Tag: South Africa

TRAFFIC, the international wildlife trade monitoring network, released the report 'Empty Shells: An assessment of abalone poaching and trade from southern Africa'. In this report, TRAFFIC says that over the past 18 years, poachers have stripped South African coastal waters of at least 96 million abalone.

In the evening hours of Monday, the Sea Rescue South Africa rescued an injured man from the cargo ship 'UAL Lobito', while off the Port of Table Bay at anchorage. The injured person was one of two unathorized passengers found on the ship and was reportedly injured from a fall onboard.

South Africa has detained the Russian-flagged freighter 'Lada', after being informed that it was allegedly carrying illegal cargo of weaponry onboard. Namely, local media report that the ship was carrying explosives and arms worth about $3.5 million.

Members of the FISH-i Africa Task Force, comprising eight Southeast African coastal states, met in Mozambique on 26-28 June 2018, to discuss ongoing investigations and to develop plans to strengthen this regional cooperation against illegal fishing in the Western Indian Ocean Region.

South Africa has become the 25th State to sign up to the IMO treaty on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Fishing Vessel Personnel (STCW-F). The Convention sets the certification and minimum training requirements for crews of seagoing fishing vessels of 24 metres in length and above.

The National Sea Rescue Institute helped in the rescue of a suspected stowaway on Friday, June 8. The stowaway was injured onboard the ship MI Harmony that had docked into the Port of Port Elizabeth. The man was transported to a hospital for further treatment. His condition is currently stable.

On Wednesday, two injured seafarers were evacuated from the bulk carrier 'KS Flora', while sailing towards East London. The two men, a 41 year old man Filipino and a 27 year old man from Manila, were reportedly injured onboard during rough sea conditions, one suffering a fractured left leg, suspected to be a fractured Tibila and Fibula, and one suffering a left ankle injury. South Africa’s National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) were able to determine that a Government Health EMS duty doctor had evaluated the two injured sailors onboard by radio telephone communications. An NSRI rescue swimmer accompanied by an EC Government Health EMS rescue paramedic boarded a SAAF 15 Squadron Charlie Flight BK-117 helicopter at 13h00 and the helicopter rendezvoused with the ship 7 nautical miles off-shore of East London in rough seas with 3 to 4 meter swells and a 15 to 20 knot Easterly wind. The EMS rescue paramedic and the NSRI rescue swimmer were hoisted onto the ship and were led to where the two patients were being kept onboard the ship. In an operation lasting 40 minutes, during which the helicopter flew around the ship in a holding pattern, both patients were stabilised onboard. The patient with the fractured leg was ...

On the evening hours of 4 May, the tug 'AHT Carrier' was towing the tanker 'Order' off South Africa, when her tow line parted and fouled her propeller. The tugboat was unable to recover the tow rope to reattach a towline to the tanker and both vessels began to drift towards shore, according to NSRI.

Jamaica is selected to be among the 10 countries that will take part in the Global Maritime Energy Efficiency Partnerships Project, which aims to support the implementation of energy-efficiency measures to reduce GHG emissions from shipping. The other countries are Argentina, China, Georgia, India, Malaysia, Morocco, Panama, Philippines and South Africa.

A unique strain of listeria has caused the world’s largest documented listeriosis outbreak, with over 550 cases reported since the start of 2017, in South Africa. Crews are advised to check ready-to-eat meat products and use diluted bleach to clean areas where the meat products may have been kept.