying periods. This would render the stated performance mea-suring process that the Minister intends implementing near impossible to fairly and rationally oversee.

The Namibian fishing industry has the po-tential to attract substantial foreign invest-ment given the larger horse mackerel and

hake fishery catch allowances compared to its southern neighbour. However, the economic growth of the fishery will largely depend on its ability to steer a path toward clear, flexible and unambiguous fisheries policies.

Rigid and ambiguous policies regarding quota durations as contained in the current 2009 fishing policy should be reviewed and replaced with sector specific fishing right periods aimed fundamentally at attracting investments in sustainable and responsible harvesting, processing and marketing of seafood. It may also be opportune to re-consider Namibia’s over-emphasis on wet-fish hake processing.

The Namibian lobster fishery based in Lüderitz is in stagnation and continues to be economically depressed due to the lack of adequate facilities to process and export live lobsters directly from Lüderitz. Namib-ian lobster right holders earn a pittance for their catches compared to their South Afri-can counterparts.

It is hoped that the policy and legislative review process currently underway will rec-ognise the various economic growth oppor-tunities that exist in the fisheries and that the Minister remains committed to allocat-ing fishing rights to right holders capable of directly participating in the fisheries as opposed to simply seeking resource rents for the next seven, ten, 15 or 20 years.

Rigid and ambiguous policies regarding quota durations as con-tained in the current 2009 fishing policy should be reviewed and replaced with sector specific fishing right periods aimed funda-mentally at attracting investments in sustainable and responsi-ble harvesting, processing and marketing of seafood. It may also be opportune to reconsider Namibia’s over-emphasis on wet-fish hake processing.

A wide-angle perspective on commercial fishing THROUGH THE FISH EYE LENS


When I was a child, we would spend three weeks every year on the south coast of KwaZulu-Na-

tal. Our annual holiday was always timed to coincide with the fishing season for elf (or shad as my dad always called it) and even though it was a bit peculiar to holiday in winter, the days were always sunny and the trip to the coast was a welcome break from the icy Highveld winter.

When he wasn’t fishing for elf, my dad would roam the rocky shore at low tide and pick his daily quota of 25 black mussels. I would tag along and help with the mussel collecting, but when he went after octopus, I made myself scarce. At a very young age I learnt to loathe and fear the sensation of an octopus crawling up my arm.

My dad always called the octopus he pre-pared for dinner “calamari” and believe me when I tell you it was rubbery and tasteless; if I have come across octopus on a restau-rant menu since then, I certainly would have avoided it. But, after spending a morning with Garry Nel, who has spent the best part of 20 years experimenting with the best way to catch and prepare octopus, I’m ready to give this particular cephalopod another try.

An experiment in trial and errorNel’s company SA Sensational Seafoods

is a right-holder in South Africa’s experi-mental octopus fishery and has been part of each phase of the Department of Agri-culture, Forestry and Fisheries’ (DAFF) oc-topus experiment since 1998.

He operates in False Bay, deploying his traps between Seal Island and Monwabisi beach; from Seal Island out to sea, and all the way around to Hoek van Bobbejaan on the west side of the Cape Peninsula. Nel’s

crew deploys and services the octopus traps from Albatross, a converted tuna pole fishing boat, and targets Octopus vulgaris, a fast growing, cold water species that lives in water of between 5 and 100m depth.

On meeting Nel at Kalk Bay harbour, the first thing he shows me are the sturdy plastic trigger traps that he says have rev-

olutionised his company’s participation in the octopus experiment. The traps are imported from Australia and their success is largely a result of the fact that they are strong and heavy and can stand up to the most ferocious winter storms.

Nel’s first traps were blow moulded plas-tic shelter pots purchased from West Af-rica. They rolled around on the seabed in foul weather, only to emerge crumpled and bent. The imported traps also use a novel method to lure octopus. This has proved very successful and dramatically improved catch rates.

A curious configurationGear configuration consists of three plas-

tic trigger traps seated together on a heavy steel frame. The traps are unbaited, but equipped with a rubber crab that fits over a flashing LED light. The light is activat-ed soon after the trap hits the water (at a depth of 2m) and it blinks once every four seconds – enough to attract the attention of a curious octopus that is moving along the seabed. When the octopus tries to remove the crab from the pot, a trigger is released, the trap door slams shut and the octopus is locked inside.

Each steel frame is joined to a longline and deployed at distance of 20m from the next frame. In total, 40 steel frames (120 individual traps) are deployed on a one ki-lometre longline. A cement anchor on each side of the longline helps to secure them to the seabed.

On the surface, a series of bullet buoys and two radar-reflecting buoys alert other seafarers to the presence of the line. And, this being South Africa, a bold sign discour-ages people (who can be as curious as an

octopus) from tampering with the lines. Incidents of vandalism have taken place, leading to time consuming line detangling operations.

Two to three lines of one kilometre each are deployed at a time and the soak time for the traps is typically seven to nine days, but is always weather dependent.

Curiosity kills the octopus What does it take to catch an octopus? A plastic crab and a blinking light! After

nearly 20 years of trial and error, the experimental oc-topus fishery is taking off.

CLAIRE ATTWOOD PROVIDES A WIDE ANGLE PERSPECTIVE

“Producing sufficient volumes is our biggest problem now,” he says. “We are currently investigating further development and expansion of the project now that we feel we have a blueprint that’s working.”

THROUGH THE FISH EYE LENS A wide-angle perspective on commercial fishing


Recovery and removal

Nel showed me a video of the trap re-trieval operation and it really is a very slick affair. Since each line weighs about 1.8 tonnes, a powerful Australian lobster winch is used to haul the traps onto the Albatross.

Hauling is at a rate of 5.2m/second at 1200 rpm. As each pot is opened the oc-topus inside is gently sprayed with a saline solution that paralyses it, allowing a crew-member to easily remove it from the trap. Immediately the animal is submerged in a tank of ice slurry that quickly shocks and

kills the animal. The catch is kept in the ice slurry until it is transferred to shore for pro-cessing.

Processing takes place at the Hout Bay factory of PescaLuna. The factory is HACCP approved which facilitates the export of product to Spain, Australia and the United States. For now, SA Sensational Seafoods is producing a single product: frozen octopus hands in an attractive plastic pouch, but it is in the process of introducing an “octopus flower pack” which is the standard Europe-an presentation for octopus.

Also in the pipeline is a steamed and

pouched product that would dramatically reduce preparation time for both consum-ers and restauranteurs. All products are marketed under the name “Cape Town Oc-topus”.

Nel is upbeat about the future of the oc-topus fishery, saying it has the potential to employ hundreds, if not thousands, of fish-ers and is particularly well suited to fishers who hold rights in other sectors. For exam-ple, at certain times of the year, when tuna catches are good, the Albatross crew leave the octopus traps in the water a day or two longer than usual before servicing them.

Lessons from West AfricaIf you’re dubious about whether Octopus

vulgaris can really form the basis of a full-scale commercial fishery, you need look no further than Northwest Africa; in Maurita-nia, Morocco, Senegal, Guinea and Guin-ea-Bissau, Octopus vulgaris is the most im-portant demersal resource and constitutes about 30 percent of the demersal catch.

In 1980, there were 279 Spanish trawlers catching octopus and cuttlefish in these countries, but access conditions in North-west Africa have become more restrictive and the Spanish cephalopod fleet is today less than one third of its maximum size.

Nel tells me that the catch of Octopus vul-garis in Northwest Africa is around 50,000 tonnes per year. I wasn’t able to verify that figure, but the FAO data that is available suggests that octopus catches (all species) in the region vary considerably – from about 46,000 tonnes to 84,000 tonnes per year.

At present, the South African octopus catch is modest, but the outlook for the fishery is good. Catch rates are general-ly higher than those recorded in Western Australia where a 16-year experimental fishery very recently entered the commer-cial phase, catching about 200 tons per year, although the catch is growing. Aus-tralia has a large Greek population and so far, octopus catchers have been unable to meet demand. Some of the South African catch is helping to make up the shortfall.

Educating a marketJust like my father erroneously referred to

octopus as “calamari” (which is the culinary term for squid) so most South Africans have very little experience of octopus as a food. Nel has worked hard to educate the market and he is pleased to say that the top restau-

Top: Nel removes a large Octopus vulgaris from a trigger trap. Nel has been involved in the experimental octopus fishery since 1998 and is finally seeing a return on his company’s investment.

Avove: Nel is pictured with two purpose-built, Australian designed and manufactured trigger traps seat-ed on a steel frame. The traps have radically improved catch rates in the experimental fishery. A rubber crab and a flashing LED light are used to attract an octopus into the trap. Once the octopus tries to remove the crab from the pot, the trap door slams shut and the animal is trapped. (There is no bycatch caught in this fishery because only an octopus can get into the trap and remove the crab.)

A wide-angle perspective on commercial fishing THROUGH THE FISH EYE LENS


rants have started buying his products “and it’s gone through the roof.”

One of the problems has been the in-correct labelling of octopus caught in the south coast rock lobster fishery or the trawl fisheries – which is usually the deep-sea species, Enteroctopus megalocyathus (southern giant octopus). Enteroctopus megalocyathus is often labelled as Octopus vulgaris but, says Nel, the former species is of a far lesser quality.

“Octopus Vulgaris has a much higher cooking yield and a better quality of meat that doesn’t vary greatly in flavour and texture,” explains Nel. Added to which, whereas trawl caught octopus is kept on ice before being processed and sold, the trap-caught octopus handled with care on the vessel and frozen immediately after landing and so quality and shelf life is assured.

Nel says the notion that “an octopus is an octopus” has hampered his efforts to pen-etrate local and export markets, but he is working with DAFF and the National Reg-ulator for Compulsory Standards (NRCS) to address the issue of incorrect labelling of octopus products.

That Nel believes in the future of the oc-topus fishery is borne out by his company’s decision to build a purpose-built vessel for deploying and servicing traps. He also believes it will take a partnership with a medium-sized fishing company to take the octopus fishery to the next level.

“Producing sufficient volumes is our big-gest problem now,” he says. “We are cur-rently investigating further development and expansion of the project now that we feel we have a blueprint that’s working.”

As for me, now that I’ve learnt about this fascinating new fishery and seen how in-novation and sheer persistence are finally starting to pay off, I feel a certain responsi-bility to support it. I think it’s time to over-come the octopus phobia of my youth and give it a try. Nel tells me they cook Cape Town Octopus very well at Pesce Azzurro in Woodstock.

From the top: The crew of Albatross with two good-sized Octopus vulgaris specimens. The crew, which has become highly skilled at han-dling octopus, also fishes for tuna.

Processing of raw material takes place at the Hout Bay factory of Pescaluna.

At this stage, SA Sensational Seafoods is pro-ducing frozen octopus hands for the Cape Town Octopus label. More products are in the pipeline.

FEATURE Engines and propulsion


Lubricating oils perform a number of critical functions in the mechanical op-eration of the main engines and vessel

gearboxes. The oil provides a protective film between working parts made of steel or other metal alloys, as well as cooling the mating surfaces and removing wear de-bris generated during the operation of the equipment. A lubricant in the form of an engine oil

must separate the mating metal surfaces at journal bearings and gear teeth with a film of lubricating oil that decreases fric-

tion in the engine, removes heat, removes wear debris as well as suspends soot and deposits formed during the combustion process in the engine.

In the gearboxes onboard ship a different type of lubricating oil has to be used to lubricate the meshing gears and rotating rolling element bearings. Here the lubri-cant must remove heat generated during gearbox operation; carry away wear debris; release air entrained in the oil very quickly; resist oxidation by the entrained air and perhaps some water as well as quickly shed

all water that enters the oil sump so that the lubricating film between meshing gear teeth is intact.

The complex chemistry of marine engine oils and marine gear oils means that care and consideration is needed to ensure that the correct oil for an engine or gearbox is selected. A well instituted maintenance program that includes lubricating oil sampling and testing as well as trending of the test results so as to follow the condition of the lubricating oil charge is vital.

The lubrication requirements of marine main engines and high speed auxiliary diesel engines is determined by the Orig-inal Equipment Builders (OEM).

The table on the left shows some of the complex lubricating oil properties that need to be married together to ensure that Slow Speed Crosshead and Medium Speed Trunk piston engines are effectively lubri-cated. Lubricants for high-speed marine diesel engines include most of the above performance characteristics.

The key properties of a lubricating oil for marine engines that must be considered are:

�� The viscosity of the oil and its SAE vis-cosity grade.

�� The Total Base Number (TBN) of the oil so as to neutralise acids formed from fuel sulphur.

�� The Viscosity Index of the oil and its ability to resist changes in viscosity with temperature.

�� The Sulphated Ash content – to avoid deposit formation on rings and pistons.

�� The quality of the oil to resist oxidation and thermal degradation.

�� The detergency and dispersancy of oil to be used in Medium Speed and High Speed engines so as to keep soot and

Lubricating Oils – Lifeblood of the ship’s engine systems

Engineers working in the marine industry and onboard vessels need to realise the key role that lubricating oil plays in ensur-ing that engines, gearboxes, air compressors and hydraulic systems function and work, day in and day out. The lubricating oil and grease remains hidden from view, but the oil is the life-blood of all the working parts onboard a ship.

Low speed crosshead cylinder Medium speed trunk piston system

Crankcase

Sulphur neutralisation High TBN oil = 40-100

Lubricate bearings, crankshaft, chains & running gear

Piston deposit control and ring stick prevention

Detergency & thermal stability Detergency & thermal stability Sludge & lacquer control

Good lubricating oil film formation Good lubricating oil film formation

Stability in the presence of fuel contamination

Anti-wear properties Low emulsibility Must control asphaltene deposits in engines

System oil compatibility Rust & oxidation prevention Keep oil scraper rings clean

SAE 50 - 60 grade SAE 30 grade Thermal stability & oxidation control

Good anti scuffing ability Release of insoluble & water to purifiers

Rust control and alkalinity retention

Importance of viscosity index for optimised wear control and spreadability

Ability to neutralise acids formed during combustion hence TBN 12-55

Combustion acid neutralisation

Ability to control piston deposits by detergent and dispersant functionality

Good water tolerance Bearing corrosion protection+EP properties + Good water tolerance + low emulsibility – SAE 30 / 40 viscosity grade

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Fuel influencersThe type of fuel used in the various marine

engines will influence the selection of the lubricating oil selected and the level of TBN or alkalinity in the lubricating oil.

If the fuel being used is Residual Fuel Oil (HFO) with a sulphur content of up to 4,5 % m/m then lubricating oils with high TBN need to be selected, however if a low sulphur marine diesel distillate fuel is used then a lower TBN oil will need to be used.

ISO 8217 Marine Fuel Standard provides all the requirements for marine fuel oils.

In 2-stroke crosshead cylinder systems if residual fuels are used then high TBN oils need to be selected. If operating in an Emission Control Area (ECA) where low sulphur or ultra-low sulphur distillate fuels are mandated, then a lubricating oil with lower TBN should be used.

For 4 stroke medium speed engines oper-ating with both High Sulphur Residual Fuels (HFO) and distillate fuels then the following guidelines apply:

For high speed marine engines the use of a high performance multi-grade diesel engine oil with, for example an SAE 15W/40 viscosity rating and API CI-4 or CH-4 perfor-mance level, a TBN of about 12 mg KOH/g of oil should be used.

In summary it is vital that marine engineers seek professional support when selecting marine engine oils for the wide range of engines available on the market and they should also consult the engine OEM.

The changing of fuel types from low sulphur distillate to high sulphur residual fuels and even the variation in sulphur levels amongst distillate fuels makes it imperative that marine engineers seek professional lubrication and fuel technical advice.

Simon Norton

Tables courtesy of CIMAC

Fuel type (permanent operation)

Lubricant TBN – mg KOH/g oil

Residual ( HFO / MFO )

Residual fuel type

30-55

Distillate Distillate type 15

Fuel type (Intermittent operation)

Lubricant for distillate operation

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Residual fuel type

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About the authorSimon Norton of Chemical Investigation Services is an expert in the field of marine and industrial lubrication and worked for

Shell South Africa and the South African oil industry for more than 15 years. He has been consulting to South Africa industry and commerce for the past 10 years and provides expert consulting in the lubrication of machines as well as failure investigation and corrosion investigation and testing. Mr Norton holds a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from the University of Cape Town and is a Member of the South African Chemical Institute and a Member of the Corrosion Institute of Southern Africa.



Machinery damage is by far the most frequent cause of loss in marine insurance, and the numbers are

likely to increase with the introduction of low-sulphur limits. Historically, 40 percent of hull claims by number are machinery damage and make up 30 percent of costs. The most typical and well known contami-nant that can destroy an engine in a short time is cat fines. Cat fines are an inevitable by-product of

refining and consist of small particles of metal that are deliberately introduced to 'crack' the fuel. Unless removed by purifi-cation, cat fines will become embedded in engine parts and cause serious and rapid engine damage.

Filtration of fuel has been a requirement on board for many years, but crews are now noticeably less experienced and less reliable in operating the systems. Vessel operators and crew often have no idea about the purity of the fuel they use, nor is there any compulsion to find out before using it.

Often, the purifiers installed are inefficient and cannot cope. Cases are known where filters have been removed. Engines need fuel with no more than 15ppm, but fuel is produced at 60ppm and over. There is clearly a need for more crew training and somebody to verify that the equipment and systems installed really remove the cat fines on their way to the engine.

According to the fuel testing agency DNV Petroleum Services, the bunker fuel industry in the US has seen a rise in metals content as a result of regulations to reduce the level of sulphur in bunker fuel. Low sulphur fuels are less lubricating and this combined with the introduction of increased amounts of abrasive materials, causes damage.

Once cat fines become embedded in engine parts, they cannot be removed.

Until fairly recently, such losses have simply been described as engine damage or crew negligence and the real cause not identi-fied. It is only now that definite attributable losses are being reported.

Claims due to cat fines have been identi-fied in the range of USD 300,000 to USD 1.5 million, mostly in low speed engines. Wear is very rapid; for example, if liners are replaced, they could be worn out again in three days. In a technical paper presented at the CIMAC Congress in 2013, cat fines were found in 84 percent of all the cylinder liner high wear cases investigated.

Contributory changes which would help:

�� Sampling and testing of fuel before use.

�� Improved fuel handling on board.

�� Improve the quality of bunkers.

�� Alter the ISO standard1.

�� Charter/bunkering contracts should specify fuel less than 60ppm.

�� Regular cleaning of filters, frequent drainage.

�� Clean the settling and service tanks during dry dock.

�� Check centrifuge capacity on specifica-tions for new buildings.

�� Ensuring optimised fuel system treat-ment.

�� Introducing a new fuel cleaning system layout.

�� Automatic control of the cleaning flow rate.

�� Intensified monitoring of the fuel treat-ment efficiency.

If cat fines are confirmed in the fuel, all necessary work to eradicate them should be carried out immediately. However “immediately” is nearly always impossible as the crew will only realise that there are fuel problems after they have become abnormally severe.

Symptoms could include frequent clogging of fuel valves, malfunction of fuel pumps, abnormally frequent clogging of fuel filters

and abnormal/frequent build-up of sludge in the fuel separator. This is normally asso-ciated with cylinder blow-by and occa-sional fires in the scavenge space. By then substantial damage has already occurred.

The vessel must then reach a suitable repair port to carry out cleaning and repair works, and will likely suffer further engine damage in doing so. Replacement or machining of all affected engine compo-nents would normally require a lengthy stay in the port of repairs as it would be necessary to purchase, take delivery of and fit a large number of spare parts, as well as finding the means to dispose of the bad fuel.

If cleaning and repairs are not carried out thoroughly, and the source of the problem is not totally removed, there is a high prob-ability of recurrent damage. Clearly, costs involved can be very considerable.

Collaboration requiredIUMI raised the need of more class

involvement to ensure that vessels safely can operate on the new fuels required in the future with IACS in January 2011, and attended a meeting with the Machinery Panel in September 2013 to present the insurance industry’s concerns.

Following this meeting, the IACS Machinery Panel decided to review the members’ current requirements on facili-ties provided for handling the fuel on board in order to establish a common baseline.

A Project Team is currently working with industry to develop a Unified Requirement and address all necessary aspects of fuel oil treatment and ability of fuel oil pumps to work with different marine fuels.

Furthermore, recent statistics from the California Department of Fish and Wild-life show that switchovers between heavy fuel oils and distillate fuels to comply with the lower 0.1 percent sulphur limit in the Californian ECA increase the risk of vessels losing power.

The risks related to the complex switch-over will have to be carefully monitored, and proper crew training and awareness is needed.

Nevertheless, 1 January was the imple-mentation date of the 0.1% sulphur content limit for marine fuel on vessels operating in the North American Emission Control Area.

Impact of low sulphur fuel on enginesAccording to information in a recent International Union of Ma-rine Insurance (IUMI) report, the level of cat fines are likely to increase with the introduction of new low sulphur regulations, which will require more refining.

Once cat fines become embedded in engine parts, they cannot be re-moved. Until fairly recently, such losses have simply been described as engine damage or crew negligence and the real cause not identified. It is only now that definite attributable losses are being reported.

Of hull claims by number are machinery damage and make up 30% of costs.

40%



The US Environmental 1 HFO with a cat fines content of up to 60ppm is compliant with the ISO 8217:2010 fuel standard 08.03.2016 8 Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Coast Guard are ramping up their inspection and enforcement efforts to monitor compliance.

The 0.1 percent sulphur limit also became mandatory in the northern European Emis-sion Control Areas (ECAs) as of 1 January 2015. The European Commission has proposed that at least 10 percent of vessels calling in European ports are monitored for compliance, with results being made public. Now in 2016, up to 40 percent of vessels inspected will have their fuel sampled. No escalation of incidents or specific chal-lenges reported thus far from the new northern ECA limits.

China has published new regulations designating the following three areas as sulphur control areas obliged to use fuel containing less than 0.5 percent sulphur from 1 January 2019: Near the Pearl River Delta, Yangtze River Delta and the Bohai Sea. Eleven key ports within the designated areas are allowed to apply the same requirement to ships at berth as of January 2016.

At the end of 2019, the Chinese government will assess the situation and consider whether it is neces-sary to reduce the sulphur limit to 0.1 percent.

Ultra Low Sulphur Fuel Oil (ULFSO) The main challenges with

the new ULFSO are: Cold flow properties (heating required), stability (limited experience), and compat-ibility (increased storage capacity and separation requirements, and higher demands for tank cleaning between bunkering due to

the variation in fuel quality).

The International Council on Combus-tion Engines (CIMAC) published in June 2015 a position paper on these new fuels, including some key technical consider-ations for shipowners and operators. CIMAC has also initiated a working group with technical experts from the industry to address the limited experience and collate information in order to develop a technical guide for these fuels.

In November 2015, the US Coast Guard confirmed several reports stating that main engines may not attain the expected speed when using ultra low sulphur fuel oil. Consequently, the Coast Guard revised its

list of recommendations to vessel owners and operators about the importance of establishing effective fuel oil changeover procedures to comply with MARPOL Annex VI emission regulations.

The Future IUMI will keep the situation under review

and liaise with interested parties. These include IACS, which is working on minimum requirements for the treatment of fuel on board ships and has tasked a project team to develop a Unified Requirement.

If ISO fuel standards are changed, the indi-vidual ship filtration task will be eased to some extent, but will remain critical.

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If cleaning and repairs are not carried out thoroughly, and the source of the problem is not totally removed, there is a high prob-ability of recurrent damage. Clearly, costs involved can be very considerable.



Marine propulsion market driven by economy and the environment

Two separate reports published during 2015 predict growth in the marine

engine market to 2020 thanks to a continued rise in seaborne trade as well as a shift towards more stringent emis-sions control as well as improved fuel economy.

Published in December 2015, the Markets and Markets report highlights that the marine engines market is expected to grow from an estimated USD 9.10 Billion in 2015 to USD 11.05 Billion by 2020, at a CAGR of 4.0 percent during the forecast period. Rise in international seaborne trade and growing need for effi-cient and reliable power for propelling ships are driving the global market.

In April 2015, Grand View Research published a similar update that is in agreement with the later report by Markets and Markets.

Diesel electric engines Among the three major types of propul-

sion systems, diesel electric engines are considered to be the best alternative when compared to other conventional propulsion systems, such as two stroke engines. This segment is estimated to grow at a higher rate when compared to two stroke and four stroke propulsion systems due to stringent environmental norms to reduce harmful gas emissions.

LNG and its hybrid fuels Markets and Markets report also

segments the marine engine market on the basis of fuel used, which includes HFO, IFO, MDO, MGO, and others. HFO-based marine engines have been widely accepted in the past few years, but LNG-based marine engines are at an emerging stage. Increasing emission control regulations and recent revi-sions in IMO standards have led to an increasing use of low sulfur oils such as MDO and MGO, replacing the use of bunker oil (HFO).

However, most marine engines use HFO as it is a conventional fluid and is more economical than other marine engine fuels. In future, LNG and its hybrid fuel is expected to grow at a higher CAGR compared to other fuels during the fore-cast period.

The development of the dual-fuel (DF) marine propulsion engines using LNG for addressing stricter emissions and regula-tions has gained much importance. For the utilization of natural gas, the dual fuel diesel (DFD) marine propulsion engines have been introduced on LNG carriers as prime movers. Previously, steam turbine systems were the preferred choice as prime movers, but they have been increasingly substituted by DFD marine propulsion engines.

Dominant marketsMarkets and Markets analyses five

regions, namely, North America, South America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Middle East and Africa. They conclude

that Asia-Pacific will continue to domi-nate the market with growth in the ship-building market in China, Japan, South Korea, and India.

Asia-Pacific has been the leading market for marine engines in 2014, owing to the presence of several major shipbuilding countries such as China, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, and India. Asia-Pacific dominates not only in providing low cost vessels, but also in efficient, good quality, and maritime regulated vessels. The commercial vessels and inland water-ways vessels are the two fastest growing application segments during the forecast period.

Grand View Research highlight that the Asia-Pacific region’s propulsion produc-tion has experienced high growth rate over the last five years which is projected to continue over the forecast period.

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Ship energy and efficiency workshop held in GhanaRepresentatives from 11 West and Central Africa countries met in Accra, Ghana, to attend the first IMO regional workshop on “MARPOL Annex VI – Ship energy efficiency and technology transfer”, at the beginning of July.

The workshop, which was hosted by the Ghana Maritime Au-thority, was aimed at building capacity with regards to knowl-

edge about energy-efficiency measures, while also assessing the regional needs and barriers related to technology transfer.

The information gathered during group and plenary discussions on the third day of the regional workshop was forwarded onto the Ad Hoc Expert Working Group on the Facilitation of Transfer of Technology for Ships, which will meet for its second meeting from 9 to 10 October, at IMO Headquarters in London, United Kingdom.

The Ad Hoc Expert Working Group held its first meeting during the 66th session of IMO’s Marine environment Protection Com-mittee (MEPC) in March-April this year. A work plan, endorsed by the Committee, envisages: assessing the potential implications and impacts of the implementation of the energy-efficiency regu-lations in chapter 4 of MARPOL Annex VI, in particular, on devel-oping States, as a means to identify their technology transfer and financial needs; identifying and creating an inventory of energy-efficiency technologies for ships; identifying barriers to transfer of technology, in particular to developing States, including associated costs, and possible sources of funding; and making recommenda-tions, including the development of a model agreement enabling the transfer of financial and technological resources and capacity building between Parties, for the implementation of the energy ef-ficiency regulations.

The Ghana regional workshop is the first in a series that will as-sist in the implementation of the work plan. Three more regional workshops are planned to be held during 2014, in South Asia, Latin America and the Mediterranean, with additional regional workshops in other regions planned for 2015, in order to gather regional perspectives to further support the work of the Ad Hoc Expert Working Group.

Aligning skills to match engine needs

Melvyn Frost of Maritime Mechanicals Consulting (MMC) has made a business out of alignment and built a repu-

tation on delivering results that have helped prolong the working life of marine engines in countless vessels. His skills have become sought after by shipbuilders, ship repairers and vessel owners.

One of the first to start using laser alignment in South Africa, Frost matches the new generation of tools with his years of experience and knowledge to perfect alignment techniques and deliver a service that aims to save time and money for those who rely on engine performance at sea.

Explaining the advantages of the laser equipment, Frost, however, warns that it’s not just about reading the machine’s output – it is about knowing and understanding what you are doing. “It is important to understand what can be done to make the numbers work,” he says.

Importance of alignment“Operating with an engine that is not properly aligned always

results in unnecessary wear and tear on the engine, parts and the propulsion system,” he says explaining that bearings are often the first to experience the brunt of badly aligned systems.

But it’s also likely to cause broken shafts, damaged transmis-sions, transmission failure and even damage to the engine mounts and hull itself. At best a vessel owner will end up spending unnecessary money, but at worst, misaligned engines can even result in leaking and the sinking of the vessel.

Although working with many of the local boat builders to ensure a properly aligned engine and propulsion system is delivered on a newbuild, Frost emphasises the need to check alignment periodically.

“A vessel operating in the ocean is subject to the stresses associated with this and this will mean that the engine and drive systems do not remain indefinitely aligned. Stress, fric-tion and vibration all contribute to the movement of parts like the engine mounts,” he says adding that the larger the vessel, the more critical the alignment is.

He is currently overseeing the alignment for Robertson and Caine’s vessels destined for the export market and has also been kept busy with a number of Nautic’s newbuilds. In addi-tion, he has been contracted to support work undertaken by many of the major ship repair yards doing maintenance work on engines.

Improving the chocking systemFrost has also recently become the Chockfast Orange agent

in Cape Town, working with Regus Dunbar in Durban to cover the local marine scene. He says that using Chockfast Orange significantly improves the chocking system and ensures less engine movement and bolt breakage.

Chockfast Orange is a poured-in-place epoxy resin chocking system that is used to install main propulsion engines in the marine industry.

Although a relatively straightforward process, pouring Chock-fast does require skill and attention to detail as well as step-by-step method that. Knowledge of the properties of the material and the mounting is necessary and Frost confirms that some situations require more specialised handling.

With an eye on the future and the understanding that he needs to pass on his skills, Frost emphasises that he is currently training two younger technicians.



The Wärtsilä 31 is setting a new stan-dard for energy efficiency, delivering

the lowest level of fuel consumption in a four-stroke engine. It also offers an unprec-edented level of operational flexibility and can easily be adapted to accommodate different fuel types and operating profiles.

Three fuel systems The Wärtsilä 31 is not one single engine,

but rather a platform consisting of three different products – a diesel engine, a gas engine and a dual-fuel engine. The engines can operate on a wide variety of available fuels, such as Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO), Marine Diesel Oil (MDO), low viscosity or low-sul-phur fuels, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), ethane gas (LEG) or petroleum gas (LPG).

Ulf Åstrand, Wärtsilä’s Director for Product Development Programs, has overseen the introduction of all these new technologies. “Previous engines were initially developed to run on diesel and subsequently adapted for gas. This made it impossible ever to fully optimise their performance and fuel efficiency for the gas or dual-fuel modes.”

“This is a brand-new engine that we’ve developed from scratch,” adds Giulio Tirelli, Director, Engines Portfolio & Applica-tions. “It’s the result of almost ten years of development work and contains the most advanced technologies, opening doors to further future developments.”

Fuel efficiencyThe diesel version of the engine consumes

on average 8–10g/kWh less fuel compared with the closest competitor across its entire load range. At its optimum point this number can go as low as 165g/kWh. Trans-lated into operating costs, the daily saving for a reference Anchor Handling Tug Supply (AHTS) would reach about EUR 10,000 a day in fuel expenses.

“Today, fuel efficiency is the ultimate mark of technological advancement,” says Tirelli. “And delivering a 10g/kWh upgrade in a single product launch is a dramatic improvement. This engine has reached a level of efficiency that, just a few years ago, was not considered physically possible.”

Focus on sustainabilityAn engine that consumes consider-

ably less fuel also produces significantly fewer emissions. The Wärtsilä 31 not only complies with the existing IMO Tier II emission standard, it also meets the IMO Tier III legislation that will come into force in 2016. Moreover vessels can easily to switch between diesel and gas, depending on where they are operating.

“As the market leader in fuel efficiency, the vessel will produce a significantly lower amount of CO2, CO, THC and SOX. With the dual-fuel version, it can operate on diesel in a Tier II area and then switch to gas when it enters a Tier III area. The switch is instanta-neous – the vessel can just carry on sailing at the same speed.”

Less maintenance, more uptimeMaintenance costs associated with the

new Wärtsilä 31 have been reduced by approximately 20 percent. Whereas stan-dard engines of similar output require a maintenance stop after about 1,000 operating hours, the first stop on the new engine takes place after 8,000 hours.

“Reducing the need for maintenance was one of our top priorities,” explains Åstrand. Remote access to operational data enables advanced support and immediate response from Wärtsilä to ensure the vessel´s safe operation regardless of its location. A dedi-cated expert with senior level technical experience gives advice to the crew via phone and e-mail. This reduces unsched-uled maintenance visits on board.

The modular design of the new Wärtsilä 31 allows for entire engine modules to be easily removed and replaced. “This shift from single spare parts to ‘exchange units’ – meaning the replacement of complete units or modules, such as power units, injectors and high pressure fuel pumps – contributes to more efficient servicing and maximises uptime,” says Åstrand.

Operational flexibilityOperational flexibility is a major concern

for offshore applications as many vessels operate at low load, but also require fast power-taking capability. The Wärtsilä 31 can easily be adapted for different oper-ating profiles, with a variety of tunings, thanks to the advanced engine automation

system combined with the flexibility of the fuel injection and air admission systems. Further improvements for low load opera-tions can also be achieved by installing the low load efficiency package, which includes some mechanical changes.

“Thanks to an extremely high level of automation, we’ve been able to optimise several points that we wouldn’t have been able to adapt in the past,” explains Tirelli.

“Modern electronic and hydraulic systems are easy to adapt to match the operating needs of the customer,” agrees Åstrand, adding that if an owner wants to change the way an existing vessel operates, it can always be re-tuned to match the new requirements.

“Future-proof” engineModular design does not only facili-

tate quick repairs, it also supports future upgrades. According to Ulf Åstrand, it makes the engine “future proof”:

“In the future, when we develop a new technology, the ship owner can simply install the module containing the upgrade. This will be particularly useful when new emission standards are introduced, but may also apply to future fuel types. We’ve designed a product that can easily be adapted for any future eventualities. I call it a ‘future-proof’ engine.”

Wärtsilä’s engineers set out to create an engine platform with a high level of commonality between the three engine variants.

“A technician who’s been trained on one will find it very easy to operate the other two, while owners with more than one engine type will reduce spare parts stocks. In addition, an engine that was initially bought to operate on, say, diesel, can easily be adapted to become a gas or dual-fuel engine if the customer’s requirements change,” says Giulio Tirelli

“Due to the modular design and use of common technologies on the different vari-ants, the engine can be converted from one variant to another with only minor mechan-ical changes,” adds Åstrand. “This makes it a reliable choice for the future irrespective of changes in fuel availability or potential major fluctuations in fuel prices.”

WÄRTSILÄ 31: the most efficient engine in the world

Optimising engine performance for Nigerian gas transporter Wärtsilä has signed a five-year maintenance agreement with the Nigerian gas transportation company Bonny Gas Transport Limited, (BGT), a subsidiary of Nigeria LNG Limited. Wärtsilä will monitor and service the engines on board the BGT's six new LNG carriers and deliver spare parts, as well as expertise for inspections and major service overhauls. The contract marks the beginning of a new era of cooperation between Wärtsilä and BGT, and is the first of its kind for Wärtsilä in Africa.



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Engine supplier adds value to education

Following the donation of the Wärtsilä engine to the South African International

Maritime Institute (SAIMI) at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) at the end of 2014, the engine manufacturers are continuing to show support for maritime engi-neering education in the country.

Currently Wärtsilä along with the NMMU engineering faculty under the direction of its Dean, Dr Ossie Franks are investigating compli-menting the engine equipment with state of the art simulation equipment and software.

Wartsila, along with the engine it has already donated, is also contributing the propul-sion system, including drive-shaft and propellor to allow for the engine and its compo-nents to act as full static learning tools.

“I have accompanied faculty members several times to Scandanvia where the best technology exists and to inspect various software and hardware equipment,” says Wärtsilä Ship Power Develop-ment Partner for Africa, Greg Davids.

“Wärtsilä has already brought in the very latest Oculus 3D googles, ship software and computers, which will also be used by marine engi-neering students to train on at NMMU. I believe it is the first in South Africa,” says Davids who adds that the maritime simulation centre is due to be up and running by the end of 2017 and in time for the first intake of marine engineering students in 2018.

Going forward, Wärtsilä and its Land and Sea Academy will partner the NMMU marine engineering faculty in train the trainers programmes. “We are also discussing the possibility of doing R&D at NMMU in product development, which is quite an exciting prospect. We are particularly interested in collaborating in studying Southern Ocean going condi-tions and designing ships in Africa for Africa,” comments Davids.

Greg Davids and Dean, Dr Ossie Franks with the state-of-the-art engine from Wartsila.


Business at Seascape Marine is var-ied and, according to James de Jong, developments in the market as well

as in their product portfolio have seen the company able to sustain and even boost their position in the maritime markets.

Outboards gain traction Speaking about the recent agreement

between Yanmar Marine International and Neander Shark, De Jong says that the exclu-sive global distribution arrangement is a positive one for them locally. He believes that the Neander Shark diesel outboards are well suited for the African market.

“They are durable, exhibit good fuel economy and are well priced,” he says adding that the agreement marks Yanmar’s return to the outboard market after ceasing production in 2007.

The Neander Shark outboard develops 50 hp using a small 800-cm³ turbocharged, twin-cylinder diesel engine in aluminium with common-rail fuel injection and a unique dual counter-rotating crankshaft concept.

This makes the outboard light, powerful, clean and fuel-efficient. De Jong highlights

the engines’ suitability for the commer-cial marine, offshore, military, fishing, rescue and charter-sectors. The outboards provide smooth operation with dual counter rotating crankshaft which cancels out most of the vibration and noise.

De Jong is particularly excited about the development of the D-Torque 111 outboard from Neander Shark. “At this stage the outboard is being tested for performance and durability,” he says explaining that the first production batch will be under-taken in the last quarter of this year. With a phased-in introduction that will see the availability of the outboard in certain Euro-pean countries towards the end of the year, selected countries outside of Europe will be added to the distribution in 2017.

With a phased-in introduction that will see the availability of the outboard in the Netherlands, UK, Germany and Norway towards the end of this year, selected coun-tries outside of Europe will be added to the distribution in 2017.

De Jong is also upbeat about the pros-pects of another range of outboards that they are distributing. Torqueedo’s wide outboard range offers “electromobility” for

Meeting the varied needs of the maritime industry

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small boats and caters for a growing trend towards the use of electric drive motors.

From outboards such as the Ultralight for kayak fishing, the Torqueedo range extends to the Deep Blue model that can be used in commercial installations like gravel pit boats carrying a weight of over 50 tons. The integrated power and propul-sion system Deep Blue Hybrid is not an outboard system; it is designed for large sailing yachts and catamarans.

The integrated management system of Deep Blue Hybrid makes it possible to use available power in any way you wish – for the powerful high-voltage drive system, for the 24 V on-board power supply or to operate equipment with 230 V AC current. Deep Blue Hybrid is designed in such a way that energy is always available where it's needed.

Water jets perform wellDiscussing the popularity and penetration

of water jet propulsion in the market, De Jong comments that they have had their best year yet for water jet sales. “The water jets are particularly popular for crew boats and ferries in Africa,” he explains adding that the HamiltonJet range is helping the company grow their market share.

The HJ274's and HJ292's are particular is meeting the needs of the local marine market featuring better load carrying capa-bility than the smaller models using the same engine power range.

The current HamiltonJet waterjet range includes models for power inputs from 150 to 5500kW, for vessels typically up to 80 metres long. All models include features such as integral intake and transition duct for easy installation, as well as steering and reverse components.

All but the smallest units include fully integrated hydraulic reverse systems with jet-driven hydraulic pump, control valves and oil-cooler cast into the waterjet intake.

Varied sales and marketsWith a foot squarely in most sectors of

the marine industry, Seascape has found success in supplying to directly to boat builders; to the fishing industry and worked on navy vessels.

“We recently supplied six HamiltonJet drives to Tee-Craft in Port Elizabeth for use on three stealth yachts and ferries destined for the Maldives,” says De Jong adding that the Eastern-Cape based boat builder is also building a survey boat and dive boat that will feature water jet propulsion.

He is also upbeat about the company’s penetration into the fishing industry high-lighting a recent coup in supplying Yanmar Medium and High speed commercial

engines to one of Sea Harvest’s vessels as well as fishing companies in Hout Bay and Port Elizabeth.

“The fishing sector is a growing market for us. We are excited about the opportunities of working on the existing fleets especially with regard to repowering,” says De Jong.

“We can offer after-sales support and hold spare parts with good engine availability from a variety of brands that offer good fuel consumption,” he adds, explaining that the Yanmar engine range offers some of the most economic engines in certain ranges.

Upbeat about the future, De Jong adds that the latest addition to their range includes the Humphree brand that offers Trim and Stabilization solutions for high performance vessels that benefit from trim control for added performance at sea.

“The African market is important for us and we have six infield service technicians available to travel,” he says discussing a recent three-week job undertaken in Nigeria where the HamiltonJet intakes were replaced on crew supply boats for the offshore oil industry.

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Fires on board ships can arise any-where, from the engine room, to ac-commodation section and in the car-

go being transported. Ships are fitted with various fire detectors and it is essential that these are checked and tested on a regular basis.According to statistical information, the

most common fires on board ships occur in the engine room. The risk of a fire can be controlled by following simple safety mea-sures. For example, waste bins used for storing oily rags must have covers. Oily rags should not be left lying around. Recepta-cles with covers should be provided at each floor and on both sides.

Fires can often occur in the ship’s galley and electrical equipment should, there-fore, be kept in good order. Senior officers should keep an eye in the galley when pro-visions are being taken on board because this is the time when the galley remains unattended for an extended period of time.

Smoking is another cause of fires. It is es-sential that the crew and visitors acknowl-edge and comply with all smoking regulations. On reviewing statisti-cal information, common fires in cabins occur as a result of crew members falling asleep in bed with cigarettes burning. The use of self-closing ashtrays can limit the risk of a fire. It is also import-ant that all fire doors are kept closed.

I have been on board ships where fire doors have been tied open as the crew are too lazy to open and close doors be-hind them. On such a ship, a fire is able to spread very quickly throughout the ac-commodation section. This results in the unnecessary loss of life.

Cargo fires are notorious and have often resulted in the loss of the ship. These fires can be started from many ignition sources including cigarettes, faulty electrical wiring and even cargo lights being left on. They can also occur as result of a chemical reac-tion between two cargoes. Even supposed-ly "safe" cargo can cause a fire if it is stowed carelessly.

Equipment and trainingShips are fitted with firefighting equip-

ment and the crew are trained with the use of this equipment. Ships are also protected with a C02 system and there is a C02 room where C02 can be deployed to sections of the ship. In the C02 room there is a plan which will indicate the number of bottles that need to be deployed into a particular space.

So for example, if a fire breaks out in the engine room, the room will be sealed off and the requisite number of bottles can be deployed into that space. Unfortunately,

engine room fires often disable a ship so the crew will need to call for assistance in order to be towed to the nearest port of refuge.

C02 can also be used in the cargo holds but unfortunately cargo fires can be ex-ceptionally difficult to extinguish without outside assistance. For example, when the fire broke out on board the Sea Elegance

whilst she was at anchor off Durban, both Transnet National Port Authority and Smit Amandla Marine had to render assistance to extinguish the fire.

It is in these situations that a well-trained crew can be the difference between life and death. A well drilled crew should be able to identify the vicinity of the fire and the firefighting techniques to be employed to extinguish the fire pending assistance from other ships or firefighting craft.

Sometimes, simply carrying out bound-ary cooling, can save a ship whilst waiting for professional assistance. There are a number of reputable companies that have teams available and which can be landed on board ships to help crews extinguish fires.

These companies employ experienced and well trained firefighters who are used to extinguishing fires on board vessels and understand the issues of ship fires.

Fire preventionFire prevention is the shared duty of each

and every member of the crew. No fire pre-vention effort or program can be successful unless it involves everyone aboard ship.

Fire prevention is not easily defined, perhaps because it is primarily a matter of at-titude, and its benefits are not easy to measure. For these reasons fire preven-tion is difficult to sell, and it requires continuing effort,

strong guidance and leadership.

Every seaman probably fears the conse-quences of a serious fire at sea, but, un-fortunately, awareness of the possibility of fire does not always lead to the attitudes and actions necessary to prevent it. Some individuals may be sensitive to the hazards of fire and to the means of preventing it. Others may be completely irresponsible. Somewhere between these extremes is the majority who are in some respects very careful — in others, foolishly careless — perhaps from lack of knowledge.

Each member of the crew should analyse his own attitude toward safety, in particular toward fire prevention. A carefully planned and conducted fire prevention program can help ensure that the ship and her crew are safe.

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I was talking to a friend who made a comment that “fire” is a dan-gerous opponent in any situation, but that it must be infinitely more complicated when that fire occurs on board a ship at sea.

Every seaman probably fears the consequences of a serious fire at sea, but, unfortunately, awareness of the possibility of fire does not always lead to the attitudes and actions necessary to prevent it.

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Historic decision by Ports Regulator

The Ports Regulator of South Africa (PRSA) has published its latest Re-

cord of Decision and announced that, despite an application by the Transnet National Port Authority (TNPA) to in-crease its tariffs by an average of 5.9 percent, no increase on cargo dues will be permitted and a three percent increase on marine service will be al-lowed for the period April 2016 – March 2017. Tariffs for full container exports will be decreased by 10 percent.

Andrew Pike, Head of the Ports, Ter-minals and Logistics Sector Group at Bowman Gilfillan Africa Group says that “this represents a bold and thoughtful decision by the Regulator which still al-lows TNPA a reasonable return of ZAR 2 billion on its investment in the circum-stances.”

Of particular interest are two discounts which have clearly been aimed at sup-porting the ailing economy. The first is designed to assist in drought relief and discounts cargo dues on maize at 50 percent, capped at 5 million tonnes.

The second is the discount on marine tariffs over the next three years in re-lation to South African flagged com-mercial vessels. Andrew Pike says that “The Regulator must be congratulated for introducing a further measure to support the economy and presumably align the tariff with the Department of Transport’s wish to encourage more commercial vessels to be flagged in South Africa.”

Emerging opportunities for marine insurance

Highlighting some of the challenges facing the marine insurance sector,

President of the International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI), Dieter Berg, called for stakeholders to take advantage of recovering markets.

“The US and European economies re-main on a recovering path, and the emerging market weakness in many cases appears to be temporary,” he said adding that companies need to be adapt-able, creative and quick thinking.

Calling on IUMI members to make 2016 the Year of the Enterprising Marine In-surer, he highlighted the opportunities around using big data analysis and the

need to shape the future of the industry. He further emphasised the need to stay relevant to clients for technical expertise and risk-adequate underwriting.

“There can be no denying that the glob-al marine insurance industry faces some daunting obstacles. Continuingly nega-tive worldwide economic indicators in-clude the slowdown in China and weak-ened economies in many developing and exporting countries. As a result, demand for commodity deliveries has dropped and shipping companies are experienc-ing a significant overcapacity of contain-er vessels, as well as depressed freight rates,” he said.

Trend of reduced frequency of total losses arrested in 2015

The general trend in reducing fre-quency of total losses witnessed

over the past 14 years reversed slightly in 2015. After hitting an all-time low in 2014, statistics from the International Union of Marine Insurance show a slight increase during 2015.

Whilst tanker and bulker tonnage has shown an overall downward trend in To-tal Loss since 1999, the container fleet has suffered an increase in total loss frequency by number of vessels with the average amount of container Grt re-maining largely unchanged.

Other statistics show:

�� Passenger and non-cargo categories showing a significant reduction in total loss frequency in 2015

�� The world bulker and tanker fleets show a marked reduction in total loss of older tonnage (15 years plus) in more recent years (2011-15)

�� There is an increase in the frequency of total loss caused by heavy weath-er and grounding. Heavy weather resulted in 45 percent of all total loss between 2011 and 2015, while grounding resulted in 26 percent.

Shark team successful in their appeal against liability

In March, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) upheld the appeal by MV Shark

Team, Grant Tuckett and White Shark Proj-ects CC against a judgment of the West-ern Cape Division of the High Court, Cape Town, and accordingly dismissed the claim of Sarah Tallman who had sought to hold them liable in delict for damages arising out of the death of her husband, Christo-pher Tallman, who drowned at sea while on a shark cage diving expedition operated by the appellants.

In April 2008, the MV Shark Team, a ski-boat carrying tourists on a shark cage div-ing trip, capsized at sea after being hit by a large wave. As a result, three passengers drowned, including Tallman. Ms Tallman sought to hold the appellants liable for inter alia loss of support arising from the death of her husband, on the basis that his death had been caused by the negligence of the skipper of Shark Team, Tuckett.

The issue before the SCA was whether the death of Tallman was caused by the negli-gence of Tuckett, and whether the appel-lants should accordingly be held liable for the damages.

The factual points in dispute included the conditions at sea on the day in question, whether Tuckett had acted with sufficient care in going shark cage diving given those conditions, whether he had taken ade-quate care to find a safe place to anchor while conducting the diving, whether the conditions deteriorated during the course of the trip, and whether he accordingly should have halted the trip earlier.

After a comprehensive review of this evi-dence, the SCA concluded that on the day in question, Tuckett had not acted negli-gently in choosing the anchoring spot he did, and there were no warning signs which would have alerted a reasonable skipper

in his position to leave in time to avoid the wave in question. The capsize was caused by a wave that was abnormally large for the area, far larger than the average swell for the day, and which was the product of a rare cross-sea.

This phenomenon occurred less than two percent of the time, and was where a strong south-easterly wind produced swells which combined at irregular intervals with the or-dinary south-westerly sea swells, with the result that certain waves were much larger than would otherwise be expected.

As there was only one witness aware of this phenomenon, who was a highly qual-ified expert on oceanography, the SCA held that Tuckett could not have been expected to know of it and taken it into account.

On the facts then, the SCA held that the respondent had failed to prove that the death of Tallman was caused by the neg-ligence of Tuckett, and accordingly upheld the appeal.



Insurers ordered to pay for the loss of Lindsay

More than ten years after the loss of the inshore trawler, Lindsay − which sank shortly after colliding with the bulk carrier Ouro do Brasil on 8 May 2005, with the loss of 14 lives − vessel owners Viking Fishing have been vindi-cated by a full bench of the Supreme Court of Appeal. The Court ruled that the company’s insurers, Mutual & Federal, are liable to pay the insurance value of the lost vessel, plus interest accumulated over the past 11 years.

The insurers were also ordered to cover the full costs of the law suit.

So overwhelmingly in favour of Viking Fishing was the Supreme Court judgement that an attorney on the fishing company’s legal team referred to it as “a slam dunk”.

“More than anything else, this judgement vindicates Viking Fishing because it found there was no ‘want of due diligence’,” said Tim Reddell, a director of the Viking Fishing Group.

“That is why we pursued this matter all the way to the Supreme Court, we were con-vinced that neither the crew nor the own-ers and managers of the vessel were any way responsible for the loss of the Lindsay. We were not negligent.”

Soon after the Lindsay was lost, Viking Fishing claimed under its insurance policy for the agreed value of the vessel. But, Mu-tual & Federal rejected the claim and Judge J. Yekiso in the Western Cape Division of the High Court dismissed Viking’s action in which it sought to recover the value of the vessel.

Mutual & Federal’s grounds for dismissing the claim were that Viking Fishing breached the warranty on the basis of “want of due

diligence”. The main thrust of the insurer’s argument was that the mate, Levendal, who was supposed to be on duty at the time of the collision, was not present on the bridge, that the vessel was on autopilot and that the watch consisted of Koeries, a

deckhand, and a Ehlers.

Mutual and Federal’s contention was that Levendal’s alleged absence from the bridge and the fact that Mr Koeries and Mr Ehlers were not certificated to form part of the navigational watch, was in breach of the Safe Manning Regulations and therefore the warranty of the insurance policy.

However, the Supreme Court ruled that, even if on the night of the collision Lev-endal had neglected his duties (and the judges queried whether this was in fact the case), that would not amount to a want of

due diligence on the part of Viking Fishing.

Due diligence, it said, is not dependent on the conduct of the crew but on the con-duct of those responsible at a higher level of management in the company. This could not be shown and, consequently, there were no grounds for Mutual & Federal to dismiss the insurance claim.

The judgement has important implications for the South African fishing industry be-cause it states that the clauses in insurance policies should be applied in “a practical and business like” way. It reads:

“Mutual & Federal adopted the approach that at every moment of every day during the period of cover Viking was obliged to comply with every regulation promulgated under the (Merchant Shipping Act) for the safety and seaworthiness of the vessel. It contended that any departure from this rigorous degree of compliance entitled it to avoid liability under the policy.”

The Judge ruled this was “extreme” and by no means the correct view. He said that ac-count must be taken of the “ordinary even-tualities” that occur at sea:

“A life jacket may be lost overboard or be damaged. A fire extinguisher used to stop a small fire from spreading may be exhaust-ed. Various items of the vessel’s equipment may malfunction, be broken or lost. Is it to be thought that the vessel must in every such instance return immediately to port to remedy the deficiency spurred on no doubt by the thought that until it did so it would have no marine hull cover under the policy? I doubt it.”

Judgement was delivered by Judge MJD Wallace.

The judgement has important implications for the South African fishing industry because it states that the clauses in insurance policies should be applied in “a practical and business like” way

A Legal perspective on the Lindsay case

The appeal turned on two issues. The first was the proper application of the

so-called “Merchant Shipping Act warran-ty” in the insurance policy. The other was whether the whether the loss of the Lind-say resulted from “want of due diligence” on the part of Viking Fishing.

The MSA warranty is a common feature of hull insurance policies written in the lo-cal market and the clause in the Lindsay policy read as follows:

“Warranted that the provisions of the South African Merchant Shipping Act and the regulations pertaining thereto shall be complied with at all times during the cur-rency of this policy, provided that this war-ranty shall be effective only to the extent of those regulations which are promulgat-ed for the safety and/or seaworthiness of the vessel(s). It is understood and agreed that this warranty shall in no way be con-strued to nullify the ‘inchmaree’ Clause, or any part thereof in the Institute Clauses

attached to this Policy.”

The term “inchmaree” refers to events which extend insurance cover under the policy to situations beyond perils of the sea. Given that Viking Fishing’s claim was based on an “inchmaree” event, it argued that the MSA warranty did not apply to such claims and that there had been no breach of the warranty. The Court agreed.

The Court found that it was not neces-sary to determine the legal effect of a breach of warranty:

“Such warranties are to be construed fa-vourably towards the insured because of their impact upon the liability of the insur-er. In other words they are to be given a practical and businesslike construction in the light of the purpose of the clause and the insurance policy. They are therefore not lightly to be construed as invalidating cover on grounds unrelated to the loss.”

Turning to the second ground, the court

highlighted that what must be established is a want of due diligence on the part of the insured, the owner or the manager causing the loss. That – so the Court held - does not depend on the conduct of the crew but on the conduct of those respon-sible at a higher level of management in the company.

When applying this test to the facts of the case, the Court was satisfied that the evidence showed that it was properly crewed by Viking Fishing in accordance with the applicable regulations.

Given that there are relatively few re-ported marine insurances cases in South Africa, this decision should serve as an im-portant guide to owners and underwriters alike on the direction of our courts in de-ciding cases of this kind, particularly as re-gards the adoption of an approach which favours fairness over strict compliance with warranties.

By Lana Jacobs and Jeremy Prain, Bowman Gilfillan Africa Group’s Shipping & Logistics

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Arrested bulk carriers sold for millions

Two bulk carriers that have been un-der arrest since December last year in

Durban, were sold on auction for a com-bined price of US$20 million (over R300 million) by South African auction house Clear Asset.

The Korean vessels, built in 2010 by STX and belonging to the Kaptanoglu Shipping Group, were arrested in Durban following unpaid loans of US$52.7million to Unicred-it, the company who co-funded the con-struction of each ship.

The young vessels were both bulk carrier giants with respective deadweight of ap-proximately 80,000 tons each. Extensive global bidding interest, stretching from

Singapore to Liberia, UK and Greece, re-inforced that despite the market being in turmoil there is definite demand for well-maintained ships.

The auction saw individual bids of $9.25 and $9 million per vessel before achieving a notable $20 million for the two ships as one combined lot. Ariella Kuper, lead auction-eer and MD of Clear Asset, expressed pos-itive sentiment post the sale and believed the price achieved was strong and certainly a favorable outcome for the creditor, with the final bids clearing the Reserve levels on the auction floor.

According to an affidavit prior to the auc-tion, neither the borrower nor the owner

intended to oppose the sale making it a clean transaction for the successful bidder. “We believe this definitely en-hanced both appeal and value for the bidder,” commented Kuper.

Independent valuations conducted in Sep-tember 2015 are said to have placed the value of each vessel at US$18.5million, but since then the market has dropped dramat-ically with an increased supply of arrested ships.

Comments Warren Schewitz, CEO of Clear Asset, ‘’The number of ship arrests around the world has risen drastically over recent months as banks and creditors seek com-pensations from ship owners who find themselves unable to pay up on outstand-ing loans. South Africa has become posi-tioned as a good destination to successfully sell marine assets under such conditions and we believe the recent auction reflected professionalism and credible international outreach through the global campaign we undertook.”

In October 2015 the bank served a ‘’notice of default and acceleration’ to the Kapta-noglu Shipping Group’, demanding the im-mediate disbursement of $52.7million. The owners then delivered both vessels to the bank in Durban.

The auction followed the recent sale of another arrested vessel, the MV Panos Creation of 27,000 tons which was jointly sold by Clear Asset in January 2016 for R12 million.

The 80,000-ton ship, the Zeynep K was auctioned together with Sadan K for a combined total of US$20 million (over R300 million) by South African auction house Clear Asset.


International conference to discuss marine insurance

The International Union of Marine Insurance’s conference will be held from 18 to 21 Septem-

ber in Genova this year under the theme “Effective Underwriting in a Changing Environment”

This year’s theme reflects the constant changing environment in which insurers must operate in, and the need to continue high quality underwriting to tackle this challenge. The key challenges include the current market environment: our clients are facing an oversupply and overcapacity of ships coupled with low freight rates.

On a macroeconomic level, now as before, we are witnessing a low and volatile oil price, low interest rates, uncertainties in the economic development and sanctions to comply with. In addition, we have seen a downturn in the developing growth rates in many regions and decreasing trade volumes. Immi-nent developments such as cyber threats and un-manned vessels need to be considered with regard to consequences for underwriting.

P&I Clubs merger discussions

The boards of the Britannia Club and the UK P&I Club, two of the oldest P&I clubs in the world,

have announced that they are in merger discus-sions. The boards of the Clubs will now begin a pro-cess to determine whether the merger is possible and delivers appropriate benefit to their respective Memberships.

Ultimately, the decision on whether to proceed with a merger will be decided by the Members at Special General Meetings to be convened later in the year. The talks are concurrent with discussions between their managers, Thomas Miller and Tindall Riley, both leading international providers of insur-ance and professional services, which would also lead to a merger of the respective businesses should the Clubs decide to merge.

Comments sought for Marine Spatial Planning Bill

The Draft Marine Spatial Planning Bill 2016 was published for comment by the South African Minister of Environmental Affairs, Edith Edna Molewa

on 26 March.

“The Bill aims to provide a framework for marine spatial planning in South Africa’s waters; to provide for the development of the marine spatial plan; to provide for institutional arrangements for the implementation of the marine spatial plan and governance of the use of the ocean by multiple sectors; and to provide for matters connected therewith.”

The short Bill has a tall mandate and allows for the establishment of a Direc-tors-General Technical Committee (Technical Committee) as well as an Ocean Economy Ministerial Management Committee (Management Committee).

According to the published draft, the Technical Committee, which will com-prise of DGs from at least 20 ministries, will consider sector plans and “iden-tify compatible uses within specific ocean planning areas, synergies among compatible users, projections, forecast and future planning scenarios, analy-sis of emerging uses and environmental change impacts.”

They will also be tasked with conflict resolution between the sectors and may refer any matter to the Management Committee.

The Management Committee, which is to consist of Ministers of the same Ministries, will consider and decide on matters referred by the Technical Committee. Where resolution cannot be found at Management Committee level – matters will be referred to the Executive Issue Resolution Committee.

The Executive Issue Resolution Committee will be constituted on an ad-hoc basis and will comprise of the Deputy President and relevant Ministers in-volved in the matter.

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A boost for marine insurance surveys in Africa

DPS International loss adjustors and surveyors recently opened an office in Dakar, Senegal to

service the Sub-Saharan continent’s marine insur-ance requirements.

Headed by Caroline Paul and assisted by Capt. Ahmet Tuna, the Senegal office aims to offer direct and prompt service without any intermediary and at a reduced cost; and will coordinate the surveys all over Africa.

A combination of expatriate professionals who have proven track record in Africa and local employ-ees will handle activities in the region.

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Committee to address Lagos terminal issues

The Managing Director of the Nige-rian Ports Authority, Mallam Habib

Abdullahi has called for the establish-ment of a tripartite committee that will put in place a framework for the effec-tive utilisation of the Ikorodu Terminal in Lagos.

Mallam Abdullahi made this call at the Ikorodu Lighter Terminal while on a joint inspection of the Terminal with Comp-troller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Col Hammed Alli [Rtd]’

Habib Abdullahi suggested that the committee should comprise of the Nigeria Nigerian Ports Authority, Nige-ria Customs Service, and the Federal

Ministry of Transport, and be mandated to interface with other stakeholders to work out modalities for the optimal use of terminal.

Col Alli directed that the service is the Zone A command should look into how the two large warehouses in Ikorodu, described as the largest in Nigeria, could be well utilised.

On accessibility to the terminal, in addition to roads, both the Comptroller General and the Managing Director of NPA emphasised the need for the open-ing of the waterways through dredging so that importers and exporters can patronise the terminal.

Ambitious plans for a maritime start-up

With a clear future vision that includes training young black female engineers and technicians for the maritime electronics sector, Ngazibi-ni Qongqo recently took the bold decision to launch Mvano Marine in Cape Town.

He has come a long way from manufac-turing 4x4 car bumpers after graduat-

ing from CPUT with a Mechatronics Engi-neering qualification to finding his feet in the technically challenging world of mari-time electronics.

“I realised that car bumpers were not for me and that I needed something more challenging and rewarding,” he says explaining how he applied for a position at Unique where, under the mentorship of Waldo Fourie, he progressed from trainee to become a qualified engineer.

Qongqo soon realised that the marine industry offered a diverse and challenging career environment. Providing opportuni-ties to travel, he became focused on the servicing of Dynamic Positioning systems offshore Africa.

But, with more ambitious plans to start his own company, Qongqo took a chance at the end of last year to establish himself in the competitive market.

The 26-year-old is clear on the path ahead. “We are still finding our feet, but we will be different to other companies. We will train black female engineers and introduce them to the industry,” he says.

His desire to strike out on his own dates back to 2012 and he admits that the slump in the oil industry with resultant retrench-

ments at many companies made him want to take control of his own future employment. “The threat of retrench-ment gave me the feeling of not having the power to deter-mine my own life,” he explains.

Buoyed by the resignation of his mentor, Qongqo decided that the time was right for him to revisit his ambitions. “I had a good relationship with Waldo. He was like a father to me and I approached him about my plans,” he says adding that it is motivat-ing to have someone who believes in you.

Mvano Marine is currently co-located alongside the newly established Dynamic Marine, which was launched late last year by Waldo Fourie and his partners. The two companies are involved in a symbiotic rela-tionship, but operate independently.

“My aim is to start small, but to grow. I aim to employ two engineers in a year’s time and I hope to be able to help other compa-nies in the future,” he says.

Qongqo understands that the road ahead may be challenging, but is keen to be judged on what he can deliver to the indus-try as well as the service he offers.

IMO interacts with Africa

Morocco, Mozambique and the Comoros have been the focus

of the International Maritime Organi-sation’s (IMO) interactions with Africa during March and April.

Morocco has ratified two important IMO treaties that will assist in protect-ing the marine environment, the Inter-national Convention on Salvage (1989) and the 1996 Protocol to the Conven-tion on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (1972).

In March an IMO team visited the Comoros on a fact finding mission and needs assessment in order to assist the country in the development of its maritime sector, as well as to ensure the fulfilment of its flag, port and coastal State obligations. The team focused on issues such as ship registra-tion and the effective survey and certi-fication of ships flying the Comoros flag.

Maritime security was on the agenda at a table-top exercise in Maputo, Mozambique in early April, aimed at supporting Mozambique’s national capacity to perform coastal func-tions. The exercise involved a range of scenarios, including policy decisions and crisis/emergency management and response to highlight the need for an integrated, multi-agency approach in implementing maritime security and maritime law enforcement.

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Cape Town shipbuilder secures project for Ivory Coast

Cape Town shipbuilder, Nautic Africa, a Paramount Group company, has signed a significant agreement with

Citrans to build the first ferries in a series of vessels for the Ivory Coast worth R347 million. The deal forms part of a Presi-dential infrastructure project that aims to reduce urban congestion in Abidjan.Phase one of the project, which will deliver

18 vessels by September 2016, highlights Nautic’s ability to design and build to the specific requirements of the international market. A focus on vessel stability, comfort and competitive costing has resulted in a twin-hulled design concept for the newbuilds.

Due to operate in shallow inland waters, the 27m long ferries are designed with a maximum water draft of just 1m and air draft of 4m. The catamaran-styled vessel design is guided by the International Asso-ciation of Classification Societies’ (IACS) rules to keep passengers safe and comfort-able.

With operat-ing speeds of up to 12 knots, the ferries will be fitted with various seating arrangements in 200-seater and 240-seater v e r s i o n s . Configurations for economy as well as business class seating will see some of the vessels catering either for business or economy class completely or for a varying percentage of both.

Highlighting the importance of safety in vessels focused on passenger transport, Nautic confirms that each vessel is to be delivered with life saving safety equip-ment as well as a variety of alarms and sensors. Passenger comfort is ensured with toilets and air conditioning throughout the

vessels. In addition, four boarding ramps provide quick and efficient access onto and off the vessel.

The ferries will benefit from Nautic’s commitment to building to the highest specifications using the latest technology for an end product that is efficient and robust to ensure an extended service life.

Nautic Africa’s CEO, James Fisher, believes that the company’s focus on vessel life cycle will be an advantage to the long-term part-nership between themselves and transport provider in Cote d’Ivoire, Citrans.

Powered by fuel-efficient twin Volvo Penta D5 propulsion systems, the ferries will deliver operational effectiveness, reliability and cost efficiency.

“This is a critically important project for Abidjan that will contribute positively to the economic and social success in Cote d’Ivoire,” says Jacques Brummer, CEO of Southern Power Products, a Nautic Africa Group company.

Highlighting an agreement with the in-country Volvo Penta distributor to provide five-year maintenance and support infrastructure, he says: “Our agreement with SMT in Cote d’Ivoire will ensure maxi-mum efficiency and uptime of the ferry fleet.”

Committed to delivering a standard and uniform platform across the fleet of vessels due for delivery over a 21-month period, Nautic will ramp up three production lines to meet CITRANS’s required delivery sched-ules. The full scope of the final project is set to deliver between 42 and 50 vessels by 2020.

Enhancing multi-agency efforts against smuggling at sea in Africa

Commander Combined Task Force 150 (CCTF150), Commodore Jaimie

Hatcher AM, RAN conducted a very successful Key Leader Engagement (KLE) in South Africa, Tanzania and Kenya during March aimed at enhancing multi-agency and multinational efforts to counter terrorism and narcotics smug-gling from the Makran Coast to Eastern Africa.

Commodore Hatcher met with senior members of the operations and intelli-gence staffs of all three militaries and navies. Additional meetings with law enforcement agencies also proved valu-able in understanding law enforcement outcomes in particular the willingness to prosecute smugglers including the confiscation of dhows.

All three countries undertook to pursue the confiscation and destruction of dhows involved in illicit activities as this will have a significant impact on smug-gling operations. While South African National Defence Force Patrols in the Mozambique Channel are conducted with embarked Mozambique Marines to affect arrests, Kenyan and Tanzanian offi-cials highlighted that providing they had the appropriate intelligence they would act.

Commodore Hatcher said, “The will-

ingness of the Kenyan and Tanzanian Navies to apprehend smugglers is most welcome. We must now ensure appro-priate intelligence sharing when opera-tions permit.”

Each country was also briefed on oppor-tunities to increase intelligence sharing, including as part of enduring Combined Maritime Force operations off the East African coast. The Chief of the Kenyan Navy Major General Mghalu, and the Chief of the Tanzanian Navy, Major General Laswai, both expressed interest in opportunities to participate in any Combined Maritime Force operations off their coasts.

The Director of Maritime Operations of the South African Navy, Rear Admiral Thomson, confirmed the South African Navy would react to actionable intelli-gence.

Two CTF 150 plans staff and an Austra-lian Federal Police Liaison Officer accompanied Commodore Hatcher. This provided a valuable opportunity for the Australian staff to gain a detailed under-standing of how to incorporate Kenyan, Tanzanian and South African forces into counter narcotics and counter terrorism efforts in East Africa, including how the Combined Maritime Force can better support regional efforts.

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An artistic impression of the proposed new terminal in Tangier, Morocco. Seated left to right at signing ceremony in Rabat, Morocco: Kim Fejfer, CEO, APM Terminals and Fouad Brini, Chairman, TMSA.

New port investment for MoroccoPort operator APM Terminals is to develop a new transshipment terminal in Tangier with an annual capacity of five million TEUs. APM Terminals MedPort Tangier will become operational in 2019, serving multiple trades and will be the first automated terminal in Africa.

The 30-year concession of APM Termi-nals MedPort Tangier will complement

the current operations of the existing APM Terminals Tangier facility. Tangier, Morocco - APM Terminals has been named as the operator of a new container transshipment terminal at the Tanger Med 2 port complex.

Total investment in the new terminal is expected to be EUR 758 million. Maersk

Line will be an important customer of the new terminal. The Tanger-Med port complex is strategically located on Africa’s northwest coast near the mouth of the Mediterranean Sea on the Strait of Gibral-tar, where the Atlantic Ocean and Mediter-ranean Sea meet.

APM Terminals MedPort Tangier will feature state of the art technology and

have up to 2,000 metres of quay length. It will feature the technology pioneered at the APM Terminals Maasvlakte II Rotter-dam terminal which opened in 2015.

APM Terminals will create a new organ-isation in Tangier, adding a large number of new jobs and be responsible for the completion of the terminal yard, surface, buildings, container handling equipment, and integrated automated systems. The quay wall construction and site reclama-tion for the first 1,200 metres has been completed by the Tanger Med Port Author-ity, which is part of TMSA.



Safety certification for ship repairer

Elgin Brown & Hamer (EBH) Namibia has attained the inter-

national OHSAS 18 001 certification a little over a year after it became ISO 9001-certified.

“Attaining the OHSAS 18 001 certifica-tion was an intense process but - true to form – our staff worked as a team with a common vision: to demonstrate to our clients that nothing less than world class standards is good enough at EBH Namibia,” says Hannes Uys, CEO of EBH Namibia.

For Tim Kolisi, QHSSE (Quality, Health, Safety, Security and Environment) Manager at EBH Namibia, benchmark-ing against global standards in quality and safety systems is paramount for any company wanting to compete successfully in the international mari-time industry.

“Achieving the OHSAS certificate is great news for EBH Namibia, as it demonstrates to our clients in a tangi-ble way that we are indeed a world-class organisation, dedicated to the health and safety of our people. It is further proof of our commitment to quality and safety, as well as contin-uous improvement in every aspect of our business,” says Kolisi.

While the company is excited at having attained this latest certification, Uys recognises that the hard work has only just begun. “Pivotal to our future sustainability is to maintain compli-ance not only with ISO and OHSAS standards, but to local and interna-tional health and safety laws.

Dredging of Maputo Port channel in May

The 10-month dredging of the access channel to the Port of Maputo, from

-11 metres, to accommodate vessels with a sailing draft of up to 14.2 metres on the tide, is likely to begin in mid-May and will be executed by Jan de Nul.

The project will enable access for ships of up to 80,000 tons making Maputo Port more competitive in regional and interna-tional shipping markets. Mozambican banks are providing financing and the support of the different stakeholders, including the Government of Mozambique, have been instrumental in ensuring the project is implemented. The total cost of the proj-ect is approximately US$115 million and

the involved parties are currently under contract negotiations.

CEO of MPDC, Osório Lucas, said: “Dredg-ing the port access channel is a strategic decision that will not only help to achieve our target of handling 40 million tons per annum by the end of the concession period, but will have long term benefits for the Mozambican economy.

“We believe it will attract more cargo, create more jobs, encourage the growth of smaller businesses associated with the port and highlight the need for more infrastruc-ture development as well as increase our contribution to the economy of the coun-try.”

SAR vessels promote safety and security in Kenya

The three search and rescue boats acquired by the Kenya Maritime

Authority (KMA) were dispatched in Lamu, Kisumu and Mombasa counties. The boats will aid in search and rescue missions in the entire Lamu region and adjacent islands as well as boost the Authority’s collabora-tive efforts in maritime safety and security matters in the community.

The boats will also play a vital role in enhancing the Authority’s collaborative efforts with other agencies like the Mari-time Police and Kenya Wildlife Service’s in responding to distress calls at sea.

In terms of enhancing maritime safety and security the boats will make a difference in the community by enhancing safety of life at sea. The boats will also aid in security patrols on water. The Authority will also have the chance to experience the chal-lenges Kenyan boat operators face daily on the nation’s waters and thus enable it to address boat operators concerns more effectively.

The Authority will also boost its experience and strategies in the operation of search and rescue boats and reinforce its mari-time safety and security role, and improve the quality of its services to the public.

Second container terminal for Mombasa

The Port of Mombasa boosted its container handling capacity by 50

percent following the completion of phase one of the second container terminal proj-ect. The new terminal was handed over to Kenya Ports Authority in February 2016.

Developed under the Mombasa Port Development Programme (MPDP), phase one of the new terminal has an estimated capacity of 550,000 Twenty Foot Equiva-lent Units (TEUs) annually. On completion the second container terminal is hoped to hand the port of Mombasa a total addi-tional capacity of 1.5 million TEUs annually.

Phase one included the construction of two large berths No.20 and No.21 measur-ing 250m and 300m respectively and a small berth. Also under this phase was the procurement of two Ship to Shore gantries and four Rubber Tyred Gantries and construction of a container stacking yard on a 35 acre reclaimed area.

The draft of the new terminal is minus 15m alongside the berths and this will allow berthing of fourth generation vessels of above 6,000 TEU capacity. With these developments the port of Mombasa now joins the league of large container handling ports in Africa.

LINE ACQUISITIONNile Dutch, has acquired the Europe to West Africa services and operations from Safmarine MPV, owned by Den-mark’s Maersk Line. This acquisition is completely separate from the deal that was concluded with Fairseas Inter-national at the beginning of February 2016. Fairseas International acquired the South Africa- West Africa Service from Safmarine MPV.

BULK DELIVERY The Hoyer Group has appointed GAC as its agency partner in 17 countries in the Middle East, Indian Subcontinent and Africa. The GAC network has been appointed to represent Hoyer’s Deep Sea business unit ensuring the complete end-to-end movement and seamless supply chain of thousands of ISO tanks around the world.

POWER TENDERA tender to supply a new bulk electrical supply feeder to the Namibian Ports Authority will close on 6 May. The works includes the installation of a new electricity feeder cable from the Port of Walvis Bay to the Erongo RED substa-tion in Walvis Bay, approximately 6km apart. The new cable consist of 11KV XLPE insulated cables, a new switching station complete with 11,000 VOLT Met-al clad Switchgear, Standard: IEC 62271-200, is also included in the works.

BOAT CONFISCATEDAccording to press reports, the Mozam-bique Maritime authorities have confis-cated a longline tuna fishing boat flying the Panamanian flag that was seized in December after being caught illegally fishing in Mozambican waters. The boat and all the fishing gear on board revert to the Mozambican state. The vessel is reportedly owned by a South African.

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Mombasa statistics reflect growthAt a press conference in early March, the acting managing director of the Kenya Port Au-thority, Catherine Mturi-Wairi, reported on some of the gains made in the port of Mombasa with regard to throughput and cargo handling, highlighting an increase of 7.5 percent in total throughput and a 6.3 percent gain in container traffic for 2015.

“I am pleased to report that last year the port handled a total throughput of 26,732 million tons of cargo against

24,875 million tons recorded in 2014, reflecting an increase of 1,856 million tons or 7.5 percent,” she said. In the same period, imports of 22,676

million tons of cargo were recorded against 20,777 million tons handled in 2014, post-ing an increase of 1,899 millon tons or 9.2 percent.

Similarly recorded exports of 3,534 million tons of cargo during the period under review were up from 3,366 million tons in the corresponding period in 2014, regis-tering an increase of 168,000 tons or 5 percent.

Discussing transit traffic to the port, Mturi-Wairi, reported an increase of 8.2 percent. “I am also pleased to note that most of the

transit countries have increased their usage of the port. Uganda maintains her position as the biggest transit market with her cargo growing by 8.2 percent from 5,522 million tons in 2014 to 5,977 million tons in 2015. The new nation of South Sudan maintained her second biggest user of the port with 702,531 tons of cargo passing through Mombasa. It is however Rwanda that made the biggest growth of 23.7 percent to record 291,924 tons in 2015 up from

235,912 tons in 2014,” she said.

Although not reaching their target in container throughput of 1.1 million TEUs, the port did reflect an increase of 6.3 percent to reach 1,076,118 TEUs in 2015 – up from 1,012,002 in 2014.

“Although this performance falls short of our target of 1.1 million TEUs for last year by a small margin, it is a manifestation that the port traffic is growing at a fast rate. It definitely maintains our position as one of the top container ports globally.”

Disappointing, however, was the increased container dwell time in the port, which rose from 3.9 to 4.8 days. Mturi-Wairi attributes this to the slow start in the single customs territory regime that was implemented during the last year. “We will continue to put in place measures aimed at enhancing efficiency to reduce cargo dwell time to below four days and to reduce ship turn-around time to three days,” she said.

Although not reaching their target in container throughput of 1.1 million TEUs, the port did reflect an increase of 6.3 percent to reach 1,076,118 TEUs in 2015 – up from 1,012,002 in 2014.

MOU for maritime education in Morocco

Attending a conference in Morocco during March, Dr Cleopatra Doum-

bia-Henry, President, World Maritime University (WMU), signed an MoU with the country’s Higher Institute of Maritime Studies (ISEM).

The five-year agreement will enable linkages in the field of maritime educa-tion and training between the two partners, providing for the exchange of academic information, short-term faculty exchanges, field studies and cooperation on professional development courses,

distance education and research.

Speaking at the conference, President Doumbia-Henry’s address focused on the role of education in innovation for a secure, safe and sustainable maritime economy. In her remarks the President maintained that education is the essen-tial component missing from the dialogue about innovation and that the role of education is key to the needed outcomes.

“Universities provide the knowledge infrastructure that first of all supports

informed enterprise. This is through our wider education as well as through specialised programmes, acting as provider of the public good that brings together different elements of an innova-tion system. In this process, we facilitate technology transfer, engage in research, and provide diagnostic mechanisms to bring in other specialised knowledge, build competence and confidence… Universities have a key role in providing the essential base as well as interactive and informed non-partisan networking between the different elements that make innovation possible.”

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Report finds that more tertiary educators needed for maritime studies in South Africa

A report commissioned by the EThekwini Maritime Cluster (EMC) highlights the need for more maritime educators for KwaZulu Natal tertiary institutions.

Frank Van Wezel, a senior curricula development specialist, from the Neth-

erlands visited a number of local institu-tions to investigate the current status quo and future plans with regards to maritime offerings.

His findings included the need to develop maritime modular content, training of staff to teach maritime courses, development of materials in the engineering curricu-lum, and an establishment of a business link between KZN tertiary institutions and

Dutch institutions as a frame of reference.

Further, Van Wezel expressed concern about the gap between South African secondary education and international standards and said that area needed improvement.

The findings were presented to EMC management. This will be followed by EMC, PUM and the visited institutions signing a memorandum of understanding to address the findings of his mission.

FRAP to be concluded by the end of August

It is anticipated that the Depart-ment of Agriculture, Forestry and

Fisheries’ Assessment teams will finalise the 2015/16 Fishing Rights Allocation Process (FRAP) during May and June and that preliminary lists will be made public towards the end of June 2016.

Once the lists have been published, the Minister will open the appeals process which is due to be concluded by 31 August.

In terms of the FRAP 2015/2016 process, the Department distributed 16,744 application forms for the nine fishing sectors as well as Fish Processing Establishments sector, where rights expired at various times during the course of 2015 and 2016.

A total of 5,597 application forms were received, which have been independently audited by Pricewa-terHouseCoopers.

These are now in the process of being captured and verified by dedi-cated Departmental officials, while validation of the captured informa-tion is conducted by another inde-pendent auditing firm, Business Innovations Group.

The total number of application forms received, which have been independently audited by PricewaterHouseCoopers.

5,597

Discussing search and rescue in Africa

Members of the International Mari-time Rescue Federation’s Board

were in Cape Town recently to partici-pate in a Search and Rescue (SAR) semi-nar with colleagues in the local SAR services.

The seminar heard presentations from the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI), Lifesaving South Africa, MRCC Cape Town, the South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA), and the South Afri-can Defence Force, as well as talks by IMRF Board and secretariat members on a range of current topics in international SAR.

Bruce Reid, IMRF’s CEO, explained in his introductory remarks that the over-all aim of the seminar was twofold: to enable the IMRF to gain a better under-standing of what is going on in SAR in South Africa; and to pass on to our South African colleagues some of the things the IMRF is involved with internationally.

He noted that, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), 90 percent of global drownings occur in Africa and Asia, so it is in these regions that the

IMRF is particularly keen to focus its work.

“There is no competition in mari-time SAR,” said Bruce, “Except with the elements. The key to SAR success is cooperation – locally, nationally and internationally.”

Discussing the aim of spreading the NSRI’s volunteer model to other parts of the African continent, the seminar agreed that, while people have to be secure themselves before they can volunteer time to help others, a struc-ture is required – albeit a flexible one – and there may be capability among the more developed SAR States to help their neighbours. IMRF Chairman Udo Fox cited the example of Morocco’s support for SAR development in the North West African region.

The question of SAR assistance from shipping in the area was also discussed. South Africa has a huge maritime SAR region, most of it beyond the range of its shorebased SAR facilities. The coor-dinated assistance of passing ships is an essential component.

MAPUTO RECORDThe Port of Maputo successfully piloted the biggest vessel to ever enter the port during March. The Cape size vessel with 292m of length and 93,237t of gross weight, can load up to 80,000t of bulk cargo. The vessel berthed at berth 10 to load chrome and nickel concentrate.

MERGER APPROVEDThe Commission has approved with conditions, the intermediate merger in terms of which Konecranes Acquisition intends to acquire Terex. Konecranes Acquisition, which is controlled by Konecranes Plc (Konecranes), was formed for purposes of this merger and has not conducted any business. Konecranes is a global group providing material and handling lifting equipment solutions. Terex is a global manufacturer of machinery products supplying indus-trial cranes, industrial crane compo-nents and industrial crane services.

FABULOUSLY FORTYAt 40, the ocean-going salvage tug Smit Amandla, has become a South African maritime icon. Still fabulous at 40, the vessel is on contract to the Department of Transport and on standby 24/7/365. The tug has provided opportunities to a diverse group of South Africans and will continue to do so as a vessel with run-ning hours of only half her age.

TUG FOR PEThe first of Transnet National Ports Authority’s nine new, powerful tugboats set sail from the Durban premises of contractor, Southern African Shipyards at the beginning of April, destined for its new home at the Port of Port Elizabeth where she will bolster the efficiency of the port’s marine operations.

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Circuitous routes through the hills of Natal (KwaZulu-Natal) and riv-ers, swollen by summer rains, forced merchants to look for other, more efficient means of transport. Responding to the calls of sugar grow-ers on the South Coast for improved links with Durban, sugar baron CG Smith chartered the small steamer Somtseu for a service between Durban and Port Shepstone at the mouth of the Umzimkulu River.

By 1896, good returns from this ship-ping venture prompted the purchase of other small vessels and the exten-

sion of the service to Port St Johns. Silting of the river and the railway being built to Port Shepstone brought the closure of the port in 1901. Smith sent his vessels to East London, Algoa Bay and Knysna.

Tough timesAlthough Smith had added the slightly

larger Kate and Karin to his fleet, times were tough during the period after World War 1. To prevent the poor financial re-turns of the coasters from impacting on his sugar business, Smith separated the ship-ping operations by forming Smith’s Coast-ers (Pty) in 1927. Later that year, Karin loaded a cargo of

drummed petrol and bagged sugar in Durban and sailed for the coast. Shortly after leaving Durban, she ran into a heavy south-westerly swell, the cargo shifted sud-denly and the ship took a heavy list. Realis-ing that she would be overwhelmed by the heavy swell, her master ordered his crew to abandon ship. All but one seaman was rescued by passing ships. For the small coasting company, the loss

of the ship was devastating, especially

as there was no automatic backing from Smiths’ sugar empire to bolster the ailing shipping venture. However, believing that the situation

would improve, the company bought two former World War 1-vintage Q-ships, Mead and Homeford that, despite their age, had a reasonable cargo capacity.To reduce costs during the Great Depres-

sion when cargo volumes were low, Kate spent nearly two years laid up before being scuttled off Durban, and for three consecu-tive years, Smith’s Coasters recorded sub-stantial losses.

Global economy improvesImprovements in the global economy

translated into growth in the food industry in the Western and Eastern Cape, sparking a demand for sugar. This trend prompted Smiths to believe that an efficient shipping service required new, custom-built ships, rather than old vessels that were prone to breakdown and perhaps not suited to the local coastal trade. From Scott & Sons on the Clyde, Smiths

ordered two 58-metre, 10-knot ships, Na-hoon and Gamtoos, a continuation of the river nomenclature started by Smiths’ ear-lier Umzimvubu.

Nahoon entered service in 1935 and would operate along the South African coast for 25 years. Two years later, Gamtoos began the most interesting of careers among the coasters and a 50-year operational life, heading to the Mediterranean to operate as a salvage vessel to clear ports blocked by wrecks. Her sale to the South African gov-ernment in 1944 gave Smiths a significant financial boost.Commanded by the genial Captain Harry

Smith, Homeford went as far north as the Red Sea, carrying drummed aviation fuel for the Allied campaigns in the Horn of Af-rica and Egypt. She also made regular runs to Cape Guardafui with diesel for the stra-tegically positioned lighthouse, which the Allies were anxious to keep operational. The drums of diesel were made into rafts,

and, buoyed by dunnage, were floated ashore, where the lighthouse keepers dashed into the surf to retrieve their valu-able cargo. With her shallow draught, the old Q-ship also went to some small anchor-ages in Madagascar as part of the fleet of military transports used during the Allied invasion of the island. Homeford was sold immediately after the war.

Trade resumedSmiths resumed trading after the war.

Changes in the European near-sea trades and a move towards motorships brought several well-maintained steamers onto the market, including Hagno, a 1,690-dwt Dutch war prize with a deck that had been fitted to carry cattle to Ireland. Smiths

Right: Induna was bought from Dutch owners in 1954 after the sea competi-tive railway rates were abolished, releasing thousands of tons of cargo from the railways to the coasters. Photograph: Brian Ingpen-George Young Collection.

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bought her and renamed her Induna. Three years later anoth-er two ships joined the fleet; the Swedish-built Monita and the ex-German vessel Inyoni. It was obvious that Smiths could not continue operating these

old ships profitably, despite hundreds of tons of sugar moving out of Durban weekly. Frequent calls to improve the methods of carrying sugar, most of which went in large hessian sacks with cotton liners, led to a suggestion to ship it, ready-packed in paper packets. Resistance came from stevedoring companies who warned

that a 20 percent decrease in handling rate and a high incidence of burst paper bags would lead to overall losses. The idea was dropped. Realising that the increasingly expensive older steamers were

nearing the end of their operational lives, Smiths launched a fleet replacement programme, turning to the West German market. Between 1960 and 1964 the company bought eight motorships to replace the old steamers and took on charter Rennie’s Coast-ers’ Induna (2). Smiths’ fleet therefore grew considerably in ca-pacity and in its ability to offer a wider range of services. The positive acclaim given to Smiths’ new ships reflected that

South African coasting operations had evolved to a new stan-dard. There were, however, several hurdles to come.

CompetitionIn 1962, the sugar producers Huletts and Umfolozi switched its

cargo to Smiths’ rival, African Coasters, leaving a significant gap in the cargo manifests of the Smith fleet. Despite the windfall of more coastal cargoes after the abolition

of the sea competitive rating policy of the railways, local coasting operations were threatened by deep-sea liners that were loading coastwise cargo. In particular, formidable competition came from Union-Castle

Line whose mailships could assure shippers of a weekly, named-day service along the coast. Because at least half of their inward cargoes were discharged in Cape Town, where they would load most of the export cargo on their northbound calls, the large, fast

A hard life for coastersBuilt in 1935, Nahoon was used mainly to move sugar

from Durban to Cape ports from 1935 until 1960. In June 1959, the marine and engineering superintendents of Smith's Coasters wrote a report that illustrates the degree of wear and tear suffered by the coasters:“This vessel is now approaching her 24th year, and with

it, her sixth quadrennial survey. In view of the vessel’s age, this forthcoming special survey is likely to be a rigorous one, and….while it cannot be said that the vessel is aged, she has been, is, and will be a hard-worked ship, requi-sites of her trade being [of] a strenuous nature. While other ships of her age and more are still engaged upon their trades without showing anything like the stresses and bruises sustained by Nahoon, it is because they do not leave and enter port four times weekly, lie alongside often inadequately-fendered wharves for four or five days per week, have cargo coming and going out four or five times per week with the attendant necessary daily shipping and unshipping of hatch beams, hatch boards, battens, wedges and tarpaulins; not to mention the continual use of winches, derricks, blocks, and running rigging, and the constant wear and tear on permanent dunnage, as well as the frequent stresses and strains placed on the vessel's hull with each load of cargo. It is not the action of seaway and weather alone which wears out a ship -- indeed, long voyages are of great value for purposes of maintenance -- but rather the constant grinding wear of laying along-side a wharf, bumping and surging to the action of tides, passing ships and weather, and continuously shifting cargo in and out. In addition, Nahoon’s normal maintenance has been handicapped by her frequent excursions in and out of port. Her periods at sea have been too short to carry out extended programmes, and it is quite impossible to carry out many chipping, painting and shipwrighting jobs with the ship’s personnel whilst a vessel is cluttered with car-go gear, stevedore labourers, and the movement of cargo back and forth”.

Photograph: Brian Ingpen-George Young Collection

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Smith’s largest vessel, the 78-metre Inyala entered the company’s service in 1963 when she was already six years old. She was sold in 1977 but after several changes in ownership and name, she sank in 1990 after a collision in the Red Sea. Photograph: Brian Ingpen-George Young Collection.

A busy day at Port St Johns with Frontier (1922) Steamship Company’s Fron-tier and Thesen’s Namaqua (left) alongside. Lawhill-Unicorn Collection

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A varied career for sugar coasterGamtoos was built for the sugar trade in 1937, a short-lived role as she was

sold to the government for use as a salvage vessel in North African and lat-er Italian ports. After World War 2, she was used to move guano from the west coast islands to Cape Town. As part of this strange trade, she would carry about fifty labourers to the islands and, until Safmarine transferred two former Union-Castle mailships to the South African register in 1966, she was the coun-try’s largest passenger ship.Another unusual voyage took place in 1947. Shortly before Christmas, the

commanding officer of the South African frigate Transvaal was ordered to Mar-ion Island and Prince Edward Island in the Southern Ocean to annexe these islands on behalf of the South African government. Prefabricated huts for a scientific observer team, stores for a lengthy stay on Marion Island and various pieces of equipment were then carried to the island. Loaded to her marks - and with a deck cargo of hundreds of bags of coal for her hungry furnace - the small vessel sailed from Cape Town in January 1948 for her voyage into the Roaring Forties.Discharging her cargo overside off that remote island proved rather hazardous

as every item had to be taken by boat to the foot of a cliff, where a makeshift derrick hoisted them up the cliff face and onto a broad ledge. Heavy weather interrupted the cargo work on several occasions and during a particularly se-vere storm one of the boats from Gamtoos capsized, throwing the crew into the icy water. One man drowned in the accident. After a month away from her home port, Gamtoos returned to Cape Town to resume ferrying guano to Cape Town, occasionally taking culling teams to the seal colonies.A surge in demand for sugar at the Cape in November 1968 forced Unicorn to

charter the ship from the government for a round voyage to Durban to carry the cargo for which she had been built thirty years before. At slightly over R200 a day, the charter would have been a bonanza for the Department of Customs and Excise, under whom she normally operated. On the voyage she encountered heavy weather and, in her struggle to main-

tain steam to keep to schedule, some of her boiler tubes had burnt out, forcing a ten-day delay to loading. Then cargo surveyors found the pungent smell of guano cargo lingering in the holds and, because of the potential contamination of the bagged sugar cargo, Unicorn elected instead to carry SAPPI paper to Cape Town. Unicorn officials discovered that steel pipes had been welded ver-tically in the ’tween decks to support the main deck, which meant that stowing paper was an exceptionally difficult and time-consuming operation. Synthetic fertiliser replaced guano in the farming areas of the country, and,

with little value attached to what had once been ‘white gold’, the guano ship was laid up in 1973. Frenetic attempts to have the historic little ship preserved foundered through a lack funds, a sad reflection on the extent of South African interest in maritime history. On 10 June 1976 South African Air Force Shackle-ton and Buccaneer aircraft sank her off Robben Island in Table Bay.

Photograph: Brian Ingpen-George Young Collection

mailships had plenty of space for coastwise cargo. Given their relatively slow service and the

fact that the mailships enjoyed preferential berthing in all ports, the coasters could not compete and found that these competitors were securing much of their usual cargo. However, the structure of the sugar indus-

try changed yet again when Huletts were taken over by CG Smith and Tongaat, and later when the powerful South African Sug-ar Distributors was formed as a subsidiary distribution company within the Group. Since Sugar Distributors involved the

Smith sugar empire, all the shipping con-tracts went to Smith’s Coasters. Huge gains in cargoes came the way of their coasters, which were moving over 200,000 tons of sugar in 1965 compared to about 82,000 tons two years earlier. Indeed, Smiths had also seen significant

growth in general cargo as well. By 1965 their overall cargo volumes had doubled to nearly 500,000 tons.

Taking a new lineThe major shareholder in Smith’s Coast-

ers, CG Smith’s Investments, reassessed its involvement in the shipping business as it wanted to concentrate entirely on sugar. Without consulting the management of Smith’s Coasters, the major sharehold-er negotiated the sale of the company in March 1966. They reasoned that a restructured and

more powerful African Coasters would be the best purchaser and Unicorn Shipping Lines was formed.Some in Smith’s Coasters found the merg-

er a bitter pill, as the company had oper-ated as a happy family and they believed they had worked extremely hard to build the reputation of the company. In their Leslie Street offices, the employees of Afri-can Coasters had similar sentiments about their operation and there were fears that a merger would upset a closely-knit team. However, the understandable misgivings

from both sides were put aside as the new-ly-formed Unicorn Shipping Lines moved quickly to embrace several cargo handling innovations and modified documentation systems, and above all, to assure clients that the new operation would represent a dynamic improvement, combining all that was good from each of the former rivals. And in the process, Smith’s Coasters had sailed into the sunset.

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40-year milestone for monitoring specialists

Condition monitoring specialists Wear-Check celebrate their 40th anniversary

this year. The company has grown from a soil-testing laboratory launched in a garage in Durban in 1976 to a company operating 11 laboratories in seven countries across the continent.

With the fundamental goal to save mon-ey and time for customers, WearCheck has evolved into a convenient “one-stop-shop” for any mechanical or electrical operation that can benefit from reliability solutions services.

The optimisation of plant performance management is facilitated by a range of services offered by WearCheck, some of which include the scientific analysis of used oil, the analysis of fuels, transformer oils,

coolants, greases and filters. Other moni-toring techniques are also employed, such as the testing and control of the efficiency of combustion, heat transfer, thermog-raphy, vibration analysis, balancing, laser alignment and milling.

A wide range of industries has benefited from WearCheck’s services over the past 40 years, and continues to do so. WearCheck’s laboratories process in excess of 600 000 oil samples per annum from many opera-tions, among them mining, construction, transport, electrical, shipping, industrial and aircraft.

The team of diagnosticians has amassed an invaluable databank of results and trend information over the four decades of the company’s lifetime. This information is key

to providing a benchmark in many cases, and is referenced frequently in the diagnos-tic process, as well as for training purposes and case studies.

Managing director of WearCheck, Neil Robertson, gives the thumbs up for their 40th.

Empowerment efforts acknowledgedSpecialist marine solutions provider Smit Amandla Marine won the Maritime Employer Award at the 2016 South African Maritime Industry Awards held in Cape Town.

In accepting the prestigious Award on the company’s behalf, Managing Direc-tor Paul Maclons said: “I accept this on

behalf of the many men and women at sea and ashore who work together each day to ensure that we can deliver a world class service to our clients. As sharehold-ers, our employees are the committed and motivated backbone of our compa-ny.” With over 500 employees, the majority

of whom work on the company’s fleet of 15 owned and managed vessels, he says that Smit Amandla Marine strives to be the leading employer of South African seafarers, and is very active in the mari-time education and awareness space.

It’s all about a cohesive strategy to en-sure rewarding work and opportunities for development, according to HR Exec-utive Nceba Mfini: “To ensure the future sustainability of our company, we’re committed to developing a robust hu-

man resource talent pipeline. This has been done through the implementation of innovative training and development programmes aimed at up skilling and empowering employees to ensure ef-fective service delivery to our Clients; as well as through the significant invest-ments made in maritime education and awareness projects. Our focus is also on promoting from within, to ensure oppor-tunities for advancement.”

The company does more than just in-vest in people; permanent employees also have a vested interest in the busi-ness and its success. A total 12 percent of Smit Amandla Marine is owned by the company’s Employee Trust. Employees automatically become beneficiaries of the Trust as soon as they sign a perma-nent contract with the company and as members of the Trust, enjoy annual dividend payouts once the initial loan is repaid, over and above traditional benefits. As active shareholders – the business priorities of safe operations, sustainability, transformation, service delivery and growth are championed by all employees.

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Navy award

The Chief of the SA Navy, Vice Ad-miral Mosiwa Hlongwane, was

awarded the Brazilian Naval Order of Merit medal by the Brazilian Ambas-sador to South Africa, His Excellency Antonio Augusto Martins Cesar at the end of March.

This award was implemented on 11 July 1934 for the purpose of award-ing Naval Personnel, who have dis-tinguished themselves in national or foreign military and civilian institu-tions, as well as to Brazilian or For-eign military or civilian personalities, who have contributed towards rele-vant services to the Brazilian Navy.

The Ambassador said that naval co-operation between South Africa and Brazil has flourished over the last few years, especially since Admiral Hlongwane’s assumption to the of-fice of Chief of the SA Navy in April 2014.

In his acceptance speech Vice Ad-miral Hlongwane said that he was humbled to receive this prestigious award. He emphasised the profes-sional and positive relationship that have developed between the Navies of South Africa and Brazil over the years.

Paul Maclons, Clare Gomes and Nceba Mfini of SMIT Amandla Marine.

PEOPLE AND EVENTS Appointments Launches Functions Announcements


Graafwater Primary School recently received a mini bus from the Oceana Foundation that will help the pupils attend functions and sports events.

Cape Town Port Festival returns to calendar

In a bid to reintegrate the ports with their communities Transnet National

Ports Authority (TNPA) has committed to the reintroduction of the Port Festivals. The latest addition to the schedule is a two-day event running across the long weekend at the end of April in the Port of Cape Town.

TNPA Chief Executive Richard Vallihu said: “To us, progressive and sustainable ports are those that co-exist and evolve with the communities where the com-mercial ports are. These port festivals therefore offer a platform and a workable solution to make our ports community friendly and to expose the public to the opportunities available in this sector, but

in a fun and innovative way.”

He said plans are afoot to open the ports up to promote tourism, leisure, recre-ation, career and business opportunities and community engagement.

The first port festival in more than 10 years kicked off last year, with a launch in one of the country’s major port cit-ies – Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal. It saw thousands of people flock to the Port of Richards Bay to enjoy naval vessel tours, water sports, ocean activities, kids’ enter-tainment and live performances by a host of South African artists and DJs.

TNPA’s Cape Town Port Manager Sipho Nzuza, said the Cape Town Port Festival

would bring wholesome fun to the com-munity, while making the port accessible once again.

“With the introduction of the ISPS code of safety and security for ports, the peo-ple and the ports have – over time – be-come separate entities. We want the communities around our ports to feel a sense of belonging and ownership. The two-day Cape Town Port Festival promis-es fun for the whole family, the full details of which will be revealed in the coming weeks.”

Entry to the festival is free. Festivities will run from 10h00 until 20h00 on Saturday, 30 April and from 10h00 until 17h00 on Sunday 1 May. Activities will take place at A Berth and Duncan Dock.

Partnership between diamond miner and university supports education

De Beers Namibia Holdings has entered into a partnership with the Universi-

ty of Namibia (UNAM) - southern campus (Keetmanshoop), to provide financial assis-tance for higher education to underprivi-leged children from the communities.

De Beers will make available an amount of N$10 million over five years to support the programme, with UNAM providing the administrative support. The programme aims to complement government’s efforts to support Namibian children from margin-alised communities in fulfilling their aca-demic potential. At least 50 percent of the beneficiaries over the five-year term will be female.

Eighty-seven students have been selected for support in 2016, of which 70 percent are female. The financial support will be used to help underprivileged students with costs related to tuition fees, books or ac-commodation.

Philippe Mellier, Chief Executive, De Beers Group, said: “De Beers has a proud histo-ry of supporting education programmes wherever we operate. For example, our Joint Venture Companies, Namdeb and Debmarine Namibia, continue to sup-port Namibian students with bursary pro-grammes, mostly in the field of science and engineering.

“We are therefore delighted to partner with UNAM in this exciting new venture. We know very well that there is no substi-tute for a good education in uplifting peo-ple. We are proud that we can make this contribution in supporting government’s efforts to make higher education accessible to children from marginalised communi-ties.”

Fishing company assists with school transport needs

On March 15th, pupils, parents and teachers of Graafwater Primary

School in Lamberts Bay gathered as proud recipients of a new school mini bus donated by the Oceana Foundation.

School Principal, Charlton Williams was on hand to receive the keys from Oceana representative, Jayesh Jaga.

“It is a delight to see our children’s pride for their new school bus gleaming in our school colours,” remarked Williams. “I am grateful that it will no longer be a challenge for our students to attend sporting functions and school excursions at neighbouring schools or even further afield.”

Graafwater Primary school is a home to over 260 pupils, and, as a no fee school, it counts on the support from the com-munity and the corporate sector to help improve the learning environment for the benefit of the pupils.

“One of our biggest prayers is being an-swered today,” remarks an excited grade 7 pupil and the school’s head girl, Jody Fransman. “In the past we enviously had to watch other surrounding schools pull up with their mini busses at various events, while the lack of our own trans-port has hindered us from attending events in neighboring towns. Now we are ready to take on the world.”

The 3rd Maritime Industry Soccer Tournament, initiat-ed and sponsored by Smit

Amandla Marine, was held to raise funds for a bursary for a first year Marine Engineering student study-ing at Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) in 2016. Twenty-one teams from across

the maritime sector supported the event, which was won by the CPUT Maritime Studies Team with Mediterranean Shipping Co taking second place.

For Smit Amandla Marine, the real success was the incredible spirit of the tournament, which was all about building bridges within the maritime industry, having a fun-filled family day and working to-gether to support this worthwhile cause. The event which was held at the

Table View Football Club on 27 February was attended by 210 soc-cer players and over 400 spectators who contributed to the R27,000 raised.

TEAMS AND SUPPORTERS:Cape Peninsula University of Technology (sponsored by SMIT Amandla Marine), DCD Marine Cape Town, Department of Environmental Affairs, Faurecia, Kintetsu World Express, Lawhill Maritime Centre (sponsored by SMIT Amandla Marine), Marine Data Solutions, Mediterranean Shipping Co, MOL South Africa, Nation-al Oilwell Varco, Nautic Africa, Pienaar Bros, Sea Cadets (sponsored by Maritime Review Africa), Servest Marine, Sturrock Grindrod Maritime, Veecraft and Viking Life Saving Equipment. Thanks to Bow-man Gilfillan for their donation.

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PEOPLE AND EVENTS Appointments Launches Functions Announcements


APPOINTMENTS:Mott MacDonaldMott MacDonald has appointed Rudie

Basson as its rail and port practice lead in Africa. He will promote best practice and support professional excellence net-works. Basson is tasked to assist with business development in the sectors, help support the company’s global rail and port business initiatives and build further links with Transnet.

An experienced project manager, Basson has over 30 years’ experience of infra-structure projects, beginning his career as a site engineer on a new coal export rail line in South Africa. He joins Mott MacDonald from Transnet where he has spent most of his career. During this time he was directly responsible for Transnet’s R340bn rail and port infrastructure ex-pansion, including projects such as the R6.2bn container terminal in the Port of Nqgura, the R4.7bn upgrade and exten-sion of container terminals in Durban and Cape Town, and the upgrading of heavy haul rail lines for Manganese and Iron ore exports.

Rudie also has experience as port man-ager in Cape Town where he was inti-mately involved in the start-up of the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront, a rede-velopment of the derelict old part of the port. This was followed by a stint as port manager at Durban. He also spent time in the private sector where he was involved in export logistics, before returning to Transnet in 2006 to head up the Port and Rail Investment Programmes.

South African Oil and Gas AllianceThe South African Oil and Gas Alliance

(SAOGA) has appointed Niall Kramer as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Company with effect from 1 March 2016. The position became vacant with the res-ignation of Ebrahim Takolia at the end of December 2015.

Kramer is an experienced corporate mar-keting leader with strong global, Asian, African and SA experience in oil and gas, marketing and corporate areas.

He was educated at UCT and he joined Caltex in SA in 1990 where he moved from across many functions, in both cor-porate and marketing, and was posted to Singapore, Thailand and New Zealand. 20 years later in 2010, after leading the mar-keting integration for what became Chev-ron (with the merger of Caltex, Texaco and Chevron) for Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, he became Director Busi-ness Development for both Strika Enter-tainment and Market Pulse Int. In 2013

he joined Shell Upstream BV to manage stakeholder relationships on the key Ka-roo Shale gas project.

Nigerian Maritime Administra-tion and Safety AgencyDr Dakuku Adolphus Peterside has as-

sumed duty as the Director General/CEO of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA).

While noting that he is in NIMASA to serve the nation and humanity, the DG expressed his readiness to partner all stakeholders with a view to positively im-pacting the maritime sector and the Nige-rian economy at large.

Southern Africa Shippers Transport and Logistics Council Yayeri Kisaame has taken over the reigns

as CEO of the Southern Africa Shippers Transport and Logistics Council (SASTALC) from Brenda Horne Ferreira.

“I strongly believe in the SASTALC trans-formation strategy as well as Yayeri’s abil-ity to take it from strength to strength and hereby make an urgent appeal to all stakeholders to give her the same unequivocal support and loyalty as our industry needs a council such as ours, where public and private sector stake-holders collaborate across the full supply chain on matters of transport and logis-tics,” said Horne-Ferreira.

South African Network for Coastal and Oceanic ResearchCSIR principal researcher and research

group leader for coastal systems, Dr Louis Celliers has been appointed as the new steering committee chairperson of the South African Network for Coastal and Oceanic Research (SANCOR).

SANCOR is a non-statutory body that generates and communicates knowledge and advice to promote the wise and in-formed use and management of marine and coastal resources and environments.

Celliers also serves as the SANCOR forum national representative. The SANCOR fo-rum is accountable to the marine and coastal environment research commu-nity and to the SANCOR steering com-mittee for the co-ordination, facilitation, stimulation and review of marine science in South Africa with a view to promoting rational and scientifically-based manage-ment of the marine and coastal environ-ment.

Celliers’ appointment follows his excep-tional scientific contribution to the ma-

rine and coastal environment in recent years.

TransnetSiyabonga Gama has been appointed as

the new Group Chief Executive Officer for Transnet. Gama has been acting in the position since April 2015. He succeeds Brian Molefe, who was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Eskom in October last year.

“I wish Gama well as he leads Transnet into further improvement of operational efficiency and sustainability,” Public En-terprises Minister Lynne Brown. Gama has spent the past 14 years in various ex-ecutive positions at Transnet.

“His extensive experience in transport logistics and infrastructure as well as his commitment to transformation has been key considerations in confirming the ap-pointment.

Gama has a Bachelor of Commerce and a Diploma in Banking, which he obtained at the Institute of Bankers CAIB (SA). He has also done training which includes an Executive Development Programme at Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania.

He has more than 23 years’ experience in general management at executive and board level in the logistics, commercial, banking, marketing and operational en-vironment.

Radio Holland SACraig Santer has joined the Radio Hol-

land SA to further re-establish and de-velop their growing portfolio within the local commercial fishing market. Santer comes with 12 years of experience with-in the marine electronic industry and has been instrumental in servicing the fishing market.

He joins Radio Holland as the National Commercial Fishing Market Manager and comments “I’m proud to start a new chal-lenge within Radio Holland and look for-ward to working with the team to further develop their historical relationship with the fishing industry. I’m privileged to be reunited with such a respected compa-ny that prides itself on offering superior products and services.”

Bron Sykstus, Regional Director of Ser-vices Africa said “Craig’s wealth of experi-ence and industry knowledge has already made him a key addition to the Radio Holland family. We view his appointment as a renewed commitment to being the most trusted marine electronics suppli-er and service agent to our local fishing community.”

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MARITIME EMPLOYERGiven the current economic climate and the need to foster skills as well as promote job creation in the country, the Maritime Employer of the Year award aims to identify a company that focuses on upliftment within the company as well as externally. Our finalists all show a commitment to creating new positions, to training, to staff welfare and to Corporate Social Investment initiatives.

OTHER FINALISTS IN THIS CATEGORYTransnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) is committed to training, education and development; to industry engagement and support and to a variety of CSI initiatives. With a clear growth platform within the company for employees, TNPA has seen the development of their Pilots, Marine Managers, Harbour Masters, Tug Masters and Engineers from bursary holders to the high positions that they currently hold. Training and education is key to the State-Owned Enterprise’s fo-cus on employee development. TNPA has over 100 cadets on their books and has adopted many schools to ensure that learners are provided with the resources that they need. A clear mandate to support the local maritime sectors resulted in the development of the Market Demand Strategy and more recently an impe-tus to meet the objectives of Operation Phakisa. TNPA has awarded the biggest shipbuilding contract in South African history to a local ship builder in support of rejuvenating this sector to promote economic development and job creation. They are dedicated to promoting the industry through conferences, workshops, summits and at career awareness days.

A word from the winner: “I accept this on behalf of the many men and women at sea and ashore who work together each day to ensure that we can deliver a world class service to our clients. As shareholders, our employ-ees are the committed and motivated backbone of our company.”

Winner of the awardSMIT Amandla Marine is a Level 3 contributor to Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment and progressively pursues transformation in the maritime sector with a track record of significant achievements in skills development, enterprise and supplier development and socio-economic development. In addition the company is a leading employer of South African seafarers with more than 600 employees onboard their owned and managed vessels. A recent investment in local shipbuilding has seen contracts for the building of three of their latest vessels being awarded to shipyards in Cape Town and Durban. Smit Amandla Marine is dedicated to the continuous professional de-velopment of its employees and will not hesitate to fulfil its employees’ requests for training. In addition Smit is an avid sponsor of a variety of bursary, education, internship and community-based projects.

Grindrod seeks to create sustainable returns and long-term value for its stake-holders driven by a proactive approach that emphasises integrity, respect, fair-ness, transparency, accountability and professionalism by embedding a culture of awareness relating to holistic sustainability. Skills development within the compa-ny is leveraged through formal training, professional development and on-the-job coaching both internally and through external service providers. The group boasts a Social Responsibility spend of R7.3 million where education projects are funded through its empowerment partner, Adopt A School – an organization that selects deserving schools to be adopted for a five-year period. Grindrod contributes to improved tuition and infrastructure at four adopted schools. They also support external and internal bursary schemes and the Read Education Trust.

Ayanda Mngadi presents Paul Maclons of Smit Amandla Marine with the trophy for the Maritime Employer of the Year.

MARITIME NEWCOMER

With an objective to expand the maritime industry and create jobs, Operation Phakisa relies on the resilience and entrepreneurial spirit of those brave enough to strike out on their own and create new enterprises that develop new markets, products and services with the aim of opening up the maritime sector to new entrants and creating meaningful opportunities for employment. The Maritime Newcomer Award aims to recognise these achievements.

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COMMITMENT TO THE ENVIRONMENTIn this award category we aim to recognise efforts to minimise the impact that we have on the marine environment through programmes, services and products that actively promote sustainable use of our marine resources or help alleviate damage through conservation efforts.

OTHER FINALISTS IN THIS CATEGORYOffshore Africa Training Centre (OATC): Established in 2013 by Gary Concar, OATC , responded to a need to train people for the offshore industry to OPITO standards. As the first South African training centre to obtain OPITO accreditation for offshore training - OATC can com-pete on a global level to attract international offshore workers to un-dertake their training in Cape Town.

OTHER FINALISTS IN THIS CATEGORYClean C, founded by Gregory Player, takes a holistic approach to community upliftment programmes that incorporate an envi-ronmental aspect. Their beach clean-up initiatives around Cape Town have helped generate awareness around keeping beaches clean, oceans safe and our coastlines preserved for future gen-erations. The organisation cleans up to 14 beaches on a month-to-month basis.

Winner of the awardSea Safety Training Centre was established in St Helena Bay in 2013 by Leon Mouton in response to the need for a local training establish-ment to cater for the fishing industry. The main focus was to instil a safety culture within the local industry. Since the centre started it has expanded and obtained accreditation for all courses up to Masters 500 tons as well as radio courses. Future plans include the expansion of courses on offer; upgrading of facilities and the development of a Qualifications Development Facilitator service.

A word from the winner: "It is with great humility that we accept this award. We would like to thank our staff for their hard work and dedication over the years, and the industry for your continued support. We are committed to empowering communities and individuals through providing innovative solutions, not only in training, but also support systems and services."

A word from the winner: "The South African Whale Disentanglement Network and I am absolutely over the moon after receiving the Environmental award! It is tremendous to be recognised by the Maritime Industry and acknowledged for having been successful in making a difference to the welfare of whales."

Winner of the awardMichael Meyer was nominated for his role in establishing the South African Whale Disentanglement Network under the auspices of the Department of Environmental Affairs. Now, as the operations manager, he leads the disentanglement of whales around the country and trains crew to respond to incidents. The network currently has 17 sites around the coast of South Africa. Michael is also actively involved in research through his work and developing management requirements around ecotourism.

Maritime Careers and Skills Development (MCSD): Also operating in the education and training space, MCSD, was launched by Balungile Masuku in 2013. The company aims to encourage and assist schools in providing maritime education by supporting educators and learn-ers with the necessary tools and courses. With a background in edu-cation that includes the establishment of a maritime centre at Sithen-gile High School and completion of a Master of Science in Maritime Education and Training from the World Maritime University, Balungile Masuku set about to challenge the status quo.

The South African Deep Sea Trawling Industry Association: As an association that represents the interests of the deep sea trawling industry - SADSTIA has also been instrumental in pursuing a Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) accreditation for the hake trawl fishery and, in the process, ensured the long-term sustainability of the fishery and its ecosystem. Positive outcomes include a 99 percent reduction in albatross fatali-ties; training in responsible fishing; the ring fencing of trawling grounds and research into the long-term environmental impact of hake trawling in South Africa. Natalie Janse presents the Commitment to Environment trophy to Michael Meyer.

Leon Mouton accepts the trophy for the Newcomer of the Year on behalf of Sea Safety Training Group.

MARITIME MEDIA

Recognising the desire of the industry to promote its image to the general public, the Maritime Media category aims to identify proponents of mass media, social media, publishing and broadcasting that showcase the industry in a fair and positive manner. Our finalists in this category represent a broad range of media categories.

OTHER FINALISTS IN THIS CATEGORYThe Maritime Economics Grade 10 Textbook is the first locally produced textbook aimed at the High School learner hoping to embark on a maritime career. It opens up the maritime world to learners by not only adhering to the Curriculum and Assess-ment Policy Statement of the Department of Education, but by also providing interesting and quirky insights into a sector that is largely invisible to the general public. Authored by Margaret Balungile Masuku, the book had input from Edward Pines and was edited by Colleen Jacka.

Winner of the awardDurban Beach Rescue splashed onto our television screens in a series of ten episodes that followed the lives of a group of Durban lifesavers as they were trained to handle the difficult conditions of keeping the Durban Beaches safe over the festive period. The series highlights the skills required to read the sea, people and to keep technical equipment maintained for any emergency. It highlights that the ocean is not just a tourist attraction, but a potential employer for those that remain dedicated, professional and committed to safety. At the same time it provides gripping infotainment to those that are not involved in the industry.

A word from the winner: "It was an honour to rub shoulders with the impressive prize winners and nominees in all the cat-egories as well as with the Maritime industry itself. I see it beginning of a working relationship with the industry as there are many more compelling characters with stories to tell."

When I was a Fish is an interesting read by ichthyologist, Mike Bruton that has received praise from a variety of sources in-cluding the CEO of the Two Oceans Aquarium, Dr Patrick Garrat as well as the former CEO of Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife, George Hughes. The book captures stories of Bruton’s research and ex-plorations; and is the kind of autobiography that could appeal to anyone as it delivers a feast of gripping scientific facts and anecdotes.

SEAFARER OF THE YEARThe Seafarer of the Year award aims to showcase excellence, professionalism and commitment to safety and the environment at sea by recognising incidents and actions taken by South African seafarers to promote these objectives.

OTHER FINALISTS IN THIS CATEGORYCaptain Tshepi Serero was the first black Master in control of a deep sea anchor handling supply tug and holds a full DP certifi-cate. Capt Serero places strong emphasis on training and devel-opment of cadets, junior officers and ratings on board his ves-sels. He is an example to many aspirant trainee deck officers.

The winner: Honoured to receive the award, Capt Gous-Conradie emphasised the role of her crew and the Nige-rian Navy in thwarting the pirate attack on the Safmarine Ku-ramo. Joking that, while she certainly did not want to thank the pirates for putting the vessel and crew in danger, she was humbled to receive the Seafarer of the Year Award based on her actions during the incident.

Winner of the awardCaptain Zetta Gous-Conradie was commanding the Safmarine Kuramo when it was hijacked on its way to Port Onne in Nigeria. She immedi-ately ensured the safety of her 25 crewmembers by getting them into the citadel in the engine room from where she made contact with the Nigerian Navy who came to the aid of the distressed vessel. The Captain’s calm control of the situation ensured the crew and ship’s safety. The Navy captain who came to the rescue commended Capt Gous Conradie, highlighting her efforts to covertly provide the Nigerian Navy with information about the pirates who had boarded the vessel.

Nceba Mfini presents the Seafarer of the Year award to Captain Zetta Gous-Conradie.

Lesley Jacka (l) and Clare Gomes (r) present the Maritime Media Award to Eddie Edwards.

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MARITIME MAESTRO

A Maritime Maestro has salt in their veins. This award aims to recognise individuals in the maritime industry who act as ambassadors for the industry and who, in their personal capacity and in their own time and at their own expense, promote the development of the industry and promote awareness of the industry in a manner that goes above and beyond their current job description.

OTHER FINALISTS IN THIS CATEGORYSobantu Tilayi has been quietly making a name for himself over the last 15 years in the industry, but it is at the South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) that he has found his niche. Sobantu is currently the Chief Operating Officer for SAMSA where he concentrates on capacity building for the maritime in-dustry in the country. “I first met Mr Tilayi as a student at DUT in 2002. He has been part of transforming the industry and opened many opportunities for young South Africans. There is no time of the day that he will not avail himself to advise, guide and give hope. His dream of ensuring that the industry is well-known and accessible is what keeps him driven beyond the call of duty that often takes him away from his family.”

Captain Nicholas Sloane achieved something few in the mari-time industry are able to do. He garnered media attention for the industry that showcased the myriad of skills and expertise that can be fostered as part of an exciting career at sea. Global media attention was focused on the South African salvage master as he led a team in parbuckling the Costa Concordia off Isola del Giglio, Tuscany. Interviews, magazine articles and television documen-taries all revolved around Capt Sloane’s management of the op-erations that also included a number of South Africans and South African products. Thanks to the leadership and professionalism exhibited by Capt Sloane, the project confirmed that South Africa has the skills and expertise to be leaders in the maritime sector.

A word from the winner: "I am grateful for the award and this is a team effort from a number of people. It’s been an honour to be involved in something that is working very well."

Winner of the awardUnassuming, humble, passionate and determined - Brian Ingpen has become a name synonymous with maritime education, the promotion of maritime awareness and the constant drive towards professionalism in the industry. He has made a significant contribution to the South African maritime industry as a dedicated and passionate maritime historian, author, journalist and, above all educationalist. He has dedicat-ed the last 18 years to the advancement of the specialist maritime education programme at the Lawhill Maritime Centre which has become a role-model for schools-based maritime education in South Africa and globally. The impact that Brian Ingpen has made on the maritime industry will be felt for generations to come and the quality of the learners that have passed through the centre are living testimony to his influence and improve the overall image of the maritime sectors that they work in. Brian is well known to offer his time and energy to proj-ects that do not keep office hours but that help shape the lives of his young learners.

MARITIME STUDENTBoth of our maritime student finalists exhibit a willingness to put in the effort for success in the maritime industry having overcome difficulties to pro-duce excellent exam results and impress their mentors. Both have ambitions of a career at sea and already seem to possess what it takes to succeed in the disciplined environment onboard a vessel.

Joint winners of the awardTsoso Hanong comes from a disadvantaged background in Cl-ermont KZN and attended Lawhill Maritime Centre where he was selected as a General Botha Old Boys Association bursar. He has shown exceptional leadership qualities as an ambas-sador for the fund and developed as an exceptional student having passed many of his subjects with distinction. His over-all ambition is to become a Master Mariner, Foreign Going.

Sanele Khawula is currently studying at DUT Nautical Scienc-es after matriculating from Sithengile High School where he obtained A’s in Mathematics and Physical Science. Having enrolled for maritime studies at the Durban University of Technology, he is determined to succeed despite uncertainty about being able to afford the tuition fees. His determination was noticed at high school level and he is described as an in-telligent, well-behaved and committed student.

Neil Scott Williams (left) and Okke Grapow (right) present the Maritime Maestro Award to Brian Ingpen.

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The earth’s life support system at risk >> Our oceans are at risk. Our reckless behaviour is putting our life support system in jeopardy. We cannot wait - the time for action is now.

>> read more on page 54

Business unusual for a thriving ocean >> We only have one planet, but as of right now we are consuming the equivalent of three planets worth of resources. Our planet is in shock and this impacts on business. >> on page 55

Global seafood traceability campaign launched >> The Marine Stewardship Council used the Sustainable Seafood Symposium, hosted by MSC and WWF-SASSI, to announce the launch of their new Global Traceability Campaign and Multi Media Library, in March. >> page 55

Managing limited resourced for conser-vation >> BirdLife South Africa’s Chris-tina Hagen is the Pamela Isdell Fellow of Penguin Conservation and the project manager of an exciting project. Natalie Janse asked her a few questions. >> more on page 56

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Ocean acidification is a change in seawa-ter chemistry caused by the absorption of excess atmospheric carbon dioxide

by the ocean. “Ocean acidification is a global process with local impacts on fisheries and coastal communities, so there is a need to act urgently at all levels. It is a threat to national growth and development, particularly in the developing nations, and should be reflected in national and subnational developmen-tal plans,” says Dr Louis Celliers, CSIR coastal systems research group leader.

Celliers contributed to the chapter titled Gov-ernance, governments and legislation in the Ocean acidification impacts on coastal com-munities report. The CSIR’s contribution to the report involved a governance, governments and legislative perspective on ocean acidifi-cation. “The international community dealing with climate change must play a decisive role in encouraging national and local governments to scale-up efforts to mitigate carbon dioxide emissions thereby reducing the impacts of both climate change and ocean acidification,” Celliers explains.

He says future impacts from ocean acidifica-tion and global warming have been studied across the world and projected impacts will include food-web disruption, loss of biodiver-sity and major losses in aquaculture produc-tion. These negative impacts on the goods and services provided by marine ecosystems will affect society by threatening food security,

The CSIR has contributed to a report that aims to find solutions to the po-tential effects of ocean acidification on different coastal communities. Fif-ty-three international experts from the natural and social sciences contributed to the report, which was launched at the Oceanographic Museum in Monaco last year.

Solutions to ocean acidification will

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The Marine Stewardship Council has been addressing traceability issues in the fishing industry since 1999 and launched their new Global Traceability Campaign and Multi Media Library in March. The campaign aims to inspire shoppers to be aware of where their seafood comes from.

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coastal defenc-es, tourism as

well as recreational activities.

Celliers says: “However ambitious Operation Phakisa may be, our oceans are saddled with problems that require urgent attention and immediate mitigation strategies for Operation Phakisa to be a success. One of the major problems is that of ocean acidification, which is a grow-ing environmental concern linked to climate change.”

According to the report, building capacity and research in ocean acid-ification across the world and within nations is an important action point. The report states that it is important to also create an ocean acidification mitigation plan to monitor, observe and stimulate the assessment and forecasting of vulnerability at vari-ous scales in order to identify seri-ously affected areas or hotspots that will require priority investigations.

“Knowledge, expertise and capacity regarding ocean acidification is not globally distributed, therefore it is important to promote and build sci-entific capacity, research and tech-nology transfer that requires an in-ternational collaboration in dealing with climate change,” says Celliers.

The report also highlighted recom-mendations in dealing with climate change to support and direct its strategy in addressing ocean acidi-fication. Some of the recommenda-tions include:

�� The ocean scientific community together with civil society and governments should be involved in the assessment of adaptation and mitigation proposals in or-der to enable an evidence-based assessment of how climate change related solutions may impact positively or negatively on the ocean and ocean acidifi-cation; and

�� Maintaining ocean acidification observations to ensure the de-velopment of ocean acidification observations, warnings and fore-casts by countries and for the benefit of the global community.

The CSIR has been tasked by the DEA to assist with, among other tasks, a project that includes the utilisation of earth observation tech-nology to help unlock the economic potential of South Africa’s oceans.

>> From p. 53 The earth’s life support system is at risk

Our oceans are at risk. Our reckless behaviour is putting our life support system in jeopardy. We cannot wait - the time for action is now.

According to Tundi Agardy, Director Marine Ecosystems Services Pro-

gramme, Forest Trends, the concept of Integrated Ocean Management has nev-er been more important.

Delivering the keynote address at a fo-rum hosted by the Sustainable Oceans Lab in February entitled: “Integrated Oceans Management: Bringing togeth-er sectors and stakeholders for healthy ocean and sustainable development,” Agardy emphasised the impact of our current activities on the ocean.

The activities that we are currently engaging in, both in our oceans and on land, are impacting on our future options with regard to food supply, ox-ygen and resources. The value of our oceans lies in the supply of food, liveli-hoods, transport, energy, research sites and spiritual rejuvenation. “We need to widen our perspective and the con-cept of Integrated Ocean Management (IOM) is now more important than ever before,” she said.

Understanding the interconnectivity that our land-based activities have on the ocean, Argady highlighted the im-portance of recognising the role that we as humans play in managing a sustain-able environment.

Debate at the forum about the neces-sary structure of an integrated ocean management strategy emphasised the need for investment and compromise. “It is no longer a case of win-win-win. Now is the time for ultimate transpar-ency when developing management plans.”

Information presented at the forum suggested that the aim of IOM should always be beneficial and sustainable outcomes pursued where the values of the oceans are maintained as far as possible.

Stakeholders at the February meeting revealed statistics to highlight that the present decline in our oceans severe-ly limit options for the future. IOM is, therefore, about thinking about our long-term options.

Action key for successAgreeing on the need for planning, del-

egates were clear in calling for the need to address and emphasise the need for implementation. “It is essential to reach the implementation stage,” they said.

According to Agardy, successful oceans’ management is achievable by realising and accepting that it is a participato-ry process and buy-in from all parties is essential. The focus needs to be on sustainable blue growth with a focus on priority areas for conservation. These include, for example, Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), spawning areas and nurs-ery areas.

It is essential that we build on the knowledge that we have already gained and use that to develop sustainable and well-implemented plans for a sustain-able future, but now. We need to act now.

An interactive afternoon session al-lowed break-away groups representing a variety of ocean users and conserva-tionists provided delegates with the op-portunity to deliberate on how to fully adopt an integrated approach to ocean management.

This multi-sector approach was further explored in follow-up meetings between the World Ocean Council and South Afri-can companies in the week subsequent to the forum in an effort to advance the development of a multi-sector ocean industry alliance in South Africa and for the Western Indian Ocean.

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Cruising towards ocean responsibility

Cruise Lines International Associ-ation (CLIA) has partnered with

the World Ocean Council (WOC), an international business leadership al-liance dedicated to Corporate Ocean Responsibility.

For years, cruise lines have imple-mented policies and procedures to reduce the industry’s environmental impact. While CLIA members’ approx-imately 300 oceangoing cruise ships, expected to transport 24 million trav-ellers this year, comprise far less than 1 percent of the global merchant fleet’s 50,000 oceangoing ships, they aim to be at the forefront of developing re-sponsible environmental practices and innovative technologies that lead the world’s shipping sector. Many cruise lines not only meet, but exceed envi-ronmental regulatory requirements in a number of areas.

Said Bud Darr, CLIA Senior Vice Pres-ident for Technical and Regulatory Affairs, “protecting and caring for the environment is fundamental to the cruise industry. We depend on healthy oceans, clean beaches and pristine destinations that meet passengers’ expectations today and in the future. CLIA is proud to become a member of the World Ocean Council. This inter-national industry platform creates the opportunity for our cruise line mem-bers to collaborate with like-minded peers from other sectors in tackling the shared sustainability challenges af-fecting the future of the ocean and the future of our business.”

Business unusual needed for a thriving oceanWe only have one planet, but as of right now we are consum-ing the equivalent of three planets worth of resources. Our planet is in shock and this impacts on business. The only way to achieve sustainable transformation moving forward is to develop a real understanding of both risk and opportunity.

Jess Schulschenk, Director at the Sus-tainability Institute, recently addressed

guests at the Sustainable Seafood Sympo-sium hosted by MSC and WWF-SASSI. She believes that the South African business community harbours innovative ideas and that the dramatic scale and pace of change currently taking place, bodes for exciting times.

Co-opetition Underscoring the buzz around co-opeti-

tion, Schulschenk, explained the trend to-wards working together collaboratively, but still competitively.

Relating this to the fishing sector, she said that this could only be achieved if fisheries and retailers communicate honestly and learn from one another. “Transparency becomes essential and a fundamentally dif-ferent way of working is required if the aim is to once again see our oceans thriving,” she said adding that we do not want to see the ocean environment doing better. “We want to see it thriving.”

Schulschenk emphasises that this is only achievable through collaboration. “The problem is that collaboration requires posi-tive relationships and positive relationships require work and trust. This takes time, a

luxury that we no longer have.

“South Africa’s social system is in crisis with regard to education, housing, food shortages and job insecurity and scarcity. All of these aspects affect business. They are inter-connected and accelerate each other,” says Schulschenk.

Until now sustainability has been aimed at maintaining what we have, but she believes that this is not enough. “We need to build flourishing societies. To see growth we need to focus on what will create more val-ue in not just the short term, but also the medium and long term. The focus needs to be on inter-dependancy and mutually beneficial interactions. Here transparency becomes essential.”

Business unusualFor a brighter and sustainable future in

South Africa, Schulschenk believes that social inequality and poverty desperately need to be addressed. No company will be able to initiate change in isolation. It will take time, work, cooperation, communica-tion and transparency. The future of busi-ness in South Africa is no longer business as usual, but business unusual.

By Natalie Janse

Global seafood traceability campaign launched

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) used the Sustainable Sea-

food Symposium, hosted by MSC and WWF-SASSI, to announce the launch of their new Global Traceabili-ty Campaign and Multi Me-dia Library, in March. Traceability refers to the

ability to track any food through all stages of pro-duction and processing. Thirty percent of seafood products are currently mis-labelled, primarily due to the fact that seafood is one of the most highly traded commodities with vastly increased profit margins. Since 1999 MSC has been addressing

traceability issues with the MSC Chain

of Custody Standard, which is backed by DNA testing and now the launch of the MSC Global Traceability Campaign.The primary aims of the campaign are

to inspire shoppers to truly be aware of where their seafood comes from, to generate a discussion, to increase aware-ness of the MSC label and ultimately to increase MSC labelling.The role out of the campaign was a

multi faceted process, focusing on: the use digital channels, working closely with partners, localised packaging to suit each market and paid advertising. The overall

message of the campaign is, “You can trust MSC labelled seafood. An ecolabel ensures fish for to-morrow,” says McQueen.MSC believes the value of the

campaign locally lies in the fact that South Africans enjoy their seafood, but want to enjoy it with-out guilt. The MSC labelling sys-

tem allows consumers to do this. It also allows businesses to feel confident about the origin of their product and finally in-stills the promise of a better future and a future that we are all well prepared for.

By Natalie Janse

Traceability refers to the ability to track any food through all stages of production and processing. Thirty percent of seafood products are currently mislabelled, primarily due to the fact that seafood is one of the most highly traded commodities with vastly increased profit margins.

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What and where did you study?I studied at the University of Cape Town,

first a BSc Honours in Zoology and then Masters in Conservation Biology.

How did your career path lead you to your current position?I was lucky enough to go straight from

finishing my Masters degree to working at BirdLife South Africa. I started out on a short-term contract for another project, developing seabird eco-tours for the World Cup in 2010. My Masters thesis had been on the Cape Gannet, which gave me a good background on our local seabirds and the threats facing them.

This then allowed me to become involved in BirdLife’s African Penguin work and, when funding was available for a full-time position, I applied for the job and was suc-cessful.

What does your job entail on a

daily basis?My day-to-day activities are quite varied,

but involve a lot of time behind the com-puter. Some of my tasks include apply-ing for funding, organising and attending meetings with various stakeholders from government to other NGOs, writing reports and conducting research. I also do a bit of fieldwork where I visit and monitor poten-tial new colony sites.

What aspects of your job do you really enjoy?I enjoy the sense of accomplishment that

comes from being part of a conservation NGO actively working towards the conser-vation of birds and their habitats in South Africa. I also enjoy how varied my work is. You never know what will come up!

What aspects of your job do you find more challenging?Funding for projects and staff is always

a challenge and trying to find ways to do all the things you want to with limited re-

sources can be difficult.

Where does your passion for the environment come from?I’ve always known that I wanted to be a

conservationist. My family moved around a lot when I was young, living in various countries in North and South America so I was exposed to a lot of different environ-ments and schooling systems and also saw how the problems we face are, in a sense, universal. My school in Venezuela probably had the most impact on me, as there was a very active environmental programme.

Where to for you now?I’ve only just transitioned into my current

role, working on establishing a new pen-guin colony. So the next steps are to try and get this moving by confirming which site to use, getting all the official approval and conducting a risk assessment and feasibili-ty study. I am excited about the challenges ahead.

By Natalie Janse

BirdLife South Africa’s Christina Hagen is the Pamela Isdell Fellow of Penguin Conservation and the project manager of an exciting project looking to establish a new African Penguin colony along the South African south coast. Natalie Janse asked her a few questions about her work and her plans for the future.

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Christina Hagen aims to es-tablish a new African Penguin colony along the South African Coastline

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� Safety EquipmentASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009J&D Ship Services: Tel 021 511 1889; Fax 021 511 7910Marine Navigation Systems: Tel 021 511 1640Novamarine a div of Novagroup: Tel

021 506 4300; Fax 021 511 8396Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886Sturrock Grindrod Marine Tech: Tel 021 510 0042; Fax 021 511 1770Timeless Technologies: Tel 086 184 6383; Fax 086 527 5250 Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610Viking Life-Saving Equipment (SA) (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 514 5160; Fax 086 403 4211

� Safety SignsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Novamarine a div of Novagroup: Tel 021 506 4300; Fax 021 511 8396Sturrock Grindrod Marine Tech: Tel 021 510 0042; Fax 021 511 1770Viking Life-Saving Equipment (SA) (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 514 5160; Fax 086 403 4211

� Security CamerasRadio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888Timeless Technologies: Tel 086 184 6383; Fax 086 527 5250

ENGINE ROOM AND PROPULSION GEAR /

SERVICING

� Adjustable Mounting ChockAlignment with Laser: Tel 031 765 1539; email [email protected]

� AnodesASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702

� Auxiliary GensetsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Barloworld Power: Dbn Tel: 031 000 0050; Cpt Tel 021 959 8200Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523Cummins South Africa (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 945 1888; Fax 021 945 2288Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723Raka Marine: Piet 082 658 1061; Gerhard 082 652 8221SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Fax 021 510 0947Southern Power Products (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 511 0653; Fax 021 510 3049

� Bow ThrustersAfrican Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523

Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702ZF Services South Africa: Tel 011 457 0007; Fax 086 647 1378

� Control CablesASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723

� CouplingsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Alignment with Laser: Tel 031 765 1539; email [email protected] International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702Southern Power Products (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 511 0653; Fax 021 510 3049Sturrock Grindrod Marine Tech: Tel 021 510 0042; Fax 021 511 1770ZF Services South Africa: Tel 011 457 0007; Fax 086 647 1378

� Diesel Generator SetsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Barloworld Power: Dbn Tel 031 000 0050; Cpt Tel 021 959 8200Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523Cummins South Africa (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 945 1888; Fax 021 945 2288Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Peninsula Power Products: Tel 021 511 5061; Fax 021 511 5441Raka Marine: Piet 082 658 1061; Gerhard 082 652 8221Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723MTU South Africa (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 529 5760; [email protected] Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Fax 021 510 0947Southern Power Products (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 511 0653; Fax 021 510 3049Sturrock Grindrod Marine Tech: Tel 021 510 0042; Fax 021 511 1770

� Engines ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Barloworld Power Systems: Tel 031 000 0047; Fax 031 000 0051Cummins South Africa (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 945 1888; Fax 021 945 2288Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523DCD Dorbyl Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723MTU South Africa (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 529 5760; [email protected] Power Products: Tel 021 511 5061; Fax 021 511 5441



Raka Marine: Piet 082 658 1061; Gerhard 082 652 8221SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Fax 021 510 0947Southern Power Products (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 511 0653; Fax 021 510 3049Sturrock Grindrod Marine Tech: Tel 021 510 0042; Fax 021 511 1770

� Engine, Gearbox & Oil CoolersASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Fax 021 510 0947List your company’s details here

� Engine & Gearbox Con-trolsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Barloworld Power: Dbn Tel 031 000 050; Cpt Tel 021 959 8200Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Fax 021 510 0947

� Fresh Water GeneratorsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900Sturrock Grindrod Marine Tech: Tel 021 510 0042; Fax 021 511 1770HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702

� Fuel & Lubrication Oil TreatmentASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Sturrock Grindrod Marine Tech: Tel 021 510 0042; Fax 021 511 1770

� Gearbox SalesASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Barloworld Power Systems: Tel 031 000 0047; Fax 031 000 0051Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523Peninsula Power Products: Tel 021 511 5061; Fax 021 511 5441Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Fax 021 510 0947ZF Services South Africa: Tel 011 457 0007; Fax 086 647 1378

� Gearbox Spares, RepairsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Barloworld Power Systems: Tel 031 000 0047; Fax 031 000 0051Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523DCD Dorbyl Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Fax 021 510 0947List your company’s details here

ZF Services South Africa: Tel 011 457 0007; Fax 086 647 1378

� General Engineering RepairsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523Dorbyl Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900Peninsula Power Products: Tel 021 511 5061; Fax 021 511 5441SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Fax 021 510 0947

� GeneratorsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Barloworld Power: Dbn Tel 031 000 0050; Cpt Tel 021 959 8200Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009J&D Ship Services: Tel 021 511 1889; Fax 021 511 7910Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723MTU South Africa (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 529 5760; [email protected] Raka Marine: Piet 082 658 1061; Gerhard 082 652 8221SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Fax 021 510 0947Sturrock Grindrod Marine Tech: Tel 021 510 0042; Fax 021 511 1770SVITZER Salvage Africa : Tel 021 408 6710; Fax 021 408 6138

� GovernorsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723

� NozzlesASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009

� Oil CoolersASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Fax 021 510 0947

� Oily Water GeneratorsCraig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Sturrock Grindrod Marine Tech: Tel 021 510 0042; Fax 021 511 1770

� Pitch Propeller RepairsAfrican Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206

ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702

� Pneumatic Engine Con-trol RepairsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702

� Propeller Repairs, Sys-temsAfrican Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206Alignment with Laser: Tel 031 765 1539; email [email protected] Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050DCD Dorbyl Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702

� PropellersAfrican Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206Alignment with Laser: Tel 031 765 1539; email [email protected] Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702Southern Power Products (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 511 0653; Fax 021 510 3049ZF Services South Africa: Tel 011 457 0007; Fax 086 647 1378

� Propulsion SystemsAfrican Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206Alignment with Laser: Tel 031 765 1539; email [email protected] Power: Dbn Tel 031 000 0050; Cpt Tel 021 959 8200Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523Cummins South Africa (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 945 1888; Fax 021 945 2288Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723 Raka Marine: Piet 082 658 1061; Gerhard 082 652 8221SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Fax 021 510 0947Southern Power Products (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 511 0653; Fax 021 510 3049Sturrock Grindrod Marine Tech: Tel 021 510 0042; Fax 021 511 1770ZF Services South Africa: Tel 011 457 0007; Fax 086 647 1378

� Spare PartsAfrican Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Barloworld Power: Dbn Tel 031 000 0050; Cpt Tel 02 959 8200Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Mares Shipping GmbH: Tel +49 40 37 47840; Fax +49 40 37 478446Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Fax 021 510 0947ZF Services South Africa: Tel 011 457 0007; Fax 086 647 1378

� Steerable ThrustersAfrican Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702ZF Services South Africa: Tel 011 457 0007; Fax 086 647 1378

� Spur Net CuttersAlignment with Laser: Tel 031 765 1539; email [email protected]

� Turbochargers ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050DCD Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Fax 021 510 0947

� ValvesASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523DCD Dorbyl Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702

� Water JetsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Fax 021 510 0947Southern Power Products (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 511 0653; Fax 021 510 3049List your company’s details here



FISHING GEAR

� Long Line Winches, Sales & RepairsHSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009

� Netting, TwinesAfrican Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Scaw SA (Pty) Ltd: Tel Cpt 021 508 1500; Dbn 031 450 7400

� Seabed SurveysAfrican Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530Underwater Surveys: Tel 021 709 6000; Fax 021 788 5302

� Spurs Net CuttersAlignment with Laser: Tel 031 765 1539; email [email protected]

� TrawlsScaw SA (Pty) Ltd: Tel Cpt 021 508 1500; Dbn 031 450 7400

� Trawl BobbinsAfrican Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009

� Trawl DoorsAfrican Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009

� Trawl FloatsAfrican Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009

� Trawl RepairsAfrican Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009

� Trawl Winches, Sales & RepairsHSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723

FISH PACKAGING

� CartonsCraig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523

� Ice Packs / Chill WrapCraig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523

FISH PROCESSING EQUIPMENT

� Blast FreezersASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009

� Cannery EquipmentHSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009List your company’s details here

� ChillersASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050List your company’s details here

� Cutting MachinesCraig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009

� Filletting MachinesHSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009

� FreezersASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009

� Gutting MachinesHSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009

� Ice MakersASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009

� Ozone EqauipmentgHSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009

� ScalesCraig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009

NAVIGATION COMMU-NICATION AND ELEC-TRONIC EQUIPMENT /

SERVICING

� Antenna InstrumentsC & C Technologies: Tel 021 705 2741; Fax 021 705 2741Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723Marine Navigation Systems: Tel 021 511 1640Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610

� Automatic SteeringASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Marine Navigation Systems: Tel 021 511 1640Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610

� Autotrawl SystemsHSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009

Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888

� CompassesASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050C & C Technologies: Tel 021 705 2741; Fax 021 705 2741Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Marine Navigation Systems: Tel 021 511 1640Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752Novamarine a div of Novagroup: Tel 021 506 4300; Fax 021 511 8396Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886Underwater Surveys: Tel 021 709 6000; Fax 021 788 5302Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610

� Computer Systems & EquipmentASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050C & C Technologies: Tel 021 705 2741; Fax 021 705 2741Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Marine Navigation Systems: Tel 021 511 1640Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886Underwater Surveys: Tel 021 709 6000; Fax 021 788 5302Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610List your company’s details here

� Electronic Charts & Plot-tersASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 952Marine Navigation Systems: Tel 021 511 1640Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610

� Electronic EquipmentASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050C & C Technologies: Tel 021 705 2741; Fax 021 705 2741Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009J&D Ship Services: Tel 021 511 1889; Fax 021 511 7910Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723Marine Navigation Systems: Tel 021

511 1640Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886Underwater Surveys: Tel 021 709 6000; Fax 021 788 5302Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610

� Electronic SurveillanceHSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Marine Data Solutions: Tel 021 386 8517; Fax 021 386 8519Marine Navigation Systems: Tel 021 511 1640Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610

� Fish Finding EquipmentASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Marine Navigation Systems: Tel 021 511 1640Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886

� GMDSS StationsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Marine Data Solutions: Tel 021 386 8517; Fax 021 386 8519Marine Navigation Systems: Tel 021 511 1640Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610

� GyrosASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050C & C Technologies: Tel 021 705 2741; Fax 021 705 2741HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Marine Navigation Systems: Tel 021 511 1640Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610

� Maritime Communication EquipmentASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Marine Data Solutions: Tel 021 386 8517; Fax 021 386 8519Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723Marine Navigation Systems: Tel 021 511 1640



Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752Novamarine a div of Novagroup: Tel 021 506 4300; Fax 021 511 8396Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610

� Navigation EquipmentASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050C & C Technologies: Tel 021 705 2741; Fax 021 705 2741Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Marine Data Solutions: Tel 021 386 8517; Fax 021 386 8519Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723Marine Navigation Systems: Tel 021 511 1640Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886Underwater Surveys: Tel 021 709 6000; Fax 021 788 5302Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610Viking Life-Saving Equipment (SA) (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 514 5160; Fax 086 403 4211

� Navigation Light Fittings and Spare GlobesASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723Viking Life-Saving Equipment (SA) (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 514 5160; Fax 086 403 4211

� Precise DGPS PositioningC & C Technologies: Tel 021 705 2741; Fax 021 705 2741HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Marine Data Solutions: Tel 021 386 8517; Fax 021 386 8519Marine Navigation Systems: Tel 021 511 1640Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886Underwater Surveys: Tel 021 709 6000; Fax 021 788 5302Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610

� Radar Sales, RepairsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Marine Data Solutions: Tel 021 386 8517; Fax 021 386 8519Marine Navigation Systems: Tel 021 511 1640Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021

511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610

� Radio Remote ControlCraig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009

� Radio Sales, RepairsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050C & C Technologies: Tel 021 705 2741; Fax 021 705 2741HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Marine Data Solutions: Tel 021 386 8517; Fax 021 386 8519Marine Navigation Systems: Tel 021 511 1640Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886 Satellite Phones and EmailUnique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610

� Satelite Phones & EmailASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Marine Navigation Systems: Tel 021 511 1640Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610

� Smoke & Fire Detector SystemsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig Internationaljmhn Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723Marine Navigation Systems: Tel 021 511 1640Novamarine a div of Novagroup: Tel 021 506 4300; Fax 021 511 8396Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610

� TelecommunicationsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Marine Data Solutions: Tel 021 386 8517; Fax 021 386 8519Marine Navigation Systems: Tel 021 511 1640Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax

021 534 3610

� Weather & ReceiversASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Marine Navigation Systems: Tel 021 511 1640Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610List your company’s details here

PROFESSIONAL & SPE-CIALISED SERVICES

� Acoustic SurveysC & C Technologies: Tel 021 705 2741; Fax 021 705 2741HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772Underwater Surveys: Tel 021 709 6000; Fax 021 788 5302

� Aluminium Technical In-formationHSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Hulamin (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 507 9100; Fax 021 534 2469

� Attorneys Maritime LawBowman Gilfillan: Tel 021 480 7811; Fax 021 424 1688Velden Pike Nichols Inc: Tel 031 265 0651; Fax 086 604 6318

� Bulk TerminalsSmit Amandla Marine: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885

� Classification SocietiesASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Marine Navigation Systems: Tel 021 511 1640SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886

� Consultancy & TrainingAfrican Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530 Allweld Solutions: Tel 021 510 1482; Fax 021 510 8082ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050C & C Technologies: Tel 021 705 2741; Fax 021 705 2741Marine Navigation Systems: Tel 021 511 1640Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886TETA: Tel 021 531 3064; Fax 021 5313063Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610

� ConsultantsAfrican Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206African Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax

021 527 7050Offshore Maritime Services: Tel 021 425 3372; Fax 021 425 3379Smit Amandla Marine: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772Underwater Surveys: Tel 021 709 6000; Fax 021 788 5302

� Consulting EngineersASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050List your company’s details here

� Crew Transport ServicesServest Marine Services: Tel 021 448 3500; Fax 021 447 0895HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009

� Equipment Selection & ProcurementAfrican Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206African Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050C & C Technologies: Tel 021 705 2741; Fax 021 705 2741Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523Grindrod Marine Services: Tel 021 511 5504; Fax 021 511 1770: Dbn: Tel 031 274 4700; Fax 031 274 4996HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772Underwater Surveys: Tel 021 709 6000; Fax 021 788 5302Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610

� Ferry ServicesASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Smit Amandla Marine: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885

� Fisheries ResearchMarine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752Smit Amandla Marine: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885

� Harbour, Ocean TowageSVITZER Salvage Africa: Tel 021 408 6710; Fax 021 408 6138Servest Marine Services: Tel 021 448 3500; Fax 021 447 0895

� Heavy LiftASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523Smit Amandla Marine: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885SVITZER Salvage Africa: Tel 021 408 6710; Fax 021 408 6138

� Inspection & Testing ServicesASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610List your company’s details here



� Laser AlignmentAlignment with Laser: Tel 031 765 1539; email [email protected]

� Launch ServicesASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Servest Marine Services: Tel 021 448 3500; Fax 021 447 0895Offshore Maritime Services: Tel 021 425 3372; Fax 021 425 3379

� LogisticsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523Grindrod Marine Services: Tel 021 511 5504; Fax 021 511 1770: Dbn: Tel 031 274 4700; Fax 031 274 4996J&D Ship Services: Tel 021 511 1889; Fax 021 511 7910

� Marine SurveyorsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Offshore Maritime Services: Tel 021 425 3372 Fax 021 425 3379

� Maritime TrainingHSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752Marine Solutions (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 511 0843; Fax 021 511 0845Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888Sea Safety Training Centre: Tel 022 742 1297; Fax 022 742 1365Unicorn Training School: Tel 031 274 4770 Fax 031 5578Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610List your company’s details here

� Naval ArchitectsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050

� Net MonitoringRadio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752

� Onsite MachiningASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702

� P & I Club Representa-tivesBowman Gilfillan: Tel 021 480 7811; Fax 021 424 1688

� Personnel AgencyDCD Dorbyl Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Smit Amandla Marine: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772

� Project ManagementASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Marine Industrial Electro Solutions:

Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772Underwater Surveys: Tel 021 709 6000; Fax 021 788 5302List your company’s details here

� SalvorsSmit Amandla Marine: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772SVITZER Salvage Africa: Tel 021 408 6710; Fax 021 408 6138

� Seabed SurveysC & C Technologies: Tel 021 705 2741; Fax 021 705 2741Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888Smit Marine: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772Underwater Surveys: Tel 021 709 6000; Fax 021 788 5302

� Ship ManagementASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702Smit Marine: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885

� Ship RegistrationASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050

� Spares ProcurementAfrican Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Grindrod Marine Services: Tel 021 511 5504; Fax 021 511 1770: Dbn: Tel 031 274 4700; Fax 031 274 4996Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Fax 021 510 0947

� STCW 95TrainingUnicorn Training School: Tel 031 274 4770 Fax 031 5578

� Superintendent (Marine)ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050List your company’s details here

� Surveyors, Hull, Machin-eryASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Underwater Surveys: Tel 021 709 6000; Fax 021 788 5302

� Tailshaft SurveysASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050

DCD Dorbyl Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900

� Technical DocumentsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050

� TowageServest Marine Services: Tel 021 448 3500; Fax 021 447 0895Offshore Maritime Services: Tel 021 425 3372; Fax 021 425 3379Smit Amandla Marine: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885SVITZER Salvage Africa: Tel 021 408 6710; Fax 021 408 6138

� Vessel Purchase/SalesASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523

� Vessel Management, Crew supplies, Mainte-nance PlanningASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888Smit Amandla Marine: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885

PUMPS

� Ballast Water SystemsAfrican Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888

� Bilge PumpsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702

� Fish Pumps & HosesASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009

� Fresh & Sea Water PumpsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702

� Marine Pump SalesASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009

� Pumping ServicesASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax

021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702Smit Amandla Marine: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772SVITZER Salvage Africa: Tel 021 408 6710; Fax 021 408 6138

� PumpsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Alignment with Laser: Tel 031 765 1539; email [email protected] International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772

� Pump Sales & ServiceASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Hytec Cape: Tel 021 551 4747; Fax 021 551 2575SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772 0836

� Spare PartsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702Sturrock Grindrod Marine Tech: Tel 021 510 0042; Fax 021 511 1770

SHIP REPAIR & MA-RINE MAINTENANCE

& ENGINEERING SERVICES & EQUIP-

MENT

� Anti fouling systemsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702Sturrock Grindrod Marine Tech: Tel 021 510 0042; Fax 021 511 1770



� Battery Charges & In-vertersASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723Novamarine a div of Novagroup: Tel 021 506 4300; Fax 021 511 8396Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610

� Battery ManagementASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702Sturrock Grindrod Marine Tech: Tel 021 510 0042; Fax 021 511 1770Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610

� Boat BuildersASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050DCD Dorbyl Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Hulamin (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 507 9100; Fax 021 534 2469SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702

� Boiler CleaningASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050DCD Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702

� Boiler RepairsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050DCD Dorbyl Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702

� Cathodic ProtectionASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252

HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702Sturrock Grindrod Marine Tech: Tel 021 510 0042; Fax 021 511 1770Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610

� CleaningASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050DCD Dorbyl Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009J&D Ship Services: Tel 021 511 1889; Fax 021 511 7910SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772

� Cold Metal RepairsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050DCD Dorbyl Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702

� Corrosion PreventionASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702Sturrock Grindrod Marine Tech: Tel 021 510 0042; Fax 021 511 1770Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772

� Cutless BearingsAfrican Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702Sturrock Grindrod Marine Tech: Tel 021 510 0042; Fax 021 511 1770

� Diving Services ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax

021 511 8009SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702Smit Amandla Marine: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772SVITZER Salvage Africa: Tel 021 408 6710; Fax 021 408 6138

� DrydockingASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050DCD Dorbyl Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702

� Electrical & Mechanical RepairsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050DCD Dorbyl Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702

� Electrical Cable Support SystemsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050DCD Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888

� Electrical InstallationsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050DCD Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702

� Electrical Motor RepairsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Alignment with Laser: Tel 031 765 1539; email [email protected] International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009

Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702

� Explosion Proof Equip-mentASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610

� GritblastingASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523DCD Dorbyl Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702

� Gritblasting EquipmentASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702

� HVAC SystemsE.R.A.S.E.: Tel 021 949 8955; Fax 021 946 3178

� High (Ultra) Pressure Water JettingASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050

� Hold Tank CleaningASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252

� Hull Blasting & PaintingASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252

� Hull CleaningASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772

� Hydraulic Systems & EquipmentASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723



� HydroblastingASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050

� InsulationASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252

� Marine AirconditioningASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Alignment with Laser: Tel 031 765 1539; email [email protected] International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252E.R.A.S.E.: Tel 021 949 8955; Fax 021 946 3178HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009

� Marine CoatingsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009

� Marine UPS InvertersASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723

� Pipe Fittings: PipesASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009

� Refrigeration Service & RepairsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252

� ROV ServicesMarine Solutions (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 511 0843; Fax 021 511 0845List your company’s details here

� Rudder Repairs/SurveysASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252

� Ship ConversionsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723

� Ship Equipment RepairsHSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009

� Ship PaintingASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252

� Ship Repairs & Mainte-nanceASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050

EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723

� Steel WorksASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009

� Steering Gear, RepairsEBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252

� Stern BearingsAfrican Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009

� SterngearASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252

� Stud WeldingASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009

� Subsea Electronic Engi-neerimgMarine Solutions (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 511 0843; Fax 021 511 0845

� Tank Cleaning/Sludge Removal & DisposalASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252

� Tank Blasting & CoatingASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009

� Thruster RepairsAfrican Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610

� TransformersCraig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009

� Ultrasonic CleaningASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391;

Fax 031 206 0252Grindrod Marine Services: Tel 021 511 5504; Fax 021 511 1770: Dbn: Tel 031 274 4700; Fax 031 274 4996HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009

� Underwater Welding RepairsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772

� Underwater SystemsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723Marine Solutions (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 511 0843; Fax 021 511 0845SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772Underwater Surveys: Tel 021 709 6000; Fax 021 788 5302Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610

� Welding RepairsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050DCD Dorbyl Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009J&D Ship Services: Tel 021 511 1889; Fax 021 511 7910SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702

SHIP SUPPLY

� BunkersASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Smit Amandla Marine: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885Sturrock Grindrod Marine Tech: Tel 021 510 0042; Fax 021 511 1770

� Crew ChangesServest Marine Services: Tel 021 448 3500; Fax 021 447 0895HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Smit Amandla Marine: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772

� LubricantsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523J&D Ship Services: Tel 021 511 1889; Fax 021 511 7910Launches, HelicoptersASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050

Servest Marine Services: Tel 021 448 3500; Fax 021 447 0895HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Smit Amandla Marine: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885

� Offshore Rig SupplyAfrican Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523DCD Dorbyl Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax021 511 8009J&D Ship Services: Tel 021 511 1889; Fax 021 511 7910Novamarine a div of Novagroup: Tel 021 506 4300; Fax 021 511 8396Smit Marine: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885

� Oil Pollution Abatement / CleanupASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Smit Amandla Marine: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885SVITZER Salvage Africa: Tel 021 408 6710; Fax 021 408 6138

� Oil Pollution EquipmentASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Viking Life-Saving Equipment (SA) (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 514 5160; Fax 086 403 4211

� Oil Spill Prevention KitsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Viking Life-Saving Equipment (SA) (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 514 5160; Fax 086 403 4211

� Ship ChandlersAfrican Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530J&D Ship Services: Tel 021 511 1889; Fax 021 511 7910Novamarine a div of Novagroup: Tel 021 506 4300; Fax 021 511 8396

� Spare PartsAfrican Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723Sturrock Grindrod Marine Tech: Tel 021 510 0042; Fax 021 511 1770Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610

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