Maritime Review Africa MayJune 2015

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ENGINES AND PROPULSION

FEATURE

HEALTH AND SAFETY

FISHERY CORRUPTION

ENGINES AND PROPULSION

FEATURE

HEALTH AND SAFETY

FISHERY CORRUPTION

HELPING AFRICA’SFISHERMENThe World Bank’s West Africa Regional Fisheries Programme is succeeding in investigating and discouraging illegal trawling to the benefit of local fishermen.

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IN DEPTH

ADDRESSING FISHERY ISSUES 06Members of the fishing industry, represented largely by a number of associations and organisations, came together at the beginning of May in an effort to unite thinking and strategy for the fishing sectors in South Africa. The Inaugural Fish SA conference highlighted a number of current themes dominating the sector including transformation, small scale fisheries, the rights allocation process, Operation Phakisa and aquaculture.

COLUMNS

THROUGH THE LENS 10A new paper has exposed the extent of corruption within the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Claire Attwood provides a wide angle perspective.

FISHY BUSINESS 12Shaheen Moolla delves once more into the chal-lenges ahead for the FRAP 2015/2016 process. Now officially tasked with assisting the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, he weighs in on what the coming months will hold and how he sees his role in this.

CASTING THE NET BACK 15 Claire Attwood and Dave Japp consider the fluc-tuations of fish supply as they compare the notes of John Gilchrist in this regard to current scientific thinking. Gilchrist’s pertinent insights are highlighted as he considers possible reasons for the extensive diminution of the fish supply.

MARITIME MEMORIES 48 Brian Ingpen muses on the maritime involvement in wartime eras, highlighting the enormous impact they had on global shipping as merchant ships were destroyed resulting in massive loss of lives amongst non-military crew. These merchant vessels ran the risk of being showered with bombs from warships or being torpedoed by submarines.

FEATURES

POWER AND PROPULSION 18• Training and education remains a key driver for engine supplier’s African campaign• Engine demonstrates ability to operate on ethane

gas• Digitising support for vessel owners and operators• South African assembly of Cat generators reduces costs• Long list of factors should govern engine selection• Hybrid propulsion and connectivity are emerging trends• Celebrating a decade of production with another breakthrough• Developments gear Cape engine supplier for growth• Hybrid power - from bridge to propeller• COVER STORY: Combining integrated solutions with service excellence• Providing power at sea• Alternative drive concept ensures efficient operation• Using the propeller to disentangle lines and nets• East dominates the marine diesel market

HEALTH AND SAFETY 30• Seeking a safe haven for ships in distress• Major investment in veteran seafarers’ welfare• Global health and safety day sober reminder to employers to safeguard employees• HIV work needed amongst seafarers• Are seafarers happy at work?• Protecting truck drivers in port terminals• Ocean mass migration• Innovative SMS coastal early-warning system proving popular among False Bay fishermen• World’s first Emergency Readiness and Response Experience Centre launched

MARITIME NEWS

AFRICAN NEWS 39• IMO Sec Gen candidate visits South Africa• Major port investment in Ghana announced• Helping Africa’s fishermen reclaim their livelihoods• Dar es Salaam port to be upgraded• Affordable repair solution for damaged Richards Bay breakwater• The joint venture for Africa expansion• The return of Just Nuisance• Expiry date for fishing rights extended• Engineering work for Saldanha storage terminal commences• New wharf for St Helena Island• Fleet of container handling equipment expanded• Minister expresses concern over Defence budget• Fishing company staff to benefit from share

Combining integrated solutions with service excellence

Major efforts to improve service delivery and an integrated solutions approach using global resources are paying dividends as southern Afri-can Cat dealer Bar-loworld Power sees an uptick in marine power sales and support.

“We are experiencing good successes in the

marine market, particularly in sales of engines, generators, gearboxes and control systems for new-built projects at South African yards such as SA Shipyards, Nautic Africa and Veecraft Marine,” says Wynand van Zyl, operations man-ager - Marine, Oil & Gas (Offshore) for southern Africa.

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scheme• New enterprise development hub launched• African Union urged to promote importance of the Blue Economy

OFFSHORE NEWS 48• Heavy lift operation removes components from offshore mining vessel• Ghana’s LNG import terminal moves ahead• New A-Berth booking system confirms oil and gas priority• Massive facility investment by energy services provider in Cape Town• Modifications to dive support vessel undertaken in Cape Town• African presence still low at OTC in Houston

PEOPLE AND EVENTS

NEWS 50• Appointments• SA shipping great crosses the bar• Vessel visit for Hydrographic society• Namibian shipyard focusses on education• Sea Cadets exposed to maritime experience• A challenge to deliver memorable maritime headlines• Inspiring a future maritime generation• German master seaman ties the knot in SA• New VP to oversee African portfolio

GREEN MARINE

NEWS AND UPDATES 55• Marine protection legislation falls short• Serving South Africa’s marine heritage• Minimising the impact of competitive fishing on the environment• Strategic alliance for ocean monitoring• South Africa’s hake fishery is sustainable and well managed• Probing the effects of the Agulhus current• Green ship certification centre• Plastic particles remain an ever increasing problem for marine life• Collaborating to study the effects of seabed mining• Minister calls on youth in fight for the protection of our oceans• Study identifies the benefits of retrofitting green technologies

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Heads of State and Government of the 54 member states of the African Union

(AU) focused on their theme for the summit – Women’s Empowerment and the Devel-opment Towards Agenda 2063, but there was also some discussion around the Blue Economy as well as the African Integrated Maritime Strategy 2050 (AIM 2050) and the launch of the African Maritime Decade. Speaking at 27th Ordinary Session of the

Executive Council of the African Union, the Chairperson of the AU Commission, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, highlighted the Blue Economy, but chastised the African leaders present for the lack of participa-tion from the continent at the recent World Summit of the Ocean. “There were very few Africans present at

this summit,” she said as she spoke about the opportunities represented by deep sea prospecting and fishing – as well as the threats of pollution for our marine life. The Chairperson then noted the launch of

the Decade of African Oceans and Seas as an “important step towards the continent reclaiming its ownership of this critical part of our natural resources and managing it in the interest of all Africans, including future generations”.Coastal countries are being encouraged

to organise events on 25 July to mark the launch the start of the Maritime Decade and it will be worth watching which African countries rise up to claim the title of being a maritime nation.On a more somber note, the leaders of

the AU needed to take heed of the another very real issue that has caught the world’s attention – that of human migration and trafficking via the ocean. Dramatic photos showing over-laden vessels and stories of these vessels not making it safely to shore

have resulted in action from nations and or-ganisations around the world. Addressing concerns that the migration

issue was not being taken seriously enough, AUC Commissioner for Social Affairs Mus-tapha Sidiki Kaloka said the AU has in fact been working with the European Union to try and address the migration crisis. “Thou-sands of migrants have risked their lives in rough winter seas trying to get to Europe and UN agencies have reported a surge in the number of migrants trying to reach Italy from Libya,” he said.Kaloka said that the AU is attempting to

deal with the underlying causes that force Africans to flee their countries in search of better opportunities. In one of the final press releases issued out of the AU delib-erations – the plan to establish an African Standby Force was named as one of the res-olutions of the summit.The release also states; “Leaders resolved

to intensify their effort to address the issue of migrants crossing the Mediterranean, and improving infrastructure and technol-ogy advancement on the continent. With thousands of African migrants losing their lives in the Mediterranean Sea while trying to reach greener pastures in Europe, the issues of migration is evidently a worrying issue for the AU.“ The stark reality is that there are a number

of worrying issues facing the continent that need addressing before the “nice-to-have’s” of a booming Blue Economy can be realised. It’s time to take our collective heads out of the sand and get on with it. So the question must be – what will you be

doing in the next decade to move the Afri-can maritime industry closer to its potential for the benefit of the continent as a whole?

Colleen Jacka, editor

Forget for a moment the final headlines generated by the recent African Union Summit held in Johan-nesburg and set aside the debate about whether South Africa should have enforced the arrest war-rant for the Sudanese president, Omar al-Bashir. Of course the discourse in this regard is relevant, but let’s take a look at whether our African leaders gave any due consideration to the vast body of water that provides a conduit for trade and is rich in resources – and surrounds the continent completely.

The Chairperson of the AU Commision, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, told the 27th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union not to let the sun set on the opportunities represented by the Blue Ocean Economy for the African continent.

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QUAY QUOTES Who is saying what in the maritime industry

EXPRESSIONS Quay quotes

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06 “Transformation in the fishing industry has increased from 45 to 60 percent from 2005 to 2010 and is ahead of other sectors of the econ-omy,” said Suleiman Salie, Chairman of FishSA. 09 “People have got used to an individual right and a shift will be required to share this with a group. A skilled conflict resolution team will need to be deployed to manage this,” says Prof Moeniba Isaacs. 1 1 “My view is that Tina Joemat Pettersson’s maladministration of South African fisheries be-tween 2009 and 2014 did more damage than we will ever be able to quantify,” writes Claire Att-wood.

14 “Key to designing a fair and equitable fishing right allocation process is the recognition that these processes affect very diverse groups of right holders and interest groups,” writes Sha-heen Moola.

20 “This initiative between Barloworld and Caterpillar promotes localisation and leverages our excellent capabilities to provide a local solu-tion for South Africa,” adds Chris Monge, Cater-pillar area manager.

23 “SPP’s integration into the Nautic Group has given us the injection of transformation we needed to meet the changing needs of the marine industry,” says Jaques Brummer, CEO of Southern Power Products.

25 “On the technology side we are seeing increased demand for systems integration and remote monitoring capabilities and we will have to deliver. The market is very competitive and we also recognise the need to focus continually on improving our capabilities and our service,” says Wynand van Zyl, Operations Manager of Barloworld.

26 “Recent projects include the rewinding of a 750 kVA exciter stator, in situ below deck, on board a vessel out at sea near Mozambique. There were no interruptions to the normal oper-ation of the ship,” says Grant Robertson, Manag-ing director of Vert Energy.

32 “It is important to note that South Africa, as a coastal state, does recognise the need for vessels to seek refuge and in general will assist in this process,” says writes Mike Heads of P&I Associates.

34 “It is critical to dedicate time and en-ergy on reviewing workplace accidents and near-misses at sea, no matter how minor, and ensuring that maritime personnel are trained

to avoid such incidents in future,” says Frederick Jacobs, Chairman for Maersk line & Safmarine brands.

40 “Liberia and Sierra Leone used to have a lot of illegal fishing. Today, the illegal trawlers are gone,” said Jingjie Chu, a natural resources economist at the World Bank.

41 “We found that if no repairs were made, the Richards Bay breakwater would not be able to withstand a one-in-ten-year storm condition,” says Kishan Tulsi.

44 “All the matters discussed at this Ocean Summit impact on Afirca, but there were very few Africans present at this summit,” says Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Chairperson of the AU Commission.

45 “The sometimes excessive winds in the harbour area were an aggravating factor but, due to careful planning and our ability to work in challenging environmental conditions, we were able to abide by the project schedule without incident. Working between 10 to 12 hours each day, the team successfully completed the project within the revised forecasted period of 55 days,” says Cornelis Grotius, general manager of the Johnson Crane Hire Heavy Lift Division.

47 “The South African pavilion can only be effective if we have companies that offer real value to our clients. We should be showcasing South Africa’s technology offshore capabilities of the major players in South Africa,” says Colin Schreuder, marketing manager of DCD Marine Cape Town.

56 “The regulations have been tightened and need to be so again and brought in line with recent research, a great deal of which is con-centrating on underwater noise and energy use when it comes to boat-based whale watching / whales and dolphins,” says Nan Rice of the or-ganisation Dolphin Action Protection Group.

59 “Even tiny particles, such as those used in cosmetic products or abrasives, could potentially harm marine life if ingested. We need to work globally to ensure that plastics do not end up in the oceans,” said Dr Stefan Micallef, Director Ma-rine Environment Division.

59 “Urgent action is required by industry, civ-il society organisations and relevant government departments to safeguard marine ecosystems currently under threat,” says independent con-sultant Carolyn Ah Shene-Verdoorn.

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Applaud We applaud the 51 trawler owners and operators in South Africa’s Deep Sea Trawling Industry Association (SADSTIA) who are instrumental in ensuring that the deep-sea trawl fishery remains sustain-able. SADSTIA heard during June that the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) had approved a further five-year certification for the fishery.

Keelhauled One only has to read Claire Attwood’s article in this issue to get a small under-standing of what was highlighted in a pa-per authored by Aksel Sundström of the University of Gothenburg. Both the paper and the article make it abundantly clear that corruption is taking place within the fisheries sector and its unlikely that the threat of being Keelhauled will hold any sway – but we nominate those involved anyway.

The maritime community will sure-ly understand the concept of being keelhauled and we have reinstated the practice, which was allegedly instituted by the British Navy as a way of “severely rebuking a sub-ordinate”. But at the same time we will also applaud those individuals and companies in recognition of significant achievements.

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IN DEPTH Addressing fishery issues


The inaugural Fish SA Conference, sponsored by Wärtsilä, succeeded in bringing together a number of diver-

gent ideas and viewpoints in a respectful space that was conducive to mature dis-cussions, but that will require follow-up in order for a number of issues to be ad-dressed.

Transformation of the fishing industry

One of these issues is that of transforma-tion. Key to most of government’s policies for any industry sector, there seems to be some debate as to whether the South Af-rican fishing industry can be considered a “transformed” one that is representative of the demographics of the country.

Suleiman Salie, Chairman of FishSA, ad-dressed this topic at the conference and emphasised the need for more detailed research in this regard. “Based on the way that the Department (DAFF) measured black ownership in 2005, it was reported that 45 percent of enterprises and rights owners were black. At the performance review in 2010, it was measured at 60 per-cent,” he said.

Salie challenged those that are pushing for greater transformation to review these figures against those of other industry sec-tors where charters set targets at around 30 percent. “Transformation in the fishing industry has increased from 45 to 60 per-cent from 2005 to 2010 and is ahead of other sectors of the economy,” he said.

Salie lamented that the government’s BBBEE scorecard should also create an investor friendly climate and a platform from which to audit and verify rights hold-ers. “We need to commit to a process of analysing the process of transformation and there has to be a willingness to partici-pate,” he said once again calling for proper research to be undertaken on the current levels of transformation in the sector.

“That piece of research needs to be done in order to understand what we have deliv-ered in terms of transformation and what we can do going forward,” he said adding that future targets need to be set and agreed upon by all the stakeholders.

Food security and sustainabilityTwo of the other pressing issues that took

centre stage at the conference revolved around food security and sustainability of fish stocks. Coupled to this is the economic reliance on the sector by millions of Afri-cans, making the fishing sector a particu-larly poignant one for the continent.

The importance of fish protein on the African continent is exceptionally relevant – but needs to be seen in the context of decreasing fish stocks, international high value markets as and the potential for aquaculture to play a greater role in sup-ply.

Speaking at the conference, Dr Tobias Takavarasha of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) highlighted these is-sues and stressed that 130 million people globally are employed by the industry and that half of these are women. It is unfortu-nate, therefore, that 30 percent of global fish stocks are overfished while 60 percent are fully exploited.

The FAO’s technical representative, with a specialty in aquaculture, followed up with even more alarming figures, report-ing that some 805 million people are esti-mated to be undernourished in developing countries. “Although there has been an improvement, there is still a long way to go

until we meet our goal,” he said explaining that this number represented already rep-resented a 100 million reduction.

For him the need to expand the scope of aquaculture production is clear. “It is obvi-ous that captured fisheries’ supply is level-ing off, but consumption increases can be accommodated by growth in aquaculture,” he said plotting a course for the sector into the future.

The role of the aquaculture sector in South Africa has yet to prove itself on any large scale and, although a number of na-tional initiatives have arisen in the last few

years, there is some controversy surround-ing a number of these. While there was an attempt to bring some of these issues into discussion and debate at the conference, there were no takers keen to sink their teeth into the topic.

Given the World Bank Report: Fish to 2030 that highlights an annual decline of one percent of fish intake in Africa during this period, it is a debate that needs to be addressed on a national level – particularly as aquaculture has been identified by Op-eration Phakisa as a platform from which to deliver on South Africa’s potential to harness the Blue Economy.

Fish, fishing and aquaculture stands to play a vital role in food security, trade, eco-nomic growth and security of employment if managed sustainably on the continent. “The sector plays a vital role in trade and the earning of foreign exchange for devel-oping countries. Oceans, seas, dams and rivers are central to this role in economic activities,” he said.

Small scale fisheriesThere was no getting away from the is-

sues facing the small scale fisheries as well as the obvious need to address the sector with some sort of formality.

Sue Middleton of the Department of Ag-riculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), who bravely stepped into the arena to dis-cuss the Fishing Rights Allocation Process (FRAP), also touched on this sector of the industry. She mentioned that 100 percent

of quotas would not be allocated to the commercial sector in order to be able to provide rights to this sector.

Admitting that the Department was be-hind schedule with the implementation of the small scale fisheries plan, she said that the aim was to allocate rights for this sec-tor in March 2016 – a date that coincides with the FRAP 2016 process.

The implementation plan consists of five phases:

�� Preparatory phase

�� Development of support plans

Fishing workshop brings sector together for important discussions

Members of the fishing industry, represented largely by a number of associations and organisations, came together at the beginning of May in an effort to unite thinking and strategy for the fishing sectors in South Africa.

“We need to commit to a process of analysing the process of trans-formation and there has to be a willingness to participate,” he said once again calling for proper research to be undertaken on the cur-rent levels of transformation in the sector.

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�� Formalisation of cooperatives

�� Allocation of fishing rights to coopera-tives and communities

�� Ongoing management and support of rights holders

Highlighting the work already undertak-en within the preparatory phase, Middle-ton said that a small scale fishing steering committee had created detailed plans and timeframes and that a well-attended fo-rum had been launched in February both in Cape Town and other provinces.

Once public comment has been received and public consultation undertaken on the gazetted draft regulations, an amendment will be made to the Marine Living Resource Act (MLRA) to make provision for these rights, but Middleton warns that this can only be accomplished once regulations are finalised.

She confirmed that a tender to appoint service providers in each province to assist small scale communities had been com-pleted and that these service providers were already in place. Middleton also con-firmed that, although still somewhat con-troversial, a cooperative model would be adopted for the allocation of rights.

Displaying a clear sense of empathy for the industry’s dissatisfaction with the De-partment, Middleton admitted that they had been criticised correctly about the communication around the policy and stressed that this issue was being ad-dressed internally.

“The next step is to finalise the regula-

tions and promulgate the amendment. Then the cooperatives will be registered and communities approved for the alloca-tion of fishing rights,” she said.

Weighing in on the small scale fisher-ies topic, Salie said that the sector must be able to commercialise their catch, but this would take resources, infrastructure as well as capital and productive capacity. “There is an opportunity to engage indus-try to find solutions that do not jeapordise the small scale policy,” he said explaining that it should be possible to supplement resources that are available.

Based on questions and input from del-egates it was clear that there is some de-gree of miscommunication around which stakeholders have provided input on ways to accommodate the small scale fisheries as well as a degree of mistrust of motives.

The road ahead for this sector is still like-ly to be dogged by controversy. It is simply not possible to create a complete utopia for any of the sectors involved and there still needs to be a certain amount of ma-ture discussion on a number of points.

Understanding the small scale fishing sector

On hand to discuss some of her involve-ment in the small scale sector, Professor

Moenieba Isaacs, called for more research to be done to unpack the statistics often quoted about employment numbers in the fishing sector.

She argued that the criticism from com-mercial fisheries that reduced fishing rights would result in job losses, needed to be underscored with coherent data that could identify the type of job losses as well as whether these pertained to loss of de-cent living wages and not seasonal, caus-al or short time employment that did not sufficiently provide individuals with a full time income.

She said that internationally small scale fisheries provided more employment than commercial fisheries. Isaacs, added that the small scale policy is about recognis-ing a group of fishers who have a right to food security and a livelihood. She also commented on the shift from allocating the rights from an individual to a collective structure.

“People have got used to an individual right and a shift will be required to share this with a group. A skilled conflict reso-lution team will need to be deployed to manage this,” she said warning that this was currently not being addressed.

Isaacs warned that small scale fishing communities could not all be considered

Above: Panelists at the inaugural Fish SA confer-ence debate pertinent issues facing the various fishing sectors in South Africa in attempt to gain common ground. Jonathan Jacobs; Ove Wilhelm-sen (Wärtsilä Ship Power, Norway); Professor Anthony Butler (UCT); Suleiman Salie (FishSA); Sue Middleton (DAFF); Dr Tobias Takavarasha (Food & Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations).

Right: Pravin Maharaja (Oval); Sulaiman Appoles; Greg Davids (Wärtsilä Ship Power, Africa); Jere-my Marillier (FishSA)

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within the context of those within the Western Cape. “Communities in the East-ern Cape and KwaZulu Natal have a differ-ent balance and different set of traditional systems,” she said.

“This conference is about dealing with trade-offs between the commercial and the small scale fisheries,” she said high-lighting some of the debates that needed to be addressed in this regard. “What can we do differently?” she asked while point-ing to the opportunity for communities to become more involved in the value chain as processors and not just fishers.

Isaacs was vocal on her call for a better understanding of what was included in the community basket of rights. “Small scale fishers are excluded from the high value market and have challenges meeting the standards, but it is important to ask what they would like for the future,” she said.

She proceeded to pose a number of questions to the floor – challenging del-egates to think about access to fisheries and species; to convert industry waste to food security; to engage with experimen-tal fisheries and to identify species within the commercial basket that could be trans-ferred to the small scale sector.

“New fisheries must be sought and the small scale sector should be included in the expansion of fisheries. In addition oth-er economic activities must be provided to these communities,” she said.

In conclusion she noted that the Nation-al Development Plan (NDP) aims to afford small scale fishers better opportunities and supports the allocation of active rights to fishers. “Far too often quotas are sub-contracted. When we allocate rights, they must be active rights and cannot allow people to sit and receive income from do-ing nothing,” she said.

Fishing rights allocationGiven the timing of the conference, the

day would not have been complete with-out some sort of nod in the direction of the fishing rights allocation process. Once again, Sue Middleton stepped up to man-age the conversation.

Despite a few niggles from the floor, the delegates were surprisingly unconfronta-tional in their response to her presentation in which she admitted that there had been political apathy from the top in the Depart-ment as well as a lack of direction in terms of framework and criteria.

Middleton added a number of gaps to the list that derailed the FRAP 2013 train and concluded that it had been a mess.

She was upfront in describing the pro-cesses along with the pitfalls that befell the process, but added; “We have committed to throwing everything at this process and will do our damndest to allocate rights by February 2016.”

“The time is probably too tight, but the minister is loathed to extend rights fur-ther so the Department is under extreme

pressure to allocate as many or if not all by 2016,” she told delegates predicting that calls for applications would be made by October and would close mid November allowing decisions to be made between December 2015 and February 2016. She added that all FRAP 2016 appeals would be dealt with by June 2016.

The ambitious timelines were met with some level of incredulity, but the industry seems to have adopted a wait-and-see ap-proach as the next process unfolds.

Operation PhakisaGiven the South African government’s

pronouncements about developing the Blue Economy under the auspices of Op-eration Phakisa, it is hardly surprising that this topic attracts attention at maritime-re-lated events and talkshops.

The aquaculture industry enjoys a spot-light under the project as does an initiative to recapitalise fishing vessels with the view to boosting the boat-building sector as

well as providing purpose-built platforms for the local sector.

On hand to provide more information in this regard, Sizwe Nkukwana of the South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAM-SA), may have felt a little ambushed how-ever, as conference participants failed to grasp how such an initiative spoke to the actual needs of the industry.

While some debate ensued following his presentation as to how to divert the impe-tus from a vessel recapitalisation project into something of more pertinence to the industry, most felt that it was encouraging for the industry to feature under the Oper-ation Phakisa banner.

“It’s quite early in the process and we would like to get people’s views on this. We need to engage industry as to whether we are on the right track,” he said adding that the aim was to help drive industry transformation under the initiative.

He confirmed that other objectives in-cluded the stimulation of the boat building and design sector; the ambition to im-prove the efficiencies of small scale fishing as well as to promote transformation.

“We have an aging fleet and have be-come the dumping ground for aging ves-sels from other zones,” he said reporting that a two-week lab to develop a more comprehensive strategy to take into con-sideration the competing interests within the sector would be convened between the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), DAFF and SAMSA.

More collaboration is keyIt was clear from the deliberations that

collaboration is still a vital key to finding a level of harmony within the fishing sectors. It’s a big ask, however, as a divergent views and objectives pull at the structures that aim to provide a cohesive framework with-in which the various sectors can prosper and grow.

A herculean task lies ahead to deliver on mandates to transform (to the satisfaction of all stakeholders) and grow the industry within the required sustainable prerequi-sites.

From the top:

Representing the two sides of the fishing industry; Andy Johnston and Suleiman Salie.

Delegates at the Fish SA Conference: Mayedwa Mlozawa (Tuna Hake Corp) and Don Lucas (Combined Fisheries).

“The time is probably too tight, but the minister is loathed to extend rights further so the Department is under extreme pressure to allo-cate as many or if not all by 2016,”

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


A few weeks back an article appeared in the Sunday Times. I found it on page six: “Fisheries official suspend-

ed amid poaching scourge” and immedi-ately jumped to the conclusion that the story related to abalone poaching. I almost turned the page, so inured am I to the con-stant stream of bad press relating to the abalone fishery. But a closer reading of the article suggest-ed a somewhat bigger picture; the story related to the chief compliance officer at Gansbaai, Gilbert Mereki, who had been suspended amid allegations of misconduct. Even though Gansbaai is at the epicentre of the abalone poaching crisis, it is also the centre of some fairly significant fishing ac-tivity: Gansbaai Marine processes between 500,000 and 600,000 cartons of canned pil-chards per year and fishmeal production is about 10,000 tonnes in a good fishing year.

Turning a blind eyeGansbaai harbour also provides berthing facilities for purse seiners, hake longliners and linefish boats. Indeed, although the Sunday Times article focused mainly on the continued plundering of abalone, among the allegations against Gilbert Mereki, is that he “condoned illegal shipments of sardines and turned a blind eye to several other fishing infringements.”A recently published paper “Covenants with broken swords: corruption and law en-forcement in governance of the commons”, provides some insight into what it means to “turn a blind eye” and just how prevalent this practice is in our fisheries management system. The paper is authored by Aksel Sundström of the University of Gothenburg, Sweden and was published in the journal Global Environmental Change earlier this year. It is based on a series of interviews with fish-eries inspectors and highlights the way in which corruption can undermine the gov-ernance of “common pool” resources, like fisheries. Local readers (particularly those with a stake in the fishing industry) may be stunned by Sundström’s findings, which clearly show that corruption is so pervasive in the fishing industry that inspectors are ready to admit to it – and even describe in some detail how the system works.

Widespread corruption confirmedIn all, Sundström interviewed 34 inspectors

from the DAFF’s Compliance Directorate; two journalists with an interest in fisheries; a university professor and two leaders of fishing associations. The interviews were not recorded and care was taken to pro-tect the identity of those who were inter-viewed. Sundström’s results make for fasci-nating reading because they confirm what we’ve probably known all along: that cor-ruption is widespread and almost endemic. According to one inspector interviewed by Sundström, there are 11 substations on one stretch of coastline and, of these “I know that only three of them are without corrupt officials… If you should get rid of all corrupt inspectors, then out of our 200 only 30 would be left.” Sundström describes how money, food or friendship are routinely used to bribe in-spectors so that they turn a blind eye to infringements of fishery regulations. His research showed that inspectors seem to become blind in three distinct ways:“Inspectors may engage in inadequate en-forcement, practices that could include no monitoring at all, the intended misreport-ing of landings, or the systematic writing of faulty fines. They may also start to engage in information sharing, revealing details of secret operations. Finally, blindness to vi-olations among such agents may take the shape of involvement, where enforcement officials take part in illegal actions through transporting goods, stealing catches, lend-ing freezers for storage, or even poaching themselves.” The fact that fisheries inspectors usually live in the communities they are expected to police can entrench corrupt relation-ships. For instance, one inspector tells Sundström: “I have seen this corruption so much… Say an inspector used to go to school with a poacher, then they owe each other in some sense. How can I enforce the law on an old friend?... (They) know your soft spots. It has happened to me. I have also been blind.”

Corruption rises to the topPerhaps more worryingly, Sundström’s re-search demonstrates that corruption is not only prevalent among fisheries inspectors – it is also entrenched in the legal system and in the management of the DAFF Com-pliance Directorate. Inspectors relate how “Some fishermen can pay someone to get their fines with-drawn” and how others are “connected,

Corruption on a grand scale?A new paper has exposed

the extent of corruption within the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and

Fisheries. Coming as it does after the complete failure of the Fishing Rights Allocation

Process (FRAP 2013) – and the suggestions of politi-

cal interference that were raised in the Emang Basadi

report – South Africa’s fish-eries management system

seems to be in far worse trouble than we imagined.

CLAIRE ATTWOOD PROVIDES A WIDE ANGLE PERSPECTIVE

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


friends with policemen...” The failure of the justice system causes frustration among in-spectors, one of whom says: “Sometimes we know that a fisherman has contacts in the legal side (and) our fines will just disappear (and violators) will keep their permissions. This demoralises us. What’s the use of working hard?” And, the perception that the corruption “goes all the way to the top” only makes matters worse, as one stakeholder (not an inspector) relates: “DAFF has the evi-dence of corruption. So why don’t they set an example?... Do they manage their inspectors? I’m not terribly convinced… There is no polit-ical will to reform inspectors’ behaviour. With the leadership crooked you cannot straighten this up on the ground”.

Industry is complicit A glaringly obvious conclusion that must be drawn from Sundström’s research is that the fishing industry itself is deeply impli-cated in the corruption that is seemingly occurring on a along the south and west coasts of South Africa. If inspectors are bla-tantly looking the other way in exchange for cash, food and favours, then it is the fishing industry that is utilising corrupt in-spectors for its own benefit. One can’t help but reflect that it was the collusion of fisheries inspectors that en-abled Hout Bay Fishing to ruthlessly ex-ploit the south coast and west coast rock lobster fisheries for massive gains in the 1990s. In that case, com-pany director, Collin van Schalkwyk, paid fisheries inspectors to “look the other way” while rock lobster was offloaded or catch-es were landed in the early morning, when inspectors were not on duty. At times, in-spectors recorded the correct number of crates that were offloaded, but the indi-vidual weight of each crate was understat-ed. Don’t forget that Hout Bay Fishing was also implicated in massive over-catching of hake; records showed that the company exceeded its quota by close to a thousand

tons in 2000. One hopes that Sundström’s research does not point to corruption and over-fishing on the same scale as occurred with Hout Bay Fishing, but if inspectors were so ready to admit to him that they are routinely taking money, gifts and favours from the fishing industry, then one can only wonder what the cumulative effect of these practices is on, for example, the small pelagic fishery.

That the west coast rock lobster fishery is rotten with corruption is probably a given, but what of the other quota-controlled fisheries: hake, small pelagics, horse mack-erel and south coast rock lobster? And, if the fishing industry is serious about sus-tainability – as it should be, given the fact that it holds long-term exploitation rights – why is this happening?

Dissecting the damageMy view is that Tina Joemat Pettersson’s maladministration of South African fisher-ies between 2009 and 2014 did more dam-age than we will ever be able to quantify. The shambles that her department made of FRAP 2013 has been well publicised fol-lowing the findings of the Harris, Nupen & Molebatsi report; and the subsequent

Emang Basadi report. I have not seen the full Harris, Nupen & Molebatsi report, but I have read the Executive Summary. The summary found “no evidence of de-liberate manipulation or corruption during the decision-making process,” but it did detail plenty of errors: “a total of 104 data capturing errors were picked up across the eight fisheries. These errors included incorrect recording

of the score or information for a question; the incorrect awarding of points; applicants where no supporting documents were at-tached to the applicant’s application form… and instances where an answer was as-sumed where an applicant failed to answer a question in the application form and/or failed to attach supporting documenta-tion.” But more devastating than the maladminis-

tration documented by Harris, Nupen & Molebatsi is the evi-dence of political in-terference highlight-ed by the Emang Basadi report: “Fish-eries managers in-dicated that during the rolling out of the

FRAP, there were several instances of polit-ical interference. For example, some FRAP applicants who failed to meet maximum (sic) qualifying criteria were issued rights because FRAP officials were “instructed” to approve their application. If such allega-tions are substantiated, it could undoubt-edly put the Department and its senior offi-cials at political and legal risks.”

Shameful debacleThat FRAP 2013 was a shambles and a com-plete waste of the DAFF’s time and resourc-es is now taken as fact. But what makes the debacle even more shameful is that in 2002 and 2005, Horst Kleinschmidt and his team put in place a comprehensive system for al-locating rights that was acceptable to the fishing industry and legally watertight.

The Constitution-al Court reviewed court challenges in 2005 and ruled that the process used to allocate medi-um-term rights was sound. That judge-

ment meant that all that was required of the DAFF in 2013 was to follow the road map that had already been carefully laid out.Critically, however, the Basadi report shows that political apathy, a lack of direction and leadership from national government and “tardy political decisions” made it impos-sible for the DAFF to do this: “during the

That FRAP 2013 was a shambles and a complete waste of the DAFF’s time and resources is now taken as fact. But what makes the debacle even more shameful is that in 2002 and 2005, Horst Kleinschmidt and his team put in place a comprehensive system for allocating rights that was acceptable to the fishing industry and legally watertight.

A glaringly obvious conclusion that must be drawn from Sundström’s research is that the fishing industry itself is deeply implicated in the cor-ruption that is seemingly occurring on a along the south and west coasts of South Africa. If inspectors are blatantly looking the other way in ex-change for cash, food and favours, then it is the fishing industry that is utilising corrupt inspectors for its own benefit.

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FISHY BUSINESS Shaheen Moolla discusses the fishing sector


My current role will be similar to that of when I served as a spe-cial legal adviser to Minister

Valli Moosa during the medium term fish-ing rights allocation and appeal processes between 2001 and 2004, albeit on a short-term consultancy basis. The most striking difference between the medium term allo-cation process (which immediately preced-ed the allocation of long term fishing rights in 2005) and FRAP 2013 is that the latter process remains mired in controversy. Two separate reports into FRAP 2013 have both highlighted the numerous flaws and legal failings of the process.

To further complicate matters, the South African Commercial Line Fishers Associa-tion is currently before the Western Cape High Court seeking a comprehensive re-view and setting aside of the 2013 alloca-tion process. The matter is set down for hearing on 25 August 2015 unless a settle-ment agreement is concluded between the parties prior to that date.

FRAP 2013 AppealsAlthough fishing rights in eight fishery

sectors expired in December 2013 and rights controversially allocated at the end of that month, the Minister remains re-sponsible for evaluating and concluding the administrative appeals process in terms of the Marine Living Resources Act, 18 of 1998 (MLRA), read with the 1998 Fisheries Regulations.

Since the 2001 medium term fishing rights allocation process, it has been an accepted tradition that the Minister dele-gates his fishing right allocation authority under section 18 of the MLRA to officials in the fisheries branch of the department. The delegation allows dissatisfied fishing right applicants to first appeal the decision of the official and request the Minister to correct any scoring errors or misapplica-tions of policy and process.

However, the drafters of the MLRA made provision for what is referred to as a “wide appeal”, allowing appellants to essentially put all and any relevant information before the Minister to consider on appeal, provid-ed of course that this information existed on or before the date on which fishing right applications had to be submitted. In other words, appellants cannot recreate their ap-plication forms on appeal to meet the pub-lished criteria and weighting.

Dissatisfied FRAP 2013 applicants will

be afforded the opportunity to supple-ment their respective appeals after hav-ing viewed, inter alia, the comparative scoresheets of other applicants in their respective fishing sectors. Once the sup-plementary appeals are filed, the Deputy Director-General of the Fisheries Branch will prepare a report on each appeal. The Minister will thereafter consider both the DDG’s appeal report (also commonly re-ferred to as the Regulation 5(3) Report) and the appellant’s appeal and complete application form.

The Minister will be advised during this process on the respective legal merits of each appeal and the corresponding regu-lation 5(3) report – and then decide each appeal based on the legal advice provided. This decision to either grant or refuse the appeal remains the Minister’s alone.

FRAP 2015/2016While the Fisheries Minister is attending

to the 2013 FRAP appeals, the Fisheries De-partment will be consulting stakeholders on the content of the draft fishing policies, application forms and fees schedule that was gazetted on 12 June 2015.

While members of the fishing industry will undoubtedly file substantial comment to the content of the 12 June Gazette No-tice, it is important to remind oneself of what the successful 2005 fishing rights allocation process had set as the bench-mark. These allocation and appeals process benchmarks were importantly determined in accordance with some 47 judicial deci-sions by the Western Cape High Court, the Supreme Court of Appeal and the Constitu-tional Court.

Application formsThe evaluation of applications is natural-

ly a comparative process comparing the content of competing applications; scoring these applications, and then ranking them in order to determine the best applicants deserving of a particular fishing right.

As a consequence, fair and lawful ad-ministrative processes demand that de-cision-makers not only compare like with like, but that these applications are scored in terms of transparent, rational and justifi-able criteria.

In other words, right holder applicants and new entrant applicants should com-plete separate application forms which elicit information that right holder appli-cants would naturally only be able to com-

By the time you read this ar-ticle, it should have been for-mally and publicly confirmed

by the Minister of Fisheries and the Fisheries Department that my professional services have been retained to advise

on the evaluation of adminis-trative appeals filed against

decisions taken during the 2013 Fishing Rights Allocation

Process (FRAP).

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plete, while non-right holders’ forms (new entrant applicants) should extract informa-tion pertinent to such applicants.

New entrant applicants cannot be ex-pected to answer questions related to past fishing performance; their compliance track-record; the nature and quantity of their investments in the fishing sector or their job creation record and so forth.

In addition, the application forms must relate directly to the specific criteria and policies for the fishery concerned. For ex-ample, it would be irrational and prejudi-cial to expect oyster harvesters to provide vessel access details when harvesters in such a fishery do not require a vessel at all!

Policy and criteriaThe policy and criteria must be designed

to attain the stated objectives of the fish-ery concerned, read together with the principles and objectives set out in Section 2 of the MLRA. In other words, the imple-mentation of these policies and objectives must be capable of rational and logical explanation. If very different fisheries in small-scale and industrial commercial sec-tors, for example, demonstrate the same or near-identical policies and objectives, rational explanation as to the reasons for this may be very difficult to come by.

By way of example, here are two possible irrational and illogical objectives. A fishery that is biologically healthy and certified by an international certification programme as being sustainably managed, has as a key policy objective the recovery of col-lapsed fish stocks. Secondly, a fishery recognised to be substantially trans-formed where the o v e r w h e l m i n g number of right holders are black, but a key policy objective is to nonetheless promote or increase transformation.

Application processesDuring the 2005 fishing right allocation

process, very separate application sub-mission and registration processes were adopted for small-scale and industrial com-mercial fishery applicants.

Recognising that the industrial commer-cial applicants have substantial adminis-trative, legal and professional resources at their disposal, these applicants were required to complete electronic forms

designed specifically for their respective fisheries and independent auditors had to verify the veracity of the information sub-mitted.

This not only reduced the administrative burden on the department, but also en-sured an additional level of information verification by certified auditors. Impor-tantly, the department’s limited resources could then be channeled to small-scale fishers to assist them with the completion of their respective application forms.

In this regard, the department set up application completion centres in various coastal villages, towns and cities where prospective small-scale fishers could arrive and under the auspices of trained indepen-dent forensic auditors, complete their ap-plication forms and ask questions of clarity.

The department also provided a weekly newsletter for small-scale fishers, which kept them up-to-date with all processes, timeframes, deadlines and obligations. These weekly newsletters were circulated in English, Afrikaans, Xhosa and Zulu be-tween Port Nolloth and Northern KZN.

Language and accessibilityKey to designing a fair and equitable fish-

ing right allocation process is the recogni-tion that these processes affect very diverse groups of right holders and interest groups. On the one hand, you have large corporate commercial quota holders that have vast professional and advisory services at their disposal. On the other, you have extremely

rural, often illiter-ate or semi-literate small-scale fishers.

For this rather obvious reason, one cannot have a single application form and policies

published in one language made available via a single source (such as a Gazette). How many small-scale fishermen in Hondeklip-baai, Port Edward, Doringbaai, Ebenauser, Langebaan, Port St Johns, Coffee Bay or elsewhere have internet access and are able to afford to download a 15MB gazette comprising 200 pages?

If the FRAP 2015/2016 process is to be a fair, lawful and widely accepted fishing right allocation process, it will necessar-ily have to give effect to the above policy framework elements.

Key to designing a fair and equita-ble fishing right allocation process is the recognition that these pro-cesses affect very diverse groups of right holders and interest groups.

Continued from p 11

development, adoption and execution of FRAP 2013,

there seemed to be political apathy or lack of engagement/communica-tion from the national government towards DAFF probably due to the heavy demands of the 2013 elec-tions. This seemed to have created uncertainty for the Fisheries Branch’s ability to get feed-back from propos-als submitted as well as gain buy-in from the national government.”

Catastrophic consequences?Is one of the consequences of “po-

litical tardiness” a complete loss of confidence in the DAFF to the extent that the fishing industry feels that it should take what it can, while it can? The levels of corruption that are re-vealed by Sundström paper seem to suggest that there are plenty of op-portunities to get away with illegal fishing if the industry has adopted this new attitude.

Ironically, the impression made by the new fisheries minister, Sen-zeni Zokwana, and his Deputy, Bhe-ki Cele, has been good. Unlike his predecessor, Zokwana was quick to meet with the fishing industry, doing so at a breakfast event hosted by the industry association, Fish SA.

At that event, the minister prom-ised to put in place the necessary systems and processes for allocating rights to the nine fisheries affect-ed by the failed FRAP13. He also promised to work with the fishing industry, whereas Joemat Pettersson seemed intent on working against it from the start, making sweeping (and uninformed) statements about its lack of transformation.

Is the minister’s charm offensive a case of too little, too late? Certainly, turning around the corruption that is documented by Sundström’s paper, and re-focusing a demoralised de-partment, is going to take a superhu-man effort.

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REFERENCE:

Sundström, A. 2015. Covenants with bro-ken swords: corruption and law enforce-ment in governance of the commons.

Global Environmental Change, 31. 253–262. Available at http://www.qog.pol.gu.se/digitalAs-sets/1498/1498889_2014_10_sund-str--m.pdf

100 Years of fisheries management CASTING THE NET BACK


As we know, scientists, fishers and the public in general always seem to have an explanation for declining

catches, mass mortalities (such as the rock lobster “walkouts”) and many other unex-plained events that happen from time to time along our coast. Gilchrist was tasked with providing an explanation for similar events that occurred in and around 1900. In his essay, Gilchrist begins with a few perti-nent insights about the importance of reli-able data and the nature of fishers:

How true and apt are these observations in modern-day South Africa! Every fishery scientist we know laments the lack or qual-ity of available data and fishers and farmers are notorious for their inclination to look on the dark side.

Gilchrist lists and considers 14 possible reasons for “extensive diminution of the fish supply.” Some he dismisses out of hand, but others he considers very seriously. His

list includes:�� Running of trains.

�� Firing of guns.

�� Use of dynamite.

�� Increase of shipping.

�� Netting in tidal rivers and lagoons.

�� Sea birds, particularly “Duikers”

�� Seals, Porpoises and Sharks.

�� Escape of injurious matter from wrecks.

�� Fresh water in tidal rivers.

�� Use of American purse-net.

�� Trawling.

�� Capture of immature fish.

�� Red water.

�� Obscure causes, such as earthquakes, cold currents, etc.

Some of Gilchrist’s responses might seem absurd to a modern day reader, given what we know 100 years down the line. For in-stance, he says: “a few years ago, when the seals had been protected for a number of years for a “knock down,” they had in-creased to enormous proportions and, even yet, with modified protection, they are very abundant, (some zealous, but ill-informed, people in England, who advocate the pro-tection of wild animals, state that the Cape seal is nearly extinct”)!

Identifying the enemyOne hundred years later, the relationship

between seals and fishers has not improved − like oil and water, they just don’t mix.

Gilchrist also writes about the impacts of porpoises and the “Duiker” (cormorant), saying that the seabird is a “well known en-emy of fish everywhere and, in some coun-tries, rewards are offered for the destruc-tion of these pests of the fishermen”.

In the context of South Africa’s current fisheries management framework, which advocates an Ecosystem Approach to Fish-eries (EAF), Gilchrist’s views provide a sen-sational contrast between the thinking of today versus that of 100 years ago, and are probably worth an article on their own.

Snoek woesHowever, in this article, we will focus on

Fluctuations in fish supply

“Very often there is considerable doubt as to whether there has been a real fluctuation or not, and hence the basis of all fishery regulations is a system of reliable statistics, whereby it may be ascertained if there has been an increase or decrease, and to what extent. In cases where conflicting interests are concerned, it is nearly always possible to get as many conflict-ing statements on such points, in the absence of such statistics. The fisherman is also always inclined to take a pessimistic view of the pros-pects of his calling, and his lamen-tations as to the scarcity of fish are as frequent as those of the farmer as to the vicissitudes of the weath-er; both are doubtless to be dis-counted to a large extent as attrib-utable to the precarious nature of the harvest of sea and land. Again, there is a natural tendency to look on the past in a more favourable light than the present, the “good old days” that are gone being to a large extent created in the present”.

In this, the third article in the series, we consider a rather lengthy chap-ter by Gilchrist which is included in Marine Biological Report No. 2 for the year ending 30th June, 1914. The chapter is titled “An enquiry into fluctuations in fish supply on the South African coast.”

Dave Japp and Claire Attwood collaborate to compare ideas

and understanding of fisheries management from

100 years ago with contempo-rary knowledge. The series of

articles is based on an almost complete set of Marine Biological Reports dating back

to 1904 authored by South Africa’s first marine biologist, John Gilchrist and others, and

purchased by Japp at an auction recently.

CASTING THE NET BACK 100 Years of fisheries management


snoek and Gilchrist’s observation that this species in particular is prone to large fluc-tuations in catches.

In March this year, Wally Croome, when discussing the impending roll-out of rights to small-scale fishing cooperatives, be-moaned the fact that the Cape linefishery had had a very poor year.

Croome is the chairman of the South Afri-can Commercial Linefish Association and al-though he doesn’t necessarily fit Gilchrist’s description of the pessimistic fisherman, waiting for a good snoek run has taken its toll – Croome gloomily described the cur-rent state of affairs in the linefishery, saying that the boats hadn’t caught any signif-icant quantities of snoek for at least nine months.

“We are in serious trouble,” he said. The periodic disappear-

ance of snoek from the in-shore fishing grounds caus-es hardship for ordinary fishers who are left without work, and mounting debts for boat-owners who de-pend on the snoek fishery.

What makes the situation even more serious is that many of the species that were historically exploited by the linefish-ery have been severely depleted. This has narrowed the resource base and made the linefishery far less economically viable.

Citing seismic activityIn his search for explanations for fluctua-

tions in the snoek catch, Gilchrist suggests that a seismic event in 1837 may have killed “millions of fish – snoek, mackerel, stock-fish” in Table Bay and adds “that I throw out this suggestion for the consideration of the curious in such matters”.

At the same time he reports that “large

numbers of whales died from some un-known cause, and were cast ashore all around the Cape Point coast”. Given our current knowledge of seismic impacts on fish, this was probably not far off the truth and worthy of more research.

Although the periodic disappearance of snoek is nothing new, it is possible that the pattern of availability may be less predict-able than was the case in the past, accord-ing to Dr Sven Kerwath, a researcher at the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

In other words, as the catch records of the deep-sea trawl fishery confirm, snoek moves seasonally between the inshore and offshore fishing grounds, but it is possible that this movement (and the consequent availability of snoek to the linefishery) is less predictable today than it was in previ-ous periods of the fishery’s existence.

Seasonal migrationsFormer Marine & Coastal Management

biologist, Marc Griffiths, who wrote the seminal paper on the life history of snoek, describes the seasonal migrations of snoek, saying that spawning occurs offshore in winter and early spring (June to October), along the shelf break of the western Agul-has Bank and the South African west coast. According to Griffiths, the longshore move-ment of snoek, which sees the linefish fleet following the species, towing ski-boats be-

tween popular launching sites like Miller’s Point on the Cape Peninsula and Yzerfon-tein on the west coast, is apparently ran-dom and without a seasonal basis.

With the inshore/offshore movement of snoek well documented and adequately ex-plaining the fact that this species becomes available to different fisheries at different times of the year, what might be the rea-son for the increasing unpredictability in the pattern of snoek movements?

Further fluctuationsLike Gilchrist, who made his list of 14 pos-

sible causes of fluctuations in fish supply, modern-day fisheries scientists also come

up with ideas about what might cause fluc-tuations in fish supply.

Today’s scientists, however, are far more likely to look to the marine environment for clues, especially in light of the ever-present spectre of climate change and the impact that it is expected to have on fisheries.

Marine scientists working in the Benguela System over the past few decades report, for example, that the system fluctuates continuously with such events as Benguela Niños (intrusions of warm, nutrient poor water from Angola) in the northern Ben-guela; an increase in upwelling favourable winds; a general decline in oxygen concen-tration in the southern Benguela; and a massive increase in copepods (the major zooplankton group) over the past 40 years.

Where Gilchrist was spot on was his fre-quent reference to cold water: “whatever the origin of the cold water may be, it ap-parently comes up from the lower or deep-er regions of the sea, and would thus cut off the rock and shore-frequenting forms, which are mostly bottom feeders, while the surface frequenting forms would be able to resort to the warmer surface water”.

We know today that our marine ecosys-tems are much more complex and vulner-able than we (and Gilchrist) ever expected. Early academics such as Gilchrist neverthe-less had incredible insights and their expla-

nations were never far off the truth.

The words “climate change” were certainly not in Gilchrist’s vocabulary, but cold water events (up-welling), phytoplankton blooms and even seismic

events were all captured in different ways in his search for explanations for events that caused mass fish mortalities and fluc-tuations in fish availability around the coast more than 100 years ago.

Dave Japp is a fisheries scientist who con-sults broadly on fisheries matters relating to science and management. He has an intimate knowledge of most fisheries in southern Africa and, prior to 1997, worked for the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.Claire Attwood is a writer with a special in-terest in fisheries. She is a regular columnist for Maritime Review Africa.

He writes: “Thus the snoek, which about 25 years ago occurred in vast numbers on the West Coast and was shipped in large quantities to Mauritius, more or less suddenly fell off in quantity to such an extent that the export trade in these fish almost ceased…Unfortunately no continuous and reliable statistics are available, but there can be little doubt that this has occurred in the case of the Snoek…”

In his search for explanations for fluctuations in the snoek catch, Gilchrist suggests that a seismic event in 1837 may have killed “millions of fish – snoek, mackerel, stockfish” in Table Bay and adds “that I throw out this suggestion for the consideration of the curious in such matters”.

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According to Petro Zanini (job title) the drive within the company is to push young engineers in the field

of mechatronics in order to respond to the increasing call for highly skilled people to support today’s sophisticated engine room technology. Describing Wärtsilä’s African footprint,

Zanini said that the intention was to expand into additional centres. Currently represented in Zambia, Madagascar, South Africa and Mozambique, he said that further locations could include additional bases in South Africa as well as Mozam-bique and Namibia.

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Also speaking at the function, Greg Davids of Urban Soul, highlighted the partnerships that the brand was engaged with to bring their 180 years of experience and expertise into the country and the continent to in an effort to help harness the potential of the Blue Economy under initiatives such as Operation Phakisa.

“The African continent has not properly harnessed its ocean resources. We have not been able to build vessels in Africa for

Africa,” he said emphasising the need for purpose-built platforms that hail from the continent.

For Davids, the partnerships Wärtsilä is currently building with the likes of the South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) as well as the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) to assist in the creation of the South African International Maritime Institute (SAIMI) represents the first step in taking advan-tage of the opportunities that are inherent in the Blue Economy.

“We have a shortage of marine engineers. So we jointly launched SAIMI as an umbrella body of all the training institutions in South Africa in order to start designing a curric-ulum and programme to address this issue. Wartsila has also donated a 20 8l engine to SAIMI that will be housed in a state-of-the-art marine engineering laboratory on their premises in Port Elizabeth.

According to Davids, the laboratory will include the engine, a full propulsion system as well as a 3D simulation control room.

“Our focus is on education and our focus is to start at the beginning to make informed decisions abour our maritime needs,” he said explaining that a great deal of work had already been undertaken to iden-tify international education partners to strengthen the initiative.

High level input from the Wärtsilä headoffice at a customer-focus day hosted in Cape Town recently, reinforced the company’s commitment to promoting training and education in the marine engineering sectors with an emphasis on producing marine engineers capable of working on high-tech engines in Africa for Africa.

The Wärtsilä 50DF marine engine has been successfully tested and certified

to run on ethane (LEG) fuel. The exten-sive and successful testing programme was carried out by Wärtsilä in close collaboration with Evergas, an owner and operator of seaborne petrochemical and liquid gas transport vessels.

"We are very pleased that the Wärtsilä engines will be capable of utilising ethane boil-off gas as fuel. It increases our oper-ational efficiency and improves flexibility in the bunkering of fuels. It results in a

significant reduction in operating costs, while also providing a minimal environ-mental footprint. It also enables us to offer our customers increased flexibility, which has a monetary value to them," says Mr Steffen Jacobsen, the CEO of Evergas.

The capability to efficiently burn ethane boil-off gas as engine fuel significantly reduces the need of gas re-liquefaction during the voyage. This means that less power is needed for the cargo handling, thus providing a more efficient and envi-

ronmentally sound overall system.

This technological breakthrough enables Wärtsilä's customers to meet the Interna-tional Maritime Organisation's (IMO) Tier III regulations without need of secondary emissions cleaning while using either LNG or LEG as fuel. The engines have the capability to seamlessly switch between Liquid Natural Gas (LNG), Ethane (LEG), Liquid Fuel Oil (LFO) or Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) without the need for any modifi-cations to hardware and with uninter-rupted operation, thereby setting a new standard in fuel flexibility.

Engine demonstrates ability to operate on ethane gas

From the top:

Clients and members of the industry joined Wärt-silä in an informed seminar aimed at information sharing.

Ove Wilhelmsen of Wärtsilä introduces guests to new technology

Clients use the opportunity to network at the Wärtsilä technical day.

Power and propulsion FEATURE


As one of the presentations to industry at the Wärtsilä customer day, Petro Zanini, introduced the online services tool that is available vessel owners and operators to effectively manage their Wartsila installations.

Emphasing that the online services system was already available and

had been rolled out to the industry, he confirmed that the technical update would be available during the second half of the year.

“The tool can provide 24/7 access to technical support,” he said explaining that, with engineers located in different time zones, they are able to respond to any request at any time. He stressed, however, that the online system would not replace the need for local support. “We can be global with our technology, but we have to be local to provide support close to you,” he said.

With the Online Services you can manage your installation and equipment efficiently by accessing information when-ever, wherever. The Online Services CORE level includes the following features, Technical knowledge, Parts Online, TechRequest and Warranty Online.

Technical knowledge: Access to information on

your installations and equip-ment such as bulletins, interactive manuals and frequently asked questions 24/7. You can effectively search for equipment specific technical documentation.

Parts Online: In the Parts Online Services

you can identify spare parts through catalogues and illustrations. Check spare part prices and availability, create spare part quotations or orders and track and trace deliveries as well as review the spare part invoices. Your order history is automati-cally archived in the Online Services.

TechRequest: By creating a TechRequest you can ask

technical questions directly from Wärtsilä Technical Services. With a direct contact

and dialogue with Wärtsilä´s technical experts you prevent losing time and any crucial information during the discussion as your questions are automatically sent to the correct team. You can see full history of all Technical questions and related answers for your company and installations.

Warranty Online: In Warranty Online services you can easily

and efficiently register all your warranty claims online and track and trace the reso-lution progress i.e. claim status and history. The Warranty Online provides you efficient and fast service along with full history of the warranty claim activities.

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THE NEW WÄRTSILÄ 31 REDEFINES EFFICIENCY

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Below: A significant milestone is reached as a 550 kVA Cat C15 diesel generator set is assem-bled at Barloworld Power’s Boksburg facility.

South African assembly of Cat generators reduces costs

Caterpillar and Barloworld Power have launched a combined initiative to

assemble Cat electric power generators in South Africa to meet rising demand, reduce unit cost and promote localisation.

As the first Cat equipment assembly unit to be established in South Africa, the new facility marks a significant milestone in the partnership between Caterpillar and Barloworld Power, its southern African dealer for Energy and Transportation.

The generators are supplied in kit form and assembled, contributing to the drive for localisation and enabling the transfer of new and valuable skills to South African employees. This also enables the Cat units to compete on a more even footing with locally manufactured equivalents.

"The assembly facility is a major step forward in Barloworld Power and Cater-pillar’s growth aspirations across southern

Africa,” says Mark Mencel, executive director of Barloworld Power southern Africa.

“We are now assembling Cat branded generators at our Boksburg, Gauteng, premises that have the same highest quality standards for which Caterpillar is renowned worldwide. Barloworld Power can now offer truly competitive Cat prod-ucts while aligning with government objec-tives in local employment and develop-ment.”

“This initiative between Barloworld and Caterpillar promotes localisation and lever-ages our excellent capabilities to provide a local solution for South Africa,” adds Chris Monge, Caterpillar area manager. “This represents a significant investment in the local economy to support our growth strategy in the power business.”

The assembly unit was set up with the

assistance of experts from Caterpillar’s power systems assembly factory in India and is being managed and staffed by Barloworld Power.

Initially the facility will assemble the Cat i6 and 400 series generator sets, ranging from 400 kVA to 1 000 kVA and suited to the provision of standby power for medium to large industries. Barloworld plans to produce about 500 units a year, expanding according to market demand.

Barloworld Power assembly manager at the new facility, Imraan Amod, says this initiative will give Barloworld Power and Caterpillar greater access to the southern African market.

The first two pilot 550 kVA generator kits, supplied by Caterpillar in China, were sold before they arrived in South Africa.

The team operating the assembly line has been supplied by the Barloworld Power Customised Solution Centre in Boksburg and received specialised training from Caterpillar’s international experts to assemble Cat generator sets.



There is more to selecting an engine for your newbuild than simply considering brand and purchase cost, says Cape Town-based ship-yard Nautic Africa, who suggest that a more complex set of parame-ters is at play.

“To find the best and the right engine, we look beyond brand quality and initial

purchasing cost, and consider whether the engine is the one best suited to the type of vessel, the application the vessel will be used in as well as the client’s specific needs,” says Greg Wessels, Nautic Africa’s Project manager

“We also look at different brands and models within a particular brand and tend to favour certain engine models because of their proven effectiveness in the market and their ability to offer economies of scale in terms of parts availability and price,” he says adding that the availability of tech-nical expertise for repairs and maintenance need to be considered.

Understanding requirementsWessels says that a long list of factors such

as location support; the required engine power; vessel space and weight limitations; price (both engine and spares); the time required between overhauls; the outboard versus inboard requirement; classification certification requirements and whether the customer needs a standard engine model within its fleet in order to achieve econo-mies of scale in terms of parts availability and training should be considered.

He adds that the application and industry in which the vessel is to be used is a partic-ularly important consideration because petrol engines, for example, are not

accepted in certain applications in the oil and gas industry.

“Engine selection, is more often than not, a bit of a trade-off game, but in the end, the decision has to make commercial sense in both the long and short term and meet the requirements and expectations of the customer,” says Wessels.

While Nautic’s Sentinel class vessels, many of which are operating off West Africa, are installed with CAT C32 engines - because the service network and spares availability of this particular model is well established in the oil and gas and power generation sector – the Nautic Guardian range employs Marine Diesel engines which have been favoured for their power to weight ratio.

“This brand of engine has been used in the military and this gave us the confidence to employ the VGT 6 cylinder block in the Guardian and the VGT 300 version in our davit launched dive daughter craft (DDC) range.”

Yamaha outboard motors have also been selected for their reliability and quality and because of their spares availability and access to maintenance expertise available across the African continent.

Long list of factors should govern engine selection



With 2020 in sight, DNV GL looked at the lessons to be learned from the

update to the classification society’s “Ship-ping 2020” report, which was published in 2012. Now, three years later, hybrid propul-sion systems and connected ship solutions are emerging technologies that are gaining ground faster than expected, outlined Tor E. Svensen, CEO DNV GL – Maritime, at the opening day of Nor-Shipping in Oslo.

“While operational efficiency and emis-sions reductions are the main motivators behind these developments, the update shows that the future fuel mix will be much more diverse,” Svensen said. LNG as a ship fuel was one of the standouts from the last report, but due to continuing high invest-ment costs and slower development of infrastructure the prediction of up to 1,000 LNG-fuelled vessels by 2020 will most likely not be met. However, as bunkering options increase, growth could accelerate.

Scrubbers, on the other hand, were seen as a regulatory compliance option that would not be a significant option until after 2020 and the introduction of tighter global restrictions on sulphur. Today, the scrubber market is developing faster than expected, with more than 200 confirmed projects.

Hybrid systems are a real option The rise of hybrid vessels was unantic-

ipated in the original “Shipping 2020” report, Svensen noted. But the substan-tial drop in battery prices and improved energy storage capacity means that hybrid

systems are now becoming a real option for the shipping industry. They are best suited for vessels with large variations in power demand, coastal trades and operations within emission control areas.

The technology is also becoming applicable for some deep-sea shipping segments, for example in crane operations, he explained. Pilot projects indicate that hybrid tech-nology is robust and leads to fuel savings of 15 percent for an offshore vessel.

A hybrid engine system allows the ship to operate at its most efficient point,

regardless of power requirement or load. “Currently, there are already 33 hybrid vessels in operation or on order, and looking ahead it is possible this number will top 100 by 2020,” Svensen said.

Connectivity improves operational efficiencyGlobal high-speed internet coverage,

increased computing power and Big Data solutions turn the vision of the connected ship into reality. Svensen expects that the spread of these technologies will enable the shipping industry to intensify its focus on enhancing operational efficiency.

“By bringing together and analysing both data from on-board monitoring systems and from external sources, a comprehen-sive insight is gained of voyage, engine and hull performance,” he said. “Voyage management based on shipboard sensors and AIS data, for example, can help to determine the optimal speed in all condi-tions and thereby reduce fuel bills.”

Alongside these opportunities new threats are present: “As ships become more connected, they could fall victim to cyber attacks,” he warned. To mitigate risks, Svensen recommended the develop-ment of guidelines and standards as well as cybersecurity audits to improve protection.

The original “Shipping 2020” report had generated a great deal of interest and discussion throughout the industry, Svensen concluded. “The update once again aims to review the ‘big picture’.

Just a decade ago Volvo Penta intro-duced its Inboard Performance System

(IPS), forever changing the face of the leisure and commercial marine industries.

Coinciding with this milestone anniver-sary, the company is celebrating another breakthrough achievement that’s set to redefine crew transfer in the offshore renewable industry: the first quadruple Volvo Penta IPS pods installed in commer-cial boats.

“We have been delighted with the performance of our new catamarans in the few short months since their arrival,” says Tom Mehew, director of Njord Offshore. “The quadruple system is a resounding success with our customers, especially thanks to the greatly improved redundancy, maneuverability, speed and fuel efficiency. Strategic Marine, the boat builder, also noted how easy the installa-tion process was.”

The bigger the better With crew transfer vessels in the marine

commercial industry growing in size year on year, Volvo Penta is able to offer highly efficient quadruple installations, with the added redundancy that comes with four separate engines and drivelines.

In demanding work environments, Volvo Penta IPS outperforms standard inboard shafts in fuel efficiency, performance, acceleration and noise levels — offering operators a high-performing system in every respect. And now, with the option of a quad installation, a greater range of customers can benefit from the innova-tive system.

“In recent times Volvo Penta has gained considerable strength in the 24 to 30 metre range, which includes patrol and pilot boats, passenger ferries and service vessels,” says Gerard Törneman, sales

project manager for Volvo Penta Marine Commercial. “In this type of boat the quad installation will take up less space than inboard shafts, and, being three to five tons lighter than other propulsion and engine systems, it offers more speed, a longer range and lower fuel consump-tion.”

The power of four“The expert maneuverability and

handling of a vessel fitted with Volvo Penta’s quad installation means that it can be held in a steady position against the wind turbine, more or less undis-turbed by current, wind or waves, thanks to the steering and high thrust,” Gerard explains.

The active propulsion system is supported by Volvo Penta’s EVC system that controls all four drive units in the quad installation. The Volvo Penta IPS joystick docking system allows the oper-ator to move the vessel sideways, rotate it on the spot and position it precisely against the wind farm pylon.

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The executive management team of Cape Town-based Southern Power Products (SPP) has

been strengthened with the recent appointment of Jacques Brϋmmer as CEO.

The appointment of Brϋmmer - a former director of Cummins Southern Africa and a man with more than 20 years’ experience in the African diesel market - is aimed at supporting the existing SPP executive team, led by SPP founder and Managing Director, Noel Holmes, in realising the company’s future growth and expansion plans.

According to Holmes: “Jacques’ appointment brings new vision and expertise to SPP and we look forward to him using his extensive African market insight, passion for business development enabled by devel-opment of dynamic teams and strong customer rela-tionships, as well as his strong product knowledge to assist SPP in achieving its growth ambitions.”

SPP plans to grow its business by actively expanding its Volvo Penta offering through focus across the broader commercial marine market, and acquiring additional agencies and new technologies which complement its existing product portfolio.

The company, the official South African importer and distributor of Volvo Penta marine engines, genera-tors, accessories and parts, also represents top brands such as the Westerbeke range of marine generators and accessories, Cruisair marine air conditioning systems, Aquadrive anti-vibration systems and Hidea outboard motors, spare parts and accessories.

Brϋmmer’s appointment also complements the recent, vertical integration of SPP into the Nautic Africa Group, a move that, according to Holmes, “is a significant value-add for SPP in light of Nautic’s pres-ence and strength across Africa.”

“SPP’s integration into the Nautic Group has given us the injection of transformation we needed to meet the changing needs of the marine industry.

“As SPP, we are now better positioned to serve the African governmental, commercial and recreational marine sectors and to provide sales and service support excellence for existing and any new products and technologies which we introduce into our port-folio,” says Brϋmmer.

The DOEN Pacific Waterjet product range, which Nautic acquired in 2014, will be added to the SPP portfolio. Further additions will be unveiled at Cape Town’s annual Boat Show, which takes place in October this year.

According to James Fisher, Nautic CEO: “We are delighted to have SPP - which has been active in the South African marine industry since 1985 – become an independent member of the Nautic Group. Our alliance is one which promises to be mutually benefi-cial to both SPP and Nautic.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

Developments gear Cape engine supplier for growth



Volvo Penta and Callenberg Tech-nology Group have announced

an agreement to collaborate on diesel electric projects in order to further their commitment to sustain-able power solutions.

In order to provide fuel-efficient, environmentally conscious prod-ucts to its customers, Volvo Penta is exploring a host of sustainable power solutions and believes that the agreement with its long-time partner will provide the opportunity to team up on a host of future hybrid electric projects.

Volvo Penta and Callenberg, both based in Gothenburg, Sweden, have worked together for many years. Callenberg has long provided Volvo Penta with electrical components for its marine gensets. But now the two companies will also work together to provide customers with Callenberg’s complete diesel electric solutions — powered by Volvo Penta marine gensets.

Callenberg manages onboard elec-trical energy for a wide range of maritime customers. Instead of burning diesel to produce electrical energy, customers can opt for a more energy-efficient solution including diesel-electric systems .

“Through our agreement with Volvo Penta, we now have access to a range of marine gensets, which are an important complement to our systems. This gives Callenberg signif-icant strength and allows us to work on large-scale projects,” says Per-Erik Larsson, director sales and spares, electrical energy management at Callenberg Technology Group.

“Growing marine genset sales and becoming more competitive in diesel electric projects are key factors in the development of the marine commer-cial segment,” says Håkan Johansson, Volvo Penta business development manager. “We are seeing more demand for diesel electric projects, and increasingly, it’s an advantage to offer a complete solution — as customers and yards prefer to deal with only one contact.”

Hybrid power - from bridge to propeller

“We are experiencing good successes in the marine market, particularly in sales of engines, generators, gearboxes and

control systems for new-built projects at South African yards such as SA Shipyards, Nautic Africa and Veecraft Marine,” says Wynand van Zyl, operations manager - Ma-rine, Oil & Gas (Offshore) for southern Af-rica.“We have recently taken part in the

successful sea trials of Veecraft’s Ocean Runner catamaran and all involved were extremely pleased with her performance.” The wave piercing catamaran will operate as a multi-role utility vessel in the oil and gas sector and is powered by Cat propul-sion engines and generators supplied by Barloworld Power.

“In May Nautic launched two 35m crew and patrol vessels, each powered by three Cat C32 main engines,” adds van Zyl. “In early June we travelled to Germany with SA Shipyards and the Transnet National Ports Authority to attend the factory acceptance tests of the first set of MaK 8M25 main engines for their tug building programme.”

“On the west coast, Sachal Yard is awaiting delivery of the main engine for its newest trawler.”

“Cat products are exceptionally well repre-sented and supported all over Africa and this has translated to demand from end users to have their new vessels fitted with Cat engines. We have capitalised on the synergies across our group and among Cat dealers worldwide, supporting each other.”

SkillsHe attributes Barloworld Power’s strong

relationships with its customers, including steady growth not only in sales but also the after sales market, on excellent teams in all its southern African territories. “Every time we commission an installation, be it for a new vessel or a repower project, we get equally excited. I guess this is only natural as we are really close to our projects.

“Southern Africa suffers from a lack of skills on new and rapidly developing technolo-gies in the marine, oil and gas sectors. So

we are fortunate to have access to excep-tional skills development programmes from both Barloworld and Caterpillar to keep our people abreast of global best practice and technology.”

Barloworld’s Technical Training Centre in Isando, Johannesburg, trains more than 60 apprentices every year and, on top of this, marine specific training is provided at Barloworld Power’s Bellville facility for both employees and customers.

Gold Level Marine Service Centre Successful efforts to improve customer

service have resulted in Barloworld Power Marine receiving Caterpillar certification as a Gold Level Marine Service Centre in both South Africa and Namibia.

“This follows implementation of a broad action plan covering all business areas affecting our marine product support capa-bility,” van Zyl explains. “It is an important achievement as Gold Level status is demanded by global marine customers such as Bourbon and Damen from their Cat service partners.”

The assessment takes into account service operation excellence, marine product knowledge and expertise, leveraging of global dealer best practice, and global marine industry recognition.

An additional audit by DNV-GL, the world’s leading ship and off-shore classification society, will be conducted by Caterpillar at the southern African facilities this year and Barloworld Power hopes to be the first dealer in Africa to achieve DNV-GL recog-nition.

With the exception of South Africa, which has a strong shipbuilding industry, Barloworld Power’s main focus in southern Africa is on after sales. “In Namibia a lot our activity takes place on offshore mining and oil and gas support vessels,” says van Zyl. “Our Angolan business is also domi-nated by the oil and gas sector, while in South Africa and Mozambique the fishing industry still contributes a large portion or our after sales income.”

Barloworld Global PowerBarloworld Power southern Africa forms

part of the Barloworld Global Power busi-ness headquartered in Spain. Barloworld Global Power was formed to focus on growing Barloworld’s power systems busi-ness across its Caterpillar dealership terri-tories in southern Africa, Iberia (Spain and

Combining integrated solutions with service excellence

COVER STORY

Major efforts to improve ser-vice delivery and an integrated solutions approach using global resources are paying dividends as southern African Cat dealer Bar-loworld Power sees an uptick in marine power sales and support.


Portugal) and a large part of Russia.

The sister company Barloworld Finanzauto (the Cat dealer for Spain) recently received a Global Dealer Excellence award for Power Marine from Caterpillar CEO Doug Ober-helman. Barloworld Finanzauto is the first dealer worldwide to receive this award, based on a broad range of factors such as value selling, participation rate, strategic alignment, Cat Propulsion capabilities and systems integration among others.

“The award is important for us in southern Africa as the marine business is developed in the group under a global umbrella and strategic initiatives carried out in Spain are immediately implemented in the other countries and vice versa,” says van Zyl.

Integrated solutionsIn line with Caterpillar’s strategy and the

direction taken by Barloworld Finanzauto, Barloworld Power is positioning itself increasingly to offer integrated engine room solutions. This capability has been facilitated by several key Caterpillar acqui-sitions in recent years.

In 2013 Caterpillar acquired Berg Propul-sion (now Cat Propulsion), a manufacturer of mechanically and electrically driven propulsion systems and marine controls. Barloworld Finanzauto was appointed as one of three pilot dealers worldwide for the new Cat Propulsion business, giving Barloworld Power the opportunity to repre-

sent Azimuth propellers, as well as controllable pitch propellers (CPP) and tunnel thrusters.

More recently Caterpillar Marine has acquired ESRG Technologies Group LLC, a vessel monitoring and data analytics company, including ESRG’s compre-hensive software suite for the remote moni-toring and diagnostics of more than 65 on-board systems. This has helped Caterpillar and its marine dealers to evolve beyond engine-focused monitoring to provide monitoring and diagnostic solu-tions for entire vessels.

This year Barloworld Finanzauto has formed a joint venture with Spanish company EMENASA known as MaIn Solu-tions. EMENASA has been undertaking electrical and associated installations and repairs for the marine sector in Vigo, Spain, since 1956. The joint venture will provide Barloworld Global Power with additional capabilities in complete propulsions solu-tions offerings.

“All these developments are tremendously exciting and we will have to translate them into appropriate skills in our southern African business to be competitive,” says van Zyl. “On the technology side we are seeing increased demand for systems inte-

gration and remote monitoring capabilities and we will have to deliver. The market is very competitive and we also recognise the need to focus continually on improving our capabilities and our service.

From the top: The wave piercing catamaran will operate as a multi-role utility vessel in the oil and gas sector and is powered by Cat propulsion engines and generators supplied by Barloworld Power.

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Vert Energy - specialists in electric power generation (EPG) and electro-mechan-

ical power transmission (EMPT) works closely with the marine and offshore sector, offering the supply of quality components and the support of a comprehensive repair and maintenance service.

“An important part of our service to the shipping industry, is the highly technical installation and repair work undertaken out at sea by factory trained Vert engi-neers,” says Grant Robertson, managing director, Vert Energy. “A reliable power supply is a top priority in shipping. For this

reason, Vert Energy has tailored its capa-bility to assist vessel owners - not only with routine maintenance programmes, but also in emergency breakdown situations - with no interference to the daily activities of the vessel.

“Vert Energy’s field services encompass re-assembly, installation and commis-sioning, inspections and diagnostics, as well as on site maintenance and repair.

“Recent projects include the rewinding of a 750 kVA exciter stator, in situ below deck, on board a vessel out at sea near Mozam-bique. There were no interruptions to the

normal operation of the ship. Vert techni-cians have also installed and commissioned the retrofitment of new generators on board a vessel in Namibia. These units were tested under various loads and operating conditions out at sea.”

Vert Energy has been appointed exclu-sive distributors in sub-Saharan Africa for the sales and support of DEIF generator controls.

DEIF power management systems encom-pass diesel, gas and hydro control tech-nology for offshore vessels and on/offshore platforms, as well commercial, military and leisure vessels. Special vessel applications include dredgers, fishing vessels, heavy lift ships and pipe laying vessels.

DEIF’s safe and reliable systems ensure optimum performance, high accuracy, minimal maintenance requirements and reduced downtime. The company’s ‘green technology’ focuses on energy efficiency, fuel optimisation and reduced emissions.

DEIF products for marine and offshore applications include analogue instrumen-tation, single and multi-function function controller platforms and engineered solu-tions for the offshore oil and gas industry’s ships and rigs.

These user-friendly controllers, which eliminate the need for external controllers, encompass advanced load dependent stop/start controls, integrated remote control from alarm and monitoring systems, long-time parallel operation diesel/shaft gener-ators and combined emergency/harbour generators.

Vert Energy is also the exclusive distributor in sub-Saharan Africa for Leroy Somer alter-nators, and Covrad heat exchangers.

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DEIF control instrumentation, available exclusive from Vert Energy throughout sub Saharan Africa, includes genset controllers, protection relays and interfaces, as well as switchboards and pan-els. This is a DEIF PPM-3 fully integrated power management controller

The Reintjes GmbH, well-known for marine gearboxes for main drives

with power ratings from 250 to 30,000 kW, has developed a compact hybrid system which achieves low energy consumption, less noise and a smooth running.

The RHS offers a solution for numerous operating modes, allowing either diesel or electric drives to be selected. Depending on what is required, both types of propulsion can be used within their optimum efficiency curves.

In addition, a booster function is planned which will offer the possibility to combine the Diesel and Electric drive for higher speed or higher thrust.

The RHS can be used as a PTI (Power

Take In), so that the necessary energy for slow speed drive or booster applica-tion is provided by a generating set or a battery pack on board.

Optionally the system can be used as a PTO (Power Take Off). In this mode the diesel engine drives the electrical machine, working as a generator, and provides electrical power to charge batteries or to supply the board grid.

To enable an easy installation, the combined electric motor and generator are already flanged to the gearbox and supplied with a frequency converter. All these components are part of the Rein-tjes package. The RHS is suitable for fixed propeller applications and available with electric machines from 60 kW up to 630 kW.

A survey vessel operating in the Neth-erlands is currently equipped with the RHS application and runs with two diesel engines of 652 kW. Normally running at an average speed of 13 knots, but in the hybrid mode it runs extremely smoothly at a speed between zero and eight knots, while consuming less fuel.

For more information refer to the Rein-tjes website: www.reintjes-gears.de for solutions in the field of marine as well as industrial power train technology.

The Reintjes hybrid systems allows either diesel or electric drives to be selected.

Alternative drive concept ensures efficient operation

Using the propeller to disentangle lines and nets

Durban Based company Alignment With Laser (AW Laser) has been awarded distribution rights for a new product,

Spurs line and net cutting systems, in South Africa, Namibia and Mozambique.

Spurs Line Cutter Systems use the propeller's rotation and inertial force to power the cutting action. As the offending line enters the propeller vortex, it is wound toward the propeller hub.

Usually this causes the line to wind itself tighter and tighter, entering into the space between the propeller hub and rope guard where it can damage the oil seals – but with the Spurs Line Cutter System installed, the sudden resistance sensed by the stationary cutter forces a cam action, which causes the blade to be pushed outward. The rotating blade then severs the obstruction.

The cutting force increases in direct proportion to the resis-tance sensed by the stationary cutter assembly. This shearing action means that the cutting blades never actually come into contact with each other.

Hydrophilic and bronze surface bearings maintain precise cutter positioning when resistance occurs. With each rota-tion, the cutters pass each other gliding on a thin lubricating film of water or within a few thousandths of each other, thus avoiding surface wear during long passages. The stationary cutter centres itself in the cutter guides as it passes through with each revolution of the propeller.

Two classificationsA Shaft Mounted system for shafts from 20mm up to 175mm

can be ordered as an off-the-shelf item for easy self installa-tion.

The Propeller Mounted Systems is suitable for medium to large vessels. AW Laser will work with the shipyard and custom make the cutter for specific requirements. AW Laser can supply drawings and have them approved by the client. The system can be installed on fixed or variable pitch props and thrusters applications.

Benefits of line cutters

�� Cuts lines, weeds, and nets.

�� Eliminates dives to cut prop-fouling lines in freezing or high seas.

�� No more costly commercial "down time" for repairs.

�� Prevents the need for Coast Guard towing or expensive commercial towing.

�� No more shafts or struts torn loose that can sink your vessel.

�� Avoid expensive haul-outs, dry-docking, and diver's charges.

�� Prevent burnt bearings and engine overload repairs.

�� Cuts line with each revolution (forward or reverse), with no loss of speed or efficiency.

�� Fits shaft sizes 3/4" to 7". (Metric sizes 20mm-175mm)

�� Made of hardened stainless steel.

AW Laser is the agent for the Spurs System will be able to assist in installation and carry a stock of replacement parts for the units which are sold.

REINTJES gearboxes of the WAF/LAF, SVA/SVAL and DLG have been specially designed for heavy-duty applications in work boats such as tugs, trawlers, inland waterway vessels, ferries, tankers, offshore and container vessels as well as special-purpose ships with compa-rably high demands.

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According to the report: Global and China Marine Diesel Engine Industry

Report, 2014-2015, South Korea, Japan and China enjoy about 80 percent share of the global marine diesel engine market. Among them, South Korea monopolises the low-speed marine engine market, while Japan and China act as leaders in the medi-um-speed marine engine market.

A large number of marine diesel engine companies worldwide make use of tech-nology licenses for production and sale, particularly MAN and Wärtsilä are the world's foremost license providers. In 2014, MAN and Wärtsilä shared 99 percent of the global low-speed marine engine market and 77 percent of the world's medi-um-speed marine engine market.

Although as the world's largest ship-building country, China is weak in ship supporting capabilities and has to apply the patents of MAN, Wärtsilä and Mitsub-ishi Heavy Industries to the vast majority of low-speed marine diesel engines. As of the end of 2014, MAN had authorised nearly 20 companies in China, while Wärtsilä authorised 10 and Mitsubishi Heavy Indus-tries three.

China has raised its marine diesel engine production level rapidly, and witnessed the emergence of Hudong Heavy Machinery, CSSC-MES Diesel, Dalian Marine Diesel,

Yichang Marine Diesel Engine, Qingdao Haixi Heavy-duty Machinery and other low-speed marine engine protagonists. In 2014, these five companies boasted a total capacity of low-speed marine engines up to 8.5 million horsepower. At the same time, medium-speed marine engine enterprises represented by CSSC Marine Power and Shaanxi Diesel Engine Heavy Industry have also arisen.

MAN is the world's largest low-speed marine diesel engine brand. In 2014, its sales reported EUR14.286 billion, of which EUR3.273 billion stemmed from MAN Diesel & Turbo. In February 2015, MAN signed 10-year agreements for low-speed two-stroke diesel engine license with China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) and China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC).

Wärtsilä is known as the world's largest medium-speed marine diesel engine brand. Wärtsilä runs four marine diesel engine joint ventures in China.

Hudong Heavy Machinery is the largest manufacturer of marine diesel engines in China. It enjoyed 51 percent stake in CSSC-MES Diesel in 2013 and produced 194 marine diesel engines with 4.1 million horsepower in 2014, ranking first in the industry. In January 2015, it delivered the world's first SCR system applied to Win

GD's low-speed engines.

CSSC Marine Power has grown from the merger between Zhenjiang CSSC Equip-ment and Anqing CSSC Diesel Engine in September 2013. As a leader in Chinese medium-speed marine engine market, the company is capable of annually producing 500 medium-speed marine engines with the bore size of below 320mm and 840,000 horsepower as well as 30 low-speed engines with 300,000 horsepower.

Dalian Marine Diesel produces high-power marine engines for Wärtsilä and MAN, with annual capacity of 2 million horsepower. In December 2013, Dalian Marine Diesel and Wärtsilä signed an agreement to develop new-generation X92 green marine engines.

Global and China Marine Diesel Engine Industry Report, 2014-2015 highlights the following:

�� Global marine diesel engine market size, regional structure, corporate struc-ture, etc;

�� Policies on marine diesel engine and industrial environment in China;

�� Supply and demand, import & export and competitive landscape of Chinese marine diesel engine market;

�� Development of low-speed and medi-um-speed marine engines in China;

�� Operation, R & D and development strategies of six global marine diesel engine companies and 17 Chinese counterparts.

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FEATURE Health and safety


When asked by a claims handler at one presentation how many ships had been successfully re-

floated along our coastline, I could only recall five. We had the Ikan Tanda and the Sealand Express off Cape Town, the Nino and the Kianu Satu on the east coast. The fifth vessel, that I am aware of, was the Phoenix on the Kwazulu-Natal North coast. It is quite apparent that our coast is a

hostile zone for ships in distress and, once aground, the likelihood of a successful re-float is quite slim. It is therefore important that we look at ports and places of refuge around South Africa and the options that are available to us.

There are several issues at stake when one has to consider what should be done with a vessel in distress and what steps need to be taken by the various and often competing authorities.

It was against this background that South Africa looked at its contingency plans in or-der to deal with ships in distress and what it should do if faced with a ship in distress, which could become a marine casualty and pollution threat.

South Africa’s coastline can bevone of the most dangerous stretches of coastline in the world, especially when one takes the weather, currents and rugged rocks into account. It is therefore important to have a plan in place and to be aware of the avail-able options.

A legislated approachTo deal with the scenario of a ship in dif-

ficulty, the South African government has passed legislation and approved the ap-pointment of the South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) to consider their options, together with other local marine experts, on the procedures to follow should a vessel run into difficulties.

These issues were raised at the Depart-ment of Transport stakeholder workshop to discuss South Africa’s maritime trans-port policy.

South Africa has to date adopted a very sensible and commercial approach to the issue of ships in difficulty and the need to have ports and places of refuge available

for a vessel in the case of an emergency.

There are places of refuge available in South Africa for deep draft vessels, togeth-er with certain ports, provided various re-quirements can be met.

There are three possible places of refuge on the South African coast.

�� St Helena Bay: a deep water bay, but exposed to the wind from the north west

�� False Bay: very good area and offers much protection

�� Algoa Bay: good shelter only from the west

�� There are eight commercial ports in South Africa.

�� Saldanha Bay

�� Cape Town

�� Mossel Bay

�� Port Elizabeth

�� Ngqura

�� East London

�� Durban

�� Richards Bay

Container ships are being built bigger than ever before and I have just been involved with the mv Maersk Londrina which had a fire in a cargo hold. Finding a port of ref-uge that could accommodate a ship of her draught, size and beam, but with container gantry cranes that could handle eight high containers was no easy task. Thankfully, the Port of Ngqura was available and the vessel was able to berth and obtain assistance.

This illustrates South Africa’s positive ap-proach to handling marine emergencies as well as the wisdom of our port captains at all our ports to realise the threat posed by marine emergencies whilst balancing that need with the commercial operations of the port. South African ports have always opened their doors to assist vessels requir-ing a port of refuge and SAMSA has always been willing to offer advice and assistance.

A ship owner and master cannot simply anchor a vessel along the South African coastline at their own will. Various pieces of legislation have been passed to combat this in the form of the:-

�� The Marine Traffic Act, Act 2 of 1981,

�� South African Maritime Safety Authori-ty Act, Act 5 of 1998

�� Merchant Shipping (Maritime Security) Regulations 2004, which incorporate regulation X 1-2/9 of SOLAS (“ISPS”)

�� Marine Pollution (Control and Civil Lia-bility) Act, Act 6 of 1981

�� Wreck and Salvage Act, Act 94 of 1996

�� Merchant Shipping Act, Act 57 of 1951 (as amended)

�� National Ports Authority Act, Act 12 of 2005

Exercising the power of the lawThe Marine Traffic Act deals with a vessel

entering and departing from international waters and states that there are regula-tions regarding the immobilising, laying up, stopping or anchoring outside harbours or fishing harbours. It is an offence under this Act, for any vessel to lay-up on the South African coastline, without the necessary permission.

Permission to lay-up a vessel must be giv-en by the relevant minister via SAMSA who may demand, inter alia, that various condi-tions are met.

For example, SAMSA may demand that a tug be made fast to the vessel at all times throughout the duration of the lay-up. If she is made fast, then there is little delay in moving or relocating the vessel should the need arise.

SAMSA also has the power to demand that the master or owner post security in an amount determined for the recovery of any costs incurred in enforcing any condition applicable to the immobilising or laying-up of the ship, or in the exercise of its powers under the Act.

In addition, SAMSA has the authority to prevent a vessel coming towards the coast to seek refuge and this authority stretches to all bays and anchorage areas. Although the ports are operated by Transnet Nation-al Ports Authority (TNPA), they will often turn to SAMSA for advice and assistance.

Seeking a safe haven for ships in distressI was addressing P&I clubs recently about ports and places of refuge along the southern African coast and it occurred to me that during my 20 years at P&I Associates, I have been involved in over 26 maritime casualties.

Finding a port of refuge that could ac-commodate a ship of her draught, size and beam, but with container gantry cranes that could handle eight high containers was no easy task.

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Before a vessel can seek refuge at a place or port in South Africa, SAMSA must first give their authority, but where the place of refuge is a port – then TNPA would also have provide approval.

SAMSA will always consider the saving of life as being paramount and the MRCC in Cape Town co-ordinates all rescue activi-ties with the harbour master at the nearest port. The next priority is the environment. Once these factors have been taken into account, then one would then give consid-eration to the saving of property.

South Africa proactiveSouth Africa has always taken an excellent

approach to the subject of vessels seeking a port or place of refuge and in this regard, SAMSA, should be commended for their role in such matters.

SAMSA have a difficult function to fulfill and it has always been our advocacy that ship owners looking to use South African waters as a place of refuge should act with utmost good faith. A failure to disclose a particular fact may lead to a vessel being barred from seeking refuge.

Where a vessel’s structure has been com-promised, SAMSA, will want to inspect the vessel and assess the problem before granting permission for the vessel to close the coast.

Once permission has been granted, it may be subject to the fulfillment of certain con-ditions, for example:

�� Vessel may be requested to produce a valid Hull and Machinery insurance certificate.

�� Vessel may be requested to produce a valid P&I insurance certificate of entry

�� All fuel bunkers and black oil to be re-moved from the vessel

�� Vessel to be attended to by an ade-quately powerful salvage tug that has to be made fast

�� A salvage contractor (and ISU member) to be appointed by owners

�� An operational plan must be prepared

and approved by SAMSA

�� A suitable guarantee to be in place

Valid insurance is keyThe inclusion of valid insurance certificates

is a new development and an essential one. If vessels want to make use of our coast, then owners must understand that South Africa needs to protect itself from bearing the costs of removing vessels which may eventually be abandoned by the owners. By having reputable insurance in place a level of comfort is achieved should an un-fortunate event arise during the period of refuge.

Both SAMSA and TNPA recognise and ac-cept Club letters of undertaking from IG clubs and the format of the letter has been agreed upon and is only a slight variation of the IMO suggested wording for ports of refuge. The variation is to be incorporated into local law.

South Africa is fortunate to have various resources available to it on its coastline to assist vessels in difficulty. We were the first country to recognise the need to have a tug solely for these purposes.

It is important to note that South Africa, as a coastal state, does recognise the need for vessels to seek refuge and in general will assist in this process. However, it is imper-ative that the requirements of the Author-ities are met and that the owners together with their respective insurers cooperate at all times.

We are already gripped by a South Afri-can winter and it is undoubtedly the sea-son when vessels run into difficulties along our coast. We have seen an increase in the number of uninsured vessels transiting our coast and it is those vessels that impose the greatest threat to our environment.

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Major investment in veteran seafarers’ welfare

The maritime charity, Seafarers UK, is to provide £1.17m in fund-

ing towards the building of a new extension to the Trinity House Hub retirement home for ex-seafarers at Mariners’ Park in Wallasey, Mersey-side.

The new Seafarers UK Centenary Wing will provide 22 single and dou-ble occupancy apartments for retired and elderly Merchant Navy and Roy-al Navy seafarers, and their depen-dents. The additional apartments will meet a real need for high quali-ty housing and, with a 24-hour care team on site, will be able to support a balanced community of those with low, medium and high needs.

The capital project grant, to be pro-vided over three years, will provide the Nautilus Welfare Fund, which operates the Mariners’ Park estate, with the majority of the funding it needs for the design and building work. The remainder of the funds will then be raised by the Nautilus Welfare Fund, as well as through fur-ther fundraising by Seafarers UK. The Seafarers UK Centenary Wing is one of three legacy projects that Seafar-ers UK will be fundraising for as part of its Centenary Appeal, which will focus on supporting the seafarers of the past, present and future and is to be formerly launched later this year.

Commodore Barry Bryant, Director General of Seafarers UK said, “Sea-farers UK has always been focused on helping those in need across the entire maritime community, but in particular the UK’s older, retired and veteran seafarers, and their depen-dents. Over the next few years, and as we lead up to our Centenary, we want to do even more to highlight the extraordinary contribution to this island nation of our seafarers both past and present. And just as importantly, we intend to promote the opportunities that exist for the young seafarers of tomorrow.”

By having reputable insurance in place a level of comfort is achieved should an unfortunate event arise during the period of refuge.



World Day for Health and Safety at work was celebrated on 28 April, a day attributed to awareness of

safety, health and wellness in the work-place, and aiming to promote and support practical action in these areas at all levels, as well as encourage companies to adopt a preventative safety, health and wellness culture. When operating in an industry such as

ours eliminating severe risks from the workplace is key and corporate leaders have a responsibility to enforce these reg-ulations and programmes, to ensure a safe and productive workplace.

From a South African perspective, World Day for Health and Safety is a sober re-minder for local companies to accept re-sponsibility and put stringent measures in place to protect employees’ health, well-ness and safety in the workplace. Global-ly, according to the International Labour Organisation, an estimated 2.3 million people die every year from work-related accidents and diseases. Whether business-es operate in an office environment or at sea, as Maersk Line and Safmarine does, safety and protection from work-related accidents, injuries and diseases is of para-mount importance.

With challenging current economic con-ditions, it is easy to become complacent when it comes to safety and wellness in the

workplace, as output and efficiency are top of minds for most South African employ-ers. However, one incident is one incident too many, and, particularly in challenging industries such as the maritime sectors where these incidents may prove fatal to an employee or detrimental to the environ-ment. It is therefore crucial to have strict and measurable policies in place that form a core part of employees’ tasks and respon-sibilities.

Given the fact that employees spend most of their day in the workplace, the environ-ment needs to be conducive to safety and wellness at all times. These conditions will make employees want to come to work, enjoy their environment and will often re-sult in employees being more productive.

Training is keySafety is a matter of training and be-

haviour, and the only way to instill a safe working environment on land and at sea, is through continuous training. A culture of safety and wellness is entrenched by means of strict training programmes and by ensuring that effective and open lines of communication are kept between business leaders and peers at all times. Encouraging and supporting active participation in the work place is also critical to this process.

Maersk Line marine personnel currently on board vessels amount to over 7,000, and on land, in the Maersk Line and Safmarine office and Liner Operations, there are over 431 staff members in South Africa. All staff are required to undergo numerous train-ing courses, emergency drills and familia-risation training, as well as basic first aid, health and safety and fire marshal training. Training is repeated throughout the staff member’s career to ensure the required reaction to minor and major incidents on land and at sea are second nature.

In South Africa businesses are encouraged to conduct regular safety and security au-dits of facilities, as well as inspect and test fire detection equipment, first aid and safe-ty equipment in order to identify issues be-fore they become problems.

Staff should also undergo mandatory fire drills, and businesses should have policies in place to ensure that all staff have evac-uated the building safely during the drill

to a pre-arranged easily accessible muster point. The muster points, as well as the fire exits, are to be well marked and lit, and reg-ular checks need be conducted to ensure lights are in working order.

In the maritime industry, safety training is instilled from the beginning. Academies, such as the South African Maritime Training Academy (SAMTRA), provide learners with fundamental knowledge about safety at sea, as well as on how to manage emergen-cies that may occur.

They are faced with various scenarios at sea to build confidence and decision mak-ing under stress in real life situations in the safety of the simulator. Cadets at SAMTRA undergo three years of intensive training at sea and ashore before graduating as Offi-cers.

Leaders in the maritime sector need to abide by strict safety procedures, especial-ly at sea, as the consequences can be grave if the proper safety procedures are not fol-lowed. Therefore, it is critical to dedicate time and energy on reviewing workplace accidents and near-misses at sea, no mat-ter how minor, and ensuring that maritime personnel are trained to avoid such inci-dents in future.

While the seas are safer than ever today thanks to advancements in new technology and regulation, as with many challenging environments, it is imperative that risks are proactively addressed through the im-plementation of policies and establishing frameworks of preventative action which ensure that the Compensation for Occupa-tional Injuries and Diseases Act (COID) laws are followed by all personnel.

Opinion piece by Frederick Jacobs, Chairman of Maersk SA (Pty) Ltd – responsible for the Maersk

Line and Safmarine brands

World Day for Health and Safety at work was celebrated on 28 April, a day attributed to awareness of safety, health and wellness in the work-place, and aiming to promote and support practical action in these areas at all levels, as well as encourage companies to adopt a preventative safety, health and wellness culture.

Global health and safety day sober reminder to employers to safeguard employees

Safety is a matter of training and behaviour, and the only way to instill a safe working environment on land and at sea, is through continuous training. A

culture of safety and wellness is entrenched by means of strict training pro-grammes and by ensuring that effective and open lines of communication are

kept between business leaders and peers at all times. Encouraging and support-ing active participation in the work place is also critical to this process.

While the seas are safer than ever today thanks to advancements in new technology and regulation, as with many challenging environments, it is imperative that risks are proactively addressed through the implemen-tation of policies and establishing frameworks of preventative action which ensure that the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act (COID) laws are followed by all personnel.

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HIV work needed amongst seafarers

A survey released by the Interna-tional Transport Workers' Federa-

tion (ITF) highlights the need for con-tinuing work on HIV/AIDS and well-being among seafarers. The report, A Broader Vision of Seafarer Wellbe-ing: survey of ITF maritime affiliates on HIV/AIDS, health and wellbeing, questioned 34 trade unions and 608 seafarers.

Surprising resultsDespite all the work that has gone

into education about HIV/AIDS, many myths about its transmission remain – including in one labour supplying country where only 17 percent of respondents believed condoms are effective in preventing it, and 46 per-cent believe it can be spread in food and drink.

Other major findings came in re-sponse to the questions about gen-eral wellbeing, with many of those quizzed reporting worries about weight, depression and alcohol use. On average half were worried about their weight, while almost 60 percent experience back/joint pain at work. In one labour supplying country 75 percent know workmates who are depressed.

The new report follows similar ITF surveys in the civil aviation and ports sectors, but for the first time includes questions on general health and wellbeing, so as to achieve a holistic overview of seafarers needs and con-cerns, and to normalise HIV/AIDS as something within the broader health context, rather than a cause of stigma and fear.

ITF maritime coordinator Jacqueline Smith explained: “We believe this is the most exhaustive current investi-gation into this subject, and we offer its findings to everyone concerned with the welfare of seafarers.

“We carried out this research to identify the needs and concerns of seafarers, and to show us how we can best address them within the ITF's longstanding and pioneering HIV/AIDS programme. The results speak for themselves, and we will, with the agreement of the ITF sea-farers' section, plan a comprehensive programme of action accordingly.”

Are seafarers happy at work?

Crewtoo, a social media platform for seafarers, has launched the Crewtoo

Seafarers Happiness Index to monitor im-portant benchmarks of seafarer satisfac-tion on a regular basis.

The inaugural report shows a seafarer sat-isfaction level of 6.42 on a scale of 1 to 10 about key issues including general happi-ness, contact with family, shore leave, wage levels, food, fitness and health, training, in-teraction onboard, workload, and access to welfare facilities. Data for the first report is based on surveys conducted in the first three months of 2015. Subsequent reports will be published approximately every three months based on surveys conducted on an ongoing basis.

Anneley Pickles, head of Crewtoo says; “It is all well and good to talk about seafarers and the realities of life at sea, but until now there has been very little confirmation as to how seafarers actually feel about their jobs. For us it comes down to one fundamental issue: Are seafarers happy? We felt it vital to develop a means of measuring and re-porting this issue, which led to the creation of the Crewtoo Seafarers Happiness Index.”

The issues that concerned seafarers the most included the need for onboard Inter-net access; the risk of stress and fatigue

from increasing workloads; and the lack of shore leave.

Crewtoo began surveying its approximate-ly 110,000 members in January, asking them to rate their satisfaction about life at sea using a scale of 1-10. The Crewtoo Seafarers Happiness Index data includes responses from globally based crews, and answers were received from across all ranks and nationalities including seafarers from the Philippines, UK, Poland, Croatia, Germany, US, Canada, India, and Turkey, as well as a number of African nations.

The age of survey respondents ranged from 16 to the late 60’s. Masters made up the largest proportion of responses by rank. The majority of responses were from seafarers working on bulk carriers and con-tainer vessels.

The Crewtoo Seafarers Happiness Index is designed to be part of an ongoing cam-paign to raise awareness about crews' opinions and to assist with the continual improvement of conditions onboard to re-tain and recruit seafarers. Quantifying and qualifying how happy people are with the various elements of their working life at sea helps to build a picture of the industry and of the successes, but also the issues and problems to be addressed.

How happy are you about the contact you are able to have with your family when you are at sea?Increasingly seafarers not only want internet access, they demand it. Wi-Fi, it was stated, makes life at sea “easier”.

How happy are you about your salary / wages?

Some seafarers feel the job and salary are rewarding still, while others feel that as wages rise ashore, the lure of the sea has diminished.

How happy are you about your ability to keep �t onboard?With smaller ships sometimes providing no �tness equipment, seafarers felt that regulations for newbuilds should include the provision of some type of gymnasium.

How happy are you about interaction with crew onboard?Seafarers are adapting to the trend of smaller crews by focusing on the positives within the working relationships they have, rather than bemoaning the lack of shipmates.

How happy are you with welfare facilities ashore?Whether through a lack of provision or limitations, welfare facilities do not appear to be meeting seafarers’ expectations. Wide responses indicate facilities vary greatly.

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How happy are you generally when you are at sea?Issues such as isolation, loneliness, and a lack of connectivity strike at the hearts of seafarers and need to be managed so crews remain commited and engaged

How happy are you about your access to shore leave?Seafarers desire a chance to get some fresh air or escape from the constant noise and throb of the vessel - not simply sign on/o� with no chance of shore leave in between departures.

How happy are you about the standard of food onboard?Seafarers are concerned about the levels of healthy nutrition they are receiving, and about the issues of variety, cultural expectations and quality.

How happy are you about the training you receive?Seafarers enrolled in shore-based training or distance learning felt that their employees were proactively supporting their careers and con�rmed the importance of training.

How happy are you with your work load?Seafarers see increased workload and lack of rest as weakening morale and damaging the reputation of the profession. Some felt that paperwork was used to cover liabilities ashore.

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Health and safety FEATURE


Protecting truck drivers in port terminals

APM Terminals has announced that by the end of 2016 all truck drivers enter-

ing its facilities must remain in their trucks. This company-wide project is designed to eliminate one of the top five high-risk ar-eas in terminal operations that have led to injuries.

“Potential injuries related to outside driv-ers, trucks, yard traffic, miscommunica-tion and human error can be eliminated by keeping drivers inside their trucks at all times when in our terminals, and that’s the procedure we intend to have in effect by the end of 2016,” said Jeff De Best, APM Terminals Chief Operating Officer.

“Terminal operations is a repeat business and our aim is to effectively identify, plan for and mitigate risks to truckers in our facilities. This is a bold move designed to keep our trucker clientele safe and build on our operational excellence vision. This is the best way we can help their bottom line and keep global trade moving more ef-ficiently.”

To achieve this, every operational process related to truckers across the APM Termi-

nals portfolio will be analysed using pro-cess mapping tools, traffic flow analysis, metrics and interviews with truckers. The end result will be a well-developed, clearly defined policy and procedure in place.

This project is part of a new company-wide programme that aims to eliminate, within the portfolio directly managed by APM Ter-minals, the five identified primary risk areas associated with 90 percent of fatal injuries during terminal operations: transportation, suspended loads and lifting, stored energy, working at heights and control of (exter-nal) contractors who enter the terminal. Non-terminal employees, including outside truck drivers, are often at the greatest risk of injury during port operations.

“We have successfully put into place safe-ty standards in the form of Global Min-imum Requirements (GMRs) across our portfolio as part of APM Terminals’ Safety Culture. We believe this is the next step to-wards preventing any work-place fatality,” said APM Terminals Vice President, Health, Safety, Security, Environment and Sustain-ability, Kevin Furniss.

Ocean mass migration

The crisis of mass migration via our oceans was briefly addressed in Johan-nesburg when the African Union met at the beginning of June, but critics say that more attention needs to be given to creating a stable environment on the continent to prevent forced migra-tion.

While the international maritime world grapples with the issue, AU heads provided only a perfunctory nod in this direction, with African Union Commission Chairperson, Dr Nkosaza-na Dlamini-Zuma acknowledging the plight of migrants who have perished at sea in unsafe vessels.

The AU seems to be tackling the is-sue from a skills loss perspective – highlighting the potential impact that this has on struggling economies, but fails to recognise the maritime conse-quence of the problem.

A tighter grip on the African maritime domain and all that this entails seems to be lacking within African discourse.

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Innovative SMS coastal early-warning system proving popular among False Bay fishermen

An idea to use existing environmen-tal and oceanographic numerical models and data to create an ear-

ly-warning system that could help prevent drownings along the Western Cape coast, has developed into a comprehensive tool that is already proving popular and useful among False Bay fishermen. An SMS coastal early-warning system

that combines climate, weather as well as ocean current and wave data sets to create detailed nine-hour short-term forecasts, provides fishermen on small fishing vessels with accurate information relating to cur-rent strength and direction, wave height and frequency, as well as wind speed and direction.

Empowering communities“We wanted to see how we could use ex-

isting technology to empower local com-munities by warning them of approach-

ing rough sea conditions to help prevent drownings along the coast,” says Dr Christo Rautenbach, a senior CSIR researcher . “We decided to focus on creating an early-warn-ing system for small commercial fishing vessels that are particularly vulnerable to sudden worsening sea conditions.”

False Bay was chosen as a pilot site for the system because it has a thriving commer-cial fishing community.

The CSIR has created a mathematical, nu-merical model that uses satellite and mod-el data from the US National Centers for En-vironmental Prediction (NCEP) as boundary conditions and incorporates CSIR spatial varying wind forecasts and existing CSIR oceanographic models in order to create an accurate, holistic spatial wave and flow climate model for the entire False Bay area.

“The model that we built takes most abi-otic environmental, weather and oceano-

graphic data into account and is therefore quite comprehensive and has so far proven to be reasonably reliable,” says Rauten-bach.

“We get new information on wave, current and wind measurements every three hours. Therefore every three hours the model can provide us with a new nine-hour forecast for ocean and wind conditions in False Bay.”

A pilot study is currently underway to test the accuracy of the system and to make the necessary calibrations to the model.

Training providedThe CSIR met with members of the De-

partment of Agriculture, Forestry and Fish-eries and local fishermen from False Bay, where fishermen were briefed and trained on how to use the system and provide help-ful feedback.

“The system is very easy to use. The fisher-men simply send an SMS code to a specific number and within seconds they receive an SMS reply with the latest prediction for False Bay’s current strength and direction, wave heights and direction and wind con-ditions, as well as what the forecast will be for the next nine hours,” says Rautenbach.

“We have interns who phone the fisher-men every day to ask a set of questions to determine how accurate the predictions were compared to the actual experience out on the ocean, to ask whether the fish-ermen are noticing any patterns of over- or under-prediction and to ask whether the data was useful.

“Because the system provides them with accurate information on the strength and direction of sea currents at the surface as well as at the bottom of the bay, the fisher-men have begun to use the text message to better plan their fishing practices. For this reason, the SMS system is proving quite popular.”

The SMS format was chosen because it creates a simple, affordable and quick com-munication system – and because fisher-men don’t often take smartphones or tab-lets out on the ocean.

“In time, we want to create an app that uses the same data to provide recreational swimmers and surfers, as well as members of the public, with more accurate coastal forecasts.”

World’s first Emergency Readiness and Response Experience Centre launched

McMurdo has announced that it has opened the world’s first Emergen-

cy Readiness and Response Experience Centre at its Washington, DC location.

The state-of-the-art centre will show-case the latest innovations and technol-ogy developments for search and rescue (SAR) in an immersive experience with real-time demonstrations of the entire SAR process.

Visitors to the centre will gain an un-derstanding of the different search and rescue technologies by taking part in various search and rescue scenarios.

The facility will also feature a working MEOSAR (Medium Earth Orbit Search and Rescue) satellite-based search and rescue system. When fully deployed in the next three to five years, MEOSAR will greatly improve the existing SAR process with global coverage, near-in-stantaneous distress beacon detection and a unique Return Link Service fea-ture that acknowledges distress signal receipt

Jean-Yves Courtois, CEO of McMurdo

said, “This cutting-edge Experience Cen-tre allows us to demonstrate the incredi-ble advancements being made in search and rescue all in a single location.”

In addition to experiencing the search and rescue process, visitors will see SAR-enhanced applications such as fleet management, coastal surveillance and innovative partner solutions for avi-ation, fishing, maritime, military and other industries. Classroom training and other educational sessions led by indus-try experts and SAR specialists will also take place at the new centre.

“The McMurdo Experience Centre is unique in its ability to make the entire search and rescue process come to life which we haven’t seen done before in a centralised setting. We at the IMRF are delighted to be working with McMurdo on a variety of SAR training, education and awareness activities. Access to this location as a true centre of excellence for the search and rescue sector can only enhance this activity,” said Bruce Reid, CEO, International Maritime Res-cue Federation (IMRF) added.

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Andreas Nordseth, the Danish candidate vying for the posi-tion of Secretary General of the International Maritime Organ-isation (IMO), was in South Africa towards the beginning of June to meet with local mar-itime stakeholders to discuss bilateral issues as well as gain support for his possible elec-tion to the top IMO position.

Nordseth, who is currently serving as the Director General of the Danish Maritime Authority, is one of the

six candidates for the Secretary General position and is candid that he faces strong competition from the other nominations that represent Cyprus, Russia, Korea, the Phillippines and Kenya. Speaking to Maritime Review from

Pretoria, Nordseth highlighted that the international maritime community was fortunate to be in the position to choose from such strong candidates. “Denmark has nominated me as a signal that they are committed to the IMO and the industry, but I have high respect for the other candi-dates and believe that we are lucky to have the choice of six such strong candidates,” he said adding that he remains humble in his nomination.

Commenting on the importance of the IMO and its regulatory function, he empha-sised the importance of maintaining and

strengthening this position within the mari-time and shipping sectors. “Even though the industry has seen tough times, we will continue to see growth and there is no doubt that we will be challenged by social factors, the need for safety as well as a strong global legal framework,” he said. “To succeed, IMO needs the cooperation of all its member states.”

Looking to the future, Nordseth high-lighted the importance of sustainability – emphasising this as the key word for realising the opportunities to develop the Blue Economy. For him it’s not just about environmental sustainability, but social and economic sustainability too.

These are important concepts for Africa, and Nordseth is not blind to the need for sustainable growth of the maritime industry on the continent. He noted that Africa was seen as the next growth market for the industry and hailed the discus-sions in this regard that took place at last year’s first Danish Maritime Forum where the challenges and actions for sustainable growth to broaden prosperity for Africa’s citizens were highlighted.

Noting South Africa’s active status on the IMO council, Nordseth said that, although the countries of Africa all faced their own challenges, it was important for African countries to remain active within the inter-national framework supported by IMO and its initiatives.

Talks pertaining to extending research

cooperation between Denmark and South Africa also featured high on his two-day visit to the country. As the Director General of the Danish Maritime Authority, his inten-tion was to continue conversations that were initiated in 2013 with regard to coop-eration on maritime affairs and maritime research.

Nordseth met with members of the Department of Transport as well as the South African Maritime Safety Authority. The Danish candidate for the IMO position plans to visit all IMO member countries who are not represented by a nomination to the Secretary General position.

IMO Sec Gen candidate visits South Africa

Mr. Andreas Chrysostomou

Mr. Vitaly Klyuev

Mr. Ki-tack Lim

Dr. Maximo Q. Mejia, Jr.

Mr. Andreas Nordseth

Mr. Juvenal Shiundu

Republic of Cyprus

Russian Federation

Republic of Korea

Republic of the Philippines

Kingdom of Denmark

Republic of Kenya

Andreas Nordseth, the Director General of the Danish Maritime Authority, is one of the six can-didates for the IMO’s Secretary General position.

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Major port investment in Ghana announced

Meridian Port Services, a joint venture between APM Terminals, Bolloré

Africa Logistics, and the Ghana Ports and Harbour Authority, will invest USD 1.5 billion in new deep-water 3.5 million TEU port and logistics hub in Tema. The new project consists of a new greenfield port outside the present facility and a needed upgrade of the adjacent road network.

The Tema project, which was formally launched in June with a formal signing ceremony held by His Excellency John Dramani Mahama, the President of the Republic of Ghana, and attended by APM Terminals CEO Kim Fejfer, will result in four deep-water berths, a new breakwater and an access channel able

to accommodate the world’s largest container ships, providing a world-class port infrastructure to support the coun-try’s economic growth.

This will add 3.5 million TEUs in annual throughput capacity. More than 5,000 jobs will be created from this project.

In a separate project, APM Terminals and Bolloré Africa Logistics will upgrade the current highway between Accra and Tema to a six-lane highway along with improved connecting roads and access point to enhance the movement of cargoes into and out of the port of Tema.

Since signing the MoU late last year, MPS and the Ghanaian government represen-tatives completed contractual details, and

finalised preparations for the project’s required design and engineering studies. The joint venture share is comprised of APM Terminals 35 percent; Bolloré 35 percent; and Ghana Ports & Harbours Authority 30 percent.

“This massive investment highlights the confidence of investors into the country. It is a sign that Ghana is moving in the right direction and the journey will not end there. Expanding the port using supe-rior infrastructure and modern, advanced technology will allow Ghanaian compa-nies to compete for business in the most cost effective way,” said Fejfer.

The International Monetary Fund has projected that Ghana’s economy will expand by 3.5 percent in 2015 and by 6.4 percent in 2016.

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In Liberia and Sierra Leone, for example, progress on fisheries management is more crucial than ever as the two coun-

tries work to recover from devastating Ebola outbreaks. Recent increases in local fish catches have helped these coun-tries meet nutritional needs and achieve food security as agriculture and livestock production continue to decline in the wake of disease.But this would not have been possible if

illegal trawling had not been investigated and discouraged as part of the World Bank’s West Africa Regional Fisheries Programme (WARFP).

As part of the programme, the govern-ments of Sierra Leone and Liberia created 6-mile conservation zones dedicated to local small-scale fishing communities where trawlers and other large-scale fishing boats are not allowed to fish.

Local small-scale fishers were also trained to take photos of illegal trawlers on their GPS-enabled cameras. This helped the Liberian government, which partnered with the World Bank, US Coast Guard and the Environmental Justice Foundation, to monitor trawlers.

Bérengère Prince, a senior natural resources management specialist with

the World Bank, recently returned to the US from Liberia. She said the success of curtailing illegal trawlers from Liberia’s waters has been sustained, despite the chaos of recent times. “When you look at the satellite images, it is amazing to see this hole in Liberia’s waters where there are no illegal trawlers,” Prince said.

Since then, Liberian fishers have bene-fited from better harvests, both in the number and size of fish. In Sierra Leone, public revenues from the fisheries sector increased from $0.9 million in 2008 up to $3.8 million in 2013, a 322 percent increase over 5 years.

That’s a considerable change from when industrial trawlers plied the waters off the coast of Liberia and Sierra Leone, capsizing boats and destroying nets.

Thanks to these efforts, and despite the over-exploitation of fish worldwide, fish stock continues to improve. Some commu-nities have experienced up to 40 percent increase in fish catch.

“Liberia and Sierra Leone used to have a lot of illegal fishing. Today, the illegal trawlers are gone,” said Jingjie Chu, a natural resources economist at the World Bank, and author of a new report entitled “Economic, Environmental, and Social Eval-uation of Africa’s Small-Scale Fisheries.”

The report aims to identify the relationship between the performance of small-scale fisheries in Africa and the governance and management of the fisheries. Chu and her colleagues found that fisheries with tenure systems secured to benefit small-scale fishing communities, territorial use rights, fishing rights, licensing and other protec-tions tend to see more earnings accruing to the harvest and processing owners.

This increase in earnings from better managed resources benefits the communi-ties and could contribute to social welfare within the coastal community through the development of a social fund.

Small scale fisheries still vulnerableStill, many small-scale fisheries in Africa

are in peril. They have long been vulner-able and there are limited alternative live-lihoods for these men and women. The report explored commonalities and differ-ences between nine small-scale fisheries in Africa in 2013. Most of the fisheries studied have very basic and limited infrastructure.

They are in remote locations without reliable transportation. A high percentage of fish landing is routinely lost because of an irregular electricity supply and poor handling. Too often, the success of a fishery has been narrowly defined as ecological sustainability, according to Chu, while the social and economic conditions of fishing communities are overlooked.

More efficient handling technology and processing have the potential of bringing new jobs to the sector. For now, a major obstacle for these fisheries is a dearth of basic refrigeration.

“There is a huge amount of waste and spoilage of fish,” Chu said. “We have to help them improve the whole value chain, not just on the harvest side.”

“We want to enlarge the whole pie of the fishery sector and also make sure the local communities will benefit from the improved management with better prod-ucts, more favorable prices and greater income. It doesn’t make sense to see the harvested fish rot and go to waste. We want to help change this.”

Helping Africa’s fishermen reclaim their livelihoods

Dar es Salaam port to be upgraded

Dar es Salaam Port will undergo a $596 million upgrade during the next few years as the government seeks to keep up with the increase in traffic passing through

the country’s major seaport.

The World Bank, the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) and Trade Mark East Africa (TMEA) will inject a total of $596 million to deepen and strengthen berths 1 to 7, the dredging of the entrance channel and the turning basin in the port.

The World Bank, which is currently financing the construction of infrastructure for the Dar es Salaam Rapid Transit (Dart), will give Tanzania a USD 400 million loan to finance the port upgrade project in line with the Dar es Salaam Maritime Gateway Project (DMGP). The ultimate goal of the project is to see the Port of Dar es Salaam handle 28 million tons by 2020 from 14.6 million tons it handled in 2013/14.

The DFID will give Tanzania $136 million in a prospective grant with the remaining $60 million as a commitment from TMEA.

Fishery resources, particularly in Africa, are in a precarious state. It is estimated that nearly 6 million fishermen and women live in poverty, many in rural Africa (FAO, 2014). Yet the fish trade generates liveli-hoods for more than 100 million people (FAO, 2014) and represents a critical source of nutrition.

Public revenue increase from the fisheries sector over five years

322%



CSIR researchers have come up with a simple, innovative solution to repair

the damaged Richards Bay breakwater after having tested various methods of repair on a scaled model.

After extensive tests on a detailed model of the Richards Bay breakwater round-head, which was partially destroyed in an extreme storm event that coincided with spring high tide during 19-20 March 2007, scientists from the CSIR’s Coastal Laboratory in Stellenbosch came up with a surprisingly simple solution to repair the breakwater.

Rather than rebuilding the concrete roundhead or replacing the breakwater dolosse that were shifted or destroyed, which would have been extremely costly, the scientists proposed simply chaining the existing dolosse together to increase their strength and to significantly extend their design life.

“Many of the 30 tonne dolosse at the tip of the south breakwater suffered breakages, leaving the Richards Bay breakwater some-what exposed,” says Kishan Tulsi, a CSIR

civil engineer. “That is why Transnet asked us to create a physical model of the break-water in our model hall and to test various options for repairing the breakwater in order to extend the design life of the break-water to protect the port from future storm events.”

In the CSIR Coastal Laboratory’s model hall, researchers build very detailed scaled physical models of ports and harbour struc-tures simulating the effect that elements such as wind and waves will have on real ports and harbours.

It took researchers and technicians three weeks to build the scaled replica of the Richards Bay south breakwater. After construction was completed, the scaled down breakwater was pounded with arti-ficially generated waves that replicated sea conditions. Over the course of two months, various methods of repair options were tested.

“We tested three scenarios,” says Tulsi. “First, we tested how long the break-water would last if no repairs were made. Secondly, we tested rearranging the

existing dolosse around the roundhead and tying them together in clusters with chains to increase their robustness against the elements. Lastly, we also tested replacing the damaged roundhead with a completely new concrete caisson head which is an extremely robust structure, but which would be very expensive to construct.”

“We found that if no repairs were made, the Richards Bay breakwater would not be able to withstand a one-in-ten-year storm condition. In other words, it would most likely be broken apart by a storm within the next five to ten years,” says Tulsi.

“Replacing the roundhead with a solid concrete caisson head would make it strong enough to withstand anything up to a one-in-hundred-year storm condition, but would be impractically expensive.

“Chaining the existing dolosse into clus-ters would however make the breakwater strong enough to weather storms of up to a one-in-fifteen-year storm condition. That means by using this comparatively cheap method, we can extend the breakwater’s lifespan by another 15 years or more.”

Tulsi says the results and recommenda-tions of the model tests were handed over to Transnet management, who will now have to decide which option of repair to pursue.

Affordable repair solution for damaged Richards Bay breakwater



New joint venture for Africa expansion

Just a few months after being acquired by the James Fisher

Group, Subtech will enter into a joint venture with the newly created merger of Svitzer and Crowley (Ardent) to form Ardent Subtech in South Africa.

The Joint Venture will build on an already successful track record of collaboration between Ardent and Subtech through projects such as the wreck removal of the MV Smart in Richard’s Bay and the emergency response salvage of the Vestas Wind off the coast of Mauritius.

“We couldn’t be more thrilled to be partnering with Ardent, a company with a global reputation for emer-gency response and wreck removal,” says Neil Scott Williams, Director of Salvage at Subtech and the General Manager of the Joint Venture. “Our companies complement each other in a whole host of ways, and I see a wealth of opportunities ahead.”

The joint venture, Ardent Subtech, will be based out of Subtech’s existing Cape Town facility with supporting offices in Namibia, Mozambique and Mauritius. The key objectives of the initiative are to increase responsiveness and opera-tional capability throughout Sub-Sa-haran Africa and to provide clients with support and assurance in areas that are challenging to operate in. The joint venture will also look to maximise the use of its personnel and equipment by supporting addi-tional services throughout the region and elsewhere.

Expiry date for fishing rights extended

In an effort to give the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

(DAFF) time to prepare for the Fishing Rights Allocation Process 2015/16, all South African fishing rights due to expire during this year will be extended until the end of February 2016

The department is currently preparing for the FRAP 2015/16 by developing, reviewing policies, application forms, determining application and grant of

right fees.

The sectors for which rights will be real-located are abalone, hake inshore trawl, horse mackerel, KwaZulu-Natal beach seine, large pelagic, net fish, Patagonian Toothfish, seaweed, West Coast rock lobster (nearshore), West Coast rock lobster (offshore) and fish processing establishments (“FPE”).

To this end, the department published

the draft policies, draft application forms and draft fees in the Government Gazette on 12 June 2015.

This will be followed by the public consultation process where depart-mental officials will be engaging with prospective right applicants country-wide.

An independent service provider has been appointed to manage an anony-mous tip-off line to report suspected fraudulent activities relating to the rights allocations.

Just Nuisance became a household name amongst anyone with even the slightest interest in naval history and

now the story of this famous hound is being given a new lease on life with the release of a new book and an upcoming film to be filmed in South Africa.American author Sherri Rowe used the

Simon’s Town museum as the venue for the official launch of her book, Able Seaman Just Nuisance, in late April. Those who attended the event were able to meet the author, buy a copy of the book and meet the star of the upcoming Just Nuisance film, Argo, the Great Dane who will be playing the part of Just Nuisance.

Just Nuisance was born in Rondebosch, Cape Town on April 1, 1937. He was an extremely large dog; six feet tall when standing and weighing approximately 70 kg. Due to his size Just Nuisance was not a great house pet and soon began going to work with his owner to keep him occupied during the day.

He assumed the job of guard dog at the Simon’s Town United Services Institute. The Institute was always filled with the sailors who docked at Simon’s Town and it was here that Just Nuisance developed his life-long love for the naval men who visited these shores.

His desire to constantly be with his naval companions meant that he often hopped aboard the trains that passed through Simon’s Town station and joined the men as that enjoyed some well-deserved R&R in the town. This did not go down well with the South African Railways who attempted to have the pesky pooch put down.

By this time Just Nuisance had become

a well-loved fixture on the Simon’s Town dockside. A petition was signed to make sure that the dog came to no harm and was allowed to stay on as a valued companion to the visiting sailors in Simon’s Town.

In an unprecedented act, the Commander in Chief of the British navy issued a decree that Just Nuisance become an official member of His Majesty’s Navy and orders were sent to the HMS Afrikaner in Simon’s Town that Just Nuisance was to be enlisted as a volunteer. This afforded the dog the same rights as other sailors, including a monthly pay cheque and the right to ride the local trains for free.

The faithful dog served for many years. His main job entailed rounding up the drunken sailors on board the trains as they headed back to their ships after a night on the town. He would never leave a sailor behind and made sure that each and every sailor was awoken from his drunken sleep and returned to his ship.

Just Nuisance died at the age of seven and in another unprecedented act was laid to rest with full military honours.

This book shares some touching and often funny anecdotes about a dog who created his own path in life and provided joy and comfort to the sailors visiting the docks of Simon’s Town. He is beloved part of the rich history of Simon’s Town and will live on in the memory of all those who have grown up hearing the tales of Just Nuisance. This book, as well as the upcoming film, will ensure that the story of this famous dog will reach a new generation.

By Natalie Janse

The return of Just Nuisance



Fleet of container handling equipment expanded

Freight management and logistics specialists, Intermodal Connections,

has expanded its fleet of container handling equipment to meet growing demand in the region for swift, safe and reliable cargo handling.

“The company’s original investment in a 45 T container handler has been boosted with the delivery recently of a mobile container handler, variable reach trucks, forklifts and a combination loaded container handler and forklift truck,” says Jo-Ann Mellon, managing director, Intermodal Connections.

New to the fleet is a lightweight Mobicon mobile container handling system, designed to efficiently lift loads onto and off trucks in the warehouse and to safely carry containers around the site. The Mobicon container handler, with a 33 T lift capacity, has increased operational efficiency at the plant, also reducing demurrage costs for trucks waiting to be loaded and unloaded.

Two Meclift variable reach trucks are used for swift and safe container stuffing and handling, increasing efficiency during container handling procedures. These compact reach trucks also ensure enhanced safety on site.

Specialised lifting attachments enable efficient and safe handling of paper reels, steel coils, sheets and rebar, as well as rolls of wire up to 15,000 kg.

Engineering works for Saldanha storage terminal commences

Oiltanking MOGS Saldanha (RF) (Pty) Ltd, a joint venture between

OTGC Holdings (Pty) Ltd and MOGS (Pty) Ltd, has commenced with the detailed engineering works for the development and construction of a commercial crude oil blending and storage terminal. The facility will have a total capacity of 13.2 million barrels, comprising twelve in-ground concrete tanks in Saldanha Bay.

The start of the Front End Engi-neering Design (FEED) is a major mile-stone and demonstrates significant progress for the Saldanha Bay project. The scope of the FEED includes the earthworks as well as civil, mechan-ical and electrical components of the crude oil terminal and associ-ated infrastructure. The FEED will take a maximum of six months which will immediately be followed by the construction phase. Completion of the terminal is projected for the first quarter of 2017.

The new crude oil terminal in the Port of Saldanha Bay will be built as state-of-the-art facility in accordance with the highest safety and envi-ronmental standards. The terminal will be connected to an existing jetty which can handle vessels up to VLCC (very large crude carrier) size. Oiltanking MOGS Saldanha is at an advanced stage of securing the initial customer base load for the terminal.

The joint venture is managed and operated by Oiltanking, the second largest independent tank storage provider for petroleum products, chemicals and gases worldwide. Local Black Economic Empowerment partner Calulo Terminals provides the joint venture a fully empowered entity with a level 2 empowerment classification.

MOGS (Pty) Ltd is a South African company owned 100 percent by Royal Bafokeng Holdings (Pty) Limited and committed to providing products and services to the mining, oil and gas sectors of sub-Saharan Africa and other parts of the world.

A new permanent wharf at Rupert’s Bay on St Helena Island is to be built

following extensive dock ship motion tests and breakwater stability tests for the design of the wharf by the CSIR.

The CSIR was asked to conduct model simulations and testing of the new Rupert’s Bay wharf design before construction began. The new wharf will allow for the safe docking of cargo vessels to support construction efforts and increased trade.

After the United Kingdom (UK) decided in 2005 to approve plans for the construc-tion of an airport on St Helena to boost tourism, trade and private enterprise, it was also decided that a new permanent wharf needed to be constructed in Rupert’s Bay to allow cargo ships to dock along-side the island for the first time. The CSIR was subsequently asked to test the wharf design before construction began.

“We were asked by UK Aid to assist with docked ship motion tests and breakwater stability tests for the design of the Rupert’s

Bay wharf, to determine whether the design would be able to perform as required,” says Kishan Tulsi, a CSIR civil engineer involved with the project.

For the tests, an exact scaled model of the wharf design was built at the CSIR’s Coastal Laboratory in Stellenbosch. Although construction of the airport is already well underway, the construction of the perma-nent wharf only began at the end of last year after the model tests were successfully completed. A temporary jetty in Rupert’s Bay had been used in the meantime to allow for the landing of cargo vessels to support the construction of the airport.

“We ran a series of simulations to test the motions of the docked ship at the new wharf under various sea conditions to provide design forces for the mooring lines to the designers, and we also tested the stability of the breakwater design against extreme storm events,” says Tulsi. Testing was concluded last year and soon after construction on the new permanent Rupert’s Bay wharf began.

New wharf for St Helena Island

The Mobicon container handler, with a 33 T lift capacity, has increased operational effi-ciency at the plant, also reducing demurrage costs for trucks waiting to be loaded and unloaded.

IM Variable reach: Jo-Ann Mellon, managing director with a Meclift variable reach truck offloading 26 bundles of aluminium profiles at Intermodal Connections.



New enterprise development hub launched

Following the launch of its Enterprise Development Hub programme in 2012,

Transnet recently opened a hub on the West Coast in Saldanha Bay.

The hubs are aimed at creating an enabling environment for SMME’s to participate in the mainstream of the economy by creating sustainable jobs. The objectives of Transnet Small Business/Enterprise Devel-opment hub are:

�� To ensure that we create an enabling environment for SMME’s to access economic development interventions that are provided by different economic development institutions.

�� To create a culture of entrepreneurship.

�� To transform Transnet’s supply chain thereby ensuring active economic par-

ticipation of SMME’s.

�� To develop and support new entre-preneurs through structured training programmes.

In her speech at the event Minister Lynne Brown noted the South African govern-ment’s involvement in Saldanha Bay through Operation Phakisa activities that include the Saldanha Oil and Gas repair supply base facilities within the port.

The Minister added, “Today, we shall be signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Minister Lindiwe Zulu to take forth the agenda of SMME’s in our port-folio. Already, internal engagements have emanated to look at various approaches to intensify support through enterprise and supplier development programmes targeted at designated groups.”

Minister expresses concern over Defence budget

Addressing the media in a post-budget dialogue session, South

African Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said that, whilst she understands the socio-economic chal-lenges facing Treasury, she remained concerned that the defence budget needed to be increased as “the country has a responsibility to help bring stability to the continent”.

She said that the defence budget of R44 billion is currently “stretching the country’s military to properly under-take its commitments both internally and more generally on the African continent.” In parliament the previous day the minister had said that a defence budget of two percent of GDP is what is required for the military to meet its obligations. The current budget is just over one percent of GDP.

The minister also voiced her concern at the long delay by parliament in approving the Defence Review (subse-quently approved the following month in June) which had been presented to them in July 2014.

On other issues raised by the media the minister acknowledged that the proposed AU Standby Force was not yet up and running, but that the SANDF is “ready” and that it was hoped that an interim force could be in place by the end of the year.

“We must continue to assist other countries to obtain stability. It is our responsibility,” she said describing the need for a strong defence force.

Highlighting the need to engage more fully with the youth of South Africa, she admitted that the present recruit-ment did not adequately represent the demographics of the country.

By Steve Saunders

African Union urged to promote the importance of the Blue Economy

Speaking at African Union Summit held in Johannesburg, South Africa during

June, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Chair-person of the AU Commission highlighted the importance of the Blue Economy to the continent and chastised the lack of African representation at the World Summit on the Ocean which she attended recently.

“All the matters discussed at this Ocean Summit impact on Afirca, but there were very few Africans present at this summit,” she said, noting the importance of the African Integrated Maritime Strategy 2050 (AIM 2050).

She reminded delegates that, in accor-dance with AIM 2050, the Decade of African Oceans and Seas was due to be launched on 25 July 2015. “(This is) an important step towards the continent reclaiming its ownership of this critical part of our natural resources, and managing it in the interest of all Africans, including future generations,” she added.

According to Dlamini Zuma, a central event is planned for the launch, but all coastal countries, countries with inland waterways and island states would be encouraged to organise events that focus on African oceans, seas and lakes.

Fishing company staff to benefit from share scheme

The Sea Harvest Corporation launched its Employee Share Scheme during

June, which will result in employee owner-ship of approximately five percent of total shareholding. The company issued 4,258,138 shares to the 2,000 Sea Harvest Employees to honour their commitment and loyalty at a function in Saldanha.

Sea Harvest Corporation (Pty) Limited as a subsidiary of Brimstone Investment Corpo-ration Limited and Kagiso Tiso Holdings has a Level 2 BBBEE accreditation and over 80 percent black shareholding. Sea Harvest Executive Chairman, Fred Robertson said: “In celebrating 20 years of existence, Brim-stone has endeavoured to assist in the growth and development of all its subsid-iaries, and this share scheme does exactly that.”

Established in 1964 in the fishing village of Saldanha Bay, Sea Harvest has grown to be the largest employer and biggest economic driver on the West Coast. Central to its business principles are the people of the Saldanha Bay region. Sea Harvest CEO, Felix Ratheb, adds: “We are very proud of our employees and it is imperative that the company’s success positively impacts them, their families and the surrounding community.”

Robertson comments: “Sea Harvest is totally committed to improving the lives of the local community through various capital and social investments, but this employee share scheme is our biggest commitment to the people of this region. At least 5,000 direct and indirect employees stand to benefit when the shares vest in 2022.”

Defence Force: Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula arrives on board SAS Spionekop and is greeted by Captain M A Boucher.

Marine mining and offshore exploration OFFSHORE NEWS


Cornelis Grotius, general manager of the Johnson Crane Hire Heavy Lift Division, explains that the company

is able to leverage its extensive experience with a wide spectrum of clients across the petrochemical, civil engineering and con-struction, power, mining and heavy manu-facturing sectors.

“Working conditions on a marine vessel heavy lift could be compared to the congested conditions and space constraints experienced on petrochemical contracts. The emphasis on safe operating conditions, while always a priority for Johnson Crane Hire, is magnified in such environments. Careful planning, reliable equipment and a well trained and experienced operational team are critical factors in the success of these projects,” Grotius points out.

Scheduled maintenance and upgrading of the Debmarine Namibia vessels is undertaken every three years, when the vessels berth at the drydock in Cape Town.

The scope of work for the project comprised removal and installation of the 24 ton crown, the 45 ton lifting guide beam complete assembly, the 42 ton compen-sating guide beam complete assembly (including spout and upper universal), the 42 ton stabiliser guide beam (including the lower universal, power swivel, water rotor and elevator), the 22 ton gimbal, two 50 ton drill bits, and various mining system equipment.

Eugene Lamont, De Beers Marine senior mechanical engineering officer, explains that plant and equipment upgrades are instituted to improve the performance of the vessel and require extensive forward planning. “Once the !Gariep is placed in the drydock, it is critical that all repairs and upgrades are expedited quickly, to allow the vessel to return to base as rapidly as possible. We have already started planning the next round of upgrades for 2018.”

Johnson Crane Hire selected its Liebherr 750 ton all terrain hydraulic crane for the !Gariep contract, due to the sheer size and weight of the components to be lifted. The crane was deployed from Johannes-burg under its own power and the coun-terweight and 28 metre luffing jib were

t r a n s p o r t e d separately on low bed trucks. A two-day travelling time was followed by a three-day set up period on the quayside at the Sturrock drydock.

“The sometimes excessive winds in the harbour area were an aggravating factor but, due to careful planning and our ability to work in challenging environmental conditions, we were able to abide by the project schedule without incident. Working between 10 to 12 hours each day, the team successfully completed the project within the revised forecasted period of 55 days,” says Grotius.

Grotius says that conditions at the Sturrock drydock were extremely congested, with several marine contractors vying for space to work on the !Gariep at one time. “Proper planning of the lifts and open communication lines with the client and other contractors was paramount to the success of the project. It was incumbent on the Johnson Crane Hire team to remain adaptable and adept at all times.”

Johnson Crane Hire recently undertook the re-moval and replacement of a number of compo-nents on Debmarine Namibia’s !Gariep offshore diamond mining vessel using their heavy lift assets and experienced rigging crew.

BMT Asia Pacific (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, has been

appointed Owner Engineers and lead design consultant by Endeavour Energy for the development of the LNG storage and regasification facility, a part of the Ghana 1000 Gas to Power Project and Africa’s first LNG import terminal.

Endeavour is co-leading development with General Electric, Eranove and local partners Sage Petroleum with the aim of providing the Ghanaian government with Sub Saharan Africa’s largest power park, providing more than 1000MW to the national grid once completed. Excelerate Energy is providing assistance in siting the floating LNG terminal infrastructure, engineering and providing the dedicated floating LNG regasification vessel - FSRU (Floating Storage Regasification Unit)

to supply gas to the power plant, an integrated gas to power solution that is expected to lower the costs of electricity and provide additional gas for other consumers.

Through its LNG industry experts and marine engineers, BMT will be working closely with Endeavour and Excelerate Energy in conducting FEED level studies which include operability assessments, infrastructure design and optimization studies for the supply of gas from the offshore moored FSRU via subsea infra-structure to the onshore gas turbines at Aboadze, Ghana.

In March 2015, Shell and the Ghana 1000 consortium entered into exclusive SPA negotiations regarding a long-term supply agreement for liquefied natural gas.

Ghana’s LNG import terminal moves ahead

From the top: Debmarine Namibia's !Gariep offshore diamond mining vessel.

Lifting and placing of a 42 ton compensating guide beam including spout and upper universal using Johnson Crane Hire's LTM 1750-9.1" crane.

Heavy lift operation removes components from offshore mining vessel

OFFSHORE NEWS Marine mining and offshore exploration


Sofia Wagner and Brian Blackbeard of Ferromar-ine Cape explained the new A-Berth booking tool to industry stakeholders at the end of May.

Left: The public booking dashboard is viewable on the Ferromarine Cape website.

Explaining the new online A-Berth booking system to stakeholders in the

oil and gas sector in Cape Town during May, Brian Blackbeard of Ferromarine Cape confirmed that priority would be given to projects within the oil and gas sector as well as to projects with the highest turnover.

Use of the A-Berth facilities in the port of Cape Town has attracted some controversy over the years and the recent development to create a booking tool was generally welcomed by the industry who want to see the asset being more readily available.

On hand to explain the booking tool in some depth, facility manager for Ferromarine Cape, Sofia Wagner, highlighted that the system had been developed out of the need to create a transparent and fair method of booking the TNPA A-Berth quayside and associated Ferromarine Cape areas.

Ferromarine Cape, whose contract for A-Berth expires in 2020, has made a public dashboard available online via their website. The dashboard provides

live information pertaining to confirmed and priority bookings in the DCD Marine, the third party and the quayside areas for forthcoming months.

The list of booking rules, which are aimed at giving oil and gas projects with high turnover prospects priority access to the facilities, are also available on the website. Highlighting these rules at the seminar in May, Wagner, explained a number of potential scenarios and their resultant booking opportunities.

These scenarios clearly show how the tool has been designed to weight projects and under what circumstances non oil and gas projects may be considered for the facility.

To mitigate contractors purposefully over-inflating the potential revenue of a project to gain a preferential booking, the resultant fees for the facility will be calculated on a percentage of the initial predicted project turnover. “This will discourage unscrupulous operators from inflating figures,” said Blackbeard explaining the “sting in the tail”.

The industry has raised some concern over the cost calculations of projects that may require the A-Berth facility for a short stay, but whose full project cost is derived from additional work that is not undertaken at the facility and result in fees for using A-Berth that could be deemed as unrealistic.

Responding to these concerns, Blackbeard highlighted other facilities within the port of Cape Town that could accommodate such projects while emphasising the need to seek high turnover contracts for A-Berth that would promote job creation and economic activity.

He added that a turnover target of R1.2 billion forces them to attract high value projects to the facility.

Interestingly, however, despite the emphasis on attracting high value projects, the booking tool will not prioritise high value non oil and gas contracts over lower valued oil and gas projects.

New A-Berth booking system confirms oil and gas priority

Massive facility investment by energy services provider in Cape Town

Hunting Energy Services, a supplier of well construction and well

completion equipment to the oil and gas industries, has opened a major new manufacturing and distribution centre in Cape Town, South Africa.

Describing Hunting at the opening ceremony Christopher Trott, British Consul General said that the British company’s US $20 million investment was another example of the UK’s 130 percent growth in investment in South Africa over the past decade.

Occupying a land area of 37,241 m2 and a workshop area of 4,025 m2, the new facility is handily situated near the harbour and airport to service the African continent.

It will be capable of manufacturing a wide range of products including high specification casing and tubing with premium connections, drilling tools, directional drill rods and mud motors. Well intervention pressure control equipment will be offered on a sale or rental basis, together with a full suite of wireline tools and accessories.

Bruce Ferguson, managing director for Europe and Africa said that, in spite of the decreased oil price, it was not a bad time to invest and that the company needed to be in Africa. Explaining that they presently supplied Africa from Aberdeen and China, he said that the Cape Town plant would streamline delivery to customers in the region.

Ferguson expects the facility to be in full production by September this year once additional machinery is commissioned.

Once the plant is fully commissioned and operating, it will be run entirely by a local workforce. Ferguson explained that they are already engaging with local technical colleges and will sponsor training to allow practicals to be undertaken at the plant.

“Ideally we will run two shifts and by this time next year I would predict secure work for 50 people,” he said adding that this is likely to grow over the next few years.

With demand for oil and gas predicted to grow at 10 percent over the next 10 years, Ferguson is confident that the demand and the reserves are in place. “(Being in Africa) will give our clients a lot of comfort. We are credible, we have invested here, got people here and are here to stay,” he said.

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DCD Marine Cape Town recently undertook extensive fabrication work

on the DSV Vinnice during a project to modify the vessel from an offshore supply vessel (OSV) to a dive support vessel (DSV).

Vessel owners, Petrolog, commissioned Unique Hydra to supply all the dive support systems for the vessel and DCD Marine was appointed to undertake fabrication work.

“Petrolog needed to source a dive support vessel (DSV) and found an offshore support vessel (OSV) in Shanghai which could be modified,” explains Alroy Kannemeyer, Project Manager at DCD Marine Cape Town. “They then approached Unique Hydra to supply all the dive support systems for the vessel,” he said adding that

the project grew substantially in duration and complexity.

“We conducted a vessel inspection while it was still in China in order to price the work in accordance with the original scope of work packages (WP),” says Kannemeyer.

Although the original scope of work consisted of only seven WP’s, the project was expanded to include future planned modifications and upgrades to the vessel that lead to a total of 39 WP resulting in the project duration being expanded from 56 to 126 days.

“The scope of work included the fabrication of a moon pool cassette as well as 300 tons of dive support equipment that was added to the mezzanine deck,

which in turn was reinforced with stiffening and supports to accommodate the weight. In addition, the scope of work also included the installa-tion of 32 off

kelly tubes (total mass of 72 tons) under mezzanine deck, which involved complex rigging activity,” says Kannemeyer.

New pipelines were also installed. These included the seawater cooling lines, sewage lines, fire deluge system, fresh water system and hydraulic piping. Three off skids (ROV, generator and work basket) were also fabricated and installed. In addition, the pedestal of the utility crane was extended by 3.5m in height to accommodate the installation of the dive system equipment installed on the mezzanine deck.

Main sub-contracted works included electrical scopes and panelling removals as well as the 200m2 of Rockwool insulation that was installed in the generator room.

“Given the complexity of the rigging activities and the installation of the moon pool cassette, we were impressed that DCD Marine Cape Town was able to complete these stages safely and successfully. On testing of the piping systems, there were no failures by class, and we commend DCD Marine Cape Town for the quality of the workmanship overall – in particular with regards to the standard of welding,” says Mike Iles of Unique Hydra.

DCD Marine Cape Town was subsequently awarded a contract by Unique Hydra for work on the offshore supply ship, the Maniviki Rover.

Modifications to dive support vessel undertaken in Cape Town

African presence still low at OTC in Houston

The Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston, Texas remains

one of the cornerstone events of the offshore oil and gas industry, but still lacks significant representation from African companies offering services and products to the sector despite a general gearing towards stricter local content require-ments on the continent.

According to official statements from OTC, this year’s event attracted more than 94,700 attendees from 130 countries and the sold-out exhibition area was the largest in show history with 2,682 exhibitors representing 37 countries.

From an African perspective, however, Nigeria, Angola and South Africa were the only countries with a presence as exhibitors. Of the three countries, Nigeria had the largest contingent of exhibitors with 29 companies on the list. South Africa’s national pavilion consisted of 18 companies while Angola only had one

representative on the exhibitors’ list. Comments from the South African

companies who made the trip to Houston this year suggest that the experience was a positive one. “It was a fantastic opportunity for us and the experience and exposure was fantastic,” said Jose De Castro, Projects Manager of Hall Longmore, who added that having their clients see them participate in the exhibition helped to build confidence.

“The pavilion was the largest to date for South Africa, and could not have been undertaken without the support of the Department of Trade and Industry,” said Ebrahim Takolia, CEO of the South African Oil and Gas Alliance (SAOGA) who adds that a similar initiative is planned for the OSEA Singapore event in 2016. “It is important for South Africa to continue to showcase its capabilities in the upstream sector,” he added.

Colin Schreuder, Marketing Manager for

DCD Marine Cape Town, confirms that the event is an important networking platform that allowed him personally to connect with relevant stakeholders in the industry. He stresses the importance of promoting South Africa as a country that is able to deliver resources and skills.

“The South African pavilion can only be effective if we have companies that offer real value to our clients. We should be showcasing South Africa’s technology offshore capabilities of the major players in South Africa,” he says adding that anybody working in the oil and gas market needs to experience OTC. “You cannot put a price on what you experience at OTC,” he says highlighting that there was a clear South African presence amongst the visitors to the event this year.

With plans to be on the exhibitors’ list again in 2016, Hilde Borge Sturrock, Marketing and Research Coordinator at Sturrock Grindrod Offshore, agrees that the South African pavilion is a worthwhile exercise for networking and building rela-tionships with the global industry.

DCD Marine Cape Town has been commended for providing a quality service for its modification project on the vessel DSV Vinnice

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MARITIME MEMORIES By Brian Ingpen

Maritime Review AfricaMARCH / APRIL 2015

Across Allied and Axis countries alike, the death toll and the lists of those with permanent war-inflicted dis-

abilities were tragic reminders that so many households would never be the same again.

Shipping lossesDevastation extended to unprecedent-ed shipping losses. Around 785 German u-boats and over 200 other Axis subma-rines were lost, most with their entire crews. Over 5,150 Allied and neutral mer-chant ships, including 2,405 British ships and half the Norwegian merchant fleet, as well as 2,062 German and Italian mer-chant vessels were destroyed. Indeed, the impact of the war on global shipping was enormous. Not least was the loss of tens of thousands of ships’ officers and ratings whose com-petence and experience were not easily replaced. Most of those who died at sea – Allied or Axis – were ordinary, apolitical

folks who had chosen a seafaring career that, inadvertently, led them into war as their ships were commandeered by the respective admiralties for wartime service. Others had joined their respective navies, and sadly, their training for war had to be put into action in real warfare.Among the shipping lines to lose the great-est percentage of their vessels was British India Line. Their fleet of 105 ships in 1939 was reduced by almost half through war-time action. Alfred Holt lost 44 ships out of 94 in their fleet, while the Ellerman group lost 95 ships.

UlyssesAmong Alfred Holt’s famous Blue Funnel ships that operated from Britain via the Cape to Australia were the 1913-vintage sisterships Ulysses and Nestor, carrying 280 passengers and about 14,000 tons of cargo. Shortly before the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour and Manila on 7 December 1941, Ulysses was drydocking in Hong Kong. As

news came of Japanese invasions of various places across Asia, Ulysses was among sev-eral ships ordered to finish refitting, load as much cargo as they could, and clear Hong Kong as soon as possible. Intending to head for Manila, the ship sailed almost simultaneously to the Pearl Harbour and Manila attacks by Japanese aircraft. However, her master changed course for Singapore as the ship’s radio of-ficer had picked up messages of ships being attacked in Philippine waters. While she was in the South China Sea, she was machine-gunned by a seaplane, but she sustained no serious damage. In anoth-er aerial attack, a stick of bombs straddled her with such ferocity that the Japanese thought she had been sunk - their cele-bratory radio messages being intercepted by British naval intelligence. However, she continued her voyage, and to the astonish-ment of Singapore naval authorities, she arrived unscathed in that port.Ulysses transited the Panama Canal, but

The dates May 7 and September 2 1945 (VA and VJ Day) lived long in the memory of those who were around at that time. The immediate euphoria that peace had returned after five years of brutal warfare did not linger. In its place came a more sombre mood as folks in Europe and Japan looked around them to see the devastation and deprivation brought by war.

One of the 95 ships lost by the Ellerman Group was the 1924-vintage City of Venice that was tor-

pedoed and sunk by U-375 of Cape Tenez while moving troops to North Africa. Photograph: Brian

Ingpen/George Young Collection

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with the Florida coast visible off her port side, she collided with a tanker and head-ed for Newport News, Virginia. Tense hours followed as she hove to in fog while subma-rine warnings were being picked up by her radio officer. Once the fog had cleared, the ship pro-ceeded on her course for Newport News, but when 45 nautical miles south of Cape Hatteras, she took a torpedo in her star-board side from U-160. All her crew and passengers were rescued by an American destroyer. Ulysses’s sistership Nestor sur-vived the war and was scrapped in Faslane in 1950 after a remarkable 37-year career.In addition to Rothesay Castle that was wrecked off northern Scotland in 1940 and Dundrum Castle that was destroyed by fire in the Red Sea in 1943 - unrelated to enemy action - Union-Castle that began the war with 27 ships, lost 11 ships (two mailships, four intermediates, and five cargoships).

Aboard Warwick CastleAmong their war losses was the mailship Warwick Castle. Completed in 1931 and modified seven years later, she and other mailships were useful to the war effort as troopships, and Carnarvon Castle served as an armed merchant cruiser during the ini-tial part of the war. When war broke out, Warwick Castle was

six days out from Southampton and was shadowed by submarines for a few hours in the English Channel. On trooping du-ties, she went to the Far East but, in the face of the Japanese advance, she was with-drawn to operate from Britain. Late in October 1942, convoys be-gan to move large

numbers of troops from Britain to North Africa. Several Union-Castle ships were in those convoys, including Warwick Castle that carried mostly American troops to Oran, Algeria. Having landed her troops, the mailship joined a convoy to return to Britain. In a heavy sea west of the Straits of Gi-braltar, the convoy reduced speed giving a u-boat the opportunity it was waiting for. A torpedo was fired that struck the liner be-low the bridge. The forward section sank quickly, followed almost immediately by the after section. Some of her crew were rescued immedi-ately by the destroyer HMS Achates, but others spent a harrowing period in life-boats or on floats following the sinking. Warwick Castle had been carrying a num-ber of small landing craft, one of which was found a week later with five crew members and six naval ratings aboard, all suffering from hypothermia and dehydration. Among these was George Vechter who had gone to sea in 1895 as a saloon boy in the Union liner Greek. His monthly pay at the time was twelve shillings and sixpence. He later served as a cabin steward in oth-er ships, until his appointment to Warwick Castle. For his courage and determination during his time in the landing craft, he was

awarded the British Empire Medal. He re-tired from Union-Castle in the early 1950s.Another who spent a lengthy time in a lifeboat was Chief Steward Leonard Pyne who, it was reported, “…showed a very fine example both before and after being rescued…Despite his age, he pulled steadi-ly upon an oar…under very uncomfortable weather conditions, remained calm and cheerful throughout, and helped other sur-vivors as they themselves were rescued.”He had been aboard Llangibby Castle when she was torpedoed in January 1942. With serious damage to her stern and rudder and using a jury steering rig, she reached the Azores where temporary repairs were undertaken. Despite his ordeal after the sinking of Warwick Castle, he rejoined Llangibby Castle for the D-Day landings and then was brought ashore to help with the catering for the thousands of Allied troops that used Britain as a staging post for the invasion of Europe. Pyne was awarded the MBE, and retired from Union-Castle after 50 years at sea that began in 1906 with his appointment to Carisbrooke Castle as a saloon boy. His twin brother Sydney had a similar 50-year career with Union-Castle.

Other lossesUntold by Allied propagandists was that German, Japanese and Italian merchant seamen also endured bombing raids and naval bombardment. Indeed, the greatest loss of life in a single maritime casualty was the sinking by a Russian submarine of the German ship Wilhelm Gustloff in January 1945. The former “Strength through Joy” ship had 6,100 refugees and wounded sol-diers aboard, of whom only 904 were res-cued.Some of the horrors of the greatest war came to an end 70 years ago. The memo-ries of those dark, death-filled days remain with many, and sadly, the lessons of that time seem not to have been learnt.

Top to bottom:

The Italian liner Duilio at Cape Town’s C Berth, Warwick Castle at B Berth and Empress of Britain, then on a world cruise, at A Berth. All three ships were destroyed in World War 2. Duilio was sunk during an Allied air raid on Trieste in July 1944; Warwick Castle was torpedoed west of Gibraltar in 1942, and Empress of Britain was attacked and set on fire by a German aircraft west of Ireland in October 1940, and was sunk by a submarine two days later while under tow for Britain. Photograph: Brian Ingpen/George Young Collection

Blue Funnel Line’s Ulysses, sailing from Cape Town circa 1938. Photograph: Brian Ingpen/George Young Collection

Warwick Castle sailing from Cape Town for the last time in 1942. Photo-graph: Brian Ingpen/George Young Collection

PEOPLE AND EVENTS Appointments Launches Functions Announcements


APPOINTMENTSNAUTIC AFRICA

Grant Bassingthwaighte has been appointed as Nautic Africa’s, Chief Commercial Officer.

Bassingthwaighte first entered the world of retail in 1992 when he joined Woolworths as a junior internal auditor. After leaving Woolworths in 2000, he joined Ernst & Young where he fulfilled his ambitions of becoming a CA. Thereafter he worked for advertising group FCB South Africa as their Financial Manag-er where he assisted in engineering a significant organisation-al restructure. In 2006 Bassingthwaighte joined environmental

consultancy, ERM, as the Finance Director for the South African business.

The appointment of Bassingthwaighte is in-strumental for the Nautic Group who are currently experiencing high growth due to a mounting order book for new build ves-sels. His main focus is to support business devel-opment and to contrib-ute to strategic decision making of Nautic Africa.

NAUTIC SOUTH AFRICASouth African shipbuilding and maritime solutions company,

Nautic South Africa (NSA), has appointed Keith Govender as Chief Executive Officer.

Govender previously worked in the South African Navy and thereafter for the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism. His experience of the maritime sector made him an ideal candidate for the position of Chief Services and Support Officer for Nautic Africa in 2013. To date Govender has played an instrumental role in the success of the business. As Chief Exec-

utive Officer, Govender will oversee the gener-al management of the company and focus on leading the company to become the chief mari-time service provider in South Africa.

Please note: Preference will be given to employees from the designated groups in line with the provi

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sions of the Employment Equity Act, No.55 of 1998 (and any amendments thereto), Novagroup’s internal recruitment policy as well as the divisions employment equity plans.

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Please apply in writing by supplying a CV and cover letter to: Craig Theunissen [email protected] [email protected]

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CORPORATE SALES EXECUTIVENovamarine - Cape Town

EQUIPMENT SALES REPRESENTATIVENovamarine - Cape Town

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND COMPETENCIES REQUIRED:

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND COMPETENCIES REQUIRED:

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Please note: Preference will be given to employees from the designated groups in line with the provisions of the Employment Equity Act, No.55 of 1998 (and any amendments thereto), Novagroup’s internal

recruitment policy as well as the divisions employment equity plans.

Please apply in writing by supplying a CV and cover letter to: Craig Theunissen

• Must have Matric or equivalent.• A three year diploma will be considered advantageous. • Must have a minimum of four to six years’ experience in a similar role and have an understanding in dealing with global corporate clients.• Knowledge and be competent in pitching sales to a marine services industry will be considered advantageous. • Must have own reliable transport and a valid code 8 driver’s license• Must be able to travel extensively locally and internationally. • Excellent sales and marketing skills.• Good negotiation skills. • Ability to earn client trust with outgoing personality and strong interpersonal skills. • Fully computer literate with advanced competence in Microsoft O�ce suite.

• Must have Matric or equivalent.• Must have a minimum of three to �ve years’ experience in marine safety equipment and lifesaving products.• Project management skills.• A three year post graduate diploma in sales and marketing would be advantageous• Excellent sales and marketing skills.• Excellent time-management and phone skills. • Strong written and verbal communication skills. • Ability to earn client trust with outgoing personality and strong interpersonal skills. • Fully computer literate with a sound understanding of Microsoft O�ce tools.

• Maximise net pro�t from sales planned in regional sales budget and plan.• Identify new market opportunities & potential corporate customers.• Adhere to sales processes and procedures.• Liaise closely with the Sales & Marketing Manager to ensure sales strategy is adhered to.• Development of local customer accounts with a focus on o�ering additional value-added products and services.• Responsible for determining and achieving to budgets and targets. • Ensure that RFQ forms are �lled out correctly and submitted in an e�cient manner.• Meet regularly with key local clients.• Communicate technological advances to key customers.• Glean competitor information, report this and recommend necessary actions.• Present weekly Forecast Reports using Critical Masterlist.• Manage client requests on a project basis in conjunction with Sales and Marketing Manager.• Manage Key accounts and maximise revenue growth.

• Understand and adhering to the company’s sales strategy.• Assist in maximising net pro�t to a regional sales budget and plan.• Identify and develop new market opportunities and assist in developing new materials for internal communication and clients. • Development of local customer accounts with a focus on o�ering additional value-added products and services.• Ensure that RFQ forms are �lled out correctly and submitted in an e�cient manner.• Communicate technological advances to key customers.• Glean competitor information, report this and recommend necessary actions.• Continuously monitor and update pricing model inputs.• Present weekly forecast reports.• Manage client requests on a project basis in conjunction with Sales and Marketing Manager.• Manage key accounts and maximise revenue growth.

The Corporate Sales Executive is will focus on up-selling products and ensure continuous repetitive business with existing clients by maintaining an up-to-date account database through continuous research and understanding of market trends. The role will focus on building on and strengthening the existing client base.

The Equipment Sales Representative is will be responsible to aggressively seek new business relationships and close profitable sales with existing accounts while maintaining customer satisfaction. The core responsibilities will include telephone cold calls, follow up calls, emails, generating sales quotes, interacting with internal operations staff to ensure smooth order processing, giving sales presentations, and answering customer inquiries.

Appointments Launches Functions Announcements PEOPLE AND EVENTS


Murray Grindrod Senior passed away at the age of 79 on 16 May 2015. After 21 years as chairman and 50 years’ service with the group, Mur-ray Grindrod retired in 2007.

Murray Grindrod’s personal repu-tation of integrity will always re-main the cornerstone on which

the business was founded. Murray Grindrod was the grandson of John

Edward Grindrod, the founder of the Grin-drod Group. His interest in shipping started at an early age given his father’s involve-ment with African Coasters. At a young age, he also developed a keen interest in golf and truly mastered the sport in years to come. Murray Grindrod, successfully read engineering at Cambridge, captained the university golf team, and later went on to win the South African amateur title in 1960. He achieved South African colours in the sport on three occasions, including representing South Africa at the Eisenhow-er Trophy in the USA (1960) and in Rome four years later. Murray Grindrod joined Grindrod Gersigny

in 1957 – the managing agents for African Coasters. In his job he learnt the trade from the wharf side, becoming involved in the hiring of personnel, stevedoring and gener-al ships husbandry. He also took every op-portunity to study the ships at sea, which gave him a personal grasp of the trade and an affinity with the people aboard. It was his ability to relate to all from a

knowledgeable position that earned him great respect, not only within the company but also in the shipping fraternity in South Africa and internationally. In 1960 he was appointed alternate director to his father. When African Coasters needed an urgent

capital injection to replace its ageing fleet, Murray Grindrod persuaded his father and Cecil Renaud to seek finance elsewhere. He led the team that secured the finance from Union Corporation, paving the way for the modernisation of the fleet and subsequent takeover of Smith’s Coasters and Thesen’s Steamship Company and the formation of Unicorn Lines. Under Murray Grindrod’s leadership as

managing director, Unicorn pioneered the country's fully cellular coastal container service in 1971. While still in his early thirties, he was invit-

ed to serve on the Transport Advisory Com-mittee of the Department of Transport and was later the President of the South African Shipowners’ Association.

A personal sense of achievement for Mur-ray Grindrod followed the acquisition of the majority shareholding from Union Cor-poration's successor, Gencor in 1986 and the listing of the group in the same year. With Murray Grindrod's full support and

encouragement, Ivan Clark and Alan Olivier travelled to Athens to negotiate success-

fully for the purchase of Safmarine’s 40 percent shareholding in Unicorn in 1998. Grindrod Group now had full control and became the leading shipowner in South Af-rica. He was also very supportive of the pur-chase of Island View Shipping, a far-sighted move that positioned the group extremely favourably when the surge in bulk shipping

occurred from around 2003.

In 1998 Murray Grindrod announced that he would be stepping down as chairman of Unicorn Lines and that Ivan Clark would take over as the executive chairman in January the following year. This significant event meant that Murray Grindrod was ef-fectively retiring from the daily operations of the company that had been an integral part of his life and the lives of two previous generations of the Grindrod family.

During the years of successes and difficult patches, the stabilising factor in Unicorn had been the firm, pragmatic voice of Mur-ray Grindrod. He retained his seat on the board of Unicorn Lines and remained the chairman of the Grindrod Limited board until his retirement in 2007.

SA shipping great crosses the bar

Vessel visit for Hydrographic Society

When Fugro South Africa’s latest addition to their fleet, the Fugro

Frontier, docked in Cape Town recent-ly, they invited members of the South African Hydrographic Society to take a tour of the high-tech vessel that aims to service the survey needs of the African continent.

In a highly informative tour lead by Mar-co Gilissen of Fugro, guests were treat-ed to more than just a glimpse of what a purpose-built vessel designed to cater to the specific needs of the owner, their clients and the operating environment looks like. Highlighting the myriad of security

specifications; high levels of comfort as well as the obvious high-specifications of the vessel, it was also clear that Fu-gro’s depth of experience of working off the African coast had played a key role in formulating the design and outfitting of the vessel. For more detailed information on the

vessel, refer to our February 2015 issue.

From the top:

The Fugro Frontier docked in Cape Town

Members of the Hydrographic society enjoyed a full tour of the vessel

Murray Grindrod gave 50 years of service to the Grindrod Group

It was his ability to relate to all from a knowledgeable position that earned him great respect, not only within the company but also in the shipping fraternity in South Africa and internationally.



Namibian shipyard focuses on education

Ship repair company Elgin Brown & Hamer (EBH) Namibia is sup-

porting a local non-profit welfare organization, the Promiseland Trust, by pledging significant funds towards the building of a play school.

Hannes Uys, Chief Executive Officer of EBH Namibia explains: “At EBH we are only too aware of the plight of those who continue to live below the breadline, despite the econom-ic growth that Namibia has experi-enced. The disparity in income, em-ployment and access to resources in urban areas is extremely worrying, and as a concerned corporate citizen of Namibia, it is our duty and our pleasure to be in a position to reach out to the local community and help make a difference.”Approximately 1,700 children ben-

efit from the feeding scheme at the Promiseland facility on a daily basis: 1400 school children, 50 children at the morning play school and 250 children during the afternoons.While Promiseland, which is suc-

cessfully managed through six trust-ees, is pleased to be able to provide nutritious food, the organisation ac-knowledges that the needs of these children extend beyond daily meals. “These children need not only food,

shelter and medical supplies, but a safe environment which is conducive to learning and well-being,” says Pi-eter Greeff, Chairman of the Prom-iseland Trust. “It is for this reason that we saw an urgent need to ex-pand our current facilities and build extra classrooms. We are extremely grateful to EBH Namibia for the gen-erous donation towards this building project.”“The new educational facility will

provide extra space for 60 children between the ages of three and five. During this time they follow an ed-ucation programme facilitated by permanent employees of the Trust and volunteers of the Red Cross So-ciety. They also receive two meals a day – breakfast and lunch,” explains Greeff.

In an effort to expose the youth of TS Woltemade Sea Cadet Leading Seaman

and Petty Officer classes to a fuller mari-time experience, excursions to the South African Maritime Training Academy (SAM-TRA) as well as the SA Naval Museum were recently organised.

The visit to SAMTRA was arranged by Cdr David Wolfaardt, SA Navy Reserve, who is the SAMTRA Training Manager. The aim of the outing was to gain an insight into commercial shipping industry and to expe-rience, through simulation, the activities that take place on the bridge of a ship at sea.Cdr Wolfaardt sketched the various career

opportunities onboard merchant ships along with their entry the requirements. Deck & Marine Engineer Cadet programs require Matric mathematics and physical science. Other career opportunities also exist for those who do not have these sub-jects as Deck Hands and Catering staff.A tour of the SAMTRA facilities revealed

the ECDIS and GMDSS simulation class-rooms, as well as the Refrigeration and Seamanship workshop, and several well equipped Bridge Simulators.The bridge simulation demonstration in-

volved sailing two frigates in False Bay be-fore coming alongside in Simon’s Town har-bour. During the practical exercise the Sea Cadets were able to experience lookout, helmsman and engine telegraph responsi-bilities.

Naval historyThe visit to the Naval Museum provided

them with the opportunity to learn about the history of the SA Navy, Naval and Nau-tical traditions and have a feel for life at sea as it developed over the centuries.Slt (SCC) Dr David Walker, a lecturer in

Maritime Affairs at Cape Peninsula Univer-sity of Technology (CPUT) and previously a Royal Naval Sea Cadet Instructor, shared his experience of a visit to HMS Victory and the navy under sail. The story of the battle of Trafalgar, Admiral Lord Nelson and his famous flag hoist were well received as ex-amples of how different life at sea was like back then.Experiencing the mock bridge and wheel-

house of a minesweeper, various naval guns and a submarine ops room provided a much needed practical experience after hours of pouring over notes and photo-graphs.

The transformation display was a great hit with the young Sea Cadets, as they were interested to see how the SA Navy had evolved over the years to become inclusive.

They were especially interested in those who had performed acts of bravery includ-ing the story of the SS Mendi, Job Masego and Sea Cadets from their Unit who had fetched the training ship the General Botha from the UK and sailed it back to South Af-rica.

By Lt Cdr Glenn von Zeil PB JCD

Sea Cadets exposed to maritime experience

From the top:

- TS Woltemade Sea Cadets with Capt (SAN) McNaughton’s ceremonial Naval Sword at the

SA Naval Museum. His son, Ens (SCC) Stuart Mc Naughton, is a seamanship instructor at the Unit

and has told the class about the sword.

SLt’s (SCC) Marlon Adams & Dr Dave Walker with TS Woltemade Sea Cadets on the SAMTRA

simulator bridge

Capt & Master Mariner Peddle and TS Wolte-made Sea Cadet having fun on the SAMTRA

simulator bridge.

Appointments Launches Functions Announcements PEOPLE AND EVENTS


Launched in early 2002, Maritime Re-view recently invited members of the

maritime industry to celebrate another year of publishing. The annual function tra-ditionally acknowledges a member of the industry that has succeeded in harnessing a positive spotlight on the maritime indus-try to a wider audience in the form of the Maritime Newsmaker of the Year Award.

The aim is identify companies, organisa-tions or individuals that have created pos-

itive coverage for the maritime industry in the general media.

We look for news that dominates media space and highlights the potential of our industry to provide meaningful careers, poverty alleviation and economic growth. In July last year, we started to see Opera-tion Phakisa creep into the headlines and claim media attention on behalf of the maritime industry.

While the presidency, the Department

if Environmental Affairs, Department of Transport and the South African Maritime Safety Authority need to be acknowledged for instigating the initiative – the stake-holders and drivers of its ambitious aims.

Therefore, our challenge for the industry is to deliver on the goals of the initiative; create award winners for the end of year function and make our job really easy next year to single out one true champion of maritime headlines.

A challenge to deliver memorable maritime headlines



Two young South African maritime stu-dents from the Lawhill Maritime Centre

were selected to participate in an interna-tional Marine Inspirations programme tak-ing place in Mallorca, Spain, during June.

This is a follow-on initiative from the very successful programme of October last year, when the first two South African students were invited by Marine Inspirations to at-tend the dynamic Ibiza Rendezvous Regatta event in Ibiza, Spain.The mentoring programme aims to give

young South African students from less-ad-vantaged backgrounds hands-on seaman-ship experience and to expose them to possible career opportunities in the world of yachting and the maritime field.Archie Leeu (18) and Thamsanqa (Thami)

Hoza (17), both secondary school students at Simon’s Town School’s Lawhill Maritime Centre, fly to Spain to participate in the Pal-ma Superyacht Cup, taking place from 17

to 20 June.The students will join Captain Jonathan

Kline and crew aboard the luxurious Perini Navi 3 superyacht,"P2" for the duration of the SYC regatta.This will be followed by three days spent at

the highly-regarded 'Astilleros de Mallorca' shipyard where the students will gain an understanding of the daily tasks performed in this dynamic environment.The trip to Spain will be one of many

'firsts' for the students, including their first time travelling abroad and first time sailing aboard a superyacht.Leeu, who hails from Port Elizabeth, South

Africa, and Hoza from Welkom, South Afri-ca, say the trip is “a wonderful opportunity to learn valuable and practical skills which will equip us for our career as future seafar-ers.” They also intend sharing their gained knowledge and skills with their peers at Lawhill when they return from Spain.

The 'Marine Inspirations' initiative is sup-ported by a number of highly respected captains, yacht-owners, ship-managers, and associated individuals in the maritime industry, including the organisers of the 'Ibiza Rendezvous Regatta'.

Inspiring a future maritime generation

German Master seaman ties the knot in South Africa

CMWO Ulf-Jochen Kreck of the Fed-eral German Navy (FGN) visited TS

Woltemade in May keeping his promise to the young Sea Cadets that he would return to share with them some fun cre-ative advanced knotting techniques.

CMWO Kreck is a specialist seamanship instructor in the FGN with 35 years ex-perience of which 26 years were at sea, 15 as a Buffer and nine years as a Cox’n. He gained sea time experience on the old school ship training ship Deuchland, strike craft and frigates as well as time on a USA Navy exchange program. He was recently deployed to assist the South Af-rican Navy as part of the Operational Sea Training (OST) team in the Simon’s Town dockyard.During his time in Simon’s Town he vis-

ited SAN ships and assisted in evaluating their sea training; evaluated courses at SAS Simonsberg Seamanship School; vis-ited Lawhill school and made proposals in order to improve seamanship training.CMWO Kreck found the Sea Cadets at

TS Woltemade to be “kind, disciplined, motivated and enjoyed the interaction.” In order to create an ornamental rope anchor he taught them a diamond knot, flat and sennit platting.His kind offer of sharing quality time

and his advanced knowledge and skills has resulted in the Sea Cadets learning some fancy knots which assisted them create a “knotting board”.

The strong international relationship developed between the South African Navy and German Federal Navy has ben-efitted youth development thanks to the commitment of CMWO Kreck.

By Lt Cdr Glenn von Zeil PB JCD

New VP to oversee African portfolio

Hien Sié, Managing Director, Abi-djan Port Authority, Côte d'Ivoire

and the Executive Chairman of Pan African Association for Ports Cooper-ation (PAPC) was as a new Vice Presi-dent of IAPH Africa/Europe Region.

The result of the elections held in April 2015 will be submitted to the Nominating Committee and then to the full Board of Directors for confir-mation at the forthcoming Hamburg Conference in June 2015. Sie’s election is the second African

Vice President of IAPH after Kenya’s Gichiri Ndua, eventually elected Pres-ident in May 2009 becoming the first African to ascend to that position in Genoa, Italy. Sie is also the current President of

the Port Management Association for Western and Central Africa (PMAW-CA) that, together with PMAESA and UAPNA for the northern Africa, consti-tute PAPC. During a recent Europe-Africa IAPH

regional meeting in Europe Frans van Zoelen, Legal Counsellor, reported that the office of 1st Vice President currently held by Mr. Santiago Gar-cia-Milà Lloveras, would be vacated, when he is promoted to IAPH Pres-ident at the Hamburg Conference, June 2015.

From the top: CMWO Ulf-Jochen Kreck, Master Seaman of the German Federal Navy, hands over an ornamental rope anchor to OC TS Woltemade, Lt (SCC) Paul Jacobs.

CMWO Ulf-Jochen Kreck, Master Seaman of the German Federal Navy, with Ens (SCC) Stuart McNaughton, Seamanship Instructor, having some knotting fun with the Seamanship Class at TS Woltemade.

Lawhill: Archie Leeu (18) and Thamsanqa (Thami) Hoza (17) of Lawhill Maritime Academy.

Keeping our oceans alive with opportunity GREEN MARINE


Serving South Africa’s marine heritage >> Juanita Raath is the Rehabilitation Coordinator at SANCCOB in the Eastern Cape. Her job entails overseeing all bird related operations at the facility. >> read more on page 56

Minimising the impact of competitive fishing on the environment >> The department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science at Rhodes University initiated a partnership with local fishing body, Rock and Surf Pro League. >> page 57

Collaborating to study the effects of seabed mining >> The Responsible Fish-eries Alliance has collaborated with WWF South Africa, the Centre for Environmen-tal rights and Carolyn Ah Shene-Verdoorn to develop a three year strategy. >> more on page 59

Minister calls on youth in fight for the protection of our oceans >> Senzi Zokwa-na’s address at the launch of the Status of South African Marine Fishery Resources 2014 called on the youth to join the fight to protect our oceans for future genera-tions. >> page 60

IN THIS SECTION

Cape Town residents have lately been afforded the luxury of regular sight-ings of groups of killer whales visiting

the False Bay area. Unfortunately news of these sightings travels fast via social media and large groups of people have been gath-ering in the harbour to get a closer look at these beautiful creatures in their natural environment.

A “free for all” seems to be developing as a flotilla sets out to track the killer whales, as well as other dolphins in the area, for several hours at a time. The problem ex-ists not only in False Bay, but also along the Atlantic seaboard as the motorised boats, jetskis and kayaks often break up schools of dolphins whilst they are feeding.

The territorial rights of these animals are constantly being disregarded and this same disregard is being applied to the whales when they visit the harbour area in False Bay.

Nan Rice of the organisation Dolphin Ac-tion Protection Group says that her organ-isation is inundated with calls from con-cerned members of the public, but due to a loophole in the Act they are unable to do anything to protect these animals.

Her concern is not so much that the ani-mals are seriously in danger in these situa-tions, but rather that the authorities seem unable to enforce the legislation protecting

The current legislation protect-ing our marine resources seems to be falling short as over-eager onlookers cause stress to killer whales and other dolphins visiting False Bay harbour.

Marine protection legislation falls

short

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GREEN MARINE GREEN TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE MARINE INDUSTRY

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GREEN MARINE Keeping our oceans alive with opportunity


What and where did you study?

Before pursuing my passion for animal healthcare I qualified as a veterinary nurse from the University of Pretoria. I also com-pleted a diploma in drama at the Thswane University of Technology.

What is your current job title and job description?

I am the Rehabilitation Coordinator of SANCCOB Eastern Cape overseeing all bird related operations at the facility and, under the guidance of a local veterinarian as well as SANCCOB’s own veterinarian in Cape Town, seeing to the general health and treatment of all patients.

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

I was in private practice for two years and had the privilege of working in a mixed an-imal environment. This gave me exposure to and experience in a wide variety of spe-cies. During my time in private practice, I assisted the SPCA and soon realised that I needed to become more involved in con-servation in order for me to be a part of the solution. I was exhilarated to be appoint-ed in this position at SANCCOB. It allows me the opportunity to make a difference where it is so desperately needed.

What does your job entail on a daily basis?

I oversee all rehabilitation operations, making sure all the logistics are in place for the successful rehabilitation and release of ill, injured, oiled and abandoned seabirds. The veterinary aspect of my job includes

doing blood work, monitoring patients and administering medication. SANCCOB also maintains oil spill preparedness, at all times being prepared for unforeseen influxes of birds and emergency response.

What aspects of your job do you really enjoy?

I absolutely adore the palpable exhila-ration these birds ooze when they are re-leased after rehabilitation. Releasing birds will always be the best part of my job and definitely the end to all means.

I also enjoy the research I get to be part of under research veterinarian Nola Parsons. Research is the unsung hero of successful rehabilitation and continued research will ensure that our work will evolve to stay successful.

What aspects of your job are more challenging?

Being a young female taking on this great responsibility. It is challenging at times to remove yourself from critics. However, I have fantastic support from colleagues and an organisation with decades of experience and accumulated knowledge.

Where does your passion for the environment come from?

I have always been concerned with the welfare of animals and our heritage as South Africans. Conservation is a natural habit for me and I consider myself privi-leged to be in a position to apply my pas-sion in my job.

Where to for you now?

Now I grow myself and my role in SANC-COB to best serve our natural heritage in marine life.

>> From page 55

Juanita Raath is the Rehabili-tation Coordinator at SANCCOB in the Eastern Cape. Her job entails overseeing all bird relat-ed operations at the facility. Natalie Janse asked her a few questions about her passion for her work and what it is like working at SANCCOB.

Serving South Africa’s marine heritageGREEN WARRIOR

whales and dolphins under the Marine Living Resources Act (1998).

“I, personally, in 1970 managed to get protection for dolphins in what was then the Cape Province. In 1973 Sea Fisheries protected them in our EEZ and that of what was then South West Africa and in 1980, through the Group’s efforts, we managed to get whales protected as well. Since that time the regulations have been tightened and need to be so again and brought in line with recent research, a great deal of which is concentrating on underwater noise and energy use when it comes to boat-based whale watching / whales and dolphins,” says Rice.

According to existing legislation all vessels, for either film or research purposes, as well as members of the public, have to maintain a distance of 300m from the whales in the water. The loop hole is that killer whales, despite the name, are technically classified as dolphins and not whales, so whilst they may not be harassed, one does not legally have to keep 300m from them under the present legislation.

According to Zolile Nqayi, the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) has a com-pliance section and would urge concerned individuals and members of the public to report these incidents to the Department. The DEA is considering ways to address the problem. This would most likely need to be done through changes to the existing legislation.



A team, led by Dr Warren Potts, spent three days at the annual RASSPL na-

tional fishing competition to examine the effects on the health and survival of fish during a catch-and-release angling event.

Researchers were placed throughout the fishing area to observe fishermen’s behav-ior and record the timing of various events, paying particular attention to how long the fish were exposed to air. Various observa-tions were made to determine the state of stress of the fish following the catch-and-release event.

These observations included noting the rate of gill movement; whether the fish responded to being grasped around the tail; how long they took to right themselves after being inverted, and whether they flexed their bodies when suspended above

the water on open hands.

Each event was given a score and the total of these scores indicated the level of stress for the fish.

Parallel to these stress observations, blood samples were collected to test for glucose and lactate levels, widely used as indicators of stress in similar studies.

On the third day of the competition, fish were collected from the fishermen and placed into ponds to determine their sur-vival rate. Forty fish were kept overnight. All fish survived except for five fish from two different species of sea catfish. This may indicate that these species are good indicator species that can be used to monitor survival of fish after being handled by fishermen.

Recreational fisheries researchThe Department is rapidly developing its recreational fisheries research portfolio. Besides the long-term RASSPL project, several other recreational fisheries research projects were established during the last year.

These include a global review project of recreational fisheries governance funded by the FAO. This is a two-year project that aims to assess the economic impact of South Africa’s recreational fisheries and is in partnership with the University of the North West, University of Cape Town, SAIAB and the Oceanographic Research Institute.

The Department has also established a partnership with WWF in their citizen science project “fish for life” and will be conducting one component of the project “Fishtory”, which aims to create an online platform to digitise historical angling pho-tographs and generate historical data from fishermen throughout the country.

Another project funded by the Depart-ment of Trade and Industry will examine the impacts of climate change on several of South Africa’s recreational linefish species.

A strategic alliance between Blue Ocean Monitoring (BOM) and Sea

Technology Services (STS) will see one of BOM’s Slocum Gliders being de-ployed from Cape Town in a regional ocean monitoring programme with STS providing marketing and support ser-vices.

The alliance is in response to increased demand for ocean monitoring as well as the increased awareness about the use of ocean robotic platforms to provide cost-effective real-time high-volume data.

“The Alliance represents a great oppor-tunity for both of our businesses. We are aware of multiple regional ocean monitoring programs for which we can now tender using the joint capabilities of the Alliance. More broadly speaking, we have set our sights on becoming the leading ocean monitoring business for survey and other companies in Af-rica. With the skills and expertise the Alliance has to offer I think that is an achievable goal,” says Derek Needham, Managing Director of STS.

Strategic alliance for ocean monitoring

Minimising the impact of competitive fishing on the environment

In an effort to minimize the impact of competitive fishing on the environment, the Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science at Rhodes University has initiated a community engagement partner-ship with local catch and release competitive fishing body Rock and Surf Pro League (RASSPL).

Top: Derek Needham of STS and Simon Illingworth of BOM.

Above: The Slocum glider off Cape Town



The experiment has been dubbed SAGE – the Shelf Agulhas Glider Experiment.

The deployments of the gliders were facil-itated through the Agulhas System Climate Array (ASCA) project.

A seaglider is an autonomous robotic plat-form that profiles the ocean between the surface and 1,000 m depth by controlling its buoyancy. A set of wings, coupled with a low-drag hydrodynamic shape, drives forward propulsion as it moves up and down the water column. Seagliders can be steered via satellite and be at sea for months at a time gathering data for re-search and monitoring purposes. The sea-gliders used for SAGE belong to the fleet of gliders maintained by the South African Marine Engineering & Robotics Centre in Cape Town.

Dr Marjolaine Krug, an earth observation specialist from the CSIR, says scientists cur-rently have very little understanding about the impact of the Agulhas Current on the coastal and shelf regions.

“The Agulhas Current is the strongest current in the southern hemisphere and it

affects our lives in many ways, through re-gional weather, the global climate and our coastal ecosystem. Yet we know very little about how it effects our coastal and shelf regions,” says Krug.

“It is important that we properly under-stand its impact because the Agulhas Cur-rent is immensely powerful. Imagine about 80 million tonnes of warm salty water mov-ing southwards every second. Because it flows in such close proximity to the shore, whenever it moves slightly, it impacts on the coastal and shelf waters. Changes in the current will therefore cause changes in the sea-state as well as the bio-chemical properties of the waters. This in turn im-pacts on sea-life, ship navigation, pollutant dispersals and so forth.”

Krug’s research focuses on the Agulhas Current and on the use of satellite remote sensing datasets to monitor the physical drivers of South Africa’s ocean regions. The SAGE project is a logical progression of her research.

The SAGE gliders are set to profile the wa-ter column within the 100m and 1 000m depth contours in the oceanic shelf regions of Algoa Bay and St. Francis Bay. The gliders measure a wide range of seawater variables (temperature, salinity, pressure, dissolved oxygen, light, bio-optics) that are commu-nicated back via satellite in real-time to land or ship-based users for analysis.

“We hope that within a year we will be able to publish the results of the SAGE experiment and that we will then have a better understanding of the impact of this important current on our coastal and shelf regions,” said Krug.

Probing the effects of the Agulhas Current

Green ship certification centre

The Korean Register (KR) opened the world’s first Green-ship Equipment

Test Certification Centre in Gunsan, Jeon-buk, Korea during May.

This large-scale facility will be operated by KR and has been built with the full support of Korea’s Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries and the governments of

Gunsan City and Jeolla-buk province.

In recent years, KR has been developing eco-friendly technologies on a range of R&D activities with marine equipment manufacturers. The creation of this new international facility enables KR to conduct testing and evaluation beyond its routine R&D work and establishes a firm base from which to lead the inter-

national standardisation of eco-friendly vessels. It also allows KR to respond to IMO’s greenhouse emission reduction and maritime pollution regulations.

The new centre will assist the R&D departments of marine equipment man-ufacturers and help them commercialise their activities. The centre is expected to operate as an international green-ship hub by introducing a certification system for green-ship technologies.

South Africa’s hake fishery is sustainable and well managed

The 51 trawler owners and oper-ators in South Africa’s Deep Sea

Trawling Industry Association (SADS-TIA) recently received word that the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has approved a further five-year certification for the deep-sea trawl fishery.

“The certification is an import-ant achievement for the deep-sea fishery and very good news for South Africa,” said Dr Johann Augus-tyn, secretary of SADSTIA.“Recent economic studies have shown that securing the health of the deep-sea fishery has prevented the loss of up to 12,000 jobs within the fishing industry and growing demand (par-ticularly in northern Europe) for certified sustainable seafood prod-ucts has resulted in the expansion of export markets worth US$197 million (R2.24 billion).”

This is the third time the hake trawl fishery has secured certification from the MSC. In 2004 it became the first hake fishery in the world to be judged by the MSC as “sustainable and well managed”; after the initial five-year certification period came to an end in 2009, the fishery was re-as-sessed and re-certified for a five-year period in 2010.

The latest certification comes after a rigorous 12-month re-assessment process during which an indepen-dent certification agency scrutinised every aspect of the fishery’s man-agement and once again found it to comply with the MSC’s main princi-ples.

Two seagliders were recent-ly successfully deployed off the coast of Port Elizabeth as part of a first-of-its-kind joint experiment by the CSIR and the South African Environmen-tal Observation Network to study how the Agulhas Cur-rent affects coastal and shelf regions along South Africa’s south-eastern coast.

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According to a new report, tiny pieces of plastic or fibres which may act as a pathway for persistent, bio accu-

mulating and toxic substances entering the food chain, known as micro-plastics, are increasingly being found in the oceans and may prove to be as harmful to marine life as more obvious, larger debris, such as plastic bags.

The report, Sources, Fates and Effects of Micro-plastics in the Marine Environment - a Global Assessment, was published by the Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific As-pects of Marine Environmental Protection (GESAMP), an advisory body that advises the United Nations (UN) system on the scientific aspects of marine environmental protection.

“While there is a need for further assess-ment of the problem, the report is the first attempt, at a global scale, to identify the main sources, fate and effects of mi-cro-plastics in the ocean and offers im-proved understanding of the scale of the

problem. The assessment suggests that there needs to be a wider awareness of the potential harm that micro-plastics in the oceans could cause,” said Dr Stefan Mi-callef, Director Marine Environment Divi-sion, at the International Maritime Organ-isation (IMO), the Administrative Secretary of GESAMP.

“Even tiny particles, such as those used in cosmetic products or abrasives, could potentially harm marine life if ingested. We need to work globally to ensure that plastics do not end up in the oceans,” Dr Micallef said.

The report notes that while the physi-cal impacts of larger litter items, such as plastic bags and fishing nets, have been demonstrated, it is much more difficult to attribute physical impacts of micro-plas-

tics. Nonetheless, laboratory tests indicate that even very tiny particles, less than 5mm in diameter, can cause cellular damage in mammals.

Micro-plastics have been found inside the bodies of a wide variety of marine organ-isms including invertebrates, fish, birds and mammals, and the ingestion of micro-plas-tics may have an effect on the feeding, movement, growth and breeding success of the host organism.

Plastics often contain chemicals added during manufacture and can absorb and concentrate contaminants such as pesti-cides from the surrounding seawater and there is emerging evidence of transfer of chemicals from ingested plastics into tis-sues.

The report recommends better control of the sources of plastic waste, through ap-plying the principles of the reduce, re-use, recycle, and improving the overall manage-ment of plastics as the most efficient and cost-effective way of reducing the quantity of plastic objects and micro-plastic parti-cles accumulating in the ocean.

In order to address the threat of bulk sediment mining, the Responsible

Fisheries Alliance (RFA) has collaborat-ed with WWF South Africa, the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) and independent consultant, Carolyn Ah Shene-Verdoorn, to develop a three year strategy aimed chiefly at lobbying for a moratorium on bulk sediment sea-bed mining.

Research conducted in the develop-ment of the strategy revealed that the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) issued three offshore prospect-ing rights in 2012 and 2014. The pros-pecting areas are vast and include tracts of critically endangered ecosystems as well as areas significant to the commer-cial trawl fishery.

“Urgent action is required by industry, civil society organisations and relevant government departments to safeguard marine ecosystems currently under threat,” says Ah Shene-Verdoorn. “A multi-pronged approach is required in respect of all the components of this strategy, including external lobbying of the Ministries of Environment, Miner-al Resources, and Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to boost the process re-quired to obtain a moratorium.”

Legal Campaigner at the CER, Saul Roux, is spearheading the implemen-tation of the CER’s Safeguarding our Seabeds project, aimed at establishing a moratorium on bulk marine sediment mining in South Africa.

“This is needed until environmental impacts are better known and an effec-tive marine spatial planning framework has been developed which provides protection to offshore marine habitats and fisheries resources,” he says.

The project also aims to support the implementation of the expansion of South Africa’s network of Marine Pro-tected Areas as endorsed by govern-ment’s Operation Phakisa. It would also like to further the development of an effective marine spatial planning frame-work in South Africa, which integrates the needs of all potential users without compromising the ecological integrity of the marine ecosystems.

Roux has had a number of meetings with key stakeholders and will next seek to establish a multi-stakeholder coali-tion in support of a moratorium. Roux explains: “The aim of the coalition will be to engage with various government departments and regional organisations in support of a moratorium on marine bulk sediment mining.”

Further short-term objectives of the campaign will include updating and en-hancing the scientific data required to better understand the impacts of this practice, and the roll-out of a commu-nication strategy to raise awareness among key stakeholders and the broad-er public about its adverse impacts.

Collaborating to study the effects of seabed mining

Plastic particles remain an ever-increasing problem for marine life

“Even tiny particles, such as those used in cosmetic

products or abrasives, could potentially harm marine

life if ingested. We need to work globally to ensure that plastics do not end up in the

oceans,”



The South African Minister of Agricul-ture, Forestry and Fisheries, Senzeni Zokwana’s address at the launch

of the Status of the South African Marine Fishery Resources 2014 called on the youth to join the fight to protect our oceans for future generations.

The event, which took place in early June in Cape Town, coincided with World Oceans Day and was attended by the Minister, var-ious dignitaries, members of industry and several young scientists and researchers.

The theme for this years’ World Oceans Day is: Healthy Oceans, Healthy Plan-et, and the Minister seized on this in his speech pointing out that the oceans are the lungs of our planet, providing us not only with oxygen, but also with food. Fish sup-ply the greatest percentage of worldwide

protein consumed by humans and is, there-fore, critical to food security.

He was insistent that our oceans need to be viewed as a gift and that South Africa, with its exceptionally large coastline, bor-dered by three major oceans, the Atlantic ocean, the Indian ocean and the Southern Ocean, was particularly blessed.

However, all of this had no value if there is no investment in the youth as they are the future defenders of our oceans and, there-fore, need to be made aware of the ocean economy today.

The Minister also added that the time had come for change and urged members of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) not to be complacent in their positions, but to ask themselves,

what role they played as individuals em-ployed by DAFF.

Focus on the youth“Let us put our heads together and instil

pride in our work. With the wealth of di-versity on our doorstep we need to deal with all aspects of the ocean economy and change the tide to ensure that there is a to-morrow for us and the youth,” he said.

Also present at the event were a group of 30 young interns, as well as players from the Santos Football Club. Coinciding with the June 16 Youth Day in South Africa, the month of June has been declared youth

month, under the theme: Youth Moving South Africa Forward.”

Addressing the interns directly, the Min-ister said, “The future is yours. Work for your country and be proud of your contri-bution.”

This year Santos Football Club has part-nered with DAFF as food ambassadors. The aim is to encourage young people to join the effort to “Kick off for Food Security” and to take up careers within the fishing, forestry or agricultural sectors.

Golaam Allie, CEO Santos Football Club was also present at the event and took the opportunity to address the youth saying that years of coaching football had taught him the value of good nutrition.

He said, “We have the opportunity to make the youth aware of nutrition and economies and where it comes from. As Santos, the People’s team, we want to en-courage people to support agriculture and fisheries.”

Emphasis on researchSouth Africa has a long history of excel-

lence in marine science. While research alone cannot prevent stocks from crashing, it remains one of the key elements of the overall management system which includes resource management and monitoring, control and surveillance.

Minister Zokwana also used the occasion to emphasise the value of research and the importance of the proper training of our young scientists and researchers.

“Our government has trained young sci-entists so that we can reserve our marine resources,” he said.

By Natalie Janse

Minister calls on youth in fight for the protection of our oceans

Study identifies the benefits of retrofitting green technologies

A wide-scale industry project ‘RETRO-FIT’, which aimed to determine effi-

cient methods and tools for retrofitting existing ships with green technologies, has ended after three years.

The RETROFIT consortium was created by 14 partners, including ship operators, system suppliers, shipyards, engineering companies and knowledge institutes, from seven different countries. Imtech Marine was one of the initiators of the project, which was funded by the Euro-pean Commission.

René Nuijten, Imtech Marine consul-tant, explains that the research group wanted to examine the application of

green technologies such as using LNG fuel and scrubbers in an existing vessel and through simulation models review and benchmark them against existing applications. The overall results show that fuel savings up to five percent can realistically be achieved.

A RoRo ferry built by NAVANTIA Astillero San Fernando-Puerto Real, and owned and operated by Acciona Trasmedi-terranea on the Cádiz-Canary Islands route was chosen as a test case vessel. Built in 2010, the 31,000gt ferry has a diesel mechanical twin-screw controlla-ble pitch propeller and is designed for 26 knots, though its actual operational speed is 19.6 knots.

We have the opportunity to make the youth aware of

nutrition and economies and where it comes from.

A RoRo ferry built by NAVANTIA Astillero San Fernando-Puerto Real, and owned and operated by Acciona Trasmediterranea on the Cádiz-Canary Islands route was chosen as a test case vessel

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� Gearbox SalesASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Barloworld Power Systems: Tel 031 000 0047; Fax 031 000 0051Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523Peninsula Power Products: Tel 021 511 5061; Fax 021 511 5441Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Fax 021 510 0947ZF Services South Africa: Tel 011 457 0007; Fax 086 647 1378List your company’s details here

� Gearbox Spares, RepairsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Barloworld Power Systems: Tel 031 000 0047; Fax 031 000 0051Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523DCD Dorbyl Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Fax 021 510 0947ZF Services South Africa: Tel 011 457 0007; Fax 086 647 1378

� General Engineering Re-pairsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523Dorbyl Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900Peninsula Power Products: Tel 021 511 5061; Fax 021 511 5441SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Fax 021 510 0947

� GeneratorsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Barloworld Power: Dbn Tel 031 000 0050; Cpt Tel 021 959 8200Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900Grindrod Marine Services: Tel 021 510 0042; Fax 021 511 1770HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009J&D Ship Services: Tel 021 511 1889; Fax 021 511 7910Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723MTU South Africa (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 529 5760; [email protected] Raka Marine: Piet 082 658 1061; Gerhard 082 652 8221SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Fax 021 510 0947SVITZER Salvage Africa : Tel 021 408 6710; Fax 021 408 6138List your company’s details here

� GovernorsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723

� NozzlesASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009

� Oil CoolersASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523

HSE 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 Con-trol RepairsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702

� P r o p e l l e r 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 8009SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702Southern Power Products (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 511 0653; Fax 021 510 3049ZF Services South Africa: Tel 011 457 0007; Fax 086 647 1378

� Propulsion SystemsAfrican Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 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 8723 Raka Marine: Piet 082 658 1061; Gerhard 082 652 8221SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Fax 021 510 0947Southern Power Products (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 511 0653; Fax 021 510 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 8723SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Fax 021 510 0947ZF Services South Africa: Tel 011 457 0007; Fax 086 647 1378

� Steerable ThrustersAfrican Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702ZF Services South Africa: Tel 011 457 0007; Fax 086 647 1378

� Turbochargers ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050DCD Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Fax 021 510 0947

� ValvesASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523DCD Dorbyl Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702

� Water JetsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523



HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Fax 021 510 0947Southern Power Products (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 511 0653; Fax 021 510 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 3530Underwater Surveys: Tel 021 709 6000; Fax 021 788 5302

� TrawlsScaw SA (Pty) Ltd: Tel Cpt 021 508 1500; Dbn 031 450 7400

� Trawl BobbinsAfrican Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009

� Trawl DoorsAfrican Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009

� Trawl FloatsAfrican Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009

� Trawl RepairsAfrican Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009

� Trawl Winches, Sales & RepairsHSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723

FISH PACKAGING

� CartonsCraig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523

� Ice Packs / Chill WrapCraig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523

FISH PROCESSING EQUIPMENT

� Blast FreezersASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523

HSE 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 COMMU-NICATION AND ELEC-TRONIC EQUIPMENT /

SERVICING

� Antenna InstrumentsC & C Technologies: Tel 021 705 2741; Fax 021 705 2741Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 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 2886

Unique 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 2741; Fax 021 705 2741Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 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 2886Underwater Surveys: Tel 021 709 6000; Fax 021 788 5302Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610

� Computer Systems & EquipmentASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050C & C Technologies: Tel 021 705 2741; Fax 021 705 2741Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 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 2886Underwater Surveys: Tel 021 709 6000; Fax 021 788 5302Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610List your company’s details here

� Electronic Charts & Plot-tersASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 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 2741; Fax 021 705 2741Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Imtech Marine South Africa: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888J&D Ship Services: Tel 021 511 1889;

Fax 021 511 7910Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752Underwater Surveys: Tel 021 709 6000; Fax 021 788 5302Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610

� Electronic SurveillanceHSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 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

� Fish Finding EquipmentASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Imtech Marine South Africa: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752GMDSS StationsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Imtech Marine South Africa: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888Marine Data Solutions: Tel 021 386 8517; Fax 021 386 8519Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610

� GyrosASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050C & C Technologies: Tel 021 705 2741; Fax 021 705 2741HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 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 7050Craig 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 Data Solutions: Tel 021 386 8517; Fax 021 386 8519Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723Marine 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

� Navigation EquipmentASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050C & C Technologies: Tel 021 705 2741; Fax 021 705 2741Craig International Supplies (Pty)



Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Imtech Marine South Africa: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888Marine Data Solutions: Tel 021 386 8517; Fax 021 386 8519Marine 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 2886Underwater Surveys: Tel 021 709 6000; Fax 021 788 5302Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610Viking Life-Saving Equipment (SA) (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 514 5160; Fax 086 403 4211List your company’s details here

� Navigation Light Fittings and Spare GlobesASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723Viking Life-Saving Equipment (SA) (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 514 5160; Fax 086 403 4211

� Precise DGPS PositioningC & C Technologies: Tel 021 705 2741; Fax 021 705 2741HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Imtech Marine South Africa: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 Marine Data Solutions: Tel 021 386 8517; Fax 021 386 8519Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752Underwater Surveys: Tel 021 709 6000; Fax 021 788 5302Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610

� Radar Sales, RepairsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Imtech Marine South Africa: 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 2752SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610

� Radio Remote ControlCraig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009

� Radio Sales, RepairsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050C & C Technologies: Tel 021 705 2741; Fax 021 705 2741HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Imtech Marine South Africa: 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 2752SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886 Satel-lite Phones and EmailUnique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610

� Satelite Phones & EmailASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610List your company’s details here

� Smoke & Fire Detector SystemsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig Internationaljmhn Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Imtech Marine South Africa: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723Novamarine a div of Novagroup: Tel 021 506 4300; Fax 021 511 8396Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610

� TelecommunicationsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Imtech Marine South Africa: 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 2752SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610

� Weather & ReceiversASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Imtech 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 3610List your company’s details here

PROFESSIONAL & SPE-CIALISED SERVICES

� Acoustic SurveysC & C Technologies: Tel 021 705 2741; Fax 021 705 2741HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009 Imtech Marine South Africa: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772

Underwater Surveys: Tel 021 709 6000; Fax 021 788 5302

� Aluminium Technical In-formationHSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Hulamin (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 507 9100; Fax 021 534 2469

� Attorneys Maritime LawBowman Gilfillan: Tel 021 480 7811; Fax 021 424 1688Velden Pike Nichols Inc: Tel 031 265 0651; Fax 086 604 6318

� Bulk TerminalsSmit Amandla Marine: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885

� Classification SocietiesASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886

� Consultancy & TrainingAfrican Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530 Allweld Solutions: Tel 021 510 1482; Fax 021 510 8082ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050C & C Technologies: Tel 021 705 2741; Fax 021 705 2741Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610

� ConsultantsAfrican Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206African Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Offshore Maritime Services: Tel 021 425 3372; Fax 021 425 3379Smit Amandla Marine: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772Underwater Surveys: Tel 021 709 6000; Fax 021 788 5302

� Consulting EngineersASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Crew Transport ServicesServest Marine Services: Tel 021 448 3500; Fax 021 447 0895HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009

� Equipment Selection & ProcurementAfrican Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206African Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050C & C Technologies: Tel 021 705 2741; Fax 021 705 2741Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523Grindrod Marine Services: Tel 021 511 5504; Fax 021 511 1770: Dbn: Tel 031 274 4700; Fax 031 274 4996HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772

Underwater Surveys: Tel 021 709 6000; Fax 021 788 5302Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610

� Ferry ServicesASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Smit Amandla Marine: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885

� Fisheries ResearchMarine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752Smit Amandla Marine: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885

� Harbour, Ocean TowageSVITZER Salvage Africa: Tel 021 408 6710; Fax 021 408 6138Servest Marine Services: Tel 021 448 3500; Fax 021 447 0895

� Heavy LiftASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523Smit Amandla Marine: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885SVITZER Salvage Africa: Tel 021 408 6710; Fax 021 408 6138

� Hydraulic Design, Project & Engineering

� Inspection & Testing ServicesASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610

� Launch ServicesASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Servest Marine Services: Tel 021 448 3500; Fax 021 447 0895Offshore Maritime Services: Tel 021 425 3372; Fax 021 425 3379

� LogisticsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523Grindrod Marine Services: Tel 021 511 5504; Fax 021 511 1770: Dbn: Tel 031 274 4700; Fax 031 274 4996J&D Ship Services: Tel 021 511 1889; Fax 021 511 7910

� Marine SurveyorsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Offshore Maritime Services: Tel 021 425 3372 Fax 021 425 3379

� Maritime TrainingHSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752Marine Solutions (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 511 0843; Fax 021 511 9845Sea Safety Training Centre: Tel 022 742 1297; Fax 022 742 1365Unicorn Training School: Tel 031 274 4770 Fax 031 5578Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610List your company’s details here



� Naval ArchitectsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050

� Net MonitoringImtech 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

� Onsite MachiningASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702

� P & I Club Representa-tivesBowman Gilfillan: Tel 021 480 7811; Fax 021 424 1688

� Personnel AgencyDCD Dorbyl Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Smit Amandla Marine: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772

� Project ManagementASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 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 2752SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772Underwater Surveys: Tel 021 709 6000; Fax 021 788 5302

� SalvorsSmit Amandla Marine: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772SVITZER Salvage Africa: Tel 021 408 6710; Fax 021 408 6138

� Seabed SurveysC & C Technologies: Tel 021 705 2741; Fax 021 705 2741Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752Smit Marine: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772Underwater Surveys: Tel 021 709 6000; Fax 021 788 5302

� Ship ManagementASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702Smit Marine: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax

021 507 5885

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

� Spares ProcurementAfrican Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Grindrod Marine Services: Tel 021 511 5504; Fax 021 511 1770: Dbn: Tel 031 274 4700; Fax 031 274 4996Mares Shipping GmbH: Tel +49 40 37 47840; Fax +49 40 37 478446Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Fax 021 510 0947

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

� Superintendent (Marine)ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050

� Surveyors, Hull, Machin-eryASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Underwater Surveys: Tel 021 709 6000; Fax 021 788 5302

� Tailshaft SurveysASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050DCD Dorbyl Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900

� Technical DocumentsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050

� TowageServest Marine Services: Tel 021 448 3500; Fax 021 447 0895Offshore Maritime Services: Tel 021 425 3372; Fax 021 425 3379Smit Amandla Marine: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885SVITZER Salvage Africa: Tel 021 408 6710; Fax 021 408 6138

� Vessel Purchase/SalesASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523

� Vessel Management, Crew supplies, Maintenance PlanningASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Smit Amandla Marine: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885

PUMPS

� Ballast Water SystemsAfrican Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206

� Bilge PumpsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050

Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702

� Fish Pumps & HosesASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009

� Fresh & Sea Water PumpsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702

� Marine Pump SalesASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009List your company’s details here

� Pumping ServicesASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702Smit Amandla Marine: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772SVITZER Salvage Africa: Tel 021 408 6710; Fax 021 408 6138

� PumpsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 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 4702Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772

� Pump Sales & ServiceASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Hytec Cape: Tel 021 551 4747; Fax

021 551 2575SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772 0836

� Spare PartsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900Grindrod 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 47840; Fax +49 40 37 478446SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702

SHIP REPAIR & MA-RINE MAINTENANCE

& ENGINEERING SERVICES & EQUIP-

MENT

� Anti fouling systemsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900Grindrod Marine Services: Tel 021 510 0042; Fax 021 511 1770 HSE 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

� Battery Charges & In-vertersASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Imtech Marine South Africa: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723Novamarine a div of Novagroup: Tel 021 506 4300; Fax 021 511 8396SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610

� Battery ManagementASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900Grindrod 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 4888Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702



Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610

� Boat BuildersASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050DCD Dorbyl Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Hulamin (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 507 9100; Fax 021 534 2469SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702

� Boiler CleaningASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050DCD Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702

� Boiler RepairsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050DCD Dorbyl Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702

� Cathodic ProtectionASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252Grindrod Marine Services: Tel 021 510 0042; Fax 021 511 1770HSE 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 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

� CleaningASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050DCD Dorbyl Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009J&D Ship Services: Tel 021 511 1889; Fax 021 511 7910SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772List your company’s details here

� Cold Metal RepairsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050DCD Dorbyl Marine Cape Town: Tel

021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702

� Corrosion PreventionASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 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 8723SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772

� Cutless BearingsAfrican Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252Grindrod Marine Services: Tel 021 510 0042; Fax 021 511 1770 HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702

� 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 6138List your company’s details here

� 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

� Explosion Proof Equip-mentASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610

� GritblastingASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523DCD Dorbyl Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702Gritblasting EquipmentASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050

Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702

� HVAC SystemsE.R.A.S.E.: Tel 021 949 8955; Fax 021 946 3178

� High (Ultra) Pressure Water JettingASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050

� Hold Tank CleaningASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252

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

� Hull CleaningASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050 EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772

� Hydraulic Systems & EquipmentASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723

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

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

� Marine AirconditioningASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 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 8009

� Marine CoatingsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009



� Marine UPS InvertersASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723

� Pipe Fittings: PipesASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009

� Refrigeration Service & RepairsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252

� ROV ServicesMarine Solutions (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 511 0843; Fax 021 511 9845

� 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 8723

� Ship Equipment RepairsHSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009

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

� Ship Repairs & Mainte-nanceASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723

� Steel WorksASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009

� Steering Gear, RepairsEBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252List your company’s details here

� Stern BearingsAfrican Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391;

Fax 031 206 0252HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009

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

� Stud WeldingASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009

� Subsea Electronic Engi-neerimgMarine Solutions (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 511 0843; Fax 021 511 9845List your company’s details here

� 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 Re-pairsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772

� Underwater SystemsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax

021 527 7050Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Marine Industrial Electro Solutions: Tel 021 511 8499; Fax 021 986 8723Marine Solutions (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 511 0843; Fax 021 511 9845SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772Underwater Surveys: Tel 021 709 6000; Fax 021 788 5302Unique Hydra: Tel 021 534 4375; Fax 021 534 3610

� Welding RepairsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050DCD Dorbyl Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900EBH South Africa: Tel 031 205 6391; Fax 031 206 0252HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009J&D Ship Services: Tel 021 511 1889; Fax 021 511 7910SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702

SHIP SUPPLY

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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 9523J&D Ship Services: Tel 021 511 1889; Fax 021 511 7910

� 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 6038

HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009J&D Ship Services: Tel 021 511 1889; Fax 021 511 7910Novamarine a div of Novagroup: Tel 021 506 4300; Fax 021 511 8396Smit Marine: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885

� Oil Pollution Abatement / CleanupASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Smit Amandla Marine: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885SVITZER Salvage Africa: Tel 021 408 6710; Fax 021 408 6138

� Oil Pollution EquipmentASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Viking Life-Saving Equipment (SA) (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 514 5160; Fax 086 403 4211

� Oil Spill Prevention KitsASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 9523HSE Supplies: Tel 021 511 8030; Fax 021 511 8009Viking Life-Saving Equipment (SA) (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 514 5160; Fax 086 403 4211

� Ship ChandlersAfrican Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530J&D Ship Services: Tel 021 511 1889; Fax 021 511 7910Novamarine a div of Novagroup: Tel 021 506 4300; Fax 021 511 8396

� Spare PartsAfrican Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206ASI Offshore: Tel 021 527 7040; Fax 021 527 7050Craig International Supplies (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 552 9445; Fax 021 552 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 3610List your company’s details here

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