Tag: SAMSA

According to South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA), calmer weather pockets near South Africa's western coast have provided a crucial boost to salvage efforts for the MV Ultra Galaxy, a Panama-flagged cargo ship grounded and beached in a remote area of the Atlantic Ocean northwest of Cape Town. 

According to Reuters, efforts are underway at full throttle to prevent a potential environmental disaster along South Africa's western coastline following the grounding of the Panama-flagged vessel "Ultra Galaxy."

Eighteen Filipino seafarers, crew members of the general cargo vessel MV Ultra Galaxy, have been rescued after abandoning their severely listing ship in the Atlantic Ocean, according to the South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA).

Ship-to-ship oil transfers remain suspended in Algoa Bay near Ngqurha (Port Elizabeth) as a national incident management structure strengthens its grip on containment measures of an oil spill at sea that occurred on May 23.

The salvage of the bulk carrier NS Qingdao, which has unstable chemical cargo, off South Africa’s west coast, is reaching a critical final stage.

Βunkering services providers that want to obtain an operating licence in Algoa Bay, South Africa may now go ahead and apply, as the moratorium on applications will be lifted from 01 April 2022.

The South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) announced that a problematic water reactive cargo on a vessel in St Helena Bay on the west coast of South Africa will be finally dumped at sea.

SAMSA says a Croatian flagged vessel detained in South Africa two weeks ago after an oil spill during bunkering in Algoa Bay has been released.

A Croatian flagged vessel has been detained in South Africa for an investigation after an oil-spill of about 80 liters at sea while taking bunkers offshore at Algoa Bay near the Port Elizabeth on November 17.

Medical certificates for South African seafarers have officially had their validity extended from one year to two years, SAMSA noted.