Maritime Review Africa Sept Oct 2014

IN DEPTH

NAMIBIAN HORSE MACKEREL FISHERY 6Namsov Fishing Enterprises, Emeri-tus Fishing Limited (Corvima Invest-ment) and Atlantic Harvesters are battling against the Namibian Min-istry of Fisheries and Marine Re-sources (MFMR) over the allocation of fishing rights after they launched an urgent court application and ap-peared in the Namibian High court in October. Nelle du Toit provides an overview of the issues being pre-sented.

CONTAGIOUS CLAUSES 10With the recent outbreak of Ebola in West Africa, there has been consid-erable interest by both owners and charterers to find clauses that spe-cifically deal with the risks and un-certainties that arise when calling at ports with a risk of exposure to Eb-ola. There is no need for a charter-party to contain an Ebola clause, but a clearly laid out contractual scheme does give certainty to both parties.

COLUMNS:

FISHY BUSINESS 14Shaheen Moolla discusses the dis-mal state of the legal abalone fishery as it struggles to survive against ram-pant poaching.

THROUGH THE LENS 17What is driving the large investments by the big hake fishing companies and are we seeing investment in other sectors of the industry? Claire Attwood investigates the state of in-vestment in the fishing sectors.

MARITIME MEMORIES 44Launched as the hull-based stern trawler Marbella, but modified to carry sophisticated equipment for underwater search and survey op-erations, John Lethbridge has been a regular caller in Cape Town for bun-kers and stores. Brian Ingpen writes about the John Lethbridge’s role in finding maritime memories.

FEATURES

SALVAGE & TOWAGE 20

� Scant salvage season for South African salvor

� ISU membership increases

� Jack-up barge recovery in Mozambique

� LOF arbitration panel

� Wreck removal convention will provide legal harmony

� Towing offers opportunities in Africa

� Salvage stats

PORT DEVELOPMENT 28

� Eye on 2017 for the New Port of Walvis Bay development

� Kenya and China sign port development deal

� New oil terminal for Kenya to quadruple capacity of port

� Maputo maintenance dredging

MARITIME NEWS

AFRICAN NEWS 36

� South Africa and Australia discuss the blue economy

� Violence against seafarers increases off Africa’s west coast.

� Maritime briefs

� Buy-out in Cape Town strengthens vessel-building capacity

� MoU to promote maritime interests

� Enabling a smooth flow of cargo

� Massive investment for aquaculture

� Laying the keel for the ocean economy

� Mercy Ship visits Cape Town

� New factory freezer trawler for SA hake fishery

� Customised build for offshore patrol

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2014

CONTENTS

SHIPPING

FISHING

MARINE MINING

MARINE ENGINEERING

SHIP SUPPLY

STEVEDORING

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PEOPLE AND EVENTS

NEWS 46 � Inspiring maritime students through practical seamanship training

� Fishing industry bids farewell to dedicated ambassador

� Maritime centre receives donation from shipbuilder

� New port manager for Durban

� New Chief Operating Officer to tackle port efficiency

� Celebrating a golden milestone

� Benguela’s worth estimated at R3 billion

� Shipping stalwart crosses the bar

� Cabotage and local content seminar

� Ship repairer gets behind Namibia’s Vision 2030 initiative

� World Maritime Day celebrations in Langebaan

� Celebrating a successful merger

� Another successful soccer tournament

� National Marine Week kicks off in Cape Town

GREEN MARINE

NEWS & DEBATE 51 � Sustainable hake fishery brings

long term economic and environmental benefits

� International Coastal Clean-up Day

� Code of Conduct for responsible fisheries developed

� Counting fish in Kenya

� Fisheries leaders set their sights on a more sustainable future for the African ocean

� Protecting penguin’s prey

� Effectiveness of new shark nets analysed

Rig shifts, commercial offshore unit relocations and salvage work all of-fer towage companies opportunities around the continent and, accord-ing to Dave Murray, Business Unit Manager – Offshore Marine Services for Smit Amandla Marine (SAM), the year has been a particularly busy one.

“There is a lot of opportunity in Africa with regard to rig shifts and com-mercial offshore unit relocation, and we have had a good year from a towage perspective,” says Murray highlighting the services offered by SAM’s two spot tugs in the region, the Smit Madura and Smit Amandla.

According to Murray the Smit Madura has experienced her best year in operation since joining the fleet three years ago. Although busy with services for her core client, De Beers Marine Namibia, the 50m anchor handling tug has also been involved in a number of longer spot opera-tions.

These include the successful tow of a barge from Madagascar to Dur-ban as well as the escort of a McDermott crane barge. Most significant-ly, however, was the tow of a barge and jack-up from Pointe-Noire in the Republic of Congo to Richards Bay in South Africa – and the return of the empty barge to Pointe-Noire. Full story on page 24

Towage opportunities

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EXPRESSIONS Comments from the editor

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COMMENT

What usually follows the opening question in these chats amongst maritime colleagues are the knowing nods and ensuing discussion on the schism that we all believe to exist between the Department of Trans-port and its subsidiary body – as if this could be the explanation as to why the minister was so severe in her deliberations.

This leads into a conversation on the three pillars of SAMSA’s mandate and how many seem to believe that it is clear that the Authority has taken to heart the third point: to promote South Africa’s maritime interests as its over-arching purpose – perhaps to the detriment of the first two tenets of its existence which relate to the preservation of life, environment and property at sea.

It is an interesting dilemma for the industry. We’ve lauded the Authority, and particularly its CEO Com-mander Tsietsi Mokhele, for his foresight and passion to champion the maritime cause. We’ve watched him weave the maritime thread into the government con-versation. And, as we begin to see a level of recog-nition across a number of government departments, we are told take stock of an entity that requires some oversight.

One cannot fain surprise that expenditure on con-ferences and advertisements ballooned from R12m in 2012 to R54 million in 2013. Most conference organis-ers and many publications have viewed the Authority as an unofficial Lotto pay-out as they cashed in their rate cards and sponsorship tiers. SAMSA has been visual at most events on the calendar including one hosted by us – the Maritime Industry Awards.

Was this a waste of resources? I dare to say that a little discernment could have been applied, but that some of the television slots highlighting the cadets on the SA Agulhas were well timed and could have con-tributed to a broader maritime awareness amongst our youth. So too do career and job summits, but a rubber stamp of approval associated with the spon-sorship and exhibition stands of just about every maritime exhibition and conference could have been undertaken with some introspection.

What the industry has been waiting for is a follow-up to the successful and refreshingly different South African Maritime Industry Conference (SAMIC). Or-ganised by the Authority, the conference has the ability to knock many conferences off the calendar by providing one unified thought tank for the industry.

Envisioned to fill a gap left by the demise of the Na-tional Maritime Conference of the 1990’s organised by industry for industry – SAMIC was well positioned to meet the needs of an industry ready and willing to move forward. It seems a pity, however, that this conference, anticipated to take place before the end of 2014, may now never take its rightful place on the calendar.

But this is not the only reason the minister pegs the Authority to be “in serious trouble”. Citing plum-meting cash flows (a 350 percent decline), irregular expenditure (R28.8 million), fruitless and wasteful expenditure (R1.1 million), a total asset decline of

96 percent and the cost escalation associated to the SA Agulhas of 31 percent – Peters did not mince her words when she asked that “immediate actions be taken” to make the entity viable and able to deliver on its legislative mandate.

The SA Agulhas may lie at the heart of many of SAMSA’s reported woes, but most in the industry will agree that the Authority’s sheer determination to create a dedicated training vessel for their cadetship programme should not go unapplauded. It was never going to be an easy or cheap endeavour – something that is clearly realised by the Authority. Their Annual Report highlights the need for projects such as the ca-detship programme and the SA Agulhas to be funded externally.

“Projects will therefore be funded only to the extent to which project funding is available and the organisa-tion’s core revenue will not be used. The SA Agulhas and the cadetship projects, which contributed signifi-cantly to the deficits will soon no longer be funded by SAMSA,” it states in the report.

But perhaps what is most alarming and does not come across clearly in the visually alluring Annual Re-port is the “lack of reliability of reported information”. The Annual Report provides performance targets that are generally reported as being met or at least mostly met, but the Auditor General raises concerns that these targets are “not specific, measurable or time bound”.

In addition, what is not evident in the Annual Report, but is highlighted in the Minister’s speech is anoma-lies of data – or data spike for the fourth quarter of the reported year. For instance the tally of inspections of both local and foreign going vessels catapults rather unrealistically in the fourth quarter – calling into ques-tion the validity of what is presented.

Similarly, although a 100 percent target of audited training institutions is reported at year-end, accord-ing to the speech, data allegedly reveals that no audits were carried out within the first three quarters of the year.

“The fact that the auditors could not validate the performance results and that the third quarter results of some KPI’s seem to be far apart from the fourth quarter results, call for an objective independent per-formance audit of the 2013/2014 performance infor-mation,” she says.

With much more fodder to chew on in both the Annual Report as well as Minister Peters’ speech, it would be unfair to try and unpack the issues within this column. And as transport month draws to a close and we mull the pronouncements of Operation Phak-isa, perhaps our closing issue for the year will delve a little deeper into the state of South Africa as a mari-time nation on the continent.

If you have anything to say on this topic, we wel-come your input both on and off the record.

Colleen Jacka, editor

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EXPRESSIONS Quay Quotes


KEELHAULEDAPPLAUD

&The maritime community will surely understand the concept of being keelhauled and we have reinstated the practice, which was allegedly in-stituted by the British Navy as a way of “severely rebuking a subordinate”. But at the same time we will also applaud those individuals and com-panies in recognition of significant achievements.

KEELHAULEDThe South African Maritime Safety Au-thority for allowing their state of affairs to draw the ire of the Auditor General and the Minister of Transport.

APPLAUDWe applaud two South African super-yacht captains, Phil Wade and Anthony Just the initiators of Marine Inspirations – an organisation that assisted two learners from Lawhill Maritime Centre participate in an international yachting event and gain valuable seamanship experience.

QUAY QUOTES: who is saying what in the maritime industry

“We will continue to encourage horse mack-erel value addition and the quota allocation will favour those adding value to it,” says Namibian Minister of Fisheries, Bernard Esau on page 6.

“The horse mackerel industry in Namibia has the potential to creeate more than 20,000 jobs if the freezer horse mackerel quota is converted into wet fishing quota,” says Paulus Hango of the Trade Union Con-gress of Namibia on page 6.

“The legal commercial fishery pales in in-significance when compared to the illegal fishery. In 2013, more than 2400 tons of abalone – some 7,3 million individual aba-lone – were poached. This compares to the legal take of 96 tons or 120,000 individual abalone. The legal fishery accounts for less than 1,6 percent of the value and size of the illegal fishery,” writes Shaheen Moolla on page 16.

“Unhappily, the investment that is taking place in the fishing industry seems to be confined to the large industrial fisheries; there is little investment taking place in the smaller, less capital intensive fisheries,” writes Claire Attwood on page 18.

“Container ships are always difficult. How we will contend with the ability to discharge such volumes of containers is a big issue and a mammoth challenge, but one also has to consider that the volume of bunker fuel on these vessels equals the quantities carried by a medium sized tanker of the past,” says Captain David Main of Smit Amandla Ma-rine on page 20.

“All unskilled and semi-skilled labour must be sourced from within Namibia,” says Elze-vir Gelderbloem, port engineer at Namport on page 28.

“We are of the opinion that sometimes site coordination and communication between Chinese supervisors and local workers are not properly conducted due to the cultural difference of the countries,” says Aaron Hsu, deputy project engineer of CHEC on page 30.

”The port infrastructure in many African ports is often insufficient and deteriorat-ed. Seen in combination with fast growing economies in the continent, this provides an excellent opportunity for a company like NIRAS,” says Business Unit Director at NIRAS, Jesper Harder on page 34.

“Veecraft Marine will add to Nautic’s already strong in-house research and development capability and vessel support competencies. Nautic’s existing clients and the more than 100 vessels in service across the African continent will benefit from the acquisition

through added value and increased service offering,” says James Fisher, CEO of Nautic Africa on page 38.

“The CDC aims to dedicate 80 Ha to abalone farming by 2020 creating about 2,080 per-manent jobs. South Africa is widely known to have of the best abalone and the best product in the world, all of which is export-ed to the Far East,” says CDC agro-process-ing project manager Dr Keith du Plessis on page 39.

“During the lab phase it became apparent that there may be other key stakeholders that had been omitted and these were invit-ed to the open day. Operation Phakisa is not an event, but an ongoing programme. We welcome the participation of all stakehold-ers and the value they can bring to enhance the programme,” says Ismail Akhalwaya, head of Operation Phakisa on page 40.

“For me I feel I can retire today that’s how happy I am. In Durban I addressed the presi-dent in a fundraising dinner saying there is this economy we are not participating in. Two years later, we have a plan that is quantified and concrete and even imple-mentation has started - that’s how fast it has moved. It’s a dream come true,” says Com-mander Tsietsi Mokhele, chief executive of the South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) on page 40.

“MSC certification has helped to foster a spirit of cooperation between the different role players to get this experiment under way. We’re very excited about this oppor-tunity to be able to monitor changes in the benthic communities in the areas where trawling has stopped,” says SAEON’s Lara Atkinson on page 52.

“By establishing this set of principles, we aim to work closely with the fishing industry to encourage high standards of behaviour that will embed responsible fishing practic-es and the continuous improvement in the sustainable management of our precious fishery resources,” says Dave Japp of Cap-fish on page 53.

“We can have coastal development and poverty eradication with sound environ-mental management. We don’t have to make the same mistakes seen in developed countries and Asia. Many of our marine and coastal systems are still in good condition so we have the chance to get things right,” says Dr Melita Samoilys the company director of CORDIO (Coral Reef Degradation in the In-dian Ocean) East Africa on page 56.

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The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) is also investigating the actions of the MFMR minister,

Bernard Esau, after it received a civil com-plaint. The Windhoek Observer reported that the documentation that the ACC re-quested from the ministry for review is identical to the supporting documents the High Court requested from Namsov.

The court application and investigation follows after Namsov’s Total Allowable Catch (TAC) was reduced (from 13 percent to one percent) and 200 workers (120 per-manent and 80 temporary staff members) were laid off as a result.

In September Bidvest released its an-nual report stating: “In the event that the current situation is not resolved urgently, fishing businesses are likely to perform poorly in the next six months. Our busi-nesses have tied up two of the group’s fishing vessels and the crews have been sent home.”

Fishing companies will be informed of their TAC for the 2015 season by Decem-ber this year.

Namibianization of resourcesNamibia has long been embarking on

its ‘Namibianization’ plan, in which natu-ral resources and companies extracting these resources need to either be wholly Namibian-owned, part-Namibian owned or create jobs for a large segment of the Namibian population.

Part of the national development plan

is to “add value” to natural resources by processing resources on land and through this create more jobs for the Namibian population.

Over the years there has been steady growth in the horse mackerel industry and the ministry aims to keep the pro-cessing of horse mackerel within Namibia itself. “We will continue to encourage horse mackerel value addition and the quota allocation will favour those adding value to it,” Minister of Fisheries and Ma-rine Resources, Bernard Esau, said.

The industry’s governing body, the Midwater Trawling Association (MTA), announced that more than 10 “new right holders” were awarded horse mackerel fishing quotas recently, but did not re-lease the names of the new right holders or their TAC.

“The TAC and fishing rights allocation remains the property of the ministry of fisheries and is confidential,” Sharon Neumbo, deputy chair of the MTA ex-plained. The last public figures of the fish-ing quota allocation by the MFMR for the industry was released in 2012.

Minutes prior to the MTA statement

the president of the Namibian Seaman and Allied Workers Union (NASAWU) and the Trade Union Congress of Namibia (TUCNA), Paulus Hango, arranged a pub-lic meeting to express the need to create more jobs in the horse mackerel industry by converting the horse mackerel freezer quotas to wet fishing quotas. Both frozen and wet fish quotas have for years been implemented in the hake processing in-dustry.

Quotas to create jobsFrozen fish is generally processed off-

shore and traditionally employs men to work on the fishing vessels whereas the wet fish processing quota involves the processing of raw fish on land and tradi-tionally employs women to sort fish with-in the land based factories.

“The horse mackerel industry in Namib-ia has the potential to create more than 20,000 jobs if the freezer horse mackerel quota is converted into a wet fishing quo-ta,” Hango said.

“Because some of our members have been unfairly retrenched, we have cre-ated an unemployment desk to look into the unemployed becoming employed.” TUCNA has recently won their appeal to the High Court after they lodged a com-plaint over the retrenchment and unfair dismissal of workers at the Corvima Fish-ing Company, one of the fishing compa-nies now taking the MFMR to court.

The president of the trade union spoke in favour of companies perceived to cre-ate more land-based employment. “There is nothing wrong with giving rights to Omualu Fishing (one of the new TAC hold-ers) as Omualu employs about 700 work-ers, majority of them women,” Hango continued.

There are 55 seagoing personnel and 653 onshore personnel reportedly work-ing at Omualu.

Omualu Fishing recently launched the opening of their N$ 40 milllion fish pro-cessing plant in Walvis Bay where the company fillets ‘butterfly cut’ horse mack-erel, mainly for the European market.

So far the company has exported 20 tonnes since the project started in May. A wholly owned Namibian joint venture

The scramble over Namibia’s horse mackerel allocations

Namsov Fishing Enterprises, Emeritus Fishing Limited (Corvi-ma Investment) and Atlantic Harvesters are battling against the Namibian Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) over the allocation of fishing rights after they launched an urgent court application and appeared in the Namibian High court in October. Nelle du Toit provides an overview of the issues being presented.

“In the event that the current situation is not resolved urgently, fishing businesses are likely to perform poorly in the next six months. Our businesses have tied up two of the group’s fishing vessels and the crews have been sent home.”

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company, Omualu Fishing is yet to yield a profit from their product.

Horse mackerel vs hakeIn August this year industry stakehold-

ers of the horse mackerel industry ex-pressed their concerns over government regulations implemented in the sector be-ing ‘forced’ into the horse mackerel indus-try. The chairman of the MTA appealed to the governmental organisation to conduct an in-depth analysis of the horse mack-erel industry prior to passing regulations which could stunt the industry.

The exportation standards and produc-tion processes of horse mackerel are com-pletely different to that of the hake export and production market, stakeholders ex-plained at a meeting with the Namibian Standards Institution (NSI). “The model for hake simply cannot be copied and pasted onto the horse mackerel industry,” one representative said.

Concerns over regulations negatively affecting horse mackerel, traditionally a low-cost source of protein were dis-cussed. Members expressed a need for market research on value added products. However, market research is expensive and horse mackerel companies are ap-pealing to government to fund market it, particularly where economic benefits and employment creation is significant.

In Namibia horse mackerel is currently processed onshore into whole frozen packs, produced into fish meal, canned, filleted ‘butterfly style’ to wealthier mar-kets (Omualu), turned into powdered soup (Kuiseb Fishing has contracted the university of Namibia to conduct research into viability) and dried in small quanti-ties, which are not considered viable by companies producing it.

Members of the hake industry, who are complying with the ministry’s incentives,

added lip-service to the ministry’s value addition drive in the horse mackerel in-dustry.

“You have to understand that the horse mackerel industry employs less than 1,000 people when its TAC is around 340,000 tonnes in comparison to the hake indus-try which employs up to 10,000 people with a TAC of only 140,000 tonnes,” Matti Amukwa, president of the Confederation of the Namibia Fishing Association and chairman of the Namibian Hake Associa-tion told the media.

“The valuation of horse mackerel must follow in the steps of the hake industry,” Antonio Marino, the managing director of Tunacor, said at the company’s ‘Namib-ianisation’ celebration at the Tunacor fac-tory in September. “There are more em-ployees at Tunacor than the entire horse mackerel industry alone,” Marino contin-ued. “So it is quite clear what is employ-ment creation and what is not.”

From the horse mackerel companies that have reported staff figures both Namsov and Omualu reportedly employs over 700 employees each, which already puts horse mackerel staff members over the 1,000 people the president of the confederation suggested. This is without including staff figures from other horse mackerel companies, such as Atlantic Har-vester, Gendev, Emeritus Fishing, Erongo Marine Enterprises and Kuiseb Fishing to

name a few.

Publication making wavesThe recent contentious fishing publica-

tion “Oshili nashi Popiwe” (allow the truth to come out), distributed in a national newspaper in September highlighted what they termed the “smokescreen for breaking the South African owned duo-poly in midwater trawling”.

Erongo Marine Enterprises, a division of the South African based Oceana Group, and Namsov, a division of the Bidvest Group, were identified as the major South African players in the Namibian horse mackerel industry.

TUCNA slated the publication as pro-paganda aimed at tarnishing the reputa-tion of the fisheries minister. “Everything written in the publication is all lies and we cannot allow what these people tried to do, to succeed,” Hango continued.

The publication alleges kick-backs (over N$ 700,000) received by the ministry of fisheries from Omualu, a ministerial trust developed to promote the JV and Omua-lu’s horse mackerel quota increasing from 12 000 metric tonnes (MT) in 2012 to 27 000 MT in 2014 (of which only 3 500MT was processed and the remainder of the quota sold back to Namsov for N$ 60 mil-lion).

“There is nothing peculiar about selling quotas. All the JVs are selling their quotas

In August this year industry stakeholders of the horse mackerel industry expressed their concerns over government regulations implemented in the hake industry being ‘forced’ into the horse mackerel industry. The chairman of the MTA appealed to the governmental organisation to conduct an in-depth analysis of the horse mackerel industry prior to passing regulations which could stunt the industry.

� Workers at the Omualu fishing plant in Walvis Bay. (Photos: Nelle du Toit)

to somebody. Be grateful rather that Omualu at least has its own vessels,” Amoomoo was reported as saying.

Selling of rights, licences or quotas is not unique to the Namib-ian fishing industry as sectors such as the oil and gas industry and other natural resource industries have reportedly revealed quota trading for millions of dollars to ‘foreign investors’ as well.

Although TUCNA themselves could not confirm the publisher of the publication, they have identified Namsov as the main instiga-tor.

“We want to make it categorically clear that we do not agree with the Namsov group of companies and the associate that seems to try and hijack the effort of the ministry of fisheries and marine resources to add value to horse mackerel fish,” Hango con-tinued.

“The company [Namsov] have a choice to either add value to horse mackerel and create more jobs or they lose everything,” Hango said.

In September this Bidvest Namibia Fisheries (Bidfish), Namsov’s holding company, announced that the company may invest up to N$ 500 million into developing horse mackerel processing on-shore. Bidvest has revealed that it sought the services of an ‘inter-national expert’ who will conduct a feasibility study.

Various activities will be carried out during the feasibility study and will include the extraction of high value protein from fishmeal, normal bulk production, the production of value added products, determining the vessels that will need to be utilised and the vari-ous methods of catching, the Namibia Economist reported.

Jan Arnold, Bidvest Namibia Fisheries Managing Director, was reported as saying that “costings and returns will be integral in the study. A big component will be the land, buildings, quays, jetties, cold store and ancillary equipment.”

“The aim of the next phase of the feasibility study is to deter-mine how best to do this to make it a feasible option. This will include design work, product flow, cost estimates for the various components, [and] determination of feasibility/profitability. If this supports our planned shore processing concept, we will embark on seeking approval on all levels and structuring of ownership and participation. This will be wide as we do not foresee Namibia es-tablishing many such facilities. This could easily become a frenzy resulting in surplus capacity as is the case in the hake industry.”

“We hope to conclude this by the end of 2014 for presenting to the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources and our boards for consideration.”

� Minister Bernard Esau (far right) toasting members of the JV Omualu at the launch of their N$ 40 million fish processing plant. (Photo: Nelle du Toit)

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clause, although some of their forms con-tain wording that could be used as a start-ing point for parties negotiating an Ebola clause.1

As there are many different Ebola clauses in circulation, the danger is that a poorly drafted clause does not reflect what the parties intended. This can lead to uncertainty and increase the risk of dis-putes rather than reducing them.

This Insight article from Gard identifies some of the issues that need to be consid-ered by both owners and charterers when these clauses are being negotiated.

Which disease(s) will the clause apply to? The parties first need to decide if the

clause will only apply to Ebola (or other particular named diseases), or whether it will cover a range of diseases not specifi-cally identified in advance.

The advantage of a specific list is that there can be no dispute as to the clause’s potential application. The downside is that there is also a chance that new dis-eases are identified that are as serious, or even more so, than those the parties had in mind when drafting the clause (such as SARS or H1N1/swine flu).

If the clause is to cover a range of un-named diseases, then it needs a clear mechanism to identify which are relevant for the clause. A common approach that we have seen is for the clause to refer to

diseases that have a particular degree of seriousness as determined by a specific health body – say the World Health Or-ganisation (WHO), or the Center for Dis-ease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The difficulty is that these organisations issue many updates and warnings about different diseases, but they will rarely use the particular form of words contained in the clause, which then makes it difficult to know if and when the clause applies. It is also very unlikely that the WHO would ever answer a direct question whether a particular disease was “extremely harmful to human health” or a “highly infectious disease”.

If there is to be a reference to a pub-lic health body it would be best to set a specific criteria which can be measured objectively – for example if the disease is the subject of a WHO declared Public Health Emergency of International Con-cern (PHEIC).

The parties must understand the crite-ria being used to make sure it reflects the degree of seriousness that they intend – the recent Ebola outbreak is only the third PHEIC declared by the WHO since 2005. If the parties want the clause to apply to a wider class of diseases then different cri-teria would be needed.

A middle route may be to list all the dis-eases that the parties consider the clause should apply to, and then add a catch-all “or any other disease or illness with a similar degree of seriousness to humans”.

In general, an owner would want to ex-

pand the list of diseases as wide as possi-ble to maximise protection, and a charter-er would want to restrict it, to minimise the potential impact on trading.

How to identify if the clause applies at a particular port?

The next issue is: how much risk of ex-posure to a disease does there need to be for the clause to apply? For example, does the disease need to be prevalent within the port, or are confirmed cases in the re-gion or country enough?

What if the port of call is in a country that has had no reported cases of the dis-ease, but it is located near to the border of another country that has had a signifi-cant outbreak? How long ago does the last confirmed case need to have been?

In some clauses that we have seen this test is also deferred to an authority – for example the clause applies to a place where the WHO has declared an out-break. Yet again, the problem here is that the WHO may never issue a clear declara-tion one way or the other.

A more popular approach is to say that the clause applies where there is a particular level of risk of exposure to the relevant disease. The parties need to then decide what level of risk is needed. Sev-eral BIMCO clauses work in this way – for example, the BIMCO Conwartime defini-tion of War Risks applies to certain acts “which, in the reasonable judgment of the Master and/or the Owners, may be dangerous or may become dangerous to the Vessel, cargo, crew or other persons on board”. This requires a judgment to be made on the level of risk.

However, the parties need to consider carefully what degree of risk will trigger the clause, and then make sure that the words used reflect their intention. The options range from low risk (perhaps “a possibility of the disease being present at the port”) to high (“the port is actually se-riously affected”).

If a dispute arises, the clause will be an-alysed closely to identify what the parties intended. For example, if the parties say the risk of exposure must be “likely” then this could include an event that is more likely than not to happen, but also an event which has a less than even chance of happening.2

Contagious Clauses With the recent outbreak of Ebola in West Africa, there has been considerable interest by both owners and charterers to find claus-es that specifically deal with the risks and uncertainties that arise when calling at ports with a risk of exposure to Ebola. There is no need for a charterparty to contain an Ebola clause, but a clearly laid out contractual scheme does give certainty to both parties.

Dealing with the risks of Ebola

How much risk of exposure to a disease does there need to be for the clause to apply? For example, does the disease need to be prevalent within the port, or are confirmed cases in the region or country enough? ?

Bear in mind that a disease with a 50 percent chance of expo-sure would be a very extreme case indeed, and that on current information a vessel calling at a West African port would have a much less than 50 percent risk of exposure to Ebola.

We have also seen a few clauses that are triggered where the local authorities implement Ebola related “measures”. The prob-lem is that it may well be unclear if a particular “measure” falls within the clause - say if it has been adopted in response to Ebola outbreak in another country, and in some cases there may be no public explanation at all for a particular measure, or the stated explanation may be suspected to be only part of the story.

In general, owners will want the clause to be drafted where it will apply even if the risk is at the lower end of the scale, and char-terers will want it to apply only when the risk is high.

The consequences of calling at an affected port The final important area of consideration is what happens if the

Ebola clause applies. The primary aim will be to allow owners to refuse to call at the port and to request alternative instructions, in a similar way to a War or Piracy Clause.

It is important to remember the risks may only be identified when cargo is already loaded and bills of lading issued naming the port with the outbreak as the place of discharge. Owners would therefore want to ensure that any rights they have under the charterparty to refuse to call at the “risky” port are also included in the bill of lading, and that anything done under the Ebola clause will not amount to a deviation from the contract of carriage.

This would normally be by an express agreement on the part of charterers to do so, or an indemnity to owners against the conse-quences of enforcement of the Ebola clause. This point is particu-larly important because, unless agreed otherwise, sailing to a new discharge port could amount to a deviation from the contractual voyage, which may in turn prejudice P&I cover.3

In either case, the clause is likely to identify who is to be respon-sible for the extra time and costs incurred as a result – whether in terms of hire, demurrage or an adjustment to freight.

Some clauses for voyage charters state that laytime or demur-rage will apply at a reduced rate during any delays caused by Ebo-la. In such clauses it is probably the charterer that has the interest in expanding the range of triggers for the clause, although this will depend on what else the clause covers.

Other points that could be included in an Ebola clauseA range of other points are included in Ebola clauses. Some con-

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CHECKLIST:+ Make sure you know what diseases the clause is to apply

to. If it is an open-ended list, can the relevant disease be identi-fied objectively?

+ Identify what degree of risk of exposure there needs to be for the clause to apply, and make sure the wording reflects this.

+ Make sure that you understand each part of the clause – it may contain unexpected items that substantially affect other charterparty clauses.

+ Finally, it should be noted that this is not a complete list of the issues, and it is recommend that queries are directed to professionals.

IN DEPTH Ebola Contingencies


as this is accurate and it only refers to the conditions at the ports at the time of the call then it should be acceptable.

Some clauses have placed an express obligation on owners to satisfy them-selves that shore workers attending on board are not affected by the disease. With some diseases that may be relatively easy to identify, but it will not always be easy to do this, so if the potentially appli-cable list of diseases is long, then an own-er needs to be careful about agreeing this.

The parties would probably want the clause to apply not only to ports of call, but also other waterways or places through which the vessel may pass. If so,

this should be expressly stated.

The consequences of calling at an Ebola risk port are unpredictable - different au-thorities around the world may take very different approaches to vessels that have called at such ports, perhaps requiring ex-tended quarantine periods, or withhold-

ing services, or even blacklisting them.

These problems may continue even af-ter the charterparty has come to an end and owners should note that there may be no P&I cover for costs and expenses in-curred where quarantine is expected.4 An owner would therefore ideally want the clause to expressly cover a situation where the vessel is allowed to call at an af-fected port and consequences later arise at an unaffected port.

Finally, and importantly, the clause will need to be adapted to whether the char-terparty is a time charter or a voyage char-ter – they are unlikely to be interchange-able. For example, with a time charter it may be agreed that the vessel may remain on hire if the vessel discharges at a differ-ent port, whereas under a voyage charter this may take effect as an adjustment to the freight payable.

Negotiations between owners and charterers

Gard recognises that in general an owner would want to expand an Ebola clause to maximise its application, and a charterer would correspondingly want to keep its terms narrow to minimise the ef-fect on trading.

The final balance will of course depend on the parties’ negotiating positions, but the aim should be to ensure clarity and certainty, not only to reduce issues be-tween owners and charterers, but also potentially with cargo interests if the clause is incorporated into bills of lading. To achieve clarity, the parties really need to first identify what they want the clause to do, and that requires an open and mea-sured discussion.

Erongo Ebola preparations

Shortly after South African Development Community (SADC) health ministers met in Zimbabwe early September to adopt a common regional agenda the Minis-

try of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) and Ministry of Health and Social Ser-vices (MHSS) in Namibia called for an emergency meeting with local ship chandlers and agents, Namport staff, immigration officials, doctors and medical staff members on measures to prepare for the possibility of the Ebola virus entering the Erongo region.

The recent call for state officials to conduct a united and coordinated response to curb the spread of the deadly disease is spurring key stakeholders and decision-makers into a drive to prevent and control a possible infestation.

Within the Erongo region, the airport and harbours were identified as entry ports which accommodate high foreign travel. However, as was pointed out, we should not only have measures in place for the official entry points as the coastal area is exposed to entry from any foreign vessel that can drop anchor in the area.

A local ship agent pointed out that Port Health inspects all foreigners travelling to Walvis Bay and called for an Ebola-centric strategy between Port Health and Namport. Ships that anchor close to the bay also need to be screened by Port Health, it was stressed.

Any vessel, whether anchored or moving through the port, needs to submit a ship-ping and health declaration form issued from the Directorate of Maritime Affairs, an official explained. This helps to track where the vessel is travelling and whether any members have been affected by illness.

Members who supply and deliver necessities and transport inspectors to ships that have dropped anchor may be at risk as vessels may not have been cleared by officials prior to the inspection being done on the vessel.

Means and measures to prevent and control a possible infestation within Erongo and the rest of Namibia are still being formulated. By Nelle du Toit

The consequences of calling at an Ebola risk port are unpredictable - different authorities around the world may

take very different approaches to vessels that have called at such ports, perhaps requiring extended quarantine

periods, or withholding services, or even blacklisting them.

Footnotes1. See, for example, Clause 14(A) of BALTIME

1939 (Revised 2001), Clause 25 of SUPPLYTIME 2005, and Clause 46 of BIMCHEMVOY 2008. 2. The Heron II [1969] 1 AC 350. 3. See Gard Rule 34.1.xi. 4. Under Rule 48, Gard will cover certain costs and expenses incurred in connection with quar-antine orders or disinfection, but not “where the Ship has been ordered to a port where the Mem-ber knew or should have anticipated that she would be quarantined.”

+ A captain is transported via a local pilot ship from a Maersk container ship to an incoming Hamburg Sud vessel wearing a mask and gloves to help protect him from the Ebola virus. (Photo: Nelle du Toit)

FISHY BUSINESS Shaheen Moolla discusses the fishing sector


By 1 August 2014, the Minister and his department had to con-cede another epic failure in the

history of South African fisheries manage-ment. The ten-year long abalone fishing rights allocated to 303 abalone right hold-ers expired on 30 July 2014 without any fishing right re-allocation process. Instead, the fishery is now governed by a system of possibly unlawful “exemptions” that do not provide the holders of these authorisa-tions with any form of secu-rity or bankable fishing quotas.

As we have seen with the eight-year long system of “in-terim relief” lobster ex-emptions, exemptions are a license to loot or poach. Exemp-tions undermine the very basic tenets of responsible and successful inshore fish-eries management – security of quota, a sense of quota ownership and the recog-nition of the need to invest in the long-term sustainability of the resource.

The allocation of fishing quotas ought to be the equivalent of inhaling and exhaling for a national fisheries regulator, espe-cially when a complete rights allocation package was carefully and systemically developed over a period of four separate rights allocation processes – the medium term process in 2001/2002; the 10-year long abalone rights process in 2003; the large pelagic rights allocation process in 2004 and then the mega long term rights

allocation process for 20 fisheries in 2005.

The 2005 process was developed, refined and perfected to the point of enabling all subsequent allocation processes to ef-fectively be undertaken on a “plug and play” basis. More than 47 judicial deci-sions, including a Constitutional Court

judgement in the Bato Star mat-ter confirmed the legality

and soundness of these fishing rights alloca-

tion processes. The 2013 and 2014 abalone fishing right allocation processes ought to have been a figurative snor-kel in the shal-

lows.

To make matters worse, the Minister

of Fisheries continues to not decide any appeals and

hundreds of former long term right holders in the oyster, mussel, tuna, hake handline and demersal shark fisheries remain without fishing rights (or even ex-emptions) and the ability to fish and earn a living, despite the acknowledgment that

the process that denied them rights in the first place is unlawful.

The appeals were lodged back in February 2014. By law, the initial decision-maker, Desmond Stevens, had 30 days to submit his written response to each appeal to the Minister. In terms of South African law, the Minister had to decide these appeals within a reasonable period. Given the context of the commercial quota alloca-tions and the dependence of people on fishing rights for their income, a “reason-able period” has long since passed.

The irresponsible and inept management of these fishing quota allocation process-es contribute directly to illegal and irre-sponsible fishing as chaos and uncertainty are rampant. Fishermen don’t know if they will be allowed to fish next month or next season and so naturally will try and harvest all they can, even if this means ex-ceeding quotas or utilising gear and tech-niques not normally used.

The history of mismanaging the abalone fishery is perhaps the poster fishery for illegal and irresponsible fishing. There is almost no working relationship between abalone right holders and the depart-ment. The concept of right holders and

On 11 August 2014 the State Attorney wrote to the South African Commercial Linefishers’ Association’s attorneys stat-ing that its client – the Minister – would concede the line fish review application “subject to the successful negotiation” of some or other settlement. The State Attorney was awaiting further instruction from the Minister and his department. By 1 October 2014, the State Attorney was unable to obtain even such basic instructions. Not that the Minister is in any position to “negotiate” anything as neither he nor his prede-cessor filed a single set of pleadings explaining or justifying the December 2013 “decisions”.

The allocation of

fishing quotas ought to be the equivalent of inhaling

and exhaling for a national fish-eries regulator, especially when

a complete rights allocation pack-age was carefully and systemi-cally developed over a period

of four separate rights al-location processes

ANOTHER FRAP FAILURE: ABALONE 2014 AND THE POACHING CONSEQUENCE

As we have seen with the eight-year long system of “interim relief” lobster exemptions, exemptions are a license to loot or poach. Exemptions undermine the very basic tenets of responsible and successful inshore fisheries management – security of quota, a sense of quota ownership and the recognition of the need to invest in the long-term sustainability of the resource.

FISHY BUSINESS Shaheen Moolla discusses the fishing sector


the department co-managing the fishery, which is one of the pillars of the current Abalone Territorial User Rights Fishery System (TURF), was abandoned a long time ago. The 2003 Abalone Policy states that –

“Management of the resource will not rest solely with the Department. Instead, the Department will share this important responsibility with the right holders who depend on the resource for their liveli-hoods and with the coastal communities who depend on the commercial sale of abalone for their income and prosperity.”

The most basic and internationally ac-cepted tenets of TURF – that of co-man-agement and incentivisation – are no longer. Co-management means managing fisheries through partnership and delega-tion. Inherent in these concepts are the recognition of mutual trust, sharing of data and information and the sharing of decision-making obligations.

The department unilaterally decided to close the fishery back in 2007 without forewarning or consulting the industry. Substantial TAC cuts were simply foisted on right holders who were told to either accept the allocations or face closure of the fishery.

The department abandoned all successful compliance initiatives resulting in uncon-trolled poaching of abalone. The reality is that right holders and fishing communi-ties have been proactively excluded from participating in the research and manage-ment of this fishery.

Abalone poaching has consequently be-come an accepted career choice for many in areas such as Hout Bay, Hawston, Klein-mond and Gansbaai.

An August 2014 report by TRAFFIC into abalone poaching trends for the period 2000-2013 proves that South Africa’s aba-lone resource is being depleted by illegal fishing and not the legal fishery, which continues to be penalised in isolation.

The most recent independent research reports by the Institute for Security Stud-ies on crime and illegal abalone fishing in Cape Town by Khalil Goga, titled The il-

legal abalone trade in the Western Cape, and a research paper commissioned by the University of Cape Town and authored by Kimon de Greef, Fishing for answers at poaching’s ground zero, further confirm the appalling extent of illegal abalone fishing in the Western Cape.

Illegal fishing continues to growEvery annual abalone catch recommenda-tion and data model in re-cent memory is predicated on a hope and a prayer that poaching is reduced by un-realistic and unat-tainable percentages. The reality is that with each passing season, illegal fish-ing only escalates. The illegal fishery has grown some 60 percent since 2008. In ad-dition, the department’s rate of confisca-tion is declining. In 2006 approximately 16 percent of illegally harvested abalone was confiscated. At present this figure is only six percent according to TRAFFIC.

In 2001, illegal fishing was estimated at less than three times the size and value of the legal fishery. Today, the illegal fishery is more than 20 times the size and value of the legal fishery.

The reduction of illegal abalone fishing was a key condition imposed by Cabinet when it sanctioned the re-opening of the abalone fishery in July 2010. Right holders cannot be faulted and prejudiced for this ongoing escalation of illegality, particular-ly given the department’s abandonment of the policy of co-management and the deployment of adequate and effective an-ti-poaching resources such as the Green Courts and Operation Trident.

The current strategy of attempting to manage the fishery by reducing the TAC (and even threatening to close the fish-ery altogether which proved a failure in 2008/2009) and hoping to reduce poach-ing, is an abysmal failure.

The illegal abalone fishery, which removes no less than 2000 tons of abalone

annually is the single great-est threat to South Af-

rica’s abalone popu-lation, coupled

with the inad-equacy of the present man-agement and compliance regimes.

The legal c o m m e r -

cial fishery pales in insig-

nificance when compared to the il-

legal fishery. In 2013, more than 2400 tons of

abalone – some 7,3 million in-dividual abalone – were poached. This

compares to the legal take of 96 tons or 120,000 individual abalone. The legal fish-ery accounts for less than 1,6 percent of the value and size of the illegal fishery.

The department’s abandonment of the abalone TURF management policy predi-cated on the internationally acclaimed principles of co-management and incen-tivisation, and compounded by its failure to re-allocate abalone fishing rights will result in the complete collapse of the aba-lone fishery.

The legal commercial fishery pales in insignificance when compared to the illegal fishery. In 2013,

more than 2400 tons of abalone – some 7,3 million individual abalone – were poached. This compares

to the legal take of 96 tons or 120,000 individual abalone. The legal fishery accounts for less than 1,6

percent of the value and size of the illegal fishery.

Every annual abalone

catch recommendation and data model in recent mem-

ory is predicated on a hope and a prayer that poaching is reduced by

unrealistic and unattainable percentag-es. The reality is that with each passing season, illegal fishing only escalates. The illegal fishery has grown some

60 percent since 2008. In addi-tion, the department’s rate

of confiscation is de-clining.

Increase in poaching since 2008

Decline in con�scation of poached abalone

Statistics according to TRAFFICAbalone �shed in 2013

Legally �shed

Illegally �shed

COMPARISON BETWEEN LEGAL AND ILLEGAL ABALONE FISHING

60%

16% 6%

2400 tons

96 tons

THROUGH THE FISH EYE LENSA wide-angle perspective on commercial fishing

17MARITIME REVIEW Africa: September/October 2014

The Harvest Atlantic Peace was built in Norway in the world re-nowned Sterkoder AS yard. She is

a stern fishing trawler with an on-board factory and is capable of catching and processing 6500-7000 green-weight tons of Cape Hake per year. She will be able to freeze 40 tons of Cape Hake per day with a crew of 60 and will be at sea for between 30 and 40 days.

In a statement released in June, I&J an-nounced its investments would posi-tion the company for signifi-cantly increased efficien-cy and capacity and possibly create 75 new jobs. Its in-vestment is not only in fishing vessels, but also includes the R67 mil-lion upgrade of its Wood-stock Primary Processing fac-tory, completed in the first quarter of 2013.

According to Jonty Jankovich-Besan, managing director of I&J, the in-vestment represents the single largest in the fishing industry for the past 25 years.

“This series of investments demonstrates I&J and its shareholders’ recognition that constant investment is absolutely nec-essary in such a complex industry,” said

Jankovich-Besan.“It also reflects the com-pany’s confidence and belief in the in-dustry and in the value of the Cape Hake resource which is globally recognised as one of the best managed fisheries in the world.”

I&J’s vessel purchase includes a freezer factory ship, identified and purchased in Norway and due for delivery in August 2015; a newly purchased fresh fish trawler that is already fishing out of Cape Town; and a second fresh fish trawler that is be-

ing purpose built in Spain and which will be similar in de-

sign and specifications to the very success-

ful Forest Lily and Foxglove, built

and delivered to I&J in 2003.

A renewed fleet builds capacityThe invest-

ment in fishing vessels by Sea

Harvest and I&J will provide a much-

needed boost to the deep sea trawling industry,

which operates some of the old-est fishing boats in the world.

Over the past decade, both Sea Harvest and I&J have decomissioned the oldest vessels in their fleets, but in recent years they’ve found themselves caught short -- with insufficient fishing capacity to land their quotas. This is understandable when

one considers that catch rates are always fluctuating and what might seem like a big enough fleet today, may not be so tomor-row.

Rob Whitehead captured this quandary when he wryly said with a shrug in his voice, “that’s fishing for you”.

Also investing in fishing is the Oceana Group that not only dominates the small pelagic fishery in South Africa, but also has significant investments in hake, rock lobster and horse mackerel (the latter more in Namibia than South Africa).

Although Oceana CEO, Francois Kuttel, says that an investment in the company’s hake fishing fleet is a few years off, a pro-gramme to replace some of the older purse seiners in its fleet is well underway.

Last year Oceana spent R27.8 million on a GRP (glass fibre) purse seiner, moulded by west coat boat builder, Tallie Marine. Kut-tel says the decision to buy a GRP vessel (as opposed to a steel boat, sourced from Europe) was something of an experiment, but it seems to have paid off.

“We’re satisfied,” he told me, “it’s a plat-form we can work with.”

The boat holds 200 tons of pilchards in re-frigerated seawater, is well insulated, rela-tively fuel efficient and remarkably stable. In fact, no-one seems more surprised by the vessel’s performance than Kuttel him-self, who seems to have come to the con-clusion that Tallie has developed a “short and stocky” purse seiner that’s exceed-ingly well suited to local conditions.

Its shallow draught means it can eas-ily navigate the shallow waters alongside Oceana’s St Helena Bay processing plant, its holds take the right amount of fish for the factory to process efficiently and the 1 000hp engine is exactly right for the fish-ing conditions.

Oceana has placed an order with Tallie Marine for a second purse seiner, to be built and equipped along the same lines as the first, and Kuttel says Oceana is likely to continue a “rolling programme” of in-vestment, not so much aimed at replacing

The investment sea-saw swings in roundaboutsEarly in October, Sea Harvest celebrated its 50th anniversary, marking the occasion with the launch of a R125 million freezer trawler, Harvest Atlantic Peace. The hake producer’s investment follows hot on the heels of an an-nouncement in June, that I&J is investing over half-a-billion-rand in the fish-ing industry. What is driving the large investments by the big hake fishing companies and are we seeing investment in other sectors of the industry?

A 2013 analysis by

the Deep Sea Trawling Industry Association, SADSTIA, demonstrated that the average

age of the hulls in the fishery was just short of 30 years. The need to moder-nise and refresh an aging fishing fleet is unquestionably one of the factors driving investment in the deep sea

trawl fishery, but another factor is the need to increase the

capacity of the fleet.

Claire Attwood provides wide angle perspective

There’s no doubt that the investments by the big companies provides a welcome boost, not only to the fishing industry, but also to the suppliers

that have weathered storm after storm ¬in recent years -- from the uncertainty of rights allocations

(from 1998 to 2006), to the economic downturn that followed shortly afterwards in 2008.

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


an aging fleet, but with a view to building fishing capacity.

Investment a boost for some suppliers There’s no doubt that the investments by the big companies provides a welcome boost, not only to the fishing industry, but also to the suppliers that have weathered storm after storm ¬in recent years -- from the uncertainty of rights allocations (from 1998 to 2006), to the economic downturn that followed shortly afterwards in 2008.

How much of the investment in vessels and processing equipment is trickling down to local suppliers depends on who you talk to. A tired-sounding Eddie Elschot

whose company, Marine Radio Acoustic Devices, supplies electronic equipment to the fishing industry, told me that the first six months of 2014 had brought nearly more business than he could handle. He said, however, it was very welcome and he is encouraged by the fact that the big companies were investing.

But Rob Whitehead, whose company Afri-can Maritime Services is a leading supplier of trawl gear, said that demand was stable and the growth of his business was largely as a result of it expanding into other in-dustries, notably the oil and gas industry.

“There’s still the same number of ships catching the same amount of fish, so it

doesn’t affect us,” said Whitehead.

Less investment in smaller fisheriesUnhappily, the investment that is taking place in the fishing industry seems to be confined to the large industrial fisheries; there is little investment taking place in the smaller, less capital intensive fisher-ies. In fact, squid fisherman, Dino Mood-ley, told me the fishery had been badly af-fected by the very low catches of the past three fishing seasons and, rather than investing and growing, the industry is “in survival mode”.

More cause for concern is the atmosphere of pessimism and uncertainty that seems to pervade the fishing industry. This may be something of a hangover from the reign of “Fishy Tina” (as Noseweek calls the former minister of Agriculture, Forest-ry and Fisheries, Tina Joemat Pettersson) whose botched Fishing Rights Allocation Process (FRAP 2013) has, understandably, inspired little confidence in the compa-nies and individuals who hope to secure rights in the deep-sea, inshore and small pelagic sectors when those rights are ready for renewal in 2020.

The FRAP was legally so flawed that all decisions and outcomes were set aside by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery (DAFF), which must now em-bark on a process to re-allocate rights in the squid, linefish and tuna pole fisheries, among others.

In fact, as one right-holder (who preferred not to be named) told me, the investment by the big fishing companies is driven by need − they need new boats and they need more fishing capacity − but the in-dustry would be seeing far more vigor-ous investment by fishing companies if they were generally not so insecure and uncertain about their long-term tenure in fishing.

More cause for concern is the atmosphere of pessimism and uncertainty that seems to pervade the fishing

industry. This may be something of a hangover from the reign of “Fishy Tina” (as Noseweek calls

the former minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Tina Joemat Pettersson) whose botched Fishing Rights Allocation Process (FRAP 2013) has,

understandably, inspired little confidence in the companies and individuals who hope to secure rights

in the deep-sea, inshore and small pelagic sectors when those rights are ready for renewal in 2020.

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“Salvage used to be more seasonal,” says Main who has been in the game for almost four decades. “The big jobs used to happen over winter,” he says explain-ing that it was mainly the tankers round-ing the Cape of Storms that experienced structural damage.

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Tapping into a global networkBut, as part of a global company, the

SAM salvage team is not sitting idle. Ac-cording to Main, many of their team members have been called out to work on other projects around the globe. He adds that they aim to send crew to situations where they will gain important experi-ence and knowledge in the field.

“Salvage is not rocket science – it’s about applying experience and knowl-edge,” he says explaining that nothing tops a salvage master’s ability to call on past experience in the field and apply it to a current situation.

A local team has been seconded to the site of the Perro Negro 6 offshore Angola that collapsed mid-2013.

The Saipem rig capsized and sank near

the mouth of the Congo River in approxi-mately 40 metres of water.

Smit Salvage has been contracted to re-move the hull, legs and other components originating from the jack-up platform. A diving support vessel, work barge, anchor handling tugs and a variety of other spe-cialised equipment will be mobilised.

According to Main, the wreck removal is likely to be completed by the first quar-ter of next year.

Interestingly the logistics around send-ing a crew from South Africa to incidents within Africa still pose a number of bu-reaucratic obstacles with regard to ob-taining visas. Main highlights how it is sometimes easier for the European teams to acquire visas than for local South Afri-cans – despite being from the continent.

“We are continuously working on these issues,” says Main explaining that incident response often requires the urgent acqui-sition of a visa to travel. “It’s not like we are planning a business trip many weeks ahead of schedule – you just don’t know when you are going to have to respond.”

Future trendsLooking at the statistics produced by

the International Salvage Union (ISU), Main notes that the number of Lloyd’s Open Forum’s (LOF’s) being contracted globally are decreasing and says that it is becoming less and less viable for com-panies operating only within the salvage space to survive.

He believes, however, that although there is likely to be further consolidation in the market, there is still space for the small salvage operator to make a living.

It’s a different scenario locally where

the market is smaller and players often cooperate on contracts. “It makes sense for us to work together,” he says refer-ring to recent projects where they have teamed up with the likes of Subtech to pool resources.

Having returned from the ISU AGM, Main further highlights some of the is-sues under discussion at an international level. He raises the alarm on dealing with the ever-increasing size of container ships as they gear up to accommodate 18,000 TEU’s.

“Container ships are always difficult. How we will contend with the ability to discharge such volumes of containers is a big issue and a mammoth challenge, but one also has to consider that the volume of bunker fuel on these vessels equals the quantities carried by a medium sized tanker of the past,” he warns.

“The number of salvage incidents may be on the decrease, but the complexity of the contracts is becoming higher,” he says pointing to the much-publicised Costa Concordia project. “Before it was relative-ly easy to get permission to leave a wreck, but now you have to absolutely prove that it cannot be removed.”

With new expertise and technology, the industry is capable of lifting wrecks that that “have been down there for 25 years”.

Attracting and promoting talent“We have an interesting line of work,”

says Main musing how media attention on the Costa Concordia has promoted an interest in maritime careers. “I am so chuffed about the coverage that the team of South Africans under Nick Sloane got and the excellent job that they did,” he says.

He says a contract of this stature run by South Africans proves that the local sec-tor should not underestimate itself and he hopes that it will help spark an interest in the industry as a whole.

Commenting on the depth of experi-ence coming through the ranks in Smit Amandla Marine, he says that there is some younger talent who will be able to follow similar career paths to that of many South African salvage masters who, in recent years, have been involved in high profile international jobs. “We will be able to draw them out of the tug operations,” he says explaining the need for tug experi-ence in the sector.

“There are many aspects to being a salvage master, but we have a definite re-cruitment advantage. We have one of the few permanent dedicated salvage tugs and that is an advantage.”

Scant salvage season for South African salvor Despite the onset of heavy storm weather during the traditional “salvage season” around the South African coast, local stand-by salvors, Smit Amandla Marine (SAM), have not had to mobilise for any major incidents.

“Container ships are always difficult. How we will contend with the ability to

discharge such volumes of containers is a big issue and a mammoth challenge, but one also has to consider that the volume

of bunker fuel on these vessels equals the quantities carried by a medium sized

tanker of the past,” he warns.

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Membership to the ISU is grow-ing with a 25 percent increase in

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Jack-up barge recovery in Mozambique

South African, Durban-based multi-sectoral marine company, Subtech Marine re-cently successfully delivered a capsized jack-up barge back to its owner after a sal-

vage operation in Maputo.

With a dive team lead by Matthew Moor that included the Subtech-trained Mozam-bique diver Lucas Francisco, the process to refloat the capsized barge commenced.

After two days of toiling against spring tides, the barge was raised on her side and towed to deep water. Once in deepwater, the lift bags were deflated and the barge partially self-righted. After pumping some flooded compartments, the barge was back on an even keel.

According to the company, it was a slow slow process to lift the spud legs – an op-eration that had to be done manually. Three days later the spud legs were raised high enough to come alongside the quay in Maputo Port

The team was forced to tackle further problems when it was discovered that the barge had got caught on a piling cross beam on the outgoing spring tide. After exhaust-ing all attempts to free the barge, the long wait for the tide to change began. At the change of tide from spring lot to high, the barge came free on her own. All Subtech gear was recovered without loss and the barge was handed back to the client.

CREATION OF PSC’S UNLIKELY: There has been a suggestion to create the role of Property Salvage Consultant (PSC) at an international level to be the equivalent of an SCR, but in non-SCOPIC LOF salvage cases. The ISU does not support this proposal which continues to be discussed.PS

CLOF Arbitrators’ panel

renewalThe current panel of Lloyd’s Open Form (LOF) arbitrators

were appointed for a five-year term, which ends in

November 2014, and a pro-cess is underway to select

the new panel.



Denmark joins Bulgaria, Denmark, Germany, India, Iran, Malaysia, Mo-

rocco, Nigeria, Palau and United Kingdom as the ten countries to ratify the Conven-tion.

According to an article written by Gard, the increased complexity and cost of wreck removals is becoming a major con-

cern for shipowners and operators, their insurers and their reinsurers.

“So far, states have had their own legal framework in place for dealing with wreck removals within their territorial waters. This has led to a patchwork of different legislation, which in turn has created legal uncertainty and lack of transparency for

all parties involved,” they write.

Gard believes that the Nairobi Conven-tion will be a step in the right direction to achieve greater harmonisation of the laws on wreck removal internationally, as well as more legal certainty and transparency in this regard.

It will impose obligations on shipown-ers to report, mark and remove ships and wrecks and for shipowners to have com-pulsory insurance to cover liability under the Convention to pay for the removal of ships and wrecks. Territorially, it will only apply within the exclusive economic zone of a state party from the 12 mile territo-rial limit to 200 nautical miles from the coast. A state may extend the application of the Convention to within its territorial waters under the “opt in” provision, if it so wishes.

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Wreck removal convention will provide legal harmony

Becoming the tenth country to ratify the Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks (the Nairobi Convention) in mid April, Denmark tipped the scales in favour of the convention coming into force on 14 April next year.

The Nairobi Convention will be a step in the right direction to achieve greater harmonisa-tion of the laws on wreck re-moval internationally, as well as more legal certainty.

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“There is a lot of opportunity in Africa with regard to rig shifts and commer-

cial offshore unit relocation, and we have had a good year from a towage perspec-tive,” says Murray highlighting the ser-vices offered by SAM’s two spot tugs in the region, the Smit Madura and Smit Amandla.

According to Murray the Smit Madura has experienced her best year in opera-tion since joining the fleet three years ago. Although busy with services for her core client, De Beers Marine Namibia, the 50m anchor handling tug has also been involved in a number of longer spot op-erations.

These include the successful tow of a barge from Madagascar to Durban as well as the escort of a McDermott crane barge. Most significantly, however, was the tow of a barge and jack-up from Pointe-Noire in the Republic of Congo to Richards Bay in South Africa – and the return of the empty barge to Pointe-Noire.

“The two month contract was com-pleted successfully and without incident,” comments Murray who adds that it was not without its challenges. “Winter time on the South African coast is always a chal-lenge and we had to heave-to and wait for the weather to abate at one point.”

Another coup for the company was the supply of the South African-flagged tug to provide salvage support on the Perro Ne-gor 6 operations off Angola.

Understanding that the South African coast is a difficult market for opportunis-tic spot tows, Murray admits that without the DeBeers contract that includes static towing, recovery of anchors and fuel

transfer, the investment in the Smit Mad-ura would not have been viable.

He maintains, however, that the advent of a more active offshore oil sector on the South African coast would certainly change the status quo. “The interest is there and with the right input from gov-ernment it will take off,” he says admit-ting that the sector is likely to bring more offshore vessel support work than towage opportunities, but will offer substantial rig shift work.

SAM’s other high-profile tug, the Smit Amandla Marine has been kept busy in the towage market during a quiet salvage season. Apart from relocating a crane barge to Saldanha Bay, she was involved in the tow of the fore section of the Smart (which broke in two outside of Richards Bay) to the dumping ground off the con-tinental shelf. .

She also towed the Desert Diamond from Ngqura to East London.

Towing offers opportunities in Africa

Rig shifts, commercial offshore unit relocations and salvage work all offer towage companies opportunities around the continent and, according to Dave Murray, Business Unit Manager – Offshore Marine Services for Smit Amandla Marine (SAM), the year has been a particularly busy one.

“The two month contract was completed successfully and without incident. Winter time on the South African coast is always a challenge and we had to heave-to and wait for the weather to abate at one point.”



ISU members provided 196 salvage ser-vices in 2013, which was exactly the

same as the previous year. In the year, ISU members conducted 48 wreck removal operations which is higher than the av-erage of 33 operations over the past five years.

In 2013 income from Lloyd’s Open Form (LOF) cases and associated SCOPIC rev-enues along with income from other sal-vage activity has risen slightly to US$264 million from the previous year’s US$237 million. Lloyd’s Open Form continues to be a very important contract for salvors with 48 LOF services performed, up from 37 previously.

LOF revenues were US$202 million in 2013 up from US$186 million in 2012. In 2013, LOF revenue represented 76.6 percent of total salvage revenues, slightly down on the previous year’s 78.2 percet but slightly up on the five year average of 75.5 percent.

However the total salved value in LOF cases is down from US$1.65 billion to US$1.23 billion with an average salved fund of US$17.44 million. LOF revenues

expressed as a percent-age of the salved val-ue are 16.3 percent up from 11.23 per-cent. The five-year average is 12.22 percent, which is historically consis-tent. These numbers derive from both set-tled cases and arbitra-tors’ awards.

The reason for the increase in the LOF revenue as a percentage of the salved value in 2013 is that there has been a small increase in LOF cases and a very marked decrease in total salved funds. It indicates an increase in smaller value cas-es where it has been appropriate to reach a higher settlement or make a higher award to give the contractor a meaningful reward for their work.

Wreck removal income has increased notably, from some US$300 million to US$450 million in 2013. That is probably due to the impact of a small number of substantial, well-known cases. Wreck re-

moval revenues have increased generally in the past decade and now account for a substantial portion of the in-dustry’s annual in-come.

The total revenue from all sources has

grown significantly in the past decade but there

are still fluctuations in both the totals and within the sources of

revenue each year. The ISU statistics are consistent with the Lloyd’s Salvage Arbi-tration Branch statistics.

The ISU conducts an annual survey of its members’ success in preventing marine pollution. The information is collected separately from the general statistics. The total of all pollutants salved in 2013 was 718,602 tonnes compared with 810,068 tonnes in 2012, a decrease of 11 percent.

The average annual figure for the 19 years for which data is available is a little below one million tonnes of potential pol-lutants salved per year. It is in line with the trend of a decreasing number of casual-ties that chiefly reflects improvements to ship and operational safety over the past two decades.

ISU collects statistics from its members to provide an overview of the state of the salvage industry. The statistics are returned anonymously to an independent consultant for aggregation and analysis. The 2013 figures relate to salvage and wreck removal cases when revenue was re-ceived, not when contracts were signed. They show a substantial indus-try with total revenues of more than US$ 700 million, up from just over US$ 600 million in the previous year. These numbers represent gross income not profit.

SALVAGE STATS

The total of all pollutants salved in 2013 was 718,602 tonnes compared with 810,068 tonnes in 2012, a decrease of 11 percent. The average an-nual figure for the 19 years for which data is available is a little below one million tonnes of potential pollutants salved per year. It is in line with the trend of a decreasing number of casualties that chiefly re-flects improvements to ship and operational safety over the past two decades.

Wreck removal income has increased notably, from some US$300 million to US$450 million in 2013. Wreck removal revenues have increased generally in the past decade and now account for a substantial portion of the industry’s annual income.

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In an industry where time often equals enormous financial loss, Subtech takes pride in having the resources, manpower and experience to attend to all marine casualties promptly. Subtech boasts an impressive resume of salvage experience, including LOF’s, refloating grounded vessels, pollution control and wreck removal.

The success of Subtech can be attributed to the combined experience of our salvage masters, engineers, marine staff and divers, together with the support of a strong international network.

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Labour unrest resolvedIn September over 70 Namibian work-

ers downed tools to demonstrate in front of the Namibian Ports Authority (Namp-ort) and the China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) campsite in Walvis Bay, Namibia. Held in contravention of the la-bour act, the demonstrating workers were

suspended until for bringing the company into disrepute. This is after the contracts of a handful of Namibian workers came to an end and workers feared that they will also be left without jobs after the CHEC workers camp was finalised.

“Depending on the work involved, level of skill required and on the expect-ed duration of that specific task some of the contracts are for three months, six months or one year duration,” Aaron Hsu, deputy project engineer of CHEC ex-plained. “Most of the general workers got three month contracts simply due to the amount of general work required during

this time in the project schedule.”

Only 14 local employees are employed on a contract for a year or more. The remainder of the over 100 workers are employed on shorter contracts. “There are no permanent contracts, only fixed term contracts for less than a year,” Hsu explained.

Workers were allegedly told that semi-skilled positions such as welding, electri-cians and fork-lift drivers intended for Namibian nationals, may be occupied by Chinese nationals.

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and CHEC. “The exact stipulations are confidential, however, the contract does require CHEC to follow local best practice on labour issues and Namibia laws must be adhered to.”

“We employ 200 Chinese nationals all of whom are working in a specialised field,” Hsu said. “About 81 workers are employed on the dredging vessels, 86 are working in management and 33 employ-ees are technicians and engineers. We employ well over a 100 Namibian nation-als,” Hsu explained.

Many of the workers complained about a specific site manager working at the har-bour area.

“We are of the opinion that sometimes site coordination and communication be-tween Chinese supervisors and local work-ers are not properly conducted due to the cultural difference of the countries,” Hsu said adding that advice had been sought from the labour union in this regard.

“We had more than four high rank-ing meetings regarding the employees’ complaints with all of our top managers

including acting project manager, deputy project managers and assistant project managers as well as all our HR teams and HR from Namport participating in the meeting,” he continued.

CHEC and the labour union, the Metal and Allied Namibian Worker’s Union (MANWU), quickly resolved their differ-ences and workers were reinstated within a week after the demonstration. MANWU stated that CHEC should be commended for their understanding and leniency to-wards suspended workers. “Mistakes will not be corrected through rocks but rather through rice,” Job Muniaro of MANWU said at a press conference held after the demonstration.

CHEC has started with a performance evaluation programme aimed at review-ing employees after their contract comes to an end to see whether they qualify for an extension. The company promised to start with the performance evaluation in October this year. CHEC also sponsored a training workshop for shop stewards to gain a better understanding of the labour act.

Hsu confirmed that the strike had not had a major impact on the project and maintained that everything was “still on track”.

Namibian contentHsu confirms that over the course of

the project about 850 direct local employ-ees and 550 indirect local employees will be employed while around 300 foreigners will form the base of specialised input. Skills such as formworks, reinforcement, concrete works, safety technical manage-ment, construction equipment operation are some of the skills that are currently lacking locally, he says.

“We are using many Namibian compa-nies, especially from the Walvis Bay area, as suppliers,” Hsu says adding that they have already cooperated with more than 30 local companies specialising in fields such as freight, transportation, building construction, design, consultancy, secu-rity, accommodation, logistics and mate-rial supply. He foresees the number of local subcontractors increasing. The local shops are also benefitting or the influx of foreign clientele.

Project to enhance African tradeAccording to the contract terms, CHEC

needs to reclaim land around the port, de-sign, finance and construct the new con-tainer terminal, build a new quay wall and dredge the harbour in order to complete the project.

A variety of dregding vessels will be brought into the harbour to handle the complicated conditions during dredging and land reclamation.

The project is expected to enable Namport to handle one million TEU’s. Features include 40 hectares of new land adding 600m of quay length. The expan-sion will create much needed additional capacity for all port business including containers, bulk loads and rig repair.

The project is also of national strategic importance, because it is believed that the Port of Walvis Bay can play an impor-tant role in facilitating trade in Sub-Saha-

�� LEFT AND ABOVE: View of construction work for the extension of the harbour taken from the Walvis Bay waterfront. Photos: Nelle du Toit

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The existing Walvis Bay facility has only two container berths with a total maxi-mum water depth of 12.8m. Namport therefore intends to construct the new container port facility on reclaimed land inside current port limits, just northwest of the current berths 1 to 8.

The water depth in Walvis Bay ranges from -20 m CD at Pelican Point to approxi-mately -2,5m CD at the entrance to the Lagoon.

Much of the work undertaken since the start of construction in May has been subsea. Areas have been demarcated and specialised sand bags and raw material hauled to prepare for the land reclama-tion process.

Vessels for deepening the water basin have arrived over the last few months. The specialised dredging vessels will deepen the basin to 14m and to 16m along the quay wall. This will enable larger ships such as container vessels and pas-senger liners to a length of 370m to dock at the new port.

According to a report by Namport, throughput of container volumes from landlocked countries in southern and cen-tral Africa countries (30 percent of current traffic) and traffic from transshipment (60 percent) to other West African countries is expected to increase on completion of the project.

Only about 10 percent of the current throughput volumes represent cargo im-ported into and exported from Namibia itself. The Port of Walvis Bay is therefore envisaged to become a hub.

Apart from new roads, storage facilities, water and electricity, infrastructure such as a railway link and terminal will be built for the new harbour as well. The gauge width of the container quay crane will be designed to the international standard of 100 feet.

Impact on environmentThe natural environment plays a strate-

gic role in the positioning of the new har-bour. Walvis Bay is bounded to the west by Pelican Point which shelters the Port of Walvis Bay from the predominantly south-westerly swell.

According to the Namport Container Terminal Expansion environmental impact assessment (EIA) prepared by Ocean and Land Resource Assessment Consultants (OLRAC) for CSIR Stellenbosch (2009) the dredging will have a low impact on the siltation of the lagoon, spread of pollut-ants, effect on fisheries and the increased chemical or biological oxygen demand (COD/BOD) in the bay. Less mobile marine life used for mariculture (such as oysters, shellfish, etc), however, are vulnerable and could potentially be affected.

Dredging has the potential to mobilise harmful elements and compounds previ-ously isolated within the ocean’s sedi-ments. The relatively straight and exposed Namibian coastline provides few suitable habitats for marine organisms that re-quire sheltered environments.

The construction of the new port changes the current water flow and re-freshment rate around the lagoon area of Walvis Bay.

This means that toxic and high anoxic (oxygen depleting) water levels could take longer to flush out. According to the report, moving marine life will have a chance to find more suitable environ-

ments, however for less mobile marine life, the effects of dredging could have a huge impact.

At present one of the main mariculture interests in Walvis Bay is in farming oys-ters. There are a number of oyster farms located around the saltworks and in the designated marine farm area in the lee of Pelican Point.

While the flesh quality and growth rate of the oysters has been high, the risk of losses as a result of sulphur eruption is also high. Major losses were experienced in 2008 with the resulting in both exist-ing and new farmers considering Lüderitz to be a more suitable location for oyster farming.

The high natural organic content of much of the sediments in Walvis Bay re-sults in the sediments being natural accu-mulators of heavy metals which will have to be managed carefully during dredging operations.

“The construction of the causeway and southern part of the Phase 1 quay will be done in stages with the dredged material being contained to prevent fugitive mate-rial being carried by currents and the tide into the lagoon,” the report indicates.

Criteria in the environmental manage-ment plan (EMP) needs to be adhered to. It is proposed that a 20mg/litre level will serve as a warning level; this may be maintained for a maximum of 36 hours before dredging will be suspended. If a level of 80 mg/litre is reached an immedi-ate shut-down will be required.

Effluent from the fish factories is pre-dicted to be more confined by the new reclamation, especially in the area near Berth 8 and near the south part of the fishing port and factories, and flow north-ward once Phase 3 is completed.

Positive benefits of this change in flow patterns are that effluents from the fish-ing harbour and oil spills will not flow to-wards the lagoon, however the EIA report advises that a programme be implement-ed to monitor this.

By Nelle du Toit

�� Heng Yuan Fei (centre left), acting project manager of CHEC, and Job Munairo (centre right) of MANWU address members of the media at a press conference. Photo: Nelle du Toit.

The high natural organic content of much of the sedi-ments in Walvis Bay results in the sediments being natu-ral accumulators of heavy metals which will have to be managed carefully during dredging operations.



NIRAS, an international, multidisci-plinary consultancy company based

in Denmark, has been appointed as the consultant for a new oil terminal in Mombasa, Kenya, which will replace the 50-year-old existing terminal. With this, the capacity of the terminal will be qua-drupled

The existing terminal has only one berth, accommodating carriers up to 100,000 tons DWT. The new terminal will accommodate four ships of 150,000 tons DWT. NIRAS conducted the first relocation study in 2012 and, with Kenya Port Au-thority (KPA), it was agreed that the new terminal should be placed off the existing port terminals. Since then NIRAS has been in close contact with the Authority for the further development of the project.

“In August we signed the new contract and spirits were high when we were asked to commence the engineering of this in-teresting project,” says Business Unit Di-rector at NIRAS, Jesper Harder.

“Port of Mombasa is the gateway for import and export not only to Kenya, but also to land-locked countries, so the existing oil terminal is crucial for import of fuel to a big part of East Af-rica. Kenya Port Author-

ity is therefore pleased that we can now implement a new terminal with increased capacity and we are looking forward to continue our collaboration with NIRAS on this important project,” explains Dan-iel Amadi, Head of Projects Development and Management, Kenya Ports Authority.

Apart from the design of the new termi-nal, NIRAS will be in charge of the prepa-ration of the tender documents for the constructions works, including the many electrical and mechanical installations such as pipelines and loading arms. The Danish firm will also handle the supervi-sion throughout the construction period.

The terminal in Mombasa will ben-efit from NIRAS’ fresh experiences from working on a similar terminal in Vasiliko in Cyprus. “The project in Kenya is per-fectly timed. It is evident that we on this project can utilise the experiences made from another major oil terminal project in Cyprus,” says Jesper Harder.

Harder sees great potential in espe-cially the African oil terminals, and he be-lieves that NIRAS is well equipped to take its share of the cake.

”The port infrastructure in many Afri-can ports is often insufficient and dete-riorated. Seen in combination with fast growing economies in the continent, this provides an excellent opportunity for a company like NIRAS,” says Harder.

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Kenya and China sign port development deal

Kenyan and Chinese officials have signed a deal for the Lamu Port

project which involves the construction of three berths and is part of the Lamu Port- South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport (Lapsset) corridor.

Upon its completion, the port will have 29 berths. President Kenyatta said construction of the three berths will clear the way for the participation of the private sector in the construction of the remaining 29 berths and other components of the corridor project.

“The signing of this contract for construction of the first three berths is a major milestone in delivering the Lapsset corridor programme as well as achieving Kenya’s Vision 2030,” he added.

The President said the government had set aside a fund to compensate affected land owners for construction work to begin.

New oil terminal for Kenya to quadruple capacity of port

Maputo maintenance dredging

In line with at Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Transnet National Ports Authority and the Port of Maputo last year,

maintenance dredging of the Mozambican port will commence using the new dredging vessel in October.

The Italeni is scheduled to continue dredging activities for the month of November with plans in place to minimise any impact on shipping operations. This campaign will ensure that all quays are returned to their designed depth and the dredger is expected to remove approxi-mately 25,000cum of dredged material.

The MoU with TNPA has resulted in the training of employees at TNPA’s Maritime School of Excellence, the acquisition and refurbish-ment of a tugboat (already in Maputo), as well as the dredging of all the port quays.

”The port infrastructure in many African ports is often insufficient and deteriorated. Seen in combination with fast growing economies in the continent, this provides an excellent opportunity for a company like NIRAS.”

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A recent Oceans Beyond Piracy (OBP) study found that in 2013 over 1,200

seafarers faced criminals who succeeded in boarding vessels in West Africa and nearly 300 of these seafarers were held hostage.

These statistics were highlighted at a panel discussion between OBP and IMB held during September in London where the complex models of West African pi-racy and the ways in which flag States, seafarer Nations and advocacy groups are addressing the problem were discussed.

Panelists included Admiral Sir James Burnell-Nugent of OBP, Pottengal Muku-ndan of the IMB, Douglas Stevenson of Seamen’s Church lnstitute, Peter Swift of Maritime Piracy Humanitarian Response Programme and Tim Hart of Control Risks.

With estimates that nearly two-thirds of attacks actually go unreported, the panelists aimed to highlight the impor-tance of consistent reporting. “Piracy and armed robbery at sea in the Gulf of Guinea is not a new issue, but an increase in the operational range of pirate groups means a greater number of seafarers are facing an increased risk,” says Tim Hart.

Unlike off the coast of Somalia, where pirates have been discouraged by navies and private security companies, West Af-rican pirates are undeterred by regional navies and more willing to engage with security personnel. Due to the complex models of maritime crime off West Africa, seafarer welfare is often of little concern to the attackers. Furthermore, trends in-dicate a worrying increase in kidnap-for-ransom cases.

“A common misperception is that piracy and other violent crimes at sea represent victimless crime. In reality, however, many seafarers suffer from physical or psycho-logical abuse, and the impact on them can

be severe and long-lasting as well as on their families,” says Peter Swift.

In order to better understand the im-pact of the violence, major flag States, including Liberia, the Marshall Islands, St. Kitts and Panama have agreed to provide detailed, but anonymous, information to be compiled by the IMB.

This is consistent with the information provided by these same flag States in the Declaration Condemning Violence Against Seafarers related to acts of Somali piracy. Additionally, this effort will now be sup-ported by the major seafaring nations.

“We commend and thank these States for taking action to improve the safety of seafarers and see this as a first step towards mobilising a more effective re-sponse to these crimes and hope that oth-ers will join them in the near future,” says Admiral Sir James Burnell-Nugent.

According to Pottengal Mukundan, Di-rector of the IMB, “The information pro-vided for crimes off Somalia helped to give us a more complete picture of the maritime crime problem and has assisted companies and states to identify policies that best support seafarers. We expect this will be the case with West Africa as well.”

The significant increase of lethal vio-lence and kidnapping off the West African coast underscores the importance of sea-farer advocacy groups, including the Sea-men’s Church Institute and Maritime Pi-racy Humanitarian Response Programme, which are constantly identifying the most effective ways to deliver the assistance that they provide to the victims of these crimes.

“We must step in to protect the seas’ most valuable resource: the human be-ings who live and work on ships,” says Douglas Stevenson of SCI.

VIOLENCE AGAINST SEAFARERS INCREASES OFF AFRICA’S WEST COAST

NARCOTICS DESTROYED

The Kenyan government recently destroyed a ship carrying narcotics in their ef-fort to send a message to drug barons using Kenyan ports. The MV Al Noor was destroyed 33km from the Mombasa Port and sunk to a depth of 329 metres with 370.8kg of heroin. The initial cargo was 373.8kg, but three kilos were taken to the government chemist for further analysis. The exercise was carried out by Kenya Navy Explosive Ordinance Disposal team.

COLLABORATION

Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) is to provide meteorological equipment to all pilot-age districts within the organisation, to assist the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NEMA) in taking care of the entire coastal areas of their operations. The Meteo-rological equipment for the Agency is also in line with the Nigerian Ports Authority Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) having considered the agency’s activities as of utmost importance to the operation of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA).

South Africa and Australia discuss opportunities in blue economy

Bilateral consultations between South Africa’s International Rela-

tions and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane and her Australian counterpart Julie Bishop recently iden-tified the blue economy as a key area for the two countries to collaborate on.

Through cooperation in the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA), Minister Nkoana-Mashabane said that the two countries will push the agenda of the ocean economy, as outlined in Opera-tion Phakisa, and strive to achieve the targets of the National Development Plan.

“In IORA, we see more and more op-portunities for us to work together. We have committed that we will work with (Australia) to put up a document that seeks to consolidate relations on how we can unleash the ocean economy through skills exchange and develop-ment,” said Minister Nkoana-Masha-bane.

The document, according to Minister Nkoana-Mashabane, will be finalised soon. Australia is currently the chair of the 20-member IORA, which brings to-gether a range of countries from small island countries like Comoros and Sey-chelles, to G20 members such as India and Indonesia.

The two countries have also com-mitted to create common ground for regional economic co-operation to in-clude the coast and ocean resources.

South Africa and Australia also have a history of productive co-operation across a range of issues, including fish-eries protection, law enforcement, de-fence relations and customs coopera-tion.

“South Africa places great impor-tance on its relationship with Australia, which has over the past two decades become South Africa’s biggest trading partner,” said Minister Nkoana-Masha-bane.

International Maritime Bureau (IMB) statistics indicate that mari-time crime off the coast of West Africa is becoming increasingly more violent with more casualties, including deaths, in the first nine months of 2014 than the total number recorded during 2013.

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Celebrating ISO milestone

Nautic Africa has s u c c e s s f u l l y

been recommended for ISO 9001:2008 cer-tification after their

first attempt, representng an important milestone in the growth and develop-ment of the company.

“The ISO certification will benefit Nau-tic in many ways, particularly through further improvements in the quality of

our products and by boosting customer confidence in these products. We also expect it to enhance customer and employee satisfaction, reduce rework, waste and frustrations and allow Nautic Africa to benefit from cost savings and greater management control and effi-ciencies. Achieving this certification will also assist us in accessing new markets and in positioning Nautic as a preferred supplier in the maritime industry,’’ says Chris Brown, ISO Management Repre-sentative at Nautic.

Nautic Africa has already begun work on the next phase of certification; ISO

18001:2008. The ISO certification pro-cess, which is driven by senior manage-ment, aims to validate Nautic’s guar-antee to supply their customers with a quality product and offering.

Brown says it also reinforces their commitment to nurturing a culture of innovation, accountability and continual improvement within the company, all while providing superior quality, value and service in the design, building and operation of our vessels.

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Buy-out in Cape Town strengthens vessel-building capacity

A complete buy-out of Veecraft Marine by Nautic Africa, a Paramount Group com-

pany, puts the vessel manufacturer and op-erations specialist in a strong position to es-tablish a strong vessel-building competence in Africa.

A 12-year-old company, Veecraft Marine specialises in manufacturing quality steel and aluminium vessels for government and private clients around the globe. There’s a strong kinship between Veecraft Marine and Nautic: they design similar ranges of vessels, predominantly for deployment in African waters.

Questioned on the purchase, James Fisher, CEO of Nautic Africa confirmed that the company was on the hunt to “own the market”. He added that a forward order book in excess of R250 million sealed the deal.

“The acquisition of Veecraft consolidates manufacturing of commercial and naval ves-sels in Cape Town and South Africa with compounded gains for all stakeholders,” says Fisher.

Aside from Veecraft Marine’s significant inherent value as a manufacturer with a local and international track record, the company brings to the Nautic business a number of key relationships, including a long-standing co-operation with vessel architects Incat Cowther in Australia.

“Veecraft Marine will add to Nautic’s already strong in-house research and develop-ment capability and vessel support competencies. Nautic’s existing clients and the more than 100 vessels in service across the African continent will benefit from the acquisition through added value and increased service offering,” says Fisher. “We can now offer our clients more resources, a greater variety of designs and more capabilities for support.”

Nautic Africa is 51 percent owned by Paramount Industrial Holdings, part of the Para-mount Group.

MoU to promote maritime interests

The South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) signed a Memo-randum of Understanding (MoU) with the South Korean Shipping company, Polaris Shipping during September to establish frameworks for collaboration

The MoU will jointly cooperate and collaborate on matters that will include:

�� Identifying critical skills gaps within the maritime sector, which will support merchant ships on the South African Reg-ister;

�� Cooperation in undertaking training and placement of South African cadets on-board ships owned and operated by Polaris to complement SAMSA Cadet-ship Programme;

The two parties are likely to discuss jointly undertaking maritime related activities that could include discussions around the feasibility of the establish-ment of a national shipping company, as well as the promotion of continental coastal shipping, cabotage, bunkering services, ship building, ship repair as well as other ship and shipping support related services.

The MoU was signed by SAMSA CEO, Commander Tsietsi Mokhele and Po-laris’ Kim, Wan Jung.

The JOC enables Transnet, through its rail freight division, Transnet Freight

Rail, Mozambique rail and port opera-tors respectively, Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique (CFM) and Maputo Port Development Corporation (MPDC) and Swaziland Railway to establish common operating and maintenance philosophies.

These efforts are aimed at enhancing operational efficiencies on the freight cor-ridor, which runs from Mpumalanga Prov-ince in South Africa through Swaziland to the Port of Richards Bay and the Port of Maputo in Mozambique.

The JOC houses representatives from all four partners under one roof, focusing on the integration of planning and opera-tions, and managing all cross-border op-erations and stakeholders. The JOC, which

has been in operation since 2013, has al-ready realised significant efficiency gains. These include an impressive 24 percent reduction in dwell time at Komatipoort, and an unprecedented 57 percent reduc-tion in dwell time at the ports in Maputo. Dwell time refers to the time it takes to turn around vessels and trains.

In the JOC’s first year of operation, Freight Rail’s volumes to Mozambique grew from 2.6 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) to 4.5 mtpa. Magnetite exports through Maputo increased from an aver-age of 10 trains per week, to an average of 18 trains per week. Turnaround time for Maputo magnetite was reduced by 47 percent - from 118 hours to 62 hours - which is 10 hours faster than the service design time.

To ensure the JOC’s effectiveness, the four operators have aligned and inte-grated investment plans, maintenance standards, safety, operational philoso-phies and skills development across the corridor. As a result, there has been an alignment on standard operating pro-cedures, maintenance and safety stan-dards amongst the three countries. This includes the activation of an integrated cross-border train plan for coal, magne-tite, containers and fuel.

Crucially, these milestones will enhance adherence to scheduled train movements across rail and port facilities throughout the corridor.

Transnet is also partnering in similar initiatives to co-ordinate tactical and operational functional responsibilities across borders on the North-South Cor-ridor (Zimbabwe, Zambia, DRC and South Africa) in Bulawayo and the East-West Corridor (Botswana and South Africa) in Mahalapye.

Enabling smooth flow of cargoSouth African state-owned freight and logistics company Transnet and port and rail operators in Swaziland and Mozambique recently launched the Maputo Corridor Joint Operating Centre (JOC). The Centre is a major milestone for the three countries in their drive to provide a seamless flow of cargo services for their customers.

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Plans for a R2 billion aquaculture facil-ity to be developed on 300 hectares

of the Coega Industrial Development Zone in Port Elizabeth, South Africa were an-nounced in September.

CDC agro-processing project manager Dr Keith du Plessis said a feasibility study had been completed. “The envisaged facility will focus on the commercial cul-tivation of marine animals and plants,” he said. Du Plessis believes that approxi-mately 5,000 jobs can be created for the local economy through this project. He said the findings of the feasibility study especially showed that environmental conditions were ideal for abalone farm-ing.

“The CDC aims to dedicate 80 Ha to abalone farming by 2020 creating about 2,080 permanent jobs. South Africa is widely known to have of the best abalo-ne and the best product in the world, all of which is exported to the Far East,” Du Plessis said.

In addition, finfish farming on a pro-

posed 120 Ha in the Coega IDZ can create about 3,000 additional permanent jobs in the long term.

“Another species that could potentially be farmed is seaweed, which is compli-mentary to abalone farming,” he said. “Seaweed can be used for abalone feed and various pharmaceutical uses.”

Du Plessis also said the deep-water Port of Ngqura is of strategic importance and ideal for maintenance of the cold chain required by aqua-farmed produce.

At present, CDC is working on two Envi-ronmental Impact Assessments (EIA); one for seawater abstraction and discharge outlet and another for the land-based ac-tivities related to aquaculture.

“There are synergies between the pro-posed aqua-farming facility and other CDC projects which require large amounts of seawater for cooling,” he explained.

Dr Du Plessis said the CDC is working closely with local stakeholders, govern-ment and prospective investors. Dr Ayan-da Vilakazi, CDC head of marketing and

communications, said the aqua-farming facility is aligned with the government’s plans to harness the potential of an ‘oceans economy’.

“Earlier this year the South African presidency announced plans to explore parts of the ocean to find economic po-tential that could lead to the country’s gross domestic product (GDP).

Cabinet has welcomed the announce-ment and Minister in the Presidency re-sponsible for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Jeff Radebe confirmed that they would encourage more investors to partner with government in new econom-ic growth opportunities.

Last month, Forestry and Fisheries Min-ister Senzeni Zokwana paid a two-day visit to the Eastern Cape, where he held meet-ings with the executive leadership over the creation of employment in the fisher-ies, agriculture and forestry sectors.

“The fisheries sector, including aqua-culture, has a critical role to play in meet-ing one of the greatest challenges con-fronting the world: food security. Fishing provides vital sources of livelihoods, nutri-tious food and economic opportunities.

“Aquaculture development would en-sure we close the fish protein gap that may be created by the declining marine capture fish resources,” said Minister Zo-kwana at the time.

Massive investment for aquaculturePlans for a R2 billion aquaculture facility to be developed on 300 hectares of the Coega Industrial Development Zone in Port Eliza-beth, South Africa were announced in September.



The four areas he addressed included marine transport and manufacturing;

offshore oil and gas exploration; aquacul-ture; and marine protection services and governance.

Highlighting a concern of the Ma-rine Transport and Manufacturing work stream it was noted that South Africa cur-rently has no registered ships while, year-ly, 300 million tons of cargo moves in and out of the country’s ports. Furthermore, the country does not have a fleet to ferry the 1.2 million tonnes of liquid fuels that moves along its coasts, or to support the rapidly expanding offshore oil and gas ac-tivities.

Some opportunities highlighted by the team were South Africa’s ideal location to serve the West-East cargo trade routes, as well as, exploitation of the booming Afri-can offshore oil and gas industry, through marine manufacturing services such as ship and rig repair, refurbishment and boatbuilding.

The team highlighted four targets for exploita-

tion:

�� Increasing the local manufactur-ing capacity through a 10 percent increase in local component usage for boat and ship building;

�� Increasing ship repair capacity in Richards Bay to create 200 direct jobs;

�� Creation of a dedicated occupa-tional team for the sector within the Department of Higher Educa-tion and Training to align theoreti-cal and workplace learning;

�� Increasing the amount of minerals exported on South African ships, which is expected to create over 4000 direct jobs.

Zuma announced that progress has been made towards the establishment of a National Shipping Company, a partner-ship with South Korea.

The offshore oil and gas exploration work stream revealed South Africa’s coast and adjoining waters have possible resources of nine billion barrels of oil, equalling 40 years of the country’s oil consumption.

Targets set by this team included:

�� The drilling of 30 exploration wells in 10 years.

�� The production of 370,000 barrels of oil and gas per day over 30 years

�� The creation of 130,000 jobs

�� A contribition of US$ 2.2 billion to the GDP.

The aquaculture work stream identified initiatives to boost the sector by propos-ing the implementation of 24 projects countrywide by 2019, expected to grow the sector’s revenue by R1.4 billion by 2019 from R500 million pres-ently.

Progress in the ma-rine protection ser-vices and ocean g o v e r n a n c e work stream, in efforts to pro-tect the coun-try’s oceans from illegal ex-ploitation, cul-minated in the d e v e l o p m e n t of an Oceans Act, with a draft Oceans Bill to be published next year.

Industry reactions

“The announcements are good, but time frames are what we need to wrestle with, whether they come to fruition or not is something we are going to have to look at. It’s not plain sailing right now,” said Peter Besnard, chief executive of the South African Association of Ship Opera-tors and Agents (SAASOA).

Prasheen Maharaj, chief executive of Southern African Shipyards, said: “For some of us that have been pursuing this for many many years it is almost like a dream come true because now the blue

economy and the ocean economy is firmly on the national agenda.”

Commander Tsietsi Mokhele, chief ex-ecutive of the South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA), told Maritime Review Africa: “For me I feel I can retire today that’s how happy I am. In Durban I addressed the president in a fundraising dinner saying there is this economy we are not participating in. Two years later, we have a plan that is quantified and concrete and even implementation has started - that’s how fast it has moved. It’s a dream come true.”

However, some of the industry’s promi-nent associations, such as SAASOA say they were left out of Operation Phakisa’s deliberations.

Malte Kersten, chairman director at SAASOA, said: “There has been a limited consultative process but SAASOA as such was not really engaged in the process. We have been informed, but we were not

part of it.”

A high-ranked official at the South African As-

sociation of Freight Forwarders, who

commented un-der conditions of anonym-ity, said that as far as he knew the as-sociation was not repre-

sented in any s t a k e h o l d e r

group work ses-sions.

Ismail Akhalwaya, head of Operation Phaki-

sa, said that stakeholders who participated in the labs were identified through inputs provided by relevant de-partments, and industry players familiar with the sectors and the stakeholders.

“During the lab phase it became ap-parent that there may be other key stake-holders that had been omitted and these were invited to the open day. Operation Phakisa is not an event, but an ongoing programme. We welcome the participa-tion of all stakeholders and the value they can bring to enhance the programme,” said Akhalwaya.

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Laying the keel for the ocean economyMetaphorically speaking, the ratified action plans of Operation Phakisa’s first phase will lay the keel upon which the ship to sail the country to its blue economy prosperity, will materialise. To this end, President Jacob Zuma presented outcomes of the the four work streams at an open day held in Durban mid-October.

“During the lab phase it

became apparent that there may be other key stakeholders

that had been omitted and these were invited to the open day.

Operation Phakisa is not an event, but an ongoing programme. We welcome the participation of all

stakeholders and the value they can bring to enhance

the programme.”



The need to boost the capacity of the Sea Harvest fleet prompted an exten-

sive worldwide search to find a suitable vessel to bring into the local hake fishery that would enable them to catch and pro-cess their full annual quota.

The search landed a 1987 Norwegian-built Sterkoder class vessel with a solid reputation all over the world as well as a proven track record in South Africa wa-ters.

Sea Harvest’s total investment has been in the region of R125 million of which ap-proximately R40 million was spent lo-cally on upgrades and modifications. Work undertaken to upgrade the vessel included the addition of a blast freezer, an additional compressor and a slurry ice facility. Additional accommodation was also added to accommodate a further 12 crewmembers.

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Cape-based shipbuilder Nautic Africa, recently launched a first in class 35m

Sentinel multipurpose patrol vessel. Built for Nigerian owners, it forms part of a multi-million rand order for offshore pa-trol boats that was secured in 2013. Ac-cording to Nautic, the fully South African-designed vessel has been built specifically to fit the client’s needs.

The aluminium hull and composite wheelhouse are ballistic protected to STANAG Level 1, offering protection for crew against small arms fire up to 7.62mm and grenade and mine blast.

The vessel displaces 92 tons (lightship) 160 tons (full load) and has a gross ton-nage of 245 tons (approx.). The length of the vessel is 35m, beam 7.5m and draught 1.4m with a design that is optimised for endurance security patrols and cargo transfer.

Located above deck is a mess seat-ing area for crew and passengers and an offset area with comfortable seating and entertainment units. There is an enclosed galley situated aft of the mess area and a sick bay.

The craft is designed to operate with a crew of six, but provision is made for addi-tional crew and passengers with total ac-commodation space for 18. Cabin space is

well appointed with the captain and first engineer’s cabins situated in the forward part of the main deck. Both have en-suite bathrooms. Other accommodation con-sists of two four-man cabins, two two-man cabins and four single cabins. Fresh water capacity is 10,000 litres.

The vessel is powered by three Cater-pillar C32ACERT engines resulting in a top speed of 30 knots, although speeds in ex-cess of this have been achieved on trials. Fuel oil capacity is 56,000 litres with elec-trical power provided by two Caterpillar C4.4 107 kV generators. Endurance of 16 days (42,096l/16 days) is possible.

Provision is made for weaponry to be fitted on deck but none is being supplied from South Africa.

The wheelhouse comprises a full array of navigation and communication equip-ment whilst on the after end starboard side the vessel carries an 8.5m Guardian Interceptor boat with a launch and recov-ery davit. A large open deck area of 53m² on the after deck aft is provided for the carriage of cargo and containers.

Nautic report that the vessel has per-formed well on sea trials and that delivery should be made before the end of No-vember. Further news is that the company order book remains full with the African market being described as “growing expo-nentially.” At present there are two craft under construction at the Cape Town yard with a further two being prepared.

By Steve Saunders

Customised build for offshore patrol

The world’s largest civilian hospital ship, the Africa Mercy, docked in Cape Town for a two-

week stopover whilst en route to Madagascar.

Built in Denmark in 1980 for the Danish state railways, the 16,572 gt vessel was operated as the Dronning Ingrid and used as a railway ferry. Pur-chased for US$6.5 million by a UK charity, it was extensively modified and equipped with five state-of-the-art operating rooms and an 82-bed ward, the rail decks of the ferry being specially suited for the kind of spaces required. The vessel now has more capacity than its three predecessors com-bined.

The vessel is entirely staffed by volunteers and focuses on providing specialised surgical health-care to people of the continent who have little or no access to such services.

According to the Mercy Ships organisation, since inception in 1978, the Mercy Ships have worked in more than 70 countries, treated more than 2.5 million people and provided services val-ued at more than R11 billion.

By Steve Saunders

�� The 35m Sentinal multipurpose vessel from Nautic has been fully customised to meet clients needs.

�� The Africa Mercy docked in Cape Town for a two-week stopover.

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MARITIME MEMORIES By Brian Ingpen


This highly-specialised vessel is oper-ated by Deep Ocean Search, an ultra-

deepwater search and recovery company whose contracts from governmental and private agencies have kept her in full operation for the last four years, scour-ing the seabed to depths of up to 5,800 metres for wrecks, cargo recovery or geo-physical and other scientific surveys.

Design featuresHer original design and construction

for sea conditions in the North Atlantic and North Sea fishing grounds give her ideal sea-keeping capacity. The later in-stallation of a dynamic positioning system allows her to remain on station above a survey site. Her state-of-the-art side-scan-ning sonar equipment with a cross-track range of 3,000 metres, and her remotely-operated vehicle that can work at ocean depths of 6,000 metres have located sev-eral intriguing wrecks.

Wreck discoveryWhile searching for the wreck of a

specific vessel, the side-scanning sonar equipment aboard John Lethbridge dis-covered a different ship lying in 4,700 metres of water. Close-up imagery taken by the vessel’s remotely-operated vehicle revealed the wreck to be the Tasman, a Dutch owned cargo passenger steamer that was torpedoed and sunk by U-46 while en-route from London to India.

Barely five years old when she was lost, Tasman was built in Earle’s Ship-yard in Hull for Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij (KPM) in 1912-13. She was the second KPM vessel of that name and

operated mainly on the company’s Java-Australia service. Towards the end of World War 1, she was requisitioned by the British Shipping Controller and placed under the management of Federal Steam Navigation Company, a British cargo ship company that traded between the UK and Australasia.

Sailing from Tilbury and carrying a few passengers, the camouflaged Tasman crept along the English coast without es-cort, anchoring on the first night in the Solent and in Tor Bay on the second night before entering Plymouth harbour, where warships were arriving to land the survi-vors of Galway Castle.

Shortly after leaving Plymouth for Cape Town, the Union-Castle Intermediate steamer had been torpedoed by U-82 160 nautical miles south-west of the Fastnet Rock off the English coast. With his ship’s back broken, her master ordered the pas-sengers and crew away in the boats, a step that in retrospect was unnecessary as she remained afloat for three days. Sadly, 150 lives were lost as some lifeboats capsized in the heavy swell.

Thick mist shrouded the Devon coast when Tasman sailed from Plymouth as part of a very slow 13-ship convoy, pro-tected by six destroyers that, curiously, were withdrawn early the following morning. Afternoon tea had just been served in the ship’s quaint paneled lounge when she was shaken by an enormous explosion as a torpedo smashed into the forward hold, causing the ship to sink rap-idly by the head about 220 nautical miles west-south-west of Cape Villano. Sea con-ditions deteriorated, leaving the hapless

folks to endure a bitterly cold night in the lifeboats at the mercy of mountainous waves and a strong wind.

After utter despair at seeing a ship turn away from the lifeboats, Tasman’s passen-gers and crew – barring 14 who had per-ished in the sinking - were rescued by USS Talbot and landed at Brest, France. Two days later, the American destroyer took the survivors to Plymouth.

Launched in 1915, U-46 was command-ed by Kapitänleutnant Leo Hillebrand, one of the German u-boat aces of World War 1, sinking 52 ships and inter alia, awarded the Iron Cross First Class. U-46 surren-dered to Japan on 26 November 1918 and later served as O-2 in the Japanese navy. She was refitted extensively, but was lost in a storm in 1925.

Wreck discovery off Cape TownThe ROV aboard John Lethbridge shot

other remarkable footage earlier this year when the team discovered the wreck of the Orient Liner Orcades, sunk by U-172, west-south-west of Cape Town in 1942.

En-route from Egypt to Britain via the Cape, the ship had left Cape Town on 9 October 1942 and headed on an ad-miralty-prescribed course towards the southwest. She steamed directly into an area where two u-boats were operat-

Launched as the hull-based stern trawler Marbella but modified to carry sophisticated equipment for underwater search and sur-vey operations, John Lethbridge has been a regular caller in Cape Town for bunkers and stores.

Wreck Hunter Scans for Maritime MemoriesBy Brian Ingpen

Given her record of wreck discovery and the level of sophistication of her equipment, the ship is ideal to assist in the search for the Malaysian aircraft (MH

379) that crashed in the eastern Indian Ocean earlier this year. The range of her sonar equipment means

that she can scan a great area during each pass and therefore cover a given site – in this case, an aircraft

crash site - in less time than many other similar vessels.

MARITIME MEMORIESBy Brian Ingpen


ing and across the line of fire of U-172, commanded by Karl Emmermann whose vessel formed part of the Gruppe Eisbar submarine flotilla that collectively sank 28 ships in the latter part of 1942. (Emmer-mann accounted for eight of those ships.)

Emmermann fired three torpedoes that hit the Orient Liner. Badly damaged, Orcades hove to, lowered lifeboats, but when her master, Captain Charles Fox, re-alised that she would not sink immediate-ly, he turned and headed for Cape Town at eight knots. In deteriorating weather, Emmermann lost sight of the ship but as visibility improved, he found her and at-tacked again, firing another three torpe-does. She capsized and sank quickly.

Given the weather conditions and the distance from land, it was miraculous that only 45 lives out of 1067 on board were lost.

Impressive imageryAlthough the ship lies in deeper water

than Titanic, the images of Orcades taken by John Lethbridge’s ROV are impressive. Her name is clearly visible on the star-board quarter and on the bow, while her promenade deck with its ornate window arrangement, the damaged fo’c’sle and

the company crest on the bow also fea-ture prominently among the images.

Given her record of wreck discovery and the level of sophistication of her equipment, the ship is ideal to assist in the search for the Malaysian aircraft (MH 379) that crashed in the eastern Indian Ocean earlier this year. The range of her sonar equipment means that she can scan a great area during each pass and there-fore cover a given site – in this case, an aircraft crash site - in less time than many other similar vessels.

With the authorities having approved its vessel for the operation, Deep Ocean Search is awaiting the official charter to continue the search, a task that is becom-ing increasingly critical as relatives still need closure for lost passengers and crew, and are turning to the courts to help them in their quest for more information con-cerning the aircraft’s disappearance. From a political point of view, there remains a pressing need to find the aircraft, and thereby solve the mysteries that surround its disappearance.

That operation will catch the world’s at-tention.

�� The full-ship multi-beam high resolution image of Orcades, taken by the ROV aboard John Lethbridge. (Photograph : Deep Ocean Search)

�� John Lethbridge in Cape Town (Photograph: Brian Ingpen)

�� The Master of John Lethbridge and former containership master, Captain Damir Crvelin relishes the interesting programme of his present command. (Photograph: Brian Ingpen)

�� Gary Buller, Chief Officer of John Leth-bridge, began his sea-going career in the lower decks of Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels. (Photograph : Brian Ingpen)

�� In the undersea nerve centre of John Leth-bridge. Left : The owner’s representative and offshore manager, Jean-Christophe Caillens, who as an officer in the French navy, was aboard the survey ship Pourquois Pas. Right : Bob Ormerod, the company’s marine superin-tendent. (Photograph : Brian Ingpen)

PEOPLE AND EVENTS Appointments • launches • functions • announcements


Bross worked for SADSTIA right up until he took ill

in late July and the esteem with which he was regarded by the industry was evident at a memorial ceremony.

Speaking at the memorial, Tim Red-dell, the current chairman of SADSTIA, paid tribute to Bross, saying that he was so passionate and enthusiastic about the fishing industry that he came to represent the very best of what the industry stands for:

“He worked extremely hard,” said Red-dell, “if you phoned Roy late on a Friday afternoon, he would be at his desk, writ-ing a letter or tackling a problem. He was resilient and persis-tent, sometimes work-ing for years before he resolved an issue to his satisfaction, and he was often highly amused – even de-lighted – by the pe-culiar or even bizarre situations that seem to occur in our industry.”

Bross was appointed as Secretary of SADSTIA in 1983, at a time when the South African hake fish-ery had been devastated by − in Bross’s own words −“predatory trawling by es-sentially lawless and under-regulated international fishing fleets.” He person-ally participated in a major effort by the trawler owners of the time to rehabilitate the South African hake stock.

Classical corrective measures were in-troduced, including the declaration of an exclusive economic zone; the establish-ment of an annual total allowable catch and the distribution of quotas. In this way, the deep-sea trawling industry, with Bross as administrator and lobbyist, began to implement a sustainability program that was well ahead of its time.

But Bross’s involvement in the deep-sea trawling industry went well beyond mat-ters of catches and quotas (although he had an exact record of both). For instance, he fought doggedly for over a decade to ensure that the fishing industry became exempt from certain fuel taxes. He won this battle in 1999, to the benefit of the entire fishing industry, not just SADSTIA and its members.

He was also responsible for ensuring that South African exporters were able to implement the requirements of a Europe-an Union regulation that might otherwise have sunk a R3,5 billion export industry.

The regulation was implemented on 1 January 2010 and it is fair to

say that, were it not for Bross (at the age of 70) working day and night, the hake in-dustry might well have lost its most important trading partner.

Bross was an economist by training and disposition:

he was patient, precise and always eager to discuss and de-

bate the latest trends and issues af-fecting the industry, be they political or biological. His knowledge of the industry was profound.

And then there was his sense of hu-mour: subtle, dry and irrepressible. With a word or a turn of phrase, Bross could in-troduce a sense of the ridiculous into the most serious scientific discussion, or, with a pointed irony, indicate his disapproval for work that was late, incomplete or not up to scratch.

Bross was one of those rare individuals who spend their professional lives doing something that they love – and SADSTIA is fortunate to have been the focus of his intellect and loyalty for so many years.

By Claire Attwood

Fishing Industry bids fond farewell to dedicated ambassadorThe South African fishing industry lost one of its most dedicated employees and ambassadors when Roy Bross, Ex-ecutive Secretary of South Africa’s Deep Sea Trawling Indus-try Association, SAD-STIA, died in Cape Town in September.

Inspiring maritime students through practical seamanship training

Bradley Felix and Ronaldo Strauss from Simon’s Town School’s

Lawhill Maritime Centre in Cape Town have been invited to participate in the Ibiza Rendezvous, the first super-yacht sailing regatta to embrace the island of Ibiza in Spain.

The trip forms part of a new charita-ble mentoring programme, Marine In-spirations, which aims to expose young South Africans from disadvantaged backgrounds to hands-on seamanship experience and possible career oppor-tunities in the world of yachting.

Marine Inspirations is the brain-child of two South African super-yacht captains, Phil Wade and Anthony Just who – following a captains’-lunch in Mallorca, Spain, earlier this year – re-flected on how the quality maritime training they had received in South Africa had contributed to their career success. This led to an agreed desire to share their good fortunes with the less fortunate in southern Africa.

During the Ibiza Rendezvous sailing regatta, Felix and Strauss, who are cur-rently in Grade 11 at Lawhill, will join the Marine Inspirations crew aboard an 83 foot classic schooner where they will gain the practical and valuable boat-handling skills considered to be fundamental to good seamanship.

The trip will be a hugely exciting ex-perience for the 17-year-olds, who hail from the Eastern Cape and Namibia, as they will be travelling abroad for the first time. Their life-changing trip to Spain has been made possible by Wade and Just’s initiative, which is also well recognised and endorsed by the General Botha Old Boys Bursary Fund, amongst other private donors.

� Maritime students Bradley Felix and Ronaldo Strauss.

� Roy Bross leaves a legacy of dedication to the fishing industry.

B r o s s was one of

those rare individu-als who spend their

professional lives doing something that they love – and SADSTIA is fortunate to have been the focus

of his intellect and loy-alty for so many

years.

PEOPLE AND EVENTSAppointments • launches • functions • announcements


After having served the organisation for fifteen years, four-teen of these spent as a Port Manager at the Ports of East

London, Richards Bay and Durban, Ntshingila has a wealth of in-formation and skill to pass on.

“I am excited to announce the appointment of Moshe Motlohi as the new Durban Port Manager. He is an ex-teacher who holds a Management Advanced Program from Wits Business School and an Executive MBA from Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town,” said Tau Morwe.

Motlohi joined South African Ports Operations (SAPO) in June 2003 as the Chief Operations Manager in Port Elizabeth. In 2005 he was promoted to head a more complex operation at Durban Container Terminal (DCT) where he was responsible for opera-tions, SHERQ, security and technical departments.

In 2007 he was promoted to a position of Business Unit Manag-er at Durban Container Terminal, where he led one of the biggest re-engineering initiatives, the Vulindlela Project at DCT.

In 2010 he was promoted to Terminal Executive at Cape Town terminals, and later transferred to lead Pier 1 and Pier 2 container terminals. He then moved to Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) head office to head up the People Transformation and Development Unit. In 2012 he was promoted to the Head of Strategy at TPT.

Following the announcement of the merger of Velden Pike Nichols into the Bowman Gilfillan team recently, clients and

partners were invited to celebrate the successful new entity at a cocktail function at the company’s Cape Town offices.

Speaking at the function, Craig Cunningham, head of Maritime at Bowman Gilfillan, welcomed the three new partners, Andy Pike, Mark van Velden and Trudie Nichols, highlighting the syner-gies in expertise and experience that they bring to the practice. Bownman Gilfillan now has eight offices across six countries.

Also speaking at the function, Andy Pike admitted that, with their own ambitions to forge into Africa, the merge with Bow-man Gilfillan had helped them realise these goals and that the strengths of both companies could be better realised.

New port manager for Durban Celebrating a successful mergerMoshe Motlohi recently took over the position of Port Manager in Durban from Tham Ntshin-gila who will continue to play a mentoring role to his successor.

� Andy Pike, Trudie Nichols, Craig Cunningham, Mark van Velden and Jeremy Prain.

Maritime Centre receives donation from shipbuilder

Situated directly opposite and in as-sociation with Simon’s Town High

School, The Lawhill Maritime Centre pro-vides lodging and classes for its students. In addition to the traditional high school subjects taught at Simon’s Town High School, it offers students two extra spe-cialised subjects: Maritime economics and Nautical Science. The Centre’s ob-jectives are twofold, to stimulate mari-time awareness among the youth, equip-ping them for the shipping industry and to provide the industry with high-quality, skilled employees.

Eddie Noble, Project Director for Nau-tic South Africa’s Vessel Operations Man-agement team recently visited Lawhill to hand over the cheque to the principal; Brian Ingpen who accepted the dona-tion with gratitude. The money will go towards a much-needed new website, photo scanner and audio visual equip-ment for the Centre’s large common room area.

“The Lawhill School embraces the exact same values and desires as Nau-tic. Both organisations strive to invest

in our future: Lawhill gives the learners an opportunity to grow and prosper in the maritime environment, and Nautic strives to create the maritime environ-ment for the kids,” says Noble. The com-

pany is passionate about attracting local skill and has invited students to visit the factory to watch and learn how the boats are built.

Nautic South Africa recently donated R50,000 to the Lawhill Maritime Centre in Simon’s Town.

� Eric Noble hands over the cheque to learners at the Lawhill Maritime Centre.



From its humble beginnings in Saldanha Bay back in 1964, Sea Harvest has developed

over the last 50 years to become one of the larg-est hake producers in the country and is today the single largest employer in Saldanha Bay and the West coast region.

The company is responsible for creating di-rect and indirect employment to between 4000 and 5000 people. In 2008 Sea Harvest was pur-chased by a consortium led by the empower-ment company Brimstone that resulted in the empowerment shareholding jumping to 77 per-cent and making it the biggest empowerment company in the South African fishing industry.

These achievements were recently celebrated at the launch of their new freezer trawler in Cape Town.

By Steve Saunders

Celebrating a golden milestone

CABOTAGE AND LOCAL CONTENT

The Nigerian Chamber of Shipping will host a training course from

11 to 13 November in Lagos on Under-standing Cabotage and Local Content in the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry.

Shipping stalwart crosses the bar

The Chairman of Maputo Port De-velopment Company (MPDC)

Captain Dave Rennie has passed on. In a brief press statement, the Company stated: “It is with great sadness and deep regret that we inform you of the passing away of Captain Rennie, on Fri-day 12th September 2014, in Durban. Capt. Rennie was not only our Chair-man; he was an inspiring leader and a dear friend to all workers at MPDC and the rest of the Port of Maputo. His presence will be missed.”

About 150 world fisheries’ experts and scientists attended the Glob-

al Large Ecosystems Conference took place in Swakopmund, Namibia, at the beginning of October.

The event, spearheaded by the Ben-guela Current Commission, is aimed at providing a platform to provide ways to further assess and manage large marine ecosystems across the globe. It also aims to deliberate ways in which to protect the marine environment in An-gola, Namibia and South Africa.

A five-year strategic action pro-gramme was signed between Namibia, Angola and South Africa in August this year.

Namibia’s Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Bernard Esau, deliv-ered president Hifikepunye Pohamba’s opening speech, where he noted that water shortage is one of the country’s greatest challenges. The value of the productive Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME), alongside South Africa, Namibia and Angola, is estimated to be valued at US$ 269 bil-lion (around R 3 trillion).

The Benguela Current Commission is the inter-governmental organisation coordinating the efforts of Angola, Na-mibia and South Africa as it promotes long-term conservation and sustain-able use of the BCLME.

By Nelle du Toit

Benguela’s worth estimated at R3 trillionThe weighty task of

ensuring that op-erations at eight South African ports provide effective, efficient and affordable services will now fall on the shoul-ders of Transnet Na-tional Ports Authority’s (TNPA) new Chief Op-erating Officer (COO), Phyllis Difeto.

“We are extremely pleased to have been able to appoint Ms. Difeto as COO at TNPA. Her Masters Degrees in Law, Commerce in Mari-time Law, and Business Leadership as well as extensive experience at TNPA and at Transnet Group level as General Manager in the Office of the Group Chief Executive, gives her enormous depth of understanding of the maritime industry and the organisation,” said Tau Morwe, TNPA Chief Executive.

She is the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Auditor for the SA Government under the IMO Voluntary Organisation Audit Scheme and has experience as the Secre-tariat for the SA and Global BRICS Business Councils. Engagements through these two positions provide insight into the international maritime industry and the pressures on ports and port performance as well as the promotion of economic trade, business and investment amongst the business communities of the five BRICS countries.

Difeto was a member of the Government established South African Working Group to review legislation and develop new enabling maritime labour legislation as a process of ratifying the Maritime Labour Convention. She also participated in the Presidential Ocean Lab initiative intended to maximise the economic potential of South Africa’s ocean.

She honed her legal, conflict management and stakeholder relations skills, among many others, while a Senior Commissioner with the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) responsible for seven fulltime and 21 part-time commissioners.

She is also appointed by the Minister of Public Works as the Councillor for the South African Council for the Quantity Surveying Profession and is a director for Global Maritime Legal Solutions.

New Chief Operating Officer to tackle port efficiency

� Phyllis Difeto has taken up the position of chief operating officer at TNPA.

� Chairman of Sea Harvest, Felix Ratheb.

PEOPLE AND EVENTSAppointments • launches • functions • announcements


In line with the Namibian government’s Vision 2030 programme, Ship repair

company Elgin Brown & Hamer (EBH) Na-mibia has made a substantial donation to-wards a local reading programme in order to enhance the quality of teaching and introduce children to a world of learning through books.

The Erongo Region Ministry of Educa-tion, in launching its ‘Erongo Reading Pro-gramme’, aims to address poor levels of reading ability in the region by exposing learners to a wider range of books and de-veloping the skills of teachers.

“Developing people is at the core of our corporate culture, a philosophy which fil-ters through our organisation and out into the community. As a business we have a responsibility and an obligation to exert a positive influence on our immediate social environment. One of the ways in

which we can do this is to support educa-tional initiatives such as the Reading Pro-gramme, and it is our honour to do so,” says Hannes Uys, Chief Executive Officer of EBH Namibia.

The company has also recently invested in an affordable housing project by devel-oping a piece of land procured for the sole purpose of building some 220 houses for its employees. Taking into account the so-cio-economic needs of the Namibian peo-ple and working together to find solutions is what Vision 2030 is about, says Uys.

“The government has called on the private sector to partner with the public sector and other entities to help raise the quality of life and standard of living of the Namibian people. Housing and education are two fundamental areas in which EBH can make a difference in our region,” he says.

“Vision 2030 is everybody’s responsi-bility,” says John Awaseb, Director of the Erongo Region Ministry of Education. “Corporate sponsorship, such as from EBH Namibia, together with the Ministry of Education will strengthen Vision 2030 and make it a reality.”

The premise behind the Reading Pro-gramme is the low levels of reading ability evident among learners in the region, and a vision of ensuring that every learner is taught to read effortlessly and fluently.

“There is no doubt that a learner who cannot read, cannot learn. It is our aim to turn the situation around by making books more accessible to learners, to pro-vide the time and space for them to read, and most importantly, to build ‘reading stamina’ among our learners in a world with so many electronic distractions,” says Awaseb.

“Reading and learning are fundamen-tal building blocks to a prosperous future for Namibia and her people,” Uys adds. “A programme which aims to encourage learning and personal development is ‘music to our ears’ at EBH Namibia. We wish the Erongo Ministry of Education well in implementing this exciting initia-tive.”

Ship repairer gets behind Nambia’s Vision 2030 initiativeThe South African fishing industry lost one of its most dedicated em-ployees and ambassadors when Roy Bross, Executive Secretary of South Africa’s Deep Sea Trawling Industry Association, SADSTIA, died in Cape Town in September.

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Another successful soccer tournament

Members of the maritime indus-try in Cape Town came together

for the second annual Maritime Soc-cer Tournament recently where teams from a number of prominent compa-nies battled it out on the pitch.

Hosted and sponsored by Smit Amandla Marine, the day’s activities saw Nautic Marine walk away with the top honours and the trophy. Proceeds of the day are used to fund maritime education.

On 25 September Minister of Trans-port, Minister Dipou Peters hosted

the World Maritime Day career Expo and Exhibition and Gala Dinner at the Club Mykonos Resort in Langebaan. The theme for this year was: “IMO conventions: ef-fective implementation.”

Minister Peters, who gave the keynote address, was joined by Western Cape MEC for Transport Donald Grant, as well as vari-ous maritime CEOs, captains and senior national as well as provincial government officials.

World Maritime Day is celebrated every year during the first week of September by the International Maritime Organisa-tion (IMO) and various events are planned worldwide to acknowledge the day.

In the Western Cape, the focus fell on the youth with various school children from previously disadvantages communi-ties participating in the event. The exhibi-tion allowed for these learners to display their knowledge of the maritime sector through educational displays and exhibi-tions.

The day also always serves as a platform to create awareness around the various

career options that are available within the maritime industry.

In addition, an exhibition featured dis-plays by key maritime stakeholders, such as the South African Maritime Safety Au-thority (SAMSA), Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA), Transnet Port Terminals (TPT), Grindrod Shipping Company and Smit Amandla Marine.

Maritime experts took the time to en-gage with learners and answer questions regarding careers within the martime in-dustry.

To further encourage the participa-tion of these young learners, an exciting competition was held. Schools from the Saldanha Bay area in the Western Cape were encouraged to enter the competi-tion which required an understanding of the following criteria:

�� Ship designing;

�� Essay writing;

�� Drama, and

�� Art competition

By Natalie Janse

The Minister of Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa, was on hand to kick

off a week of marine-related celebrations at a low-key function held at the Depart-ment of Environmental Affair’s premises in the Cape Town Waterfront where she launched an interactive exhibition aimed at promoting the opportunities available within the maritime sectors.

After listening to inspiring story of Has-siem Achmat who survived a shark attack, Minister Molewa invited the “shark boy” to speak to public servants and inspire them to achieve within their portfolios.

At the heart of the Department of En-vironmental Affairs’ (DEA’s) planned inter-ventions for National Marine Week was the development of a traveling exhibition under the theme: Oceans 70/20 – decod-ing the mysteries and opportunities.

Oceans 70/20 – decoding the mysteries and opportunities.

70/20

�� These two numbers have been combined together as a “curiosity fac-tor”, to create questions and dialogue, relevant to the marine environment and South Africa

�� More than 70% of earth’s surface is covered by ocean

�� South Africa is currently celebrat-

ing 20 years of freedom, as a democratic country. It marks what government has achieved in the last 20 years but also what is planned over the next 20.

Decoding Mysteries

�� The oceans are a mysterious place, unexplored and full of wonder. There are many discoveries waiting to be made – benefits and influences, scientific discov-eries and innovations. These mysteries need to be deciphered and uncovered, in order to show ordinary citizens how oceans play a role in their daily lives.

Optimising Opportunities

�� The oceans have the potential of being a major driver towards the better-ment of South Africans. It is a vast natural resource and as a developing country we need to utilise these resources sustain-ably to ensure it builds a better South Africa, therefore the word optimizing instead of maximising. It also points to the fact that optimising the use of the oceans for economic development hap-pens in a balanced and environmentally sustainable way.

The exhibition was scheduled to travel around the country to create awareness amongst learners.

World Maritime Day celebrations in Langebaan

National marine week kicks off in Cape Town

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SUSTAINABLE HAKE FISHERY BRINGS LONG TERM ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS TO SOUTH

AFRICA

Ten years after it was first certified as sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), one of South Africa’s oldest commercial fisheries has not only proved its envi-ronmental credentials, but has also demonstrated that sustainability can provide long-term economic gains.

Recent independent studies demonstrate the long-lasting

benefits that MSC certification of the South African hake fishery is having on the economy and environment.

Securing the health of the fish-ery has prevented the loss of up to 12,000 jobs within the fishing in-dustry whilst demand for certified sustainable fish has resulted in the expansion of export markets worth US$187 million. At the same time, improved fishing practices have led to major environmental improvements.

First certified in 2004, and recerti-fied in 2010, the South African hake trawl fishery meets the strict stan-dards established by the MSC, the world’s leading certification and eco-labelling programme for sustainable wild-caught seafood.

The actions taken by the fishery to improve its environmental perfor-mance and maintain its sustainability credentials are helping to safeguard South Africa’s seafood supplies at the same time as maintaining healthy fishing economies and ecosystems.

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Dr Melita Samoilys is the company director of CORDIO (Coral Reef Degradation in the Indian Ocean) East Africa. The small non-profit organi-sation is based in Kenya and, working through the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) and the Red Sea/Gulf of Aden, focuses on marine research for conservation.

Code of conduct for responsible fish-eries >> A code of conduct for respon-sible fisheries in South African water has been developed with the Respon-sible Fisheries Alliance leading the way. The code aims to steer the fishing industry towards adopting responsible fishing practices. >> page 53.

Counting fish in Kenya >> Dr Melita Samoilys is the company director of CORDIO (Coral Reef Degradation in the Indian Ocean) East Africa. The small non-profit organisation is based in Kenya and focuses on marine research for conservation. >> page 54.

Fisheries leaders set their sights on a more sustainable future for Afri-can oceans>> Fisheries leaders from across government, NGOs and indus-try gathered recently in Cape Town, South Africa to discuss solutions to over fishing. >> page 55.

Effectiveness of new shark nets anal-ysed >> Just over a year ago the idea of exclusion nets rather than more tra-ditional shark nets was put forward as a safety option along the South African coastline. Fish Hoek was chosen as the testing ground and now, 14 months later, the results are in. >> page 56.

GREEN MARINE Keeping our oceans alive with opportunity


Protecting the fishing economy and opening up new markets

The South African hake fishery employs over 8,000 citizens and is responsible for export revenue of around US$ 187 million a year. Two independent economic stud-ies indicate that certification has helped to create opportunities for diversifica-tion to non-traditional markets such as the UK, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden and Australia, where buyer commitments to sus-tainable sourcing have often been the driver.

The results showed that without certification the Net Present Value (NPV) of South Africa’s hake trawl fishery could decrease by an estimat-ed 35 percent over a five-year period. The resultant loss in the fishery’s contribution to GDP would be between 28–47 percent, with the potential loss of 12,000 jobs in the fish-eries sector and supporting industries.

Secretary of the South Af-rican Deep-Sea Trawling In-dustry Association (SADSTIA), Roy Bross, commented, “The fishing industry is certainly aware of the market benefits that have resulted from MSC certification. We are also very proud of the environmental improvements we’ve made.”

Reducing seabird mortalities

The hake fishery has also seen some significant envi-ronmental improvements as a result of conditions set at certification. This includes the introduction of bird-scaring lines. According to a recent seven-year study by BirdLife South Africa, this practice has resulted in a 90 percent reduc-tion in seabird mortalities, and up to a 99 percent reduction in accidental albatross deaths in South Africa’s hake trawl fish-ery.

This astonishing conservation success story can be traced back to when the fish-ery was first certified in 2004. A condition on the certification led to the discovery that each year around 10,000 seabirds (70 percent of which were albatrosses) were being killed accidentally. BirdLife South Africa recommended the use of bird-scaring lines, to address this problem, and in collaboration with the fishing industry,

and with support from the government, conducted scientific research into the ef-fectiveness of this measure.

Protecting ecosystemsAnother major environmental benefit

that certification has brought is the ongo-ing research into the impacts of the fish-ery on habitats and other bottom-dwell-ing species.

As one of the improvements required to maintain MSC certification, SADSTIA initiated research that used the best avail-able data to chart the trawling grounds, including historically intensively trawled areas. This information has been used to “ring fence” the trawl grounds to prevent damage to lightly trawled areas and to preserve natural refuges for hake.

Pioneering research is also being con-ducted in the Atlantic Ocean, 100 nautical

miles off the west coast of South Africa, where the trawl industry have agreed to stop fishing in certain areas for a period of at least four years to monitor ecosystem recovery in areas of closure. This further highlights the collaborative approach be-ing taken by the fishing industry to im-prove their environmental impacts and meet certification conditions.

SAEON’s Lara Atkinson, who is managing the project, says, “MSC certification has helped to foster a spirit of coopera-tion between the different role players to get this experi-ment under way. We’re very excited about this opportunity to be able to monitor changes in the benthic communities in the areas where trawling has stopped.”

Delivering on-going changeCertification also has pro-

cess benefits. In South Africa it has contributed to closer co-operation between scientists, non-governmental organisa-tions (NGOs) and industry, in pursuit of responsible eco-system-based management of fisheries. A recent study by some of the leading ma-rine scientists in South Africa, found that the conditions at-tached to MSC certification have led to increased eco-system research and mitiga-tion. This included addressing challenges facing this sector. Examples include research into the effect of trawling on bottom habitats, seabird by-catch, finfish by-catch and aspects of stock assessment. Martin Purves, MSC Southern African Programme Manager, commented, “The MSC’s vi-sion is for the world’s oceans to be teeming with life – today, tomorrow, and for generations to come.

“This fishery clearly demon-strates what the MSC’s Theory of Change is all about. Re-

sponsible fishermen should be rewarded and see the economic benefits of their conservation efforts in the market place. On the other hand, environmental im-provements should be evident and lead to long-term sustainability of certified fisheries. Collaboration between the fish-ing industry, scientists, government agen-cies and NGOs to find solutions has led to huge environmental gains in this fishery in a relatively short period of time.”

WITHOUT MSC CERTIFICATION the value of hake �shery could shrink between 28 - 47%

Secretary of SADSTIA, Roy Bross, commented: “The �shing industry is certainly aware of the market bene�ts that have resulted from MSC certi�cation. We are also very proud of the environmental improvements we’ve made. Being able to demonstrate our work through MSC certi�cation means that we can ultimately pass the market rewards throughout the entire trawling family.”

New export markets ensuring income of $187 million/year

The South African hake fishery employs over 8,000 citizens and is responsible for export revenue of

around US$ 187 million a year. Two independent economic studies indicate that certification has

helped to create opportunities for diversification to non-traditional markets such as the UK, Ger-

many, Switzerland, Sweden and Australia.

GREEN MARINEKeeping our oceans alive with opportunity


International Coastal Clean-up Day

In late September Deputy Minister of Environmental Affairs, Barbara Thom-

son, in partnership with Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife led the International Coastal Clean-up Day (ICCD) in Cuttings Beach Merebank, Durban. Over 1,877kg of lit-ter was collected, consisting primarily of small paper, cigarettes and polystyrene packaging.

The clean-up was in support of the an-nual International Coastal Clean-up Day (ICCD), originally initiated by the Ocean Conservancy. The event has grown from its very humble beginnings in 1986 in Tex-as, USA. Today more than 100 countries participate in cleaning their oceans.

The Department’s ICCD theme for this year was “communities creating waves of change’’ and the event was used as a plat-form to address issues concerning coastal pollution as well as to stimulate change in the behavioural patterns that negatively affect the marine environment.

South Africa has been participating in the ICCD event for 18 years. The clean-up is aimed at not only encouraging and involving citizens in the removal of litter from their local beaches, but also to gath-er data on the types and amount of litter that is found in our coastal areas.

In 2013, a study done by the University of Kwazulu Natal, found that more than 70 percent of small fish caught in local es-tuaries and the Durban harbour had evi-dence of plastic litter in their gut.

Information gathered on the litter and debris this year has been forwarded to the Ocean Conservancy to form part of the global beach litter database (Ocean Trash Index). This information assists in finding solutions on litter management from land-based sources as well as from offshore sources.

In her keynote address, Deputy Minis-ter Thomson encouraged the community to take responsibility for land-based lit-ter and participate in finding solutions to combat the problem. “South Africa has over 3,000 km of beautiful coastlines and some of the most diverse environ-ments of the world.

There are many benefits de-rived from these coastal envi-ronments but because of con-stant development along our coastal environment, it is under threat and awareness raising, specifically through litter col-lection, is of utmost importance to educate communities about

the impacts that litter has on the marine environment. This is what this coastal clean-up aims to achieve, to make us take responsibility for the litter we create on land and become more aware of the im-pact it has on the marine ecosystem,’’ she said.

Code of Conduct for responsible fisheries developed in South Africa

A Code of Conduct for responsible fisheries in South African waters has been devel-oped, with the Responsible Fisheries Alliance (RFA) leading the way.

The RFA collaborated with independent consultants Capricorn Fisheries Monitoring (CapFish) on a project to develop a Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries in South Africa. This innovative Code of Conduct was developed to provide a guideline to steer the fishing industry toward responsible fishing practices which in turn will ensure the sustainable harvesting of marine resources.

Based on the principles for a responsible fishery as espoused by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), it serves as a generic template for local fisheries by outlining the approach to various issues such as pollution, bycatch, discarding of waste, and overfishing that need to be considered in order to stimulate the effective imple-mentation of an EAF in a local context.

This generic template developed by the RFA and CapFish will serve as the basis to en-able other fishing sectors to voluntarily develop their fishery-specific Codes of Conduct. The Alliance will now seek to work closely with the broader fishing industry in order to promote the adoption of this self-regulatory mechanism by all. Additional objectives of the Code of Conduct are to:

�� Encourage collaboration between crew, management and others with an interest in the management, conservation and utilisation of fishery resources;

�� Ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations pertaining to the fishery; and

�� Serve as an instrument of reference to fishers, present and future.

The RFA is hopeful that these industry specific Codes of Conduct will encourage the sustainable use of marine resources within local fisheries and facilitate a healthier, more robust fishing sector.

Dave Japp, project executant, says “By establishing this set of principles, we aim to work closely with the fishing industry to encourage high standards of be-haviour that will embed responsible fishing practices and the continuous improvement in the sustainable management of our precious fishery resources.”

1,877kg of litter was collected, consisting primarily of small paper, cigarettes

and polystyrene packaging.

Public invited to comment on measures to mitigate shark attacks

Minister of Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa, invited the public to give their

inputs on ways to mitigate shark attacks in Port St Johns, in the Eastern Cape. Depart-ment of Environmental Affairs spokesperson Zolile Nqayi said government was concerned about the attacks.

“While the Department of Environmental Affairs has invested a lot of resources in ma-rine conservation and research, bathers con-tinue to fall prey to sharks, particularly at Sec-ond Beach, Port St Johns,” Nqayi said.

He said South Africa was investigating sev-eral measures in a bid to protect swimmers and surfers.



Natalie Janse asked Dr Samoilys a few questions:

What and where did you study?I did both my postgraduate degrees in

marine research in Queensland, Austra-lia, working on the Great Barrier Reef. My MSc, in the early 80s, was a profound and eye opening experience when the GBR had yet to be hit hard by crown of thorns, cyclones and coral bleaching.

What does your job entail on a daily basis?

Rather too much fund raising and project management. However, it is var-ied enough. Between writing papers, data entry and analysis, developing new ideas and proposals, networking with col-leagues, and frequent field work, it keeps me fully engaged within the environment I work in.

How did your career path lead you to your current position?

Migrating to Australia from Kenya in the late 80s led me to work on the Great Bar-rier Reef as well as in the Pacific Islands for many years and then on to the Phil-ippines, all of which gave me incredible experience and understanding of tropical marine environments and conservation approaches. Coming back to a job at IUCN in Nairobi brought me home and that is how I ended up at CORDIO.

What aspects of your job do you re-ally enjoy?

I love most being underwater counting

green warrior:green warrior:

Counting fish in KenyaDr Melita Samoilys

Dr Melita Samoilys is the compa-ny director of CORDIO (Coral Reef Degradation in the Indian Ocean) East Africa. The small non-profit organisation is based in Kenya and, working through the West-ern Indian Ocean (WIO) and the Red Sea/Gulf of Aden, focuses on marine research for conservation.

Dr Melita Samoilys is the compa-ny director of CORDIO (Coral Reef Degradation in the Indian Ocean) East Africa. The small non-profit organisation is based in Kenya and, working through the West-ern Indian Ocean (WIO) and the Red Sea/Gulf of Aden, focuses on marine research for conservation.

GREEN MARINEKeeping our oceans alive with opportunity


fish on a coral reef. I have done it all my working life. It gives me the greatest joy. It is particularly rewarding now I am older and have 30 years of experience, having dived across the Pacific, Indian Ocean and Red Sea, observing nuances of differenc-es, seeing the “same old thing” and then something different, and of course grap-pling with the changes wrought by global warming on reefs.

My next passion is working with fisher-men, bringing together my bio-ecological knowledge and their knowledge through fishing and experiencing hallelujah mo-ments, in both of us, as we break through in understanding. Finally I love to inspire and mentor young east Africans in marine conservation.

What aspects of your job are more challenging?

Fund raising, it is an uphill battle.

Where does your passion for the en-vironment come from?

Growing up in East Africa with wildlife on the doorstep was a major factor. Mov-ing to Mombasa as a teenager and living beside the beach, sea grass beds and a coral reef clinched it. Snorkeling was a part of life and also I think having Greek heritage gives me an inherent love of the sea.

Where to for you now?I want to build CORDIO into an estab-

lished and world-renowned organisation recognised for its cutting edge marine research and practical conservation ac-tion in the WIO. Behind this I want to see marine conservation in the WIO blooming with innovative ideas and action and not conforming to business as usual borrowed from other countries.

We can have coastal development and poverty eradication with sound environ-mental management. We don’t have to make the same mistakes seen in devel-oped countries and Asia. Many of our ma-rine and coastal systems are still in good condition so we have the chance to get things right.

As long as we get better political buy-in, we have a real chance to be world lead-ers in marine environmental manage-ment in the 21st century. The oceans are not only a vital natural system for keep-ing the globe healthy, but they also offer huge economic opportunities if managed wisely.

I welcome feedback, advice and com-ments of all sorts, that is how I learn, ex-pand and meet new people.

Fisheries leaders set their sights on a more sustainable future for African oceans

Fisheries leaders from across government, NGOs and industry gathered recently in Cape Town, South Africa to discuss solutions to over fishing.

The meeting marked the first time that the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) international Stakeholder Council met in Africa and coincided with World Food Day 2014. In recognition of the importance of seafood to developing world economies, representatives from African nations discussed the urgent need to take action to-wards securing healthy marine ecosystems and sustainable fishing livelihoods.

Government delegates from Comoros, Mauritius, Madagascar, Mozambique, Na-mibia, Nigeria, the Seychelles, South Africa and Tanzania shared their experiences. The MSC sustainable seafood certification programme was recognised as an impor-tant mechanism in delivering change towards sustainable fishing.

Peter Sinon, Minister of Natural Resources of the Republic of Seychelles addressed the meeting expressing his support for African nations working together with the MSC. “As a region, we share an invaluable resource. Tuna in the Seychelles does not stay there. Fish have no borders. They travel all over the Indian Ocean. If we do not work together to manage our fish populations, we will defeat our purpose as govern-ments to ensure the long-term economic prosperity of our countries. We need to implant sustainable fishing practices in the minds of everyone – this is something we need to do together,” he said.

“We are working with our tuna industry to support assessment towards MSC certi-fication and encourage other nations to do the same.”

The MSC is committed to working with African nations. Werner Kiene, Chairman of the Marine Stewardship Council said: “The MSC’s board has made it clear that we are prepared to help African nations to deliver on their strong resolve to do justice to the idea of sustainable fishing. These improvements can be delivered on a solid basis of science and political experience.”

Rupert Howes, Chief Executive of the MSC said: “To deliver our vision of 20 per-cent of wild capture seafood certified as sustainable by 2020, we must engage with regions around the Indian Ocean. To support this the MSC is developing new tools and methodologies, which will increase the accessibility of the MSC programme to fisheries within the developing world.

“There are no quick wins or easy fixes to the problem of unsustainable fishing, but creating consumer demand for sustainable seafood has an important role to play. Evi-dence shows that MSC certified fisheries deliver measurable benefits by keeping fish stocks at healthy levels whilst giving fisheries access to new markets where sustain-able seafood is in increasing demand. I hope that today’s meeting is the beginning of new real and lasting improvements in the way that African oceans are fished.”

The meeting of African regional representatives was also attended by inter-re-gional organisations and development agencies from across Africa, who agreed to work with governments to support this effort. This included representatives from the Southern African Development Community (SADC), African Union Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR), WWF, East Southern African Regional Pro-gramme, the South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission (SWIOFC), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and German development agency (GIZ).

Christine Penney, co-Chair of the MSC Stakeholder Council said: “I am delighted that this first meeting of the Stakeholder Council to be held in the developing world, and in Africa, has proved so productive. The Stakeholder Council includes represen-tatives from many areas of society – fisheries, industry, environmental NGOs, inde-pendent scientists and retailers – from across the globe. It has a special sub-committee dealing with the developing world, which is of very high importance to the Council.”

Professor Eyiwunmi Augustine Falaye of University of Ibadan in Nigeria has been appointed the new Chairman of the MSC’s Developing World Working Group and will continue to work with developing countries to inform the MSC’s work.



Effectiveness of new shark nets analysed

Just over a year ago the idea of exclu-sion nets rather than more traditional

shark nets was put forward as a safety option along the South African coast-line. Fish Hoek was chosen as the testing ground and now, 14 months later, the re-sults are in.

During the 14 month period, the nets were deployed 130 times. Initially the de-ployment and retrieval process was quite lengthy, but with practise the deployment time was brought down to just 38 minutes and retrieval just 54 minutes.

The nets remained in the water for 7.3 hours on average per deployment. Ini-tially the nets were randomly deployed, but as of October 2013 the nets were de-ployed regularly on weekends, public holi-days, school holidays and throughout the months of January and February.

On the whole the nets seem to be ex-tremely effective. Shark Spotters were called on to assist with the evaluation and although many sharks were spotted in the area during the test period, none ventured close to the nets.

Even more pleasing was the fact that only one incident of a marine bird getting caught in the nets was reported during the 14-month period. This is a hugely positive aspect of this type of safety system.

Previously traditional shark nets have been deadly not only to sharks, but to vari-ous marine animals including seals, dolphins, turtles and seabirds.

The public has also responded in an ex-tremely positive manner by adhering to the slight restriction that the nets place on swimming areas and comments have remained positive.

A final report, put together by the City of Cape Town, will now be presented to the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) and the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) detailing the results of the trial according to the spe-cific criteria of the permit conditions.

The City of Cape Town will also study the results of the testing internally and recommendations will then be made re-garding the possible installation of these nets as a permanent safety feature in Fish Hoek during the summer months.

By Natalie Janse

Protecting penguin’s preyFish surveys can potentially play an important role in the survival rate of the en-

dangered African penguin with the development of a cost effective tool to de-tect their prey. The tool would provide the information necessary to make informed fishing management decisions affecting these endemic birds.

Population declineThe African penguin – the only penguin species breeding on the African continent

– is undergoing a very rapid population decline and therefore classified as endan-gered. The numbers of these endemic penguins have decreased drastically over the last few decades, with a massive 70 percent decline in the past ten years. This trend currently shows no sign of reversing, and immediate conservation action is required to prevent further declines.

The decrease in population is largely attributed to food shortage, assumed to be the result of large catches of fish, and environmental fluctuations. From previous studies carried out on the West Coast of South Africa, it seems there is a close as-sociation between the availability of the penguin’s prey –sardines and anchovy – and its survival as a species.

ResearchIn 2008, a multi-party island closure task team was set up by the Department

of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) to conduct research on African pen-guins and assess the potential impact of purse-seine fishing on penguins during their breeding season.

Comprising government, fisheries representatives and scientists, the task team initiated the implementation of experimental fishing exclusion zones within a 20 km radius of four islands on the west and south coasts of South Africa – which al-ternated between open and closed in different years, between 2008 and 2014. The findings of this experiment are currently being assessed in order to formulate rec-ommendations to government with regards to the potential influence of commercial fishing on the conservation status of this species.

The Responsible Fisheries Alliance (RFA) has also been funding research on these birds to gain a better understanding of the situation as well as insight into potential management options.

Since 2008, intense monitoring of penguins on two islands in Algoa Bay included GPS tracking of chick-rearing penguins as well as monitoring chick growth rates, breeding success and diet. St Croix Island is host to the world’s largest colony of African penguins and was closed to purse-seine fishing from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2011. Nearby Bird Island remained open to fishing until 1 January 2012 and it was then declared closed to fishing for three years.

Fish surveysResearchers also explored links between penguin foraging ecology and fish avail-

ability. In 2013, with additional financial support from the RFA, researchers, Pichegru and McInnes, conducted fish surveys during the same time as they were monitoring penguins on the islands. They investigated the impact of fishing pressure on the availability of penguin prey as well as the relationship between food availability and foraging behaviour.

Says Dr Pichegru, “The small pelagic fish surveys that were conducted in this study are extremely cost effective and could potentially be a powerful tool to facilitate adaptive management strategies of fisheries over small temporal and spatial scales.” She suggests that local abundance of small pelagic fish and variation in such abun-dance could be assessed rapidly on a monthly basis, and fishing behaviour adjusted accordingly.

“While the feasibility and the design of such management strategies should be further explored, they would certainly benefit African penguins, while limiting socio-economic impacts on the fishing industry.”

All breeding sites along the South African coast are either protected in South Af-rican National Parks or provincial or local authority nature reserves, or by other rel-evant authorities. The African Penguin is listed under the Threatened or Protected Species Regulations of the National Biodiversity Act, elevating its protection status to a national level.

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� Winches, Sales, RepairsCraig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523DCD Dorbyl Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038Grindrod Marine Services: Tel 021 510 0042; Fax 021 511 1770 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411

EMERGENCY AND LIFESAVING EQUIPMENT /

REPAIRS � Distress Signals, Flares

(pyrotechnics)ASI 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 8396Viking Life-Saving Equipment (SA) (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 507 5879; Fax 021 5075878

� Escape Route 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 8396Viking Life-Saving Equipment (SA) (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 507 5879; Fax 021 5075878

� Fire Equipment SignsCraig 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 8396Viking Life-Saving Equipment (SA) (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 507 5879; Fax 021 5075878

� Fire-Fighting 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 8009Novamarine a div of Novagroup: Tel 021 506 4300; Fax 021 511 8396Viking Life-Saving Equipment (SA) (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 507 5879; Fax 021 5075878

� Food Rations, Life jacketsCraig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523Grindrod Marine Services: Tel 021 510 0042; Fax 021 511 1770HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Novamarine a div of Novagroup: Tel 021 506 4300; Fax 021 511 8396 Viking Life-Saving Equipment (SA) (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 507 5879; Fax 021 5075878

� Lifeboat BuildersCraig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009

� Liferaft ServiceCraig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523 Grindrod Marine Services: Tel 021 510 0042; Fax 021 511 1770

HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Novamarine a div of Novagroup: Tel 021 506 4300; Fax 021 511 8396 Viking Life-Saving Equipment (SA) (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 507 5879; Fax 021 5075878

� Rescue Craft DavitsHSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Novamarine a div of Novagroup: Tel 021 506 4300; Fax 021 511 8396

� Safety EquipmentASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523Grindrod Marine Services: Tel 021 510 0042; Fax 021 511 1770HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Imtech Marine South Africa: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888Novamarine a div of Novagroup: Tel 021 506 4300; Fax 021 511 8396Timeless 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 021 507 5879; Fax 021 5075878

� Safety SignsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523Grindrod Marine Services: Tel 021 510 0042; Fax 021 511 1770 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Novamarine a div of Novagroup: Tel 021 506 4300; Fax 021 511 8396Viking Life-Saving Equipment (SA) (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 507 5879; Fax 021 5075878

� Security CamerasTimeless Technologies: Tel 086 184 6383; Fax 086 527 5250

ENGINE ROOM AND PROPULSION GEAR /

SERVICING

� 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 2900

Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411Raka 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 9523Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900Imtech Marine South Africa: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411SA 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 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900Grindrod Marine Services: Tel 021 510 0042; Fax 021 511 1770Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411 SA 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

� 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 2900Grindrod Marine Services: Tel 021 510 0042; Fax 021 511 1770HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411 MTU SA (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 529 5760; Fax 021 551 1970Peninsula 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 8723



SA 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

� 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 2900Grindrod Marine Services: Tel 021 510 0042; Fax 021 511 1770HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411 MTU SA (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 529 5760; Fax 021 551 1970Peninsula Power Products: Tel 021 511 5061; Fax 021 511 5441Raka 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

� Engine, Gearbox & Oil CoolersASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Fax 021 510 0947

� Engine & Gearbox ControlsASI 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 8723Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Fax 021 510 0947List your company’s details here

� 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 2900Grindrod Marine Services: 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 9523Grindrod Marine Services: Tel 021 510 0042; Fax 021 511 1770

HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009

� 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 9523Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411Peninsula 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 2900Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411MTU SA (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 529 5760; Fax 021 551 1970Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Fax 021 510 0947ZF 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 2900MTU SA (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 529 5760; Fax 021 551 1970Peninsula 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 2900Grindrod Marine Services: Tel 021 510 0042; Fax 021 511 1770HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411 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 0947SVITZER 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 8009Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411

� 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 9523Grindrod Marine Services: Tel 021 510 0042; Fax 021 511 1770HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009

� Pitch Propeller RepairsAfrican 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 2900Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702

� Pneumatic Engine Control 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,SystemsAfrican Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206ASI 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 0206ASI 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 8009Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411SA 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 0206Barloworld 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 2900Grindrod Marine Services: Tel 021 510 0042; Fax 021 511 1770HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411 MTU SA (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 529 5760; Fax 021 551 1970Raka 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 3049ZF 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 8723Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411SA 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 8723Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702ZF Services South Africa: Tel 011 457 0007; Fax 086 647 1378

� Turbochargers ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050



DCD 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 8009Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Fax 021 510 0947Southern Power Products (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 511 0653; Fax 021 510 3049

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 3530

� 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 � Cartons

Craig 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 8009

� ChillersASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050

� 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 COMMUNICATION AND

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT / SERVICING

� Antenna InstrumentsC & C Technologies: Tel 021 705 2741Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Imtech Marine South Africa: 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 2752SMD 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 8009Imtech Marine South Africa: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752SMD 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 Imtech Marine South Africa: 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

� CompassesASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050C & C Technologies: Tel 021 705 2741Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Imtech Marine South Africa: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752Novamarine a div of Novagroup: Tel 021 506 4300; Fax 021 511 8396SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886Unique 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 2741Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Imtech Marine South Africa: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752

SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610

� Electronic Charts & PlottersASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 952Imtech Marine South Africa: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752Unique 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 2741Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Imtech Marine South Africa: 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 2752Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610

� Electronic SurveillanceHSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Imtech Marine South: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888Marine Data Solutions: Tel 021 386 8517; Fax 021 386 8519Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610

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� GyrosASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050C & C Technologies: Tel 021 705 2741HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Imtech Marine South Africa: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 SMD 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 7050



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PROFESSIONAL & SPECIALISED SERVICES

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� Aluminium Technical InformationHSE 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 7050SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886

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Crew Transport ServicesServest Marine Services: Tel 021 448 3500; Fax 021 447 0895HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009

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� Hydraulic Design, Project & Engineering

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� Marine InsuranceIDRS Industrial & Domestic Risk Services: Tel 021 685 0660; Fax 021 686 6363

� Maritime TrainingHSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax



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� P & I Club RepresentativesBowman Gilfillan: Tel 021 480 7811; Fax 021 424 1688

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� 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

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� Ship ManagementASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274

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� Ship RegistrationASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050

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� STCW 95TrainingUnicorn Training School: Tel 031 274 4770 Fax 031 5578

� Superintendent (Marine)ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411

� Surveyors, Hull, MachineryASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050

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� 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

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Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411Smit Amandla Marine: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885

PUMPS � Ballast Water Systems

African Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206

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SHIP REPAIR & MARINE MAINTENANCE &

ENGINEERING SERVICES & EQUIPMENT

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� 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 8723SA 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 8723

� 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 8723SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702

� Electrical Motor RepairsASI 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 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 8723SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702

� Environmental ProtectionIndustrial Shrinkwrap Solutions: Tel 021 885 2521; Fax 086 242 8327List your company’s details here

� Explosion Proof 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 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 8009Industrial Shrinkwrap Solutions: Tel 021 885 2521; Fax 086 242 8327SA 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 7050



EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252

� Marine AitconditioningASI 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 0252E.R.A.S.E.: Tel 021 949 8955; Fax 021 946 3178HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411

� 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 0252Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411

� Rudder Repairs/SurveysASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252List your company’s details here

� 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 8723Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411

� Ship Equipment RepairsHSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009List your company’s details here

� Ship PaintingASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252

� Ship Repairs & MaintenanceASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009

Industrial Shrinkwrap Solutions: Tel 021 885 2521; Fax 086 242 8327Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411

� 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 8009Maritime Mechanicals Consulting: Tel 021 836 7643; Fax 086 295 2411

� 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

� 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 8723SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772Unique 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 8009SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702

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� 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 9523

� Launches, HelicoptersASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Servest 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; Fax 021 511 8009Novamarine 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 021 507 5879; Fax 021 507 5878

� 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 021 507 5879; Fax 021 507 5878

� Ship ChandlersAfrican Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530Novamarine 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 9523Grindrod Marine Services: Tel 021 510 0042; Fax 021 511 1770HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Mares Shipping GmbH: Tel +49 40 37 4 7840; Fax +49 40 3747 8446Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610

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