Maritime Review Africa March/April 2019

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ON THE COVER As a sought-after employer in the maritime space, African Marine Solutions Group (AMSOL) has become synonymous with offering African solutions that meet international standards to deliver services to the mining and energy, ports and maritime sectors in the region.

WHERE HAVE ALL THE RIGS GONE? A FUTURE DISRUPTED?

OPL SERVICES

BACK COVER With the Baudouin brand now within their stable, Peninsula Power Products has significantly expanded the range of engines, auxiliaries and generators that they supply.

THE OFFSHORE ISSUE

MARITIME REVIEW AFRICA MANAGING EDITOR: Colleen Jacka editor@maritimesa.co.za

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THEME | The Offshore Sector

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As a sought-after employer in the maritime space, African Marine Solutions offers African solutions that meet international standards to the mining and energy, ports and maritime sectors.

OFFICE: 021 914 1157 021 914 3742

ON THE BACK COVER

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With the Baudouin brand now within their stable, Peninsula Power Products has significantly expanded the range of engines, auxiliaries and generators that they supply.

POSTAL ADDRESS: PO Box 3842 Durbanville 7551

ACCELERATING TRANSFORMATION 10 South Africa’s lack of transformation in the maritime sector topped the agenda at the inaugural Transport Sector Dialogue Series held in March.

COPYRIGHT: No content published in Maritime Review Africa may be reproduced in any form without written permission of the editor. Inclusion of any products in features or any product news does not indicate their endorsement by the publishers or staff.

Opinions expressed in the editorial are not necessarily those of the publishers, editors

THE WATCHKEEPER

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Graham Walker of SAAB examines how the increase in offshore activity will affect maritime security in the African region.

or staff of the magazine.

SOMALIA SMELLS OIL

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Peter Fabricus, ISS Consultant delves into the maritime border dispute between Somalia and Kenya in the light of an appetite of oil and gas exploration.

Every effort is made to check the content for errors, omissions or inaccuracies, but the authors, publishers and contributors connected with the magazine will not be held liable for any of these or for consequences arising from them.

CAPACITY PROMOTING READINESS

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Maritime Review speaks to Niall Kramer, CEO of the South African Oil and Gas Alliance (SAOGA) about the country’s state of readiness to benefit from the offshore oil sector.

Published by More Maximum Media

MEET SA AT OTC 2019 A total of 20 companies are involved in the South African Pavilion at this year’s edition of the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston.

Finding the right candidate for the application The micro-contract environment in the African offshore oil and gas sectors

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COVER STORY As a sought-after employer in the maritime space, African Maritime Solutions Group (AMSOL) has become synonymous with offering African solutions that meet international standards to deliver services to the mining and energy, ports, as well as maritime sectors in the region.

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WHERE HAVE ALL THE RIGS GONE? A FUTURE DISRUPTED?

ON THE COVER As a sought-after employer in the maritime space, African Maritime Solutions Group (AMSOL) has become synonymous with offering African solutions that meet international standards to deliver services to the mining and energy, ports, as well as maritime sectors in the region.

OPL SERVICES THE OFFSHORE ISSUE

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OFFSHORE

OFF PORT LIMITS

E&P UPDATES

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BRULPADDA | a game changer for South African offshore exploration JV seeks to expand drilling opportunities in Angola Frontier success sparks the exploration farm-out market into life Full field production launched with arrival of second FPSO New agency to organise Angolan oil and gas sector Namibia offshore seismic acquisition FPSO to kickstart exploration in Senegal New discovery in Angola’s offshore sector Interest in Mozambique offshore acquired Production sharing agreement signed New rig ship for Angolan oil company

ON BOARD: Deepsea Stavanger 36 The Deepsea Stavanger was contracted to work on the Total concession in the Brulpadda field. Operated by Norwegian drilling operator, Odfjell Drilling, the rig has a capacity to work in water depths of up to 10,000 ft (3,000m).

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FUTURE DISRUPTED

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Julian Hurrie takes a look at what the future could hold for OPL services.

NEWS

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A major milestone for OPL operator OPL vessel overview Putting experience into practice

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MARITIME MEMORIES EARLY EFFORTS IN O&G

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Brian Ingpen takes a look back in time to a time when South Africa invested in an offshore oil sector and undertook exploration off the coast.

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PRODUCTS & SERVICES FOR OFFSHORE SECTORS

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Lifesaving appliance Drill recovery Piping partnership established Transforming to meet industry needs Powering the offshore market from O&G to OPL Reducing risks in liquid transfer operations

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COMMENT

EXPRESSIONS

Comments from the editor

Supply vessel Pacific Dragon at the Port of Mossel Bay. Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) says the Port of Mossel Bay is well equipped to provide value to the offshore oil and gas sector.

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There has been substantial jubilation amongst the South African offshore service providers as Total confirmed a substantial gas condensate discovery in the Brulpadda prospect off the South African coast. While the knock-on effect of such a discovery is likely years away, it is certainly a good start to the year for companies who have been feeling the pinch for some time now.

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atching up with a number of companies and clients in the first few months of this year has been interesting. While the Brulpadda news has boosted businsess confidence for some, there have been significant retrenchments at a number of well-established companies and, for many, the outlook remains uncertain.

With a theme this issue that focuses on the offshore oil and gas sectors, it is noteworthy to see how African jurisdictions are aiming to re-emphasise the need to drive local content. Nigeria, in particular, has a number of legislative instruments to promote local content across their oil and gas sector, but - by all accounts - has struggled to enforce them.

Earlier this year, the Nigerian Maritime and Safety Administration (NIMASA) issued a number of marine notices that seem to suggest that the authority is likely to implement stronger enforcement.

In addition, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has committed to increasing the local content in their sector from the current 40 percent to 70 percent within the next six years.

In South Africa, the Minister of Transport, Dr Blade Nzimande convened a dialogue session with the local maritime industry where he addressed issues of transformation. Delegates at the session bemoaned the slow pace of transformation in the sector and criticised “the big players� for not attending.

The initial invitation was circulated to the attendees of a recent workshop aimed at Black maritime business and the dates of the dialogue were shifted at the last minute.

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Many of the established stakeholders I spoke to ahead of the session had not received the invitation, which only later went out on social media.

In addition to this, last minute programme changes saw some of the invited maritime stakeholders bumped off the speakers’ list. On the whole, it was perhaps not the best organised intervention into the industry - but it did provide an opportunity for important perceptions of the industry to be discussed.

Our Durban correspondent, Nkosikhona Duma, sat in on the session and reports back in this issue. It is clear that there is still some significant work to be done in making the sector more inclusive.

The tender alert that we email out twice a week is aimed at improving access to information for established as well as newcomers into the sector. We have already published over 100 tenders this year from a number of African countries and hope that this helps provide an avenue in for companies just finding their way into the sector.

We are also in the process of revamping our website to include more resources for the sector that will make finding maritime information from the continent more readily available. This has taken a little longer than anticipated and the full scope of the website will be developed in a number of phases. Keep an eye on what we are doing: www.maritimereview.co.za Colleen Jacka, editor | editor@maritimesa.co.za

EXPRESSIONS

Quay quotes

The maritime community will surely 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 subordinate”. But at the same time we will also applaud those individuals and companies in recognition of significant achievements.

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“Companies average scores relative to [B-BBEE] targets are high, but the level of new entrants in areas such as terminal operations, commercial leasing and port activities suggest that more must be done in order to ensure that the type of management control and/or enterprise development addresses competencies in port infrastructure development and management.” Said Mahesh Fakir - Chief Executive of the Ports Regular of South Africa.

Efforts being made on the continent to promote local content and training in all maritime sectors, but specifically within the oil and gas environment.

Keelhauled Individuals and companies who scupper initiatives to improve local content and participate in fronting to the detriment of transformation.

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African Oil and Gas Alliance.

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“We truly believe that there are broader opportunities for South African companies both locally and on the international market, whereby we can offer good subsea engineering and excellent safe project execution.” Said Mike Jessop of Cape Diving.

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“Part of the impediments of effecting transformation within the maritime sector was that many people who worked in government did not understand the sector and imperialists were taking advantage of that fact.” Said Thulani Dlamini, the National Maritime Sector Coordinator for SATAWU.

“This model has already been developed and pursued by a number of service providers in Africa, which are not only highly capable and specialised, but also highly flexible and are now making an impact in other parts of the world. For a company with flexibility at its core, regional or global expansion might not need to be a goal in itself, it is a consequence.” Writes Keane Harvey, Managing Director of ProFloat.

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“Kenya’s foreign affairs cabinet secretary Monica Juma told journalists that Somalia was “deliberately misleading” prospective investors by offering to sell four offshore oil blocks in an area of the sea that was subject to court proceedings to resolve an ownership dispute between the two countries.”

Writes Peter Fabricius of ISS.

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Applaud [BRAVO ZULU]

AMSOL

QUAY QUOTES

“It is no good to have the attractiveness, stability and clarity to draw investors if we are not ready to participate fully. We need to focus on where we are going and move there now.” Said Niall Kramer, CEO of the South

“Africa’s oil and gas reserves are largely untapped and so too, we believe, is the potential of its people to serve this industry. The offshore industry holds enormous potential for job creation, but realising this potential will require investment in both infrastructure and skills development.” Said Pieter Coetzer, CEO of Seatrain.

“The oil rig Deepsea Stavanger operated off this coastline and a number of vessels for the emerging oil industry called at Mossel Bay. During this particular exploration exercise the various supply vessels made regular use

Atlatech 30 EBH 23 Grimms 53 Hytec 45 Kongsberg 33 Marine Crew Services

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Peninsula Power Products

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P&I Associates

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LOCAL CONTENT PLAN SIGNED

NO ACCIDENTS

Pienaar Marine

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Pro Liquid

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Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) and Nigerian Content Development Monitoring Board (NCDMB) signed off the approved plan for Nigeria Content (NC) for NLNG’s Train 7 project which will ensure the delivery of value and benefits to the Nigerian economy during March.

The Floating Production Unit, Storage and Transfer of Crude, FPSO Gimboa in the service of Sonangol Research and Production, Block 4/05 operator, celebrated Monday, 01 April 2019, ten consecutive years of oil production without accidents of time-consuming work.

SAIMI 11 SA Shipyards

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SAOGA 21 SAMTRA 28 Seascape Marine

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Sea Safety Training Group

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Quay quotes

Who is saying what in the maritime industry of our berths. Our port is also able to provide a craft service to do crew changes and stores delivery offshore.” Said Mossel Bay Port Manager Shadrack Tshikalange.

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“Having now in our hands a drill rig, whose specifications allow us to overcome the challenges of the new exploration and production frontiers, Sonangol increases the range of integrated services of the primary chain, reducing dependence on external availability in the fulfillment of the exploration work programs.” Said Carlos Saturnino of Sonangol.

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The impact on OPL volumes would be severe. With no crew on board, many downstream services would see a drop-off in activity: think airlines, hotels, crew transporters, ship chandlers, including many suppliers who do ship board systems to support crew on board. Several sub sectors would see their services or products dropping off as crewed vessels are phased out.”

Writes Julian Hurrie.

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“We delivered the trap to the ship off port limits. Our boarding officer set the trap, instructed the crew on how to facilitate the monkey’s capture and then returned with the launch to port.” Said Godfrey Needham of Offshore Maritime Services.

COMMITMENT TO STABILISATION OPEC and non-OPEC participating countries renewed their commitment to market stabilization at The Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee (JMMC) convened in Baku, the Republic of Azerbaijan, for its thirteenth meeting on 18 March 2019.

“When we designed her, we looked at all the requirements for servicing as wide a range of clients as possible.” Said Marc Pienaar , Managing Director of Pienaar Marine.

EXPRESSIONS

OPITO: IN AFRICA

OPITO ACCREDITED SERVICE PROVIDERS

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TRAINING CENTRES

ANGOLA | CONGO | EGYPT | EQU GUINEA | GHANA | NIGERIA | SOUTH AFRICA|

OPITO COURSES OFFERED ANGOLA IMIST | TBOSIET | TFOET | THUET

“We service and maintain the marine diesel engines for the entire fleet within the South African Navy. One of our noticeable achievements for the Navy has been the successful W6 refurbishing of three classic x MTU 652 Marine diesel engines. In addition to this we have also refurbished a number of MTU 183 engines, a MTU 538 and are currently undertaking a complete rebuild on a MTU 1163 engine.” Said Marine Sales Manager, Calvin Beyer of Grimms.

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“We have established relationships with various maritime stakeholders across a number of ports in South Africa including Port Elizabeth, Cape Town and Durban.” Said Frank Veenstra of Pro Liquid.

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“With most of the competitors moving to electronically controlled engines the majority of Yanmar’s commercial engines are mechanically controlled making them ideal for the African market where electronic diagnostic tools and expertise are not always readily available.” Said Seascape Commercial Sales Engineer, Arjan Hertong.

CONGO BOSIET with EBS | FOET | HUET | SDAW | TBOSIET | TFOET | THUET

EGYPT BOSIET with EBS | FOET | H2S | HUET | MEMIR | OIM | R1 | TBOSIET | TFOET | THUET

EQUATORIAL GUINEA BOSIET with EBS | FOET | HUET | TBOSIET | TFOET | THUET

GHANA BOAT | BOSIET with CA-EBS | BOSIET with EBS | BRIDGE | BS1 | CS-EBS | EBS | FOET | FOET with CA-EBS | HUET | HUET with CA-EBS | MIST | TBOSIET | TFOET | THUET

NIGERIA BOAT | BOAT-F | BOSIET with CA-EBS | BOSIET with EBS | BOSIET with CA-EBS (DD) | BOSIET with EBS (DD) | BRIDGE | BS1 | CA-EBS | EBS | FOET | FOET with CA-EBS | HUET | HUET with CA-EBS | IMIST | MEMIR | MIST | OERTL | OERTL-F | OERTM | OERTM-F | R1 | TBOSIET | TBOSIET DD | TFOET | THUET

SOUTH AFRICA BOSIET with EBS | BOSIET with EBS (DD) | BS1 | BS3 | BS4 | CA-EBS | FOET | H2S | HUET | IMIST | MIST | R1 | R3 | R4 OPITO appointed Richard Roberts as vice president of strategic development for the Middle East and Africa region at the beginning of April.

SOURCE: www.opito.com Refer to the website for more information about courses and service providers in the relevant country

NO GAS FLARING

COURT DECISION

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has expressed its commitment to a zero gas flare regime for every new gas project, even as it trains its sights on commercializing existing gas flare projects for the benefits of the host communities and Country at large.

In March the Court of Appeal in Lagos directed that the case between Nigeria LNG limited (NLNG) and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) over applicability of NIMASA levies to NLNG be remitted to the Federal High Court for a rehearing.

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AMSOL | Delivering African solutions

Delivering African solutions that meet international standards

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s a sought-after employer in the maritime space, African Marine Solutions Group (AMSOL) has become synonymous with offering African solutions that meet international standards to deliver services to the mining and energy, ports, and maritime sectors in the region.

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anagement and employees own 32 percent of this 100 percent South African owned company. It’s not surprising, therefore, that aspiring mariners have ambitions to join the team and participate as shareholders in this unique element of the company’s employee value proposition.

“It is what sets AMSOL apart in this competitive market and influences employee commitment to delivering marine solutions to international standards, safely and sustainably.

It is the Proudly AMSOL way,” says Paul Maclons, Managing Director of the company.

MAR/APR

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ON THE COVER As a sought-after employer in the maritime space, African Marine Solutions Group (AMSOL) has become synonymous with offering African solutions that meet international standards to deliver services to the mining and energy, ports and maritime sectors in the region.

WHERE HAVE ALL THE RIGS GONE? A FUTURE DISRUPTED?

OPL SERVICES

BACK COVER With the Baudouin brand now within their stable, Peninsula Power Products has significantly expanded the range of engines, auxiliaries and generators that they supply.

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“Our involvement in diverse operations ensures that skilled AMSOL personnel are sought after internationally for specialist and complex projects,” notes HR Executive, Nceba Mfini. Together with fit-for-purpose assets and equipment as well as an extensive global network, AMSOL is able to meet the specifications required by clients and perform to international standards.

From fuel transfers and emergency response to supporting the upstream oil and gas sector; and providing consultancy and subsea interventions, AMSOL has developed a diverse competency and experience-base.

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Ensuring safe fuel transfers

AMSOL has invested in skills and has acquired significant experience in managing fuel transfer operations between vessels in port, inshore as well as offshore.

Highly experienced personnel, a strong SHEQ focus and in-depth technical knowledge ensure that the team delivers a risk managed solution. AMSOL specialists closely manage operational interfaces providing clients with the assurance that the operation is compliant with international standards.

Whether AMSOL is delivering fuel accurately and timeously to vessels in port utilising a fleet of modern bunker barges in a 24/7/365 operation, or managing discharge and loading operations of tankers working petroleum products and crude oil, the company’s risk managed approach together with a dedicated team ensure environmental protection and safe operations.

AMSOL’s SHEQ & Compliance Manager Terry Spreeth: “Operation-specific procedures and risk mitigation form the foundation of each operation, and are conducted under the supervision of relevant authorities and frequently vetted by oil majors to ensure the application

of operational best practice.”

This competency is also key to the turnkey management solution offered for ship-to-ship transfer operations under a variety of marine conditions. Here, it is the combination of specialised equipment and experienced AMSOL Mooring Masters and Load/Discharge Advisors, together with effective support teams, who ensure that clients expectations are met, and that solutions are delivered safely, with care for the environment and risk mitigation as core drivers for every project.

Specialist knowledge for high risk projects

With experience in providing upstream support to the offshore oil and gas sector, AMSOL’s knowledge of the specialist needs and requirements during these typically highrisk projects is extensive.

In addition to specialist marine project consultancy and subsea solu-

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SUBSEA PROJECT PORTFOLIO: tions, the company offers:

Survey and survey support; Offshore construction support; Anchor handling and positioning

for offshore installations and structures; Offshore supply, logistics and safety support; Emergency standby, including fire fighting; Ocean and coastal towage; Voyage planning and support; Positioning support to high level mooring operations as well as offshore loading and discharge operations; SHEQ, risk management and advisory.

AMSOL’s Offshore Marine Services specialist Dave Murray: “AMSOL offers a cost-effective multipurpose solution that is flexible and fulfils a variety of offshore support requirements. This, together with compre-

hensive technical and operational support infrastructure, ensures a seamless solution – thereby meeting project outcomes.�

AMSOL also offers a comprehensive subsea solution to the offshore market that includes engineering, project management and execution of marine installation and decommissioning projects.

AMSOL�s Subsea projects Coordinator Jason Pasqualle: “We manage underwater operations in support of offshore projects, and focus our effort on providing high quality equipment and an experienced team.�

AMSOL works to international standards for Inspection, Repair and Maintenance (IRM) on existing client architecture. This includes both major and minor construction, commissioning and decommissioning solutions to client owned seabed-tosurface architecture.

Surface Demand Diving Services: Air and Nitrox;

Saturation Diving Services;

ROV Services;

Support Services: Project Management, Engineering, Marine Services and Vessels

TAILORED SOLUTIONS INCLUDE:

Inspection Repair and Maintenance;

Specific Methods Development;

Underwater Ship Repair;

Thruster Installation and Handling;

Subsea Welding and NDT to ASME Standards;

Installation of Buoy and Elastomeric Architecture;

Structural Component Handling and Installation;

Metrology, Tie-in Spool Handling and Installation;

Tie-back Architecture;

Physical Decommissioning;

Trenching, Cable Lay and Burial Operations;

Scour and Free Span Correction;

Inspection: UWILD and SPS;

Inspection: Geotechnical, UXO

Survey, Sonadyne, ROV Data and Diver;

Subsea Architecture and Hull Cleaning;

Cathodic Readings and Gauging;

Cofferdam Installation;

Penetration Blanking;

Work Class ROV Intervention.

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OUTSIDE BACK COVER

New agency strengthens Peninsula Power Products dealership

Major marine engine brand enters market through Peninsula Power Products

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ith the Baudouin brand now within their stable, Cape Town-based engine supplier, Peninsula Power Products (PPP) has significantly expanded the range of engines, auxiliaries and generators that they supply to the maritime sectors and will benefit from the wealth of experience that the 100-year old Baudouin brand provides.

“Peninsula Power Products are our exclusive dealer for marine engines in South Africa,” says Guillaume Costa, Sales Manager – Sub-Saharan Africa for the French-based engine manufacturer. Costa, who is currently in South Africa working closely with the team at PPP, is excited about what the partnership could mean for the local market.

“With engines available to this market in the 130hp to 1,650hp range for vessels of up to 60m, we believe that Baudouin and Peninsula Power Products are well-placed to provide a cost-effective alternative to the local maritime sectors.

Furthermore, the Baudouin range includes both mechanical engines and electronic engines ,” he explains, adding that there is also a range of Baudouin marine generator sets available from 85 to 1100KVA “This expanded offering is a huge opportunity for us,” confirms Alistair Lockhart of PPP, adding that the company is now in a position to provide products and services to a wider range of workboats, tugboats, fishing boats, passenger vessels and offshore support vessels. Without losing sight of their current focus on the fishing sector, Lockhart believes that the opportunities in the offshore oil and gas sector are now also more accessible to them.

After travelling to South Africa to analyse the market potential, Costa met with PPP to investigate the opportunities. “We realised that we could add value to their product offering and that the company had

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the right experience, skills and technical team to represent us effectively,” he says.

PPP has a team of 12 technicians as well as an active sales team in Cape Town with a branch in Port Elizabeth. Technicians have now received additional training in the Baudouin range of engines and spares and are ready to support the maintenance of the brand.

“We will not sell anything to the market that we do not have the expertise to provide after-sales support to,” says Bruce Lockhart of PPP. “Training is ongoing and Baudouin have a strong training policy,” he adds.

Costa adds that they can provide “the shortest lead time in the market”.

“When you breakdown at sea, you don’t want to have to wait for spare parts,” he says adding that a comprehensive dealer network for the southern African region is currently being finalised.

A competitive advantage

“The timing is right for us. We have developed a good reputation in the industry for after-sales support and believe that the availability of the Baudouin range backed by our support will be well-received,” says Lockhart as he outlines the competitive advantage that PPP aims to offer with their expanded range of engines and gensets.

Emphasising the competitive pricing of the engines, Lockhart adds that

New agency strengthens Peninsula Power Products dealership

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Marine is in our DNA With engines available in the 130hp to 1,650hp range for vessels of up to 60m, Baudouin and Peninsula Power Products are well-placed to provide a cost-effective alternative to the local maritime sectors.

CAPE TOWN: + 27 21 511 5061 PORT ELIZABETH: + 27 41 484 6378 EMAIL: penpower@mweb.co.za

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PENINSULA POWER PRODUCTS

LEFT: Bruce Lockhart, Ian Carrick, Guillaume Costa and Alistair Lockhart.

the easy access and user-friendly maintenance will be a popular feature in the industry. “The easily accessible parts, which are situated upfront and high on the engines, reduce maintenance time significantly,” he explains.

“It is also important to note that Baudouin engines were built to be marine engines. They have not been converted for marine use,” he adds.

Costa points out that, internationally, the brand is gaining market share. “We recently won the contract to supply engines to the New York Ferry Company,” he says as he highlights the brand’s penetration into new and diverse markets.

Emphasising the importance of gaining a detailed understanding of a customer’s needs, a complete study of a vessel’s requirements for speed, compliance and operation is undertaken in order to recommend an engine and propulsion system that delivers to expectations.

Clients can also be assured of a compliant product that undergoes two quality control checks before being shipped from their manufacturing facility in France.

A future focus

A strong focus on research and development means that Baudouin is committed to developing new products that continue to meet EU Standards for all of the maritime market sectors.

“The opportunity to represent the Baudouin brand locally makes complete sense for us. It is clear that they are making an impact in the industry internationally and we are excited to be a part of their plans for this region,” says Lockhart.

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FROM THE BRIDGE

Transformation and growth

ACCELERA TRANSFORMA

Full steam ahead for transformatio

South Africa’s lack of transformation in the maritime sector topped the agenda at the inaugural Transport Sector Dialogue Series hosted by the Department of Transport (DoT) in Durban at the beginning of March where the ministry called on stakeholders to work collectively towards accelerating transformation aspirations and the growth of the sector.

Durban correspondent, Nkosikhona Duma attended the twoday event to gain a better understanding of what is needed from the sector.

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ransformation is the sought-after destination for South Africa’s maritime sector.

However, issues of fronting and resistance by ‘big players’ need to be halted if the country is serious about its quest of achieving a transformed society.

This is the tone that dominated the inaugural Ministry of Transport Dialogue series championed by the Transport Minister, Blade Nzimande.

Over 300 maritime sector stakeholders from government, public sector entities, business, civil society and labour responded to Nzimande’s invitation to the first of the Transport Sector Dialogue Series events.

Opening the event, acting Director-General in the Transport Ministry, Chris Hlabisa hailed the event “a first of its kind” and “not another talk shop” – statements which set high expectations among the event goers.

The view that reverberated among the majority of delegates was that the so-called big players remain fundamentally opposed to transformation.

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CMTP aims to drive transformation Minister Nzimande who has been at the helm of the Transport ministry since February 2018 used his opening address to promote the Comprehensive Maritime Transport Policy (CMTP) which was launched under his predecessor, Joe Maswanganyi, in July 2017.

He stated that government recognised the CMTP as “the framework for the growth, development, and the transformation of maritime transport in the country”.

Nzimande, who admitted that his understanding of the maritime sector was limited and that he was still familiarising himself with the transport sector, said he had observed in his first year at the helm of the ministry that the biggest challenge facing the sector was “its inability to talk within itself”.

Steadfast in winning the support of the CMTP as the driver of transformation, Nzimande urged delegates to unite behind the policy and “agree on a common approach to the accelerated transformation of the sector”.

Nzimande said that he hoped that event would help to identify the obstacles facing transformation within the maritime sector

as well as the steps that could be taken to allay those obstacles.

In addition, the minister said he hoped to uncover the economic opportunities in the sector to “grow and develop a transforming maritime transport sector”.

Nzimande advised the maritime stakeholders that he expected frank and robust engagements with the sector but pleaded for the “minimisation of lamentations”.

More drive needed

But his request did not last long.

The majority of first day speakers, that included mainly public sector representatives, lamented that although the country had the potential and brilliant ideas; there had been more talk, dialogues, seminars and conferences since the dawn of democracy than the actual implementation of programmes beneficial to the country’s maritime sector.

The view that reverberated among the majority of delegates was that the so-called big players remain fundamentally opposed to transformation.

In his presentation, Mahesh Fakir - Chief Executive of the Ports Regular of South Africa, revealed that their research showed that Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) complied with Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) requirements. More than 75 percent of those contracted by the country’s port landlord achieve a Level 4 or above on the B-BBEE scorecard.

“However, we have observed that compliance does not quite translate into transformation, especially if transformation is looked at through the prism of

Transformation and growth

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Transformation and growth

“This should highlight to us as government that we need to take more stringent measures to enforce measures for transformation within the sector.” black ownership, women ownership, and management,” said Fakir.

“Companies average scores relative to [B-BBEE] targets are high, but the level of new entrants in areas such as terminal operations, commercial leasing and port activities suggest that more must be done in order to ensure that the type of management control and/or enterprise development addresses competencies in port infrastructure development and management,” added Fakir.

Fronting at the forefront

In taking to the podium to deliver a presentation on the link of the maritime sector with mining, Fundiswa Ndaba, who is a Senior Policy Analyst at the Minerals Council of South Africa (formerly South African Chamber of Mines), lamented the issue of fronting as being highly problematic in dealing effectively with the socio-economic remnants of Apartheid.

Fronting is described by the Department of Trade and Industry as “a deliberate circumvention or attempted circumvention of the B-BBEE Act and the Codes”. An example is the identification of black people who are unaware or uncertain of their role within an enterprise as shareholders, executives or managers.

“The lush streets of Sandton and Braamfontein are permeated by young black men and women who are shareholders at mines they cannot locate at a map. This is extremely frustrating to the fundamental socio-economic transformation that this country needs,” said Ndaba.

The deliberations about the slow pace of transformation ran into the second day of the conference where breakaway groups reported back on their deliberations of the day before.

Maphefo Anno-Frempong, Chief Executive of the Transport Education Training Authority (TETA), in delivering an Oceans Commission Report said that: “the maritime sector has been and still continues to be untransformed environment dominated by white males.”

“We call on government to

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finalise the outstanding Maritime B-BBEE Codes in order to realise the objectives of economic empowerment whilst building capacity that will ensure sustainability,” she said.

Pointing to the lack of representation at the event by the so-called big players, Anno-Frempong argued that it was mainly attended by historically disadvantaged population. “We note the glaring absence of critical role players who are not here to listen and hear what needs to be done in order to bring about transformation in the sector.”

Nzimande reacted by saying: “I am extremely disappointed and taking serious the fact that the industry is not here. This explains that the predominant white owners and managers within the maritime sector are refusing to be part of transformation”.

“This should highlight to us as government that we need to take more stringent measures to enforce measures for transformation within the sector,” added Nzimande.

Reaction from labour

Thulani Dlamini, the National Maritime Sector Coordinator for SATAWU, did not mince his words in lambasting government in discussing the Department of Transport’s Dialogue Series event.

He said: “part of the impediments of effecting transformation within the maritime sector was that many people who worked in government did not understand the sector and imperialists were taking advantage of that fact.”

Dlamini argued that government and public sector entities were failing to empower black businesses.

“The closest you get to black ownership is Indian ownership.

On odd occasions, you get black African ownership in the sector.

However, for a variety of reasons, including lack of support and guidance - particularly, from the parastatals - black businesses never last even one full tender period,” said Dlamini.

Dlamini said government urgently

needed to ensure skills development programmes were put in place to support port workers, in particular stevedores.

“Many low-ranking workers in the sector give of their toil and sweat but due to the fact that they mostly work as casual workers, they retire with no pension funds and spend their last days languishing in poverty,” said Dlamini.

Next steps

In closing the Dialogue Series, Nzimande said his understanding of the sector had been enhanced.

He concluded that the purpose of the gathering had been achieved and that government noted the lamentations on the slow pace of transformation “We must deal with the issue of fronting decisively as government.

Fronting is an affront to what we are trying to do. It undermines our efforts of transformation and circumvents our B-BBEE policies and codes,” he said.

In responding to calls for opportunities of training and skills development, Nzimande said: “we are also going to work with the South African International Maritime Institute, our academic institutions as well as other partners who develop the facilitation of skills and knowledge development.”

Among others, delegates committed to the acceleration of the implementation of the CMTP in support of Operation Phakisa.

The maritime stakeholders together with the DoT also resolved to establish two councils focused on transformation by the end of the first half of 2019. The first council to be established will be the Maritime Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment Council which will be operational by the end of May 2019.

The DoT will also be expected to facilitate the establishment of institutional mechanisms including a Maritime Transport Development Council (MTSDC) to drive transformation, starting with the establishment of the interim MTSDC by end of June 2019, which will lay the basis for the establishment of a permanent structure.

Ultimately, the two-day event set high expectations among the participants. Whether or not they will materialise remains to be seen.

THE WATCHKEEPER

Industry Opinion

Networked solutions are key to successful maritime security Graham Walker is an ex-Navy official who was recently appointed Marketing Executive for Naval and Maritime Systems in the Saab Sub-Saharan Africa Country Unit. Graham joined the navy out of high school and trained as a Naval Officer in 1996 – beginning a 23-year-long naval career. Completing a Bachelor of Military Science degree, he graduated three years later and went on to train as a Combat Officer, boarding the Combat Support Ship SAS Drakensberg for his first military voyage. Holding a multitude of naval posts before joining the Saab Grintek Defence team, he was promoted to the rank of Captain in 2016, and then to Senior Staff Officer Surface Warfare in the SA Navy Headquarters based in Pretoria. His role there was to direct the South African Navy’s Surface Warfare, Patrol and Combat Support capabilities from policy and doctrine perspectives, and he served as the Navy’s Technology Manager.

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frica is poised for a ramp-up in oil exploration and production off the coasts of South Africa, Namibia, Nigeria, Gabon, Madagascar and Ghana and in liquid natural gas in Egypt and Mozambique. Ivory Coast and Morocco are also expecting new projects in both oil and gas soon.

According to a recent report, the number of oil and gas rigs reached a three year-high in 2018 and South Africa is actively pursuing various oil and gas opportunities locally and abroad. In fact, in late 2018 Minister of Energy Jeff Radebe signed an MOU with South Sudan to invest in the exploration of several oil blocks and a refinery.

Prior to the discovery of South Africa’s first deep water gas deposit (Brulpadda) by Total in early 2019, South Africa’s Mineral Resources Department had already made commitments to create a better enabling legislative environment for the oil and gas sector.

New oil and gas discoveries and fresh prospects in Africa are driving rapid investment onshore and offshore. As a result, these hotspots, including Total’s recent discovery, have the potential to deliver an increase of up to 10 million barrels of oil production per day, mostly from offshore rigs.

This increase in activity means maritime security is becoming an increasingly critical element that South Africa - and other sub-Saharan Africa countries - needs to invest in. This is especially urgent considering the recent surge in piracy, illegal trafficking, and other maritime-based criminal activities at sea observed in various parts of the African continent.

After a five-year decline thanks to an increase in armed security on board

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ships and rigs, piracy has returned on Africa’s East Coast, . On the West Coast, there has also been a marked rise in attacks aimed at ships particularly in the Gulf of Guinea, which is becoming increasingly perilous for all vessels at sea, despite the best efforts of the navies in the region.

Shipping companies who were lulled into a false sense of security are now forced to bring back armed security to continue to operate these routes, at an additional cost, along with a potential increase in insurance burdens.

With opportunistic or premeditated piracy attacks, the pirates know how to gain access to ships and how the structures onboard work. However, in most cases, by the time a crew is aware of an attack, the pirates are already onboard, disarming security personnel and taking over control of the vessel.

In order to detect threats early, navies need modern maritime domain awareness (MDA) systems equipped with a multitude of active and passive sensors to monitor the vast ocean areas. Knowing what is happening is not enough, navies also require assets that can patrol their waters and act as responders to maritime security incidents.

While oil companies might be able to reduce their risk by installing similar systems on their own rigs, Navies and Coast Guards are better equipped and trained to provide a more comprehensive capability to minimise security threats in line with collaborative regional and national maritime strategies.

An integrated, secure communication solution allows for seamless interconnectivity and interoperability between the various stakeholders using a variety of channels and platforms, including mobile phones, hand-held radios and

THE WATCHKEEPER is a new column that allows members of the industry to discuss issues that they are facing. Opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect views of the editor or publishers of Maritime Review Africa.

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on-board communication stations.

This is important when co-ordinating resources from different jurisdictions and agencies using different technology.

Although companies and sometimes countries are in competition with each other when it comes to discovering and exploiting the natural and mineral resources in the ocean and the ocean bed, a collaborative and cohesive maritime security strategy needs to be created and embraced to improve overall efficiency and protect the billions of dollars in resources and products in the maritime domain.

In Southern Africa, the SADC Standing Maritime Committee took place in the first week of March this year and is one of the regional initiatives that will hopefully yield progress in clearly defining the different roles and responsibilities of the SADC navies in contributing to a cohesive, collaborative regional maritime security strategy and plan of action. By having these navies working together on the regions maritime security challenges is a much better proposition than having each country going on their own.

The East African Community (EAC) and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will also be focusing on their own maritime security strategies as security threats develop within their maritime regions and introducing institutional frameworks for managing maritime security responses.

African stakeholders are also placing greater emphasis on these port security systems, integrated communication systems, and maritime domain awareness systems.

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FROM THE BRIDGE

Somalia vs Kenya

Is the scent of oil a solution for Somalia?

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Its dispute with neighbouring Kenya over offshore oil and gas resources must be carefully handled.

Somalia has enough problems as it is. Now the resource curse, so fatal to many other African countries, appears to be raising its ugly head. On the military front, Mogadishu isn’t winning the war against al-Shabaab. And now the African Union (AU) has reluctantly decided to downsize the AU Mission in Somalia, its force that has prevented al-Shabaab from overrunning the country.

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ast year the AU ordered 1,000 of Burundi’s AMISOM contingent of 5,432 troops out of the country by the end of February 2019. This is part of an overall reduction in AMISOM, to be completely withdrawn by 2020.

One might have thought that was bad news only for Somalia, and indeed President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (Farmajo) decried the Burundi withdrawal after meeting Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza on 19 February.

Farmajo said Somalia still needed all the help it could get to fight al-Shabaab.

Nkurunziza surely should have been delighted to bring young Burundians home from what must be the deadliest peacekeeping mission on the planet. But no, he called for a special summit of the five AMISOM troop-contributing countries to review the decision and threatened to withdraw all 5,432 of his troops if he was forced to withdraw 1,000.

The peculiarly Nkurunzizian logic of this is that cash-strapped Burundi earns $18 million from the AU every quarter as payment for its troops. To Nkurunziza, therefore, they are forex fodder,

not people.

Also, the return of those soldiers from Somalia represents a considerable threat to Nkurunziza’s own security. One thousand unhappy and restless soldiers no longer earning US dollars may get funny ideas.

Stephanie Wolters, senior research fellow at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) in Pretoria, says the same problem came to a head a few years ago when the European Union wanted to circumvent the Burundian government and pay its AMISOM soldiers directly. “That did not go down well with Nkurunziza, the AU or other countries contributing troops to AMISOM,” she says.

Oil crossroads

Somalia, meanwhile, stands on the possible threshold of a major offshore oil and gas find which could eventually solve its financial and other problems. Seismic probes have indicated not only rich reserves of gas, but also of oil below the seabed in Somalia’s waters.

As the Norwegian seismic company Spectrum Geo has reported, the East African coast has almost too much gas. Mozam-

Somalia would only benefit if it managed to avoid the pitfalls of almost all its fellow resource-rich African states, by ensuring that its apparently abundant petro resources become a blessing and not a curse. This is a crossroads moment for Somalia.

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bique and Tanzania are jostling to find markets for their vast gas reserves. What made the Somali offshore geology exciting, it said, was ‘the scent of oil’.

If proven by drilling, the gas and particularly oil reserves below the seabed could address many of the country’s needs – though of course that would be some years down the line. And in any case Somalia would only benefit if it managed to avoid the pitfalls of almost all its fellow resource-rich African states, by ensuring that its apparently abundant petro resources become a blessing and not a curse.

This is a crossroads moment for Somalia. Already there are signs that things might be going in the wrong direction. Somalia has fallen out with its southern neighbour Kenya, which claims that Somalia tried to auction off oil and gas exploration blocks that lie in Kenyan territorial waters at a London conference on 7 February.

Kenya recalled its ambassador and expelled Somalia’s. Kenya’s foreign affairs cabinet secretary Monica Juma told journalists that Somalia was “deliberately misleading” prospective investors by offering to sell four offshore oil blocks in an area of the sea that was subject to court proceedings to resolve an ownership dispute between the two countries.

Somalia denied the allegations, saying that while the maps it presented at the conference included territory that Kenya claims, the conference was just a marketing exercise.

It said its government wouldn’t take any unilateral action on the area pending a ruling from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to which Somalia referred the dispute in 2014. It said Kenya had

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in fact tried to sell off exploration blocks in Somali waters.

Competing claims

Though the competing claims are still being wrangled over in the ICJ, it would seem from local reporting on the dispute that Somalia has the better of the argument. Kenyan governance expert Professor Amukowa Anangwe told Kenya’s Sunday Nation that Kenya would stand a better chance if it didn’t base its case on Article 15 of the 1982 Convention of the Law of the Sea. That article essentially defines the maritime boundaries between two adjacent coastal states as running out perpendicularly from the point where their landward boundary meets the coast. That would seem to be the logical way to draw the maritime boundary, suggesting that the exploration blocks Kenya claims indeed encroach on what would logically seem to be Somali waters. That may explain why Kenya seems keener on settling the dispute bilaterally than through the ICJ. Senior ISS researcher Timothy Walker however notes that this dispute has been caught up in a wider argument about the colonial-era boundary between the two countries. “And a verdict in favour of Somalia will result in a substantial adjustment and loss of Kenya’s Economic Exclusion Zone which it proclaimed in 1979.”

Walker regrets that not all options for delineating the boundary in bilateral negotiations were exhausted before the dispute was referred to the ICJ, which he predicts will give a ‘zero-sum’ binding ruling.

Either way, this is not a happy dispute for either side. Like Burundi, Kenya is a major contributor of troops to AMISOM, with some 3,600 soldiers in Somalia. Some Somalis – and others – accuse Kenya of being in the country for its own interests, including commercial ones, rather than Somalia’s. It invaded Somalia to take on al-Shabaab in 2011 after members of the group killed tourists at a beach resort on the border with Somalia.

Whatever its motives, its troops are undoubtedly helping to keep al-Shabaab at bay and have suffered heavy casualties in doing so. On home soil, Kenyan civilians have also paid the price, in several retaliatory terrorist attacks by al-Shabaab.

This is a dispute that shouldn’t be allowed to spin out of control.

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PROMOTING

READINES

Exploring South Africa's readiness to meaningfully participa

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In my view this could be the biggest economic opportunity the country has ever seen – even bigger than the mining boom of our past,” Niall Kramer says. “Gas, at scale, can have a significant effect on the economy of a country,” he adds pointing at the impact that gas discoveries are having in neighbouring Mozambique.

He now sees SAOGA repositioning its programmes from policy consultation and advocacy to capacity building and significantly ensuring that the industry is in a state of readiness to benefit as the sector expands to include more exploration and production, as well as LNG importation along the coast.

Putting policy in place

Much has been written and debated about the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Amendment Bill amendment (MPRDAa) and legislative landscape that has held off potential investors. Kramer believes, however, that the government may now be making the right advances in this regard and that the country is likely to benefit from a harmonised framework of legislation beginning during the course of this year.

Last year’s announcement that the petroleum sector should be separated from the MPRDAa and be dealt with in a dedicated, targeted legislative framework under a Petroleum Development Act was largely welcomed by industry.

“The government is now writing a specific Act and we and industry have had a number of engagements with the ministry in this regard,” says Kramer who notes the ministry’s willingness to listen.

“The ministry has been open to talking to us and we see that we are being heard,” he says adding that he anticipates that this will be one of the first pieces of legislation to be presented to the new parliament after the May elections. “This will bring renewed explorer interest to both offshore and onshore blocks,” he maintains. And it is likely to trigger decisions around LNG importation as part of the route to establish a gas economy.

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Excitement has been palpable in maritime circles following the announcement of Total’s discovery of gas condensate off the coast of South Africa in February this year. Maritime Review spoke to Niall Kramer, CEO of the South African Oil and Gas Alliance (SAOGA), about what this could mean for the sector and the country as a whole.

One hopes that this will mitigate fears of investor fatigue. “They (investors) will disappear if they have to wait too long. All of the blocks have been allocated and there is pent-up demand that the right set of legislation will very quickly be able to unlock.

Crucially this must be commercially attractive and be perceived as stable” A state of readiness

Given the bullish sentiment that the oil and gas sector will promote the ideals of the National Development Plan (NDP) to create wealth, employment opportunities and boost the economy, SAOGA is now pushing for their members to position themselves for a state of readiness.

“Readiness is the single most important focus for us now,” says Kramer who believes that South African companies that are not already gaining valuable experience in the sector around the world need to look at doing so with some urgency.

“It is no good to have the attractiveness, stability and clarity to draw investors if we are not ready to participate fully. We need to focus on where we are going and move there now,” says Kramer who understands that South African companies’ readiness will be determined by ensuring that they have the skills in place as well as the business capacity to serve the sector when it does come online.

“Many local companies are already working in the North Sea, in Canada, the USA and elsewhere in the oil and gas sector. The experience that they have gained is beneficial to South Africa’s value chain. Many companies understand this value chain and where they fit into it. They are already developing contacts and local competencies.”

The opportunity to gain such experience in Mozambique is already delivering results. SAOGA has led two delegations to the country and is planning a Mozambique conference in June this

year to further sensitise its members to prospects across the border.

Similar efforts will continue to be undertaken to Uganda and Angola; and the organisation is likely to investigate including Tanzania in future outward missions.

In addition, SAOGA members are, as has been the case over many years now, involved in the South African Pavilion at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in May this year that showcases some of the competency that the country has developed. With some 20 companies and government agencies involved, the pavilion also highlights that a significant partnership has been developed between the private and public sectors.

Part of this move towards a state of readiness is also the willingness to focus on skills acquisition that meets the needs of the sector. SAOGA has worked on establishing a skills map to ascertain and quantify the future job requirements as well as how these are transforming, and has identified potential streams for producing a talent pipeline.

A pragmatic approach

Academics have written a plethora of papers on the “resource curse” and, given the recent allegations of state capture in South Africa, it is not surprising that some are wary that the country may fall into this trap. “The discovery of oil and gas can bring both good times and bad times,” warns Kramer who is keen to see the country follow in the footsteps of successful jurisdictions.

Apart from the more traditional option that funnels potential oil and gas workers through formal schooling and tertiary education, there is the option to pivot people from the existing mining industries into the sector.

He highlights the positive gains made in Egypt, Ghana and Mozambique on the African continent, but believes that the Norwegian approach remains the “poster child” for the sustainable development of an oil and gas economy that benefits the entire country.

“We have a strong culture of mining.

It is a harsh environment where skills and safety requirements are stringent.

While there will be a need to drive a degree of upskilling, we are already operating at a higher base level,” he explains.

“Mozambique has adopted a pragmatic approach that has attracted some of the biggest investors in the world. Egypt has focused on building a relationship of trust between the ministry and investors, while Ghana has been swift from discovery to

“Readiness is the single most important focus for us now,” says Niall Kramer (above) who believes that South African companies that are not already gaining valuable experience in the sector around the world need to look at doing so with some urgency.

“Mozambique has adopted a pragmatic approach that has attracted some of the biggest investors in the world. Egypt has focused on building a relationship of trust between the ministry and investors, while Ghana has been swift from discovery to production and benefiting the local economy by using their oil and gas finds in a significant way.”

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Describing Norway’s success, Kramer highlights the strategic importance of creating a sovereign fund that protects the country’s economy in the event of a downturn. “Not only did Norway create a well-disciplined policy for the sector, but they established execution capacity, skills and a sovereign fund that is now worth a trillion dollars,”

Learning from Norway’s 10 oil commandments

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orway is being lauded as the “poster child” of how a well-managed and legislated oil and gas sector can benefit the entire economy of a country.

The general principles, dubbed “The 10 Oil Commandments”, which underpin the Norwegian oil policy date back to June 14, 1971 when the Standing Committee on Industry submitted a white paper from Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy in the Storting (the Norwegian Parliament). This was a clear clarification of what was needed to ensure that the oil activities would “benefit the entire nation”.

Ensure national governance and control of the entire 

activity on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.

Exploit the petroleum deposits in such a manner 

that Norway minimises its dependency of crude oil imports.

Develop new business activities based on the 

petroleum sector.

The development of the oil and gas industry must 

take necessary consideration to existing business and to the environment.

Flaring of valuable natural gas is not accepted on 

the Norwegian Continental Shelf, except for shorter test periods.

 Petroleum from the Norwegian Continental Shelf shall

as a main rule be shipped to Norway unless societal impact considerations require other alternatives.

 The government shall be involved at all appropriate

levels, contribute to the coordination of Norwegian

interests within the Norwegian oil industry, and

develop an integrated Norwegian petroleum

environment with both national and international goals.

 A state-owned oil company shall be established to

secure the Government’s economic interests, and to

have a positive cooperation with national and foreign interests.

 The activity north of 62 degrees shall satisfy the

special societal impact conditions tied to this part of the country.

Future Norwegian petroleum discoveries may expose 

the Norwegian foreign policy to new challenges.

SOURCE: MODEL OF STATE MANAGEMENT OF PETROLEUM SECTOR – CASE OF NORWAY by Katarzyna Dośpiał-Borysiak in INTERNATIONAL STUDIES INTERDISCIPLINARY POLITICAL AND CULTURAL JOURNAL, Vol. 20, No. 1/2017

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says Kramer.

Sadly, however, there are a number of bad examples both on the continent as well as elsewhere around the world.

Currently Venezuela paints a dismal picture of how wrong things can go in an environment characterised by corruption and kleptocracy.

“It does not take a brain surgeon to see that we should avoid this, and not make the errors that have been made elsewhere,” muses Kramer.

According to Kramer, local content laws are another area that require pragmatic thinking. He sees it as imperative to strike a balance to create local opportunities without total protectionism. “We need to balance these two forces. When it comes to production, our policy specifies some local content, but if government and business has not taken the necessary steps, even this alone will not help us.”

Driving data acquisition

The need for relevant, empirical, local and accurate data is another imperative. “We need to get the data and we can only do so by drilling wells. In the absence of verifiable evidence, people will make up their own reality.

We need fact-based discussions,” says Kramer adding that there has been enough uncertainty “above ground” about policy issues. “We cannot have uncertainty below ground too.”

Total’s discovery on the Brulpadda prospect located on Block 11B/12B in the Outeniqua Basin will necessarily be followed up with the drilling of appraisal wells and Kramer confirms these are scheduled for late 2019.

“Drilling has been fast-tracked to December 2019 when an appraisal well will aim to establish a better

understanding of the resource,” he explains. It is worth noting that the Brulpadda discovery represents the single largest discovery worldwide in 12 months. Not surprisingly, therefore, other oil majors will be watching with interest; and acreage neighbours will be looking hard at the results to assist with their own exploration decision making.

Decisions will necessarily have to be made as licences become active and the clock starts ticking. “Once the licenses are issued and the new Act is in place, licence holders will be forced to play their hand or potentially relinquish their acreage,” he says anticipating that there may well be those whose portfolio strategies have changed and that may step away from their initial commitment allowing new entrants to position themselves in the space as well as new partnerships to unfold.

“We need to get the empirical geodata. We need to drill and explore, but we need to do it responsibly using respectable companies.”

A perfect storm

Current developments appear to be aligned to promote the development of South Africa’s oil and gas economy.

In this regard, Kramer notes the positive strides towards policy clarity; the need to source alternative (to coal) feedstock for electricity; the fact that gas significantly addresses CO2 emissions as well as the Total gas discovery.

“I don’t know what more we could ask for in terms of aligning forces.

This is the perfect storm and we need to heed the opportunity,” he says.

Quoting Sarah Palin, in obvious jest, he concludes saying: “drill baby drill!”

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Meet South Africa at

OTC 2019 Having identified the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston (USA) as a key event for the offshore sectors, the South African Oil and Gas Alliance (SAOGA) has been working with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to showcase South African capacity on a country pavilion for a number of years now.

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ounded in 1969, OTC’s flagship conference is held annually in Houston, but has expanded technically and globally with the Arctic Technology Conference, OTC Brasil, and OTC Asia. The Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) is where energy professionals meet to exchange ideas and opinions to advance scientific and technical knowledge for offshore resources and environmental matters.

With almost 50,000m² of exhibition space, the event attracts 60,000 energy professionals from 100 countries. In addition, over 300 journalists attend to learn about new innovations, companies and services.

As such, it provides an ideal platform for a country pavilion and this year 20 companies and government agencies will aim to highlight what they can deliver to the sector.

BELOW: The South African Pavilion at OTC 2018.

Two of South Africa’s emerging Industrial Development Zones form part of the contingent. Both the Saldanha Bay IDZ (SB IDZ) and the Richards Bay IDZ

(RB IDZ) have identified the offshore oil and gas sector as a viable opportunity to develop bespoke offerings.

Having been identified to host the development of a 2,000MW Gas-ToPower plant, Richards Bay IDZ is keen to attract investors and Zodwa Zikalala, Marketing Manager, says that the IDZ is also well positioned geographically to service the offshore gas industry in neighbouring Mozambique. “We are also ready to service a potential local offshore industry,” he says noting plans for ENI to drill exploration wells off Richards Bay. Saldanha Bay IDZ on the west coast of South Africa, however, is eyeing out both local developments in offshore exploration as well as those further north in West Africa. It’s the seventh consecutive year that the SB IDZ has been present at OTC. “It has become one of the cornerstones of promoting the capabilities of South African service companies and our infrastructure developments to the global upstream oil and gas

Industry. It also provides us with a single meeting place to hear more about what projects are expected to take place; meet with our existing clients and potential future clients, and catch up with good friends,” says Laura Peinke, Business Development Executive for SB IDZ.

“We are excited about OTC 2019 as it gives us an opportunity to showcase what developments we are undertaking in the port infrastructure space, as well as key projects that will be undertaking construction in the Saldanha Bay IDZ,” she adds.

The deep water port was identified a number of years ago as a strategic host for an Offshore Supply Base and the concession to establish the facility was officially awarded to Saldehco in 2018. The project looks to operate an offshore supply base in the port on a dedicated quay, as well as provide specialist and generalist services for both the oil and gas industry and the marine industry.

First time exhibitors, Linsen Nambi and Cape Diving are optimistic about their representation at OTC 2019.

“The OTC provides an opportunity to engage with thought leaders and innovators in offshore technology.

We are hoping to identify the latest technological advancements,” says Durand Naidoo, Managing Director of Linsen Nambi, adding that they hope to identify new technology that will give them “a leading edge in oil and gas transportation”.

Cape Diving, which now forms part of

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People | Skills | Resources | Local Content the OSC Marine Group, sees the event as one of the key offshore events on the calendar. Having visited the show for a number of years, Mike Jessop sees the advantages of showcasing the OSC brand.

“We believe OTC, now more than ever, is an international platform through which South African products and services can be well marketed. Cape Diving, as part of the OSC Marine Group is well positioned to provide services to international majors operating in Africa,” he says.

“We truly believe that there are broader opportunities for South African companies both locally and on the international market, whereby we can offer good subsea engineering and excellent safe project execution,” he adds.

They are joined on the pavilion by a number of companies that have been travelling to Houston on an annual basis for some time now.

SGM (Sturrock Grindrod Marine) Group has been a part of the South African pavilion for the last six years and Marketing Manager, Hilde Sturrock, sees it as an integral focus of their marketing strategy.

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People | Skills | Resources | Local Content says Marketing Manager, Sean Jordan.

“We truly believe that there are broader opportunities for South African companies both locally and on the international market, whereby we can offer good subsea engineering and excellent safe project execution.” insight into current and future developments in our region in the offshore oil and gas fields. We are delighted to be a part of the southern African oil and gas industry as a whole and being able to make use of this platform to showcase and promote our expertise,” she says. “(The show) provides us with access and exposure to senior decision makers at international oil and gas majors as well as the wider offshore business community,” she adds.

ImproChem has also been a part of the event for six years now. “The OTC provides an annual hub for ImproChem to interact with new and existing customers and to detail the latest chemical technology available,”

“Manufacturing the Suez specialty upstream chemical range at our plants in South Africa provides an accessible gateway into sub-Saharan Africa using our regional supply chain that can cut months off delivery lead times. Coupled with ImproChem’s laboratory services and experienced technical capacity in numerous African countries, we can satisfy the stringent demands of the oil and gas industry,” he adds.

Visiting Houston for the third time this year, Keane Harvey, Managing Director of ProFloat says that the event is the highlight of their marketing calendar.

“It represents a critical opportunity to interface with existing and new customers; present developments and innovations and clarify the many ways in which a South African company can add value to customers looking for field support,” he says.

“We are excited at the abundance of opportunities, both arising through

the continued refinement and improvement of our service, as well as the rollout of exciting new developments,” adds Harvey.

As a worldwide supplier to the oil and gas exploration markets, Hall Longmore also takes up position on the South African pavilion having participated in the past. “OTC offers a platform to exhibit our product and services thus exposing us to potential customers which increases product inquiries and assists with sales,” comments Mmatsheko Shai, Key Accounts Manager, who believes that moderate opportunities exist in the current term for the company.

The South African pavilion will host a number of discussions and meetings. Visitors can engage directly with representatives from both private companies as well as government entities, making it a valuable platform for establishing contact with a viable support base in Africa.

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COMPANY PROFILE: SFG Engineering Services

Finding the right candidate for the application W ith access to more than 9,000 candidates internationally, SFG Engineering Services (SFG) has built a track record for providing personnel to the ship repair as well as oil and gas both locally and internationally.

Gino Bloys, Director of SFG says, “SFG has had great success over the years servicing the marine industry.

We started from humble beginnings and have since become the marine recruiter of choice in Cape Town. We have placed many skilled and unskilled artisans with local shipyards and marine fabrication companies for the duration of a vessel’s dry-docking or special periodic survey (SPS) period.

We pride ourselves on our flexibility, service delivery and our willingness to go the extra mile for our clients.”

SFG has, over the years, seen an increased need to provide multi-skilled men-on-the-move (also referred to as riding squads) to offshore vessels and semi-submersible rigs worldwide.

This ensures that minor repairs can be conducted on-site or onboard without requiring a vessel to come into port, thereby losing out on productivity. As a value-added service, SFG takes care of the administrative requirements for offshore travel including arranging visas, flights and clearances as well as verification of medical and offshore certificates.

Having recently celebrated their 15-year milestone anniversary, SFG always strives to ensure the perfect fit of candidate for an organisation covering both temporary and permanent placements.

Based in Cape Town, SFG also has an operational office in the natural deepwater port of Saldanha Bay where oil and gas activities are set to increase.

SFG’s location at the southernmost part of Africa, places them in an ideal location for providing human resources to both the East and West coasts of Africa. From an international

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perspective, operational branches exist in Angola, Congo, Dubai and a newlyopened office in Mozambique. Having offices in these locations widens the candidate selection pool and generates work opportunities for the local community.

SFG Engineering Services is certified by the Federation of African Professional Staffing Organisations (APSO) and is a member of TRACE, an internationally recognised anti-bribery organisation.

In addition, they have ISO 9001:2015 quality management system certification and constantly drive awareness of safe operations.

SFG Engineering Services (Pty) Ltd is a personnel services provider to the maritime, civil, mining, renewable energy and FMCG industries. SFG Engineering Services boasts a large skills database of skilled, unskilled as well as specialist white collar candidates.

Their aim is to ensure the correct fit when placing an individual within an organisation.

SFG’s offers customised human resource solutions to their clients across all geographical borders and ensures long-term personnel growth, development and empowerment in whichever region they operate.

Placing the right personnel in the right position is vital to the success of any organization or project.

SFG delivers unrivalled excellence in the recruitment and engagement of permanent placements and temporary staff in a variety of industries.

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The micro-contract environment in African offshore oil and gas exploration How African services companies are pivoting to more sustainable business models

BY KEANE HARVEY Managing Director: ProFloat

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he global oil and gas downturn kicked into full swing during 2014. With relative immediacy, the price of oil dropped from $115.06 in June 2014 to $30.31 in January 2016.

There were lower dips, but these were short lived and quickly reversed, but the impact on the sector was pronounced.

In the months leading up to this previously inconceivable low-point, drilling contractors operating off Africa’s West Coast suffered extensive contract terminations, reduction in contract length and even force majeure claims which seemed to be an operator’s lastditch effort to exit contracts negotiated during better days.

No doubt, their board rooms became abuzz no longer with meetings aimed at top and bottom line profitability, but with frantic attempts at self-preservation.

Rigs were scrapped and cold stacked.

Substantial portions of fleets were out of work. Personnel were laid off and previously critical equipment was at risk of falling into disrepair.

Despite this gloomy outlook, what turned out to be the bottom of the dip was reached in that month and in the 12 months after January 2016, many drilling contractors and service providers alike, seemed confident that the bottom had been reached and that a turnaround was on the way.

Boom or bust

But while waiting for this turnaround, it became clear to all that we were both right and wrong: Although the oil price would begin to correct, the industry had changed irreversibly, with cost saving, micro-contracts and rampantly reduced day rates becoming the order of the day.

There is no doubt that the effects of the downturn will haunt the sector for years to come.

Drilling contractors will continue to grapple with an ultra-low cost environment and reduced day rates. Non-productive assets will continue to be put out to pasture. Fleets will reduce in size or change in composition and service providers will be forced to forge a new path.

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Although the oil price began to correct, the industry had changed irreversibly While the above summary is an oversimplification of a topic which will be the subject of post mortems and business planning literature in the future, there is now a clear need and opportunity for us as service providers to develop a different style of business.

The years preceding 2014 are considered to be recent “boom years”.

During this period, drilling contractors operating in West Africa benefited from long-term contracts at an average of 261 days. Subsequent contracts were often in the same region.

This meant the tenure (for lack of a better word), was long enough to justify establishment of local offices, employment of local administrators, back office personnel, engineering support for liaison with regional head offices; and, most importantly to service providers, engagement and development of local content.

Throughout these boom years local service providers across the African continent went from fledgling enterprises to well-established operations.

In some cases these companies were even financially stable enough to launch in other regions of the world, offering their honed skills to other previously untapped markets or merging with aligned operators.

Indeed, they took massive risks to upskill, equip and resource themselves and their employees to meet the demands of the sector. Whether by intention or through a more organic process, service providers identified the need to become specialists of sort.

This might have been intentional or organic, but either way it happened, because it is not possible to work on a drilling contractor’s equipment while being a generalist.

Micro managing

But by 2018 the average duration of contracts in West Africa could only be described as dismal in comparison to previous years. While a global average of around 200 days is not too bad, the statistics don’t quite account for the 1 to 3 Well contracts prevalent in West Africa. In real terms this means 60 to 120-day contracts. These are micro-contracts and rigs which appear in our waters often mobilise to different continents during the same

year.

This fluidity of the rig composition in African waters, combined with the drilling contractor’s reluctance to carry out remedial work before a prospect is secured, now threaten to cause a marked decline in the skill level on the African continent, with service providers having specialised themselves out of existence.

But what if specialisation and decline were not synonymous? What if the downturn in the industry brought with it an opportunity to pivot to a different business model that pursued specialism and flexibility above all else? What if the change in the industry created a place for a new kind of enterprise that is nimble, capable and compliant?

As an oil and gas service provider offering maintenance of drill riser buoyancy modules we were forced to ask these questions in 2014 or risk our own demise; and I believe we came up with the right answers.

Due to the understandable reluctance of drilling contractors to ship their equipment or service equipment in large quantities, we developed a field service technique which presented several clear benefits. These included a focus on flexibility to reduce wastage and project times – thus lowering costs and offering options to meet the direct needs of our clients. (see box) This model has already been developed and pursued by a number of service providers in Africa, which are not only highly capable and specialised, but also highly flexible and are now making an impact in other parts of the world. For a company with flexibility at its core, regional or global expansion might not need to be a goal in itself, it is a consequence.

It is likely that the shorter contract durations and frequent rig changes will be the hallmark of oil and gas exploration in West Africa in the coming three to five years. This changing environment requires a change of thinking.

Instead of thinking of fixed facilities and permanents yards, personnel and offices; should we not be thinking about shared facilities, mobile equipment and a moving, multi-national work force capable of meeting the expectations of the drilling contractor where they are required, across the continent. If flexibility is not in the DNA of your company already, maybe it should be.

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In some cases these companies were even financially stable enough to launch in other regions of the world, offering their honed skills to other previously untapped markets or merging with aligned operators.

For a company with flexibility at its core, regional or global expansion might not need to be a goal in itself, it is a consequence.

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Partnering to build Africa’s oil and gas skills capabilities

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ecent, significant oil and gas discoveries off the coast of Southern Africa have highlighted the need to develop the skills capabilities of African personnel serving the offshore industry.

According to Seatrain CEO, Pieter Coetzer: “Africa’s oil and gas reserves are largely untapped and so too, we believe, is the potential of its people to serve this industry. The offshore industry holds enormous potential for job creation, but realising this potential will require investment in both infrastructure and skills development.”

Seatrain, which has been providing specialist maritime education and training services to the offshore oil and gas sector since 1999, was recently selected as a participant in the Western Cape Department of Economic Development’s ‘Marine, Oil and Gas Supplier Development Programme’ (MOGSDP).

“Being part of this programme has been an enormous boost for Seatrain as it will allow us, as a small, specialist training solutions provider, to scale our services and contribute, even more significantly, to the growth and development of the local oil and gas industry.

“Our intention is to use the support provided by the MOGSDP to further develop our business and we hope that growth will, in turn, allow us to increase the number and range of cost-effective and appropriate courses and qualifications for offshore and land-based workers.”

Coetzer says Seatrain fully supports the International Maritime Organisation’s ‘Women in Maritime’ campaign for 2019 and is keen to identify opportunities where women can play a greater role in this sector.

“Women working in the oil and gas sector in the USA have, for example, with the support of companies such as Shell, launched a ‘Pink Petro’ campaign to attract more women to the sector and we would love to see similar initiatives – also focused on the youth - being implemented in South Africa.”

The Western Cape oil and gas sector reportedly provides around 35000 direct formal jobs, mainly in the servicing industry, and Coetzer says it hopes that Seatrain’s partnership with the MOGSDP will help grow these numbers to ensure the future availability of skills in the sector.

"The offshore industry holds enormous potential for job creation, but realising this potential will require investment in both infrastructure and skills development.”

Cabotage and local content under spotlight in Nigerian oil and gas Nigeria is showing its intention to clamp down on oil and gas sector companies not seen to be promoting local content or defying cabotage requirements.

In a notice issued this month, NIMASA has called for all oil and gas operators to submit the following:

Earlier this year, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) issued two marine notices to highlight their intentions in this regard.

Schedule of existing and ongoing

NIMASA has suspended all waivers on manning requirements for vessels engaged in coastal trade for a number of positions including Second Officer, Second Engineer, Second Mate as well as Able Seamen, ratings and stewards.

All applications for grants to waiver manning requirements for Captains, Chief Engineers, Chief Officer or Chief Mate need to be made to NIMASA, but must be accompanied by a training and transition plan for the replacement of these positions with a qualified Nigerian within six to 12 months.

Chartering and marine services

NIMASA has also issued a warning to the oil and gas sector to work towards the objectives of the Coastal and Inland Shipping (Cabotage) Act, 2003.

A five-year marine service/vessel chartering plan. marine projects that highlights the particulars of each contractor, the type of vessel; the location as well as the vessel ownership and contract value.

NIMASA has further stipulated that all tenders for the award of marine contracts and vessel engagements will have to be published in three National Newspapers and on the Nigerian Petroleum Exchange Platform citing compliance with Cabotage as a pre-requisite for award of the contract.

In addition, operators are now required to inform the Agency in writing of the date of expiration of every existing maritime contract six months before it expires.

Should an award be signed with a foreign firm on the basis of non-availability of local capacity, the operators will be required to obtain NIMASA's Certificate of No Objection prior to finalisation.

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BRULPADDA | a game changer for South African offshore exploration

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The Minister led a delegation from the Department of Mineral Resources on a visit to the Total Exploration and Production Southern Africa’s Deepsea Stavenger Rig operations, situated 180km off Mossel Bay. Transnet National Ports Authority was also quick to announce that the Port of Mossel Bay was well equipped to provide value following the discovery.

Mossel Bay Port Manager Shadrack Tshikalange said the port could provide land and quay space for the logistics base operations, as well as marine services such as piloting, berthing, craft services and vessel and traffic control, to the vessels involved in the exercise.

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The almost non-existent offshore exploration and production sector in South Africa caught the attention of the world earlier this year as Total announced a significant gas condensate discovery in the Outeniqua Basin on the Brulpadda prospect.

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he discovery prompted quick responses from the South African government who lauded the discovery as a game changer for the country. Minister of Mineral

Resources Gwede Mantashe says the Total Exploration and Production Southern Africa’s operations in the Western Cape should boost investor confidence and contribute positively

“The oil rig Deepsea Stavanger operated off this coastline and a number of vessels for the emerging oil industry called at Mossel Bay. During this particular exploration exercise the various supply vessels made regular use of our berths. Our port is also able to provide a craft service to do crew changes and stores delivery offshore,” said Tshikalange.

Total’s drilling campaign commenced in November 2018 and was completed

by March. It involved one rig and a fleet of four vessels being managed by AfriShore Shipping on behalf of Total.

Afrishore Shipping is an international oil and gas agency with offices in Mossel Bay and Cape Town, and has project experience throughout not only South Africa but in Ghana and Mozambique as well.

Exciting discovery

The Brulpadda well encountered 57 metres of net gas condensate pay in Lower Cretaceous reservoirs. Following the success of the main objective, the well was deepened to a final depth of 3,633 metres and has also been successful in the Brulpadda-deep prospect.

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“We are pleased to announce the initiation of a 3D seismic program with Polarcus to better define prospects within Block 11B/12B offshore South Africa. the Brulpadda discovery which was drilled in a challenging deepwater environment”, said Kevin McLachlan, Senior Vice President Exploration at Total. “With this discovery, Total has opened a new world-class gas and oil play and is well positioned to test several follow-on prospects on the same block.

Following the success of Brulpadda and confirmation of the play potential, Total and its partners plan to acquire 3D seismic this year, followed by up to four exploration wells on this license.

The Block 11B/12B covers an area of 19,000 square kilo metres, with water depths ranging from 200 to 1,800 metres, and is operated by Total with a 45 percent working interest, alongside Qatar Petroleum (25 percent), CNR international (20 percent) and Main Street, a South African consortium (10 percent ).

In March the start of a new 3D seismic program over the Paddavissie Fairway

on Block 11B/12B offshore South Africa was announced by Africa Energy Corp, which owns 49 percent share in the Main Street 1549 consortium.

Jan Maier, Africa Energy’s VP Exploration, commented, “We are pleased to announce the initiation of a 3D seismic program with Polarcus to better define prospects within Block 11B/12B offshore South Africa. The recent success at the Brulpadda primary and secondary targets significantly de-risks other similar prospects already identified on the existing 2D seismic. With this new 3D seismic program, the reservoir zones will be better imaged for the selection of future drilling locations.

The 3D seismic acquisition program will last until the end of April.”

The Block 11B/12B joint venture partners have contracted Polarcus Limited to perform the 3D marine seismic acquisition program with the seismic vessel Polarcus Asima.

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ollowing the establishment of Sonadrill, a 50:50 joint venture with Empresa de Serviços e Sondagens de Angola Ltda, an affiliate of Sonangol EP, and Seadrill Limited in February this year, the new venture will operate four drillships focused on opportunities in the Angolan waters.

Each of the joint venture parties will bareboat two drillships into Sonadrill. The Seadrill drillships will be from their existing owned or managed fleet. The Sonangol drillships, Libongos and Quenguela, both 7th generation high spec ultra deepwater drillships, were under construction at DSME shipyard in Korea at the time of the signing.

Libongos has now been launched, while Quenguela is expected to be delivered in the first half of 2019.

Seadrill will manage the delivery and mobilisation to Angolan waters under a separate Commissioning and Mobilization Agreement with Sonangol.

Seadrill will manage and operate the four drillships on behalf of Sonadrill which will have an initial term of five years.

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Africa Exploration and Production Update

Frontier success sparks the exploration farm-out market into life Exploration started with a bang in 2019 with a frontier discovery by a Total led joint venture at Brulpadda in South Africa, which follows the hugely successful play opening Liza discovery in Guyana in 2015 by an Exxon led JV. Both discoveries included partners who had paid a premium via a farm-in to participate in the well. These high-profile successes for the farm-out model should catalyse a recovery in the global farm-out market.

Outside North America, the number of conventional exploration farm-outs completed declined by ~45 percent from 106 in 2014 to a low of 57 in 2016. The market has since been recovering with 61 deals in 2017, and 71 in 2018 but the market remains well below the norm prior to the oil price crash.

As activity levels fell, companies have

Full field production launched with arrival of second FPSO

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ight months after its sister ship, Kaombo Norte, came on stream, the FPSO Kaombo Sul was stationed on the Kaombo project at the beginning of April to add 115,000 barrels of oil per day (bopd) and bring the overall production capacity to 230,000 bopd, equivalent to 15 percent of the country’s production.

The associated gas from Kaombo Sul will be exported to the Angola LNG plant, as part of the Group’s commitment to stop routine flaring.

“Leveraging the experience of Kaombo Norte, Kaombo Sul started up in the best possible conditions. This second FPSO stands out as an excellent example of standardization to reduce costs and improve efficiency. Its start-up will contribute to the Group’s cash flow and production growth in 2019 and beyond,” stated Arnaud Breuillac, President Exploration & Production at Total. “This achievement demonstrates once again Total’s commitment to Angola, as the Group develops short cycle projects on Block 17 in parallel and prepares to drill an exploration well on Block 48.”

The full Kaombo development consists of six fields spread over an area of 800 km². Gengibre, Gindungo and Caril were connected to the Kaombo Norte FPSO which started up last year, while the three fields, Mostarda, Canela and Louro, have now been connected to Kaombo Sul. The project comprises a large subsea system including 59 wells (with over 60 percent of them already drilled), and two FPSO units which were converted from Very Large Crude Carriers.

Kaombo also sets a new record in terms of local content in Angola as 20 percent of the 110 million project hours were worked locally.

also paid less to farm-in. Companies are paying on average half the cost to access an offshore drilling opportunity in 2018 compared to 2014. This reflects both lower levels of promote, the proportion above their equity interest that companies are willing to pay to access a drilling opportunity, and lower well costs. Promotes paid in the offshore market fell from an average of 2 in 2014 to a low of 1.5 in 2016/17 before recovering to 1.8 in 2018 suggesting that the offshore market is beginning to recover.

Onshore, promotes are generally higher, due to lower well costs.

The 5-year average was 3:1, however, deal activity remains subdued with only ~20 deals per year since 2015.

The last commercial frontier onshore discovery subject to farm-in was Ngamia-1, drilled by Tullow in 2012.

Since the start of 2014, 191 companies have been active in the exploration farm-in market. During the 5 year period, the most active farm-in company was Total who completed 15 deals, whilst the most active farm-out company has been Tullow who completed 19. Looking at 2018 in more detail, Figure 2 shows deal flow by net equity earned. Activity during 2018 was dominated by juniors and independent companies.

The juniors are net sellers and an important source of drilling opportunities for the sector. Independents and majors were net buyers and trading across the peer groups.

Higher oil prices, cheaper deal terms, and recent large farm-in discoveries are all positives for the farm-out market. It remains to be seen how strong this recovery will be and to what extent the cost of farming-in may start to rebound.

With a mean duration of ~500 days between an opportunity coming to market and a deal being completed, and then a further ~300 days before an exploration well is drilled, the quality of today’s farm-in opportunity set will not become fully apparent for at least another two years.

Vikesh Mistry, Senior Analyst: Westwood Global Energy Group

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New agency to organise Angolan oil and gas sector

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ollowing the official launch of the Angolan National Oil, Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANPG) in February this year, the agency is mobilising to open a new licencing round due to be launched at the first Angola Oil and Gas 2019 Conference at the beginning of June.

The agency’s functions are to regulate, supervise and promote the execution of oil industry related activities, namely operations and agreements in the domain of oil, gas and biofuel.

In March the Minister of Mineral Resources and Petroleum, Diamnatino Azevedo confirmed that the ANPG would tender some 55 offshore and onshore oil blocks during 2019.

Speaking on the restructuring of the sector, he said that the goal remains to maximise the value of each barrel of oil produced in Angola, being for the benefit of the country’s people. He added that the ministry is committed to improving the training of Angolan technicians to take advantage of potential employment in the sector.

Azevedo also emphasised the need to revise and approve local content legislation. Describing this as an important aspect of oil activity, he said that public consultation would be undertaken during May and June this year in this regard.

Namibia offshore seismic acquisition

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alp, a Portuguese-based energy company, undertook a seismic survey within Namibia’s deepwater offshore acreage during the first three months of this year.

Galp will start on January 25 a 3D seismic campaign in Namibia’s Deepwater Offshore Licence PEL83 in the Orange Basin. The survey, contracted to Polarcus UK Ltd, comprised an area of around 3,000 km2.

The PEL83 license, awarded in August 2016 by the Ministry of Mines and Energy to a Galp-led consortium that also includes the National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia and Custos Energy, covers a total area of around 10,000 km2.

The area is located approximately 260 km from Lüderitz in what is considered a “Frontier Exploration Basin.”

IN CONVERSATION WITH KONGSBERG Leading technology development for the future of shipping Pierre Marais, the newly appointed General Manager at Kongsberg Maritime South Africa, has taken up the challenge of leading the team to meet their clients’ requirements from bridge to propeller.

Stepping into the shoes of Wojciech Kowalczyk who will return to home base after establishing the South African arm of KONGSBERG Maritime in January 2016 - Marais says that he is excited and optimistic about the prospects for the years ahead.

The recent KONGSBERG acquisition of Rolls-Royce Commercial Marine, that took effect on 1 April 2019, also means that the team in South Africa is part of an international change in the company. “Our business global footprint and the size of the fleet we service has effectively doubled. Our systems are installed on some 30,000+ vessels representing about 50 percent of the market,” he explains.

The transaction was structured as an acquisition by KONGSBERG of the marine products, systems and aftermarket services businesses carried out globally by Rolls-Royce Commercial Marine.

“It is exciting to be a part of this growth. The acquisition ensures that we are a more complete supplier to the maritime industry,” he adds whilst acknowledging that the South African team has one of the largest areas to cover as the sub-Saharan service provider for KONGSBERG systems.

It is certainly an interesting time to be taking over the leadership of the South African team, but Marais says that he has been working towards this and is currently completing his Post Graduate Diploma in Management through the University of Cape Town Business School.

Since arriving in South Africa in early 2016, Kowalczyk has been clear that his successor would be locally appointed and has focused his leadership on developing the skills from within the company.

Marais has a strong background in the technical marine engineering field having worked in the shipbuilding sector as well as the marine service sector since the very early days of his professional career.

“I have worked on KONGSBERG systems on at least 600 ships and been involved in the building of ten vessels within the South African shipbuilding sector,” he says.

“Our strategy is to continue to focus on building good relationships and strengthening existing partnerships with shipyards, while also identifying new clients and opportunities both in South Africa and across the entire Sub-Saharan region,” says Marais .

Seeing a return in the oil & gas sector “We are already seeing signs that the market is picking up,” Marais says, explaining the direct link between the price of crude oil and an increase in business enquiries.

Highlighting that the African sector tends to lag behind other markets like the North Sea, Marais says that signs that these regions are picking up is good news for the continent.

Buoyed by this return to work for rigs in the Gulf of Guinea and offshore Angola, and further augmented by the LNG terminal project in Mozambique and the recent Brulpadda discovery, Marais is optimistic that plans to hire additional technical engineers will be realised. “Our aim has always been to boost the local talent pool and invest in upskilling South African technical knowledge,” he says.

Automation and remote servicing The local technical team is currently kept busy flying out to many of the vessels to undertake service work, but Marais sees this shifting more towards remote support in the future.

“We are already seeing a massive increase in the type of support where we can log into the system and undertake remote fault detection. The maritime industry is undergoing considerable technological changes. We aim to continue to strengthen our strategic position with shipowners, shipyards and other customers and partners,” he says.

He adds, however, that the need to find technicians with on board experience will not diminish. “It’s important to have been through the ranks and to have a working knowledge of the ship’s physical working environment,” he adds.

As access to the Internet becomes cheaper and bigger bandwidth becomes available to vessels, the ability to provide remote servicing will increase rapidly.

“KONGSBERG is well-placed to deliver this service to our clients,” he says adding that the appetite for sophisticated technology in Africa is improving. Pointing towards vessels such as the new hydrographic ship for the SA Navy as well as De Beers’ MV SS Nujoma, the world’s most advanced mining vessel, Marais highlights that some of the world’s most sophisticated technology is already being introduced into the local market.

Innovation and development Describing some of the recent innovation and product development within KONGSBERG, Marais says that the company remains at the forefront of trends towards autonomous shipping.

Outlining a number of firsts, Marais defines KONGSBERG as a key stakeholder in autonomous shipping

activities. From integrated sensor technology and automated collision avoidance to the establishment of the world’s first autonomous shipping company together with Wilhelmsen, KONGSBERG is leading the way in technology development.

The recent acquisition further strengthens this position.

It combines KONGSBERG’s strength within automation, navigation and control systems with Rolls-Royce Commercial Marine’s propellers, propulsion systems, handling systems and ship design.

Both companies hold leading positions within digitalisation, ship intelligence and concepts for autonomy; and bringing this together results in Kongsberg Maritime strengthening its position as a significant strategic supplier of complete solutions for the future maritime industry - from bridge to propeller.

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Africa Exploration and Production Update

FPSO to kickstart exploration in Senegal

New discovery in Angola’s offshore sector

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ODEC, Inc’s subsidiary, MODEC International Inc, has been awarded a contract by Woodside Energy BV, as Operator of the SNE Field Development, for a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel for Senegalese waters.

Under the contract, MODEC will perform Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) for the FPSO and, subject to a final investment decision on the project in 2019, will be responsible for the supply, charter and operations of the FPSO. The SNE deep-water oil field is expected to be Senegal’s first offshore oil development. The field is located within the Sangomar Deep Offshore permit area, approximately 100 kilometres south of Dakar, Senegal.

The FPSO will be designed to produce around 100,000 barrels of crude oil per day, with the first oil production targeted in 2022. The FPSO will be moored in water depth of approximately 800 metres.

MODEC currently operates three (3) FPSOs in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire and has supplied another seven (7) floating production facilities, such as FPSO / FSO / Tension Leg Platform (TLP), that have been installed in Angola, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Nigeria.

n March Eni announced a major oil discovery in Block 15/06, in the Agogo exploration prospect, in Angola’s deep water. The new discovery is estimated to contain between 450 and 650 million barrels of light oil in place with further upside.

The Agogo-1 NFW well, which has led to the discovery, is located approximately 180 kilometres off the coast and about 20 kilometres west from the N’Goma FPSO (West Hub). The well was drilled by the Poseidon drillship in a water depth of 1,636 metres and reached a total depth of 4,450 metres.

Agogo-1 NFW proved a single oil column of about 203 metres with 120 metres of net pay of high-quality oil (31° API) contained in a sub salt diapirs setting in Lower Miocene sandstones with excellent petrophysical properties. The data acquired in Agogo-1 NFW indicate a production capacity of more than 20,000 barrels of oil per day.

Agogo is the third discovery of commercial nature since the Block 15/06 Consortium decided to launch a new exploration campaign in 2018, leading to the discoveries of Kalimba and Afoxé.

The discovery opens new opportunities for oil exploration below salt diapirs in

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the north-west part of the prolific Block 15/06, thus creating new chances for unlocking additional potential value.

The mapping and the drilling of Agogo prospect has been possible through the use of Eni’s advanced and sophisticated proprietary seismic imaging technologies.

The Block 15/06 Joint Venture, composed

by Eni (operator, with a 36.8421 percent stake), Sonangol P&P (36.8421 percent) and SSI Fifteen Limited (26.3158 percent), will work to appraise the discovery and start the studies to fast track its development.

Interest in Mozambique offshore acquired

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atar Petroleum agreed to acquire a 25.5 percent stake in Block A5-A, offshore Mozambique from Eni in March.

Eni and Qatar Petroleum signed a farm out agreement to enable Qatar Petroleum to acquire a 25.5 percent participating interest in Block A5-A, offshore Mozambique. The agreement is subject to the authorization by the Mozambican authorities.

Block A5-A, located in the deep waters of the Northern Zambezi Basin, approximately 1,500 km north-east of the capital Maputo, was awarded to Eni following the 5th competitive Licensing Round launched by the Republic of Mozambique

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Africa Exploration and Production Update while the Exploration and Production Concession Contract was signed in October 2018. It extends over an area of 5,133 km2 in a water depth between 300 and 1,800 metres, in a completely unexplored zone in front of the town of Angoche.

Eni is the operator of Block A5-A Consortium, with a participating share of 59.5 percent, owned though its subsidiary Eni Mozambico, which would reduce to 34 percent after the farm out is approved.

Other partners are Sasol, with 25.5 percent, and the Mozambican state company Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos (ENH), with 15 percent.

“Today’s transaction represent another milestone in the strategic path that Eni and QP undertook to further strengthen their partnership worldwide”, Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi commented.

Eni has been present in Mozambique since 2006, following the acquisition of the Petroleum Contract Area 4, in the offshore Rovuma basin, in the north of the country, where total gas in place is estimated in excess of 85 TCF, following a very successful exploration campaign, with the discoveries of Coral, Mamba and Agulha.

Coral initial development program includes the construction of a floating plant (FLNG), to treat, liquefy, store and offload LNG. The plant will have a liquefaction capacity of approximately 3.4 million tons per year. Construction has started in June

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2017 production is expected to start in 2022.

The development program includes the construction of an onshore plant composed by 2 trains for gas treatment and liquefaction, with a liquefaction capacity of 15.2 million tons per year, which will be the first phase of the Rovuma LNG project. The project is expected to be sanctioned in 2019 and production is expected to start in 2024.

Production sharing agreement signed

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he Government of the Republic of Congo and Kosmos Energy Corporation signed a Production Sharing Agreement (CPP) on the oil field Marine Bloc XXI, located in deep sea, off Pointe-Noire at the beginning of March.

Bloc Marine XXI is the deepest of all the licenses on the Congo offshore fields with a water depth of 3,000m and an area representing about 2,351 km2.

American based Kosmos Energy is the second American country to operate in the Congo and has assets in a number of other African jurisdictions including Mauritania, Senegal, Suriname and Ghana.

The subsidiary, Kosmos Energy Congo has been created to work the activities in the Congo.

New rig ship for Angolan oil company

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onangol, the state-owned Angolan oil company celebrated the completion of a new rig ship in South Korea during March when the Libongos was launched at Daewoo Shipbuilding Marine Engineering (DSME).

The construction project was designed to comply with a strategy of the oil exploration program that aims to guarantee new discoveries and consolidation of reserves to meet the country’s future needs.

The new ship, which will initially provide employment to some 1,200 national and foreign worker, has the capacity to operate in deep, ultra-deep and pre-salt waters and will be available to carry out work at national and international level.

“Having now in our hands a drill rig, whose specifications allow us to overcome the challenges of the new exploration and production frontiers, Sonangol increases the range of integrated services of the primary chain, reducing dependence on external availability in the fulfillment of the exploration work programs,” said Carlos Saturnino of Sonangol.

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ON BOARD - Deepsea Stavanger

ON BOARD

Deepsea Stavanger The Deepsea Stavanger, a sixth generation deepwater and harsh environment semi-submersible, was contracted to work on the Total concession in the Brulpadda field. Operated

by Norwegian drilling operator, Odfjell Drilling, the rig was delivered from the shipyard in July 2010 and has a capacity to work in water depths of up to 10,000 ft (3,000m).

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uilt by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) in South Korea, the rig formed part of Odfjell’s fleet renewal strategy at the time.

Its sister rig, Deepsea Atlantic was delivered in February 2009, while further new builds followed.

The rig, which took only 20 months to complete, was built in accordance with Norwegian regulations and is equipped with technology to maximise crew safety, environmental considerations and efficient drilling operations.

The unit was designed for operations in harsh environments and at water depths of up to 3,000 m. It is equipped with a full conventional mooring spread for operations in water depths of 70 to 500 metres.

The 7,500 mt loading capacity in all operating conditions ensures efficiency, with a reduced need for supply.

The rig has a highly efficient drilling system, which includes a dual derrick with a main and an auxiliary work centre to facilitate a number of simultaneous operations.

The drilling system has dual active heave compensating drawworks for increased performance, efficiency, safety and redundancy. The rig is designed for worldwide operation and is especially suitable for development drilling.

A busy schedule Deepsea Stavanger’s first two contracts were undertaken in African offshore concessions. The rig undertook a short deepwater drilling contract offshore Tanzania for Ophir Energy directly after being launched.

According to press releases issued

by Ophir, the drilling campaign resulted in three significant discoveries from three wells and provided the company with a measure of confidence for their future exploration in Tanzania.

By April of the year following its launch, the rig had moved to Angola to begin a two-year contract on Block 18 for BP. The contract was renewed she stayed in position until close to the end of 2015. The total value of the drilling contract including the extended term was reported to be in the region of $550 million.

After her Angolan contract, Deepsea Stavanger moved out of African waters and took up position for the first of a number of contracts in Norwegian waters. After a relatively short stint on the Norwegian Continental Shelf for Wintershall Norge AS, she moved to the UK Continental Shelf at the beginning of 2016 to undertake a contract for JX Nippon Exploration and Production.

But in 2017 she was back in the Norwegian Sea again on contract to

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Wintershall Norge AS. She remained in the region during 2018 undertaking contracts for Aker BP in the Norwegian and Barents Sea. Following the conclusion of these contracts, she moved to take up position offshore South Africa on the Brulpadda prospect for Total.

In February 2019, news broke that Total had made a significant gas condensate discovery on Block 11B/12B and unwittingly Deepsea Stavanger became a significant part of the country’s aspirations to enter the oil and gas arena.

Closed loop BOP control system

South African connections

Electrical drawworks with power regeneration

The rig is no stranger to South African ports, however, having

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ON BOARD - Deepsea Stavanger

SOUTH KOREA Launched at DSME shipyard

SOUTH AFRICA Undergoes modifications at Port of Ngqura

2010

TANZANIA Contracted to Ophir Energy

2011

ANGOLA Contracted to BP

ANGOLA Contract extended

2014 NORWAY Contracted to Wintershall Norge AS

2015 UNITED KINGDOM Contracted to JX Nippon Exploration and Production

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NORWAY Contracted to Wintershall Norge AS

2017 NORWAY Contracted to Aker BP

2018 SOUTH AFRICA Contracted to Total

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NORWAY Contracted to Aker BP

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undergone modifications in the Port of Ngqura in 2011 between drilling contracts in Tanzania and Angola.

The arrival of the mammoth 118m x 96m structure in Ngqura actually marked the start of new possibilities for Ngqura as the port became an important option for rig repair in South Africa.

Working within the strict environmental guidelines set by Transnet National Ports Authority, ship repairers welcomed the opening of the port to rigs that were prevented from using other ports due to draft restrictions. The 18m depth makes the Port of Ngqura very attractive for this type of work.

Modifications that were undertaken locally included a large amount of

fabrication as well as piping work. In fact, five containers were shipped to Tanzania containing pipes and scaffolding to begin the contract during transit to South Africa by a crew of 52 locals who were also sent to the east African country to join the rig.

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The rig is now due to return to the Norwegian Sea to take up a contract for Aker BP for the remainder of the year.

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Her presence on Brulpadda will no doubt be replaced by survey vessels aiming to acquire 3D seismic data during the course of this year. Total has announced that a further four exploration wells will be drilled on this licence.

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190 crew

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30%

Africa overview NIGERIA: The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) have committed to growing Local Content in the Oil and Gas Industry from the current 40 percent to 70 percent by 2027 as part of strategies to sustain economic development in country.

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Paul EardleyTaylor of Standard Bank sees three themes coming through in the oil and gas sectors in Africa

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FINAL INVESTMENT DECISIONS: Substantial FIDs in Africa: In southern/ east coast Africa FIDs of approximately 70-80 US$ billion will be taken over the next 12 months. These will be followed by other large-scale projects.

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LEGISLATION AND REGULATORY CERTAINTY: It is important that governments are able to respond to changing dynamics in the global oil & gas market to remain relevant and attractive, especially given the lack of industrial precedent in each underlying market.

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DEVELOPMENTS IN LNG TECHNOLOGY: Floating LNG and small-scale LNG will influence the development of the LNG market, especially as a tool to open basins or broaden gas penetration.

LOWER COSTS:

Since 2014 the cost of developing new projects has fallen on average by 30% SOURCE: RYSTAD ENERGY

$11 trillion Leading up to 2040 the required global oil sector investment is estimated at almost $11 trillion.

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The Middle East is leading the pack at 44%, and West Africa offshore stands at the lower end with an average of 17% reduction in break-even prices since 2014.

This suggests that cost-cutting measures have not been addressed as aggressively in West Africa as in other parts of the world, and there is likely additional scope for optimisation measures to be applied by means of technology, for example.

SOURCE: OPEC | 2018 World Oil Outlook 2040

A drilling rig was the target of a attack for the first time in 2018. Two FPSO’s were targetted in 2015, but not since.

SOURCE: ICC INTERNATIONAL MARITIME BUREAU | PIRACY AND ARMED ROBBERY AGAINST SHIPS REPORT FOR THE PERIOD 1 January – 31 December 2018

DRONES |

3D PRINTING |

4D SEISMIC |

Use of drones to inspect remote facilities. Reduced health and safety risks and man hours

Potential rise of digital manufacturing reduces need to ship goods around the world.

Decentralised production/reduced inventory

Improved understanding of the reservoir through data that can be used to locate unproduced oil and gas

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VIRTUAL REALITY |

BLOCK CHAIN |

Use of robots to undertake monitoring and safety checks.

Reduced safety risks for human operators

Creating like-for-like digital representations of operations for improved precision and optimisation

Simulation of drilling to reduce costs

Growth of digital trading platforms offer promise of reduced costs and raising capital

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OFF PORT LIMITS

Delivering a service

OFF PORT LIMITS DELIVERY

A FUTURE DISR

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The off port limits (OPL) service has become a well established support to vessels passing ports, and has seen its share of changes over the years. Julian Hurrie takes a look at what the future could hold for OPL in the years to come.

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he maritime world is known for being slow to change, particularly from a technology perspective, but it appears to have reached a tipping point and if you read industry newsletters or visit maritime conferences it is clear that things are changing fast. Maritime technology is catching up; think blockchain, alternative propulsion, greener fuels and emissions, greater vessel automation, and unmanned ships.

Other than the perpetual increase in size and carrying capacity, many ship board systems as well as design elements have remained relatively unchanged. From the OPL perspective, the basic principles of transferring cargo and personnel offshore have remained static, except for dynamic gangway systems, which are expensive and limited to oil and gas and wind farm sectors.

A pie in the sky?

BELOW: Wilhelmsen Ships Services and Airbus have begun shore-to-ship trials of a new parcel delivery drone in Singapore.

When first raised years ago at the boardroom table, ship supply by drone - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) was met with much laughter and treated as pie in the sky. But from early trials by Maersk in 2016 when a small parcel was delivered

offshore Denmark, we now see some serious manoeuvres by Wilhelmsen and Kongsberg who are developing unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and began trialling a ship supply service in real world conditions in Singapore from Q3 2018.

Are UAV’s the next step in the progression of offshore supply launches from wooden vessels, to steel, to fibreglass ski boats to UAVs? Current UAVs are primarily platforms for cameras, and are used extensively in film and media, but are limited by cargo carrying capacity as well as endurance (both flying time and distance).

They are essentially mini helicopters and there are bigger risks flying with rotors to a ship versus steaming out on a launch. But here the big risks are all around transporting passengers, if its only cargo, risks are a lot lower.

Unmanned vessels

But how about a floating drone?

Unmanned surface vessels (USVs) are also not new, and are already being used in various applications, mostly for military and research. Unmanned ships for transportation are in full swing.

Smaller USVs that undertake underway replenishment are identified as a plausible application, but current research in this area is very scare. The dynamic forces of wash and thrusting between vessels in close quarters has not been quantified for USVs and current calculations refer to calm water operations only. I believe in the South African context, with our sea conditions superb seamanship will remain the only option.

Carrying cargo

Although not yet commercially available at a reasonable cost, the military have been developing UAVs and USVs for many years. The technological capability for UAVs to fly autonomously to vessels is already well developed, and not particularly technically

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challenging. Cargo capacities are still relatively limited (300 to 500 kg’s), which means only small items can be transferred, or multiple sorties would be required to transfer large volumes.

However many in the OPL industry will know that cargo volumes and weights have been shrinking over time. Large deliveries of lubes, or heavy engine spares are unlikely drone cargoes, but a lot of other cargo could be broken up into smaller pieces and dropped off on the receiving vessel’s deck.

Over time, as with other military technology such as GPS, once the military development moves onto bigger and better things, previous solutions are declassified, and then commercialised in the broader market - if there is a need.

No one can deny that unmanned vehicles are already saving time and money in many applications, and so it is only a matter of time before larger and more powerful versions, with bigger cargo carrying capacity and endurance move into commercial applications – including ship supply.

Crew calculations

I think it is doubtful that we will ever see crew being transported in autonomous UAV’s, but remember that OPL services are essentially trucks on water transporting cargo from point A to B. Like all transport services, it’s a price sensitive service with end users always looking for cheaper options to move their goods and drones could well fit that bill.

For OPL operators the attraction to use UAVs would be substantial savings on crew and, in comparison to launch capital and operating costs, possible savings there as well. This would be less so for USV’s of course, as vessels systems would not change as much.

Current Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) regulations do not include ship supply, and a substantial investment in lobbying will need to be made by someone to get them included, but it’s not impossible. South Africa put drone legislation in place in 2015.

A diminished need for OPL

Looking ahead, its also clear that unmanned ships are no longer seen as pie in the sky, but increasingly the next step in bringing down costs for

RUPTED? shipowners and shippers alike. Looking at the initial design elements for unmanned vessels like Kongsberg’s Yarre Birkeland, it is clear that unmanned ships could strike at the heart of ship supply service.

The two major needs are crew changes and victuals for ships’ crew. The other major need is to transport items for the ship – mainly spares, consumables and technicians for on board repairs. Some initial estimates on unmanned vessels claim savings of up to 40 percent on newbuilds, and 30 percent in operating costs. Think about it, current vessels have many systems on board to support the human crew. Remove them, and you free up substantial space, weight and costs.

Major improvements in on board connectivity, has enabled ships systems to be connected to land based remote monitoring stations. In theory, with multiple connectivity and ship board systems in place to ensure redundancy, crew could be replaced by shore-based control rooms, with human intervention only required on an emergency basis, or for docking.

The impact on OPL volumes would be severe. With no crew on board, many downstream services would see a drop-off in activity: think airlines, hotels, crew transporters, ship chandlers, including many suppliers who do ship board systems to support crew on board. Several sub sectors would see their services or products dropping off as crewed vessels are phased out.

The one aspect which could survive would be the need to take out technicians, although probably far less frequently, or we could see physical repairs only happening at next port. With increased on-board sensors and diagnostic UAVs, ship operators manning remote control rooms will be able to investigate and resolve on board malfunctions without human intervention.

As much as many businesses will die, a whole new industry will be born to support autonomous vessels. Electronics do fail and the human element will still need to attend to fix failed components.

Quantifying the impact

So if drones and unmanned ships come to be, how will this impact the two major types of vessels which use offshore supply today? Some vessels, such as container vessels, rarely require OPL service as they are frequently in and out of ports. But larger vessels such as tankers and bulk carriers seldom enter a port or come alongside a quay due to their size and drafts, and

in some cases cargo.

Tankers are high risk due to the flammable nature of their cargoes. One has to ask whether class societies, insurance underwriters and greenies will sleep soundly at night with an unmanned tanker rounding the Cape?

Accidents, oil spills and groundings are major financial and environmental disasters, and without crew on board – who will carry the liability, and where will the finger of blame point? Could it be argued that many past accidents are from human error, and could tankers be safer without crew on board? Or conversely, due to the high risks, will such vessels always be crewed, and thus remain as a market for OPL operators?

Bulk carriers could be less risky due to the nature of their cargo. Due to their large size and design, however, they are susceptible to breaking up in bad weather and sink fairly quickly due to their cargo and stability when fully loaded. Running aground or breaking up in the wrong place like the MV Smart (2013) in Richards Bay port entrance, can still be a major problem.

Will bulkers be seen in a different light, and become dumb barges at sea to transport large volumes of bulk commodities at a lower cost? Its well known that the bulk sector has been in the doldrums financially for many years due to over supply of tonnage and low freight rates. A cheaper vessel without crew could make things more profitable - and they could save the costs of OPL services too!

So, taking these long term possible impacts into account, how long before we see this happening here in regional ports? We know that first world countries are normally the first to take up these early innovations. As a developing region, we are normally a few years behind.

However, we as South Africans are also known the world over as innovators. We have the ability to leap frog technology to create cutting edge solutions here first.

Could we see a local ship supply company being the first to put commercial drones into ship supply? Will we see many more years of existing bulkers and tankers calling for offshore supply due to them being excluded from a switch to unmanned vessels?

Only time will tell, but its clear that what was seen as pie in the sky and impossible just a few years ago, now looks increasingly like its going to happen, and probably sooner than we think.

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Flexibility and the tenacity to challenge the status quo have helped Offshore Maritime Services (OMS) remain relevant over the last two decades of servicing the southern African maritime industries as they officially celebrate their 21st in April this year.

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MS has specialised on off port limits (OPL) delivery and crew transport while still offering towage, salvage, mooring, surveying and other marine services.

“We recognise the OPL as a space in a MARINE market where we excel. We have evolved from 2001 where we had only one vessel to the current situation where we operate a fleet of five vessels between the two major OPL nodes – Algoa Bay and Table Bay,” says Godfrey Needham of OMS, who strives to ensure a credible and consistent service offering.

Initially OMS vessels were contracted for use during the Ngqura port development as well as later for dredging and marine support for the new Coal Terminal extension in Richards Bay. These key extended contracts helped fund the company’s growth to the reputable top-line OPL service that it is today.

Effective project management Operating in a sector where clients’ needs can be extremely varied and where time is often factored in as a crucial variable, the team at OMS is acutely aware of the role that they play in assisting passing vessels remain on course and on schedule.

Needham admits that it is a juggling act that has to take the weather, deliveries by suppliers, the load, Immigration, Customs, flight schedules and many other factors into account. Flexibility remains at the core of managing these elements.

He describes a recent operation where the team navigated a series of logistical challenges to ensure that two senior crew members were successfully undertaken within a diminishing time frame, while simultaneously delivering a large consignment to a passing tanker.

“We knew we had to live up to the challenge. It was a new client for the shipping agency and our team was ready to showcase what they could do to get the load delivered and the crew to the airport safely in order to meet their scheduled international flights,” says Needham.

It required some nimble footwork to ensure that the crew adhered to local Immigration requirements and before shuttling them to the airport timeously.

Fortunately, the company has also recently invested in a modern crew-bus which expands their crew transfer services to include land-based transport.

Monkey business Proving that the OPL sector can often throw a curve ball at service providers, late last year OMS received an urgent call from a local shipping agent who was unsure of how to respond to a client’s rather unusual requirement to remove a wild monkey from their tanker.

On route to the USA, the vessel faced endless strife if it were to arrive at a port with undocumented wildlife on board.

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Some quick decisions needed to be made in order to establish an effective plan to trap the monkey and remove it to shore.

Simply boarding the vessel and trying to catch a wild monkey running around the deck was sure to be impossible.

Factoring in that it was a long weekend and that securing the services of a licenced veterinarian to dart and tranquilise the animal would be a challenge, the team had to come up with an alternative solution.

Finally, a wildlife trap used for capturing wild leopard was located on a distant wine farm and it was collected and loaded aboard the OMS Shuttle to be delivered to the vessel as it passed Cape Town. “We delivered the trap to the ship off port limits. Our boarding officer set the trap, instructed the crew on how to facilitate the monkey’s capture and then returned with the launch to port,” recalls Needham.

Three hours later the trap proved successful and the monkey was captured. The OMS Shuttle was once again despatched to receive the cage which was lowered onto the vessel to be brought ashore.

Taking service to new heights Responding to an urgent call of a different kind recently, OMS realised that the permissions required to send one of their vessels to meet a bulk carrier about 100 nm north of Cape Town would prove insurmountable.

As such a different plan needed to be devised to ensure that urgent spares could be delivered to the passing vessel.

Instead OMS contracted the services of a suitably equipped local helicopter that had the capacity to lift the bulky, but relatively light load.

OMS staff collected the spares from the freight forwarders and delivered these to the heliport in the harbour via Customs where the necessary inspections were undertaken.

The Bell 206 helicopter arrived a few minutes later; the crates were loaded on board and the flight crew briefed on the required documentation process as well as the use of the landing facilities aboard the ship.

Owners of the ship were supplied with a quotation for the whole process, as well as a time estimate. “We are pleased to report that the total time expended on the venture was within five minutes of the estimate OMS provided and well within budget,” says Needham.

Marine services With services that extend beyond OPL operations, OMS was also recently appointed to provide the manning to meet a large unmanned barge being towed into the Port of Cape Town. The

Delivering a service team needed to board the barge, recover the towing gear and prepare her moorings before taking on the harbour pilot working with the berthing tugs to come alongside in port.

The team was again despatched to bring the barge alongside. Now, with ideal conditions, the team were able to bring her into port and manage a successful mooring operation.

After the launches had delivered the teams to the barge some 10 nm outside the port, a sudden heavy fog resulted in services to berth having to be cancelled.

Later ramping winds thwarted the second attempt and only after three days did a clear weather window present itself to the team.

Future prospects Needham sees the current more focused approach as a driver for future growth opportunities. “We have strong growth aspirations that include the expansion of our OPL service as well as the recent addition of our land transportation offer-

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ings,” he says.

Currently focused on the ports of Cape Town and Port Elizabeth, OMS has, however, not ruled out the possibility of expanding outside of the South Africa’s borders should the right opportunities arise.

Having undertaken a wide scope of maritime work over the last 21 years, the company is well-placed and flexible enough to take advantage of future opportunities as they present themselves.

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launch@marineservices.co.za PORT: Port Elizabeth LOA: 22.43 m HULL: aluminium hull catamaran SERVICE SPEED: 10 kn ENGINES: 2 x 340 BHP Caterpillar 3406 6 cylinder

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OWNERS: Massif Marine info@massif.co.za PORT: Saldanha Bay LOA: 10.65 m HULL: GRP CREW: 2 PASSENGERS: 12 CAPACITY: 6 tons DECK AREA: 20 m2

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COMPANY PROFILE: Pienaar Marine

Putting experience into practice

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n extensive history in the maritime industry has helped Pienaar Marine hone the necessary skills to offer a reliable and professional 24hour launch service to vessels passing the Port of Cape Town and surrounds.

“Our modern supply vessels are designed for local coastal conditions,” says Managing Director, Marc Pienaar adding that they have established a team of highly skilled and experienced skippers and crew.

Marc Pienaar is also the senior skipper and actively engages in the operation on a daily basis.

It is a father and son management duo that have steered the family’s group of maritime-related companies since 1991. Frank Pienaar senior is the group financial director and still active in a consulting role.

“Together we have built a vast experience in shipping, and offshore supply and salvage operations,” says Pienaar.

Heading up our finance division, Melanie Janse van Rensburg has been with the Pienaar group since 1999 and is a director and shareholder in some

of the group companies.

Varied operations

The launch of the custom-designed Conor Q, aluminium construction, supply vessel in March 2017 to supplement their fast vessel service enabled Pienaar Marine to secure long term contracts with leading ships agency companies in South Africa.

Conor Q has a 20-passenger carrying capacity offering the highest levels of safe service delivery.

“When we designed her, we looked at all the requirements for servicing as wide a range of clients as possible,” explains Pienaar. “Our services include offshore crew changes, delivering provisions and spares, medevacs, stowaways, technicians, cash to master, security, salvage and towage.

“We are also compliant with the regulations for the servicing of oil and gas rigs off our coast.”

Our vessels work in most weather conditions as long as the safety of personnel and cargo is not compromised in any way.

ABOVE: Conor Q servicing a passing vessel (top) and being used as a dive platform by a dredging vessel (above).

LEFT: The Conor Q servicing a Tallship off the coast of Cape Town.

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CONTACT: +27 (0)66 473 8702 ops@pienaarmarine.co.za

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MARITIME MEMORIES

By Brian Ingpen

EARLY EFFORTS IN

OIL & GAS

By Brian Ingpen

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Much has changed in the 53 years since the pilot boarded the 35,720-deadweight Caltex Greenwich on 19 March 1966 and the tanker became the first vessel to berth officially at Cape Town’s new terminal whence crude oil was pumped to the refinery at Killarney.

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he new terminal replaced the system of tankers discharging crude oil at the Eastern Mole. Prior to the advent of the refinery, oil products were discharged initially at No 2 Jetty and later at D Berth, both amid cargo wharves and not the ideal places for working with any highly flammable – indeed explosive – cargoes.

As the trend moved towards the carriage of larger crude oil consignments and tanker sizes increased accordingly, Durban’s Island View terminal – the oil import terminal for the two Durban refineries – was replaced by the single-point mooring buoy that accommodated its first commercial vessel – Japan Dahlia - in September 1970.

As it could not accommodate larger tankers, Cape Town’s tanker basin had become obsolete for crude oil imports and was replaced by the Saldanha Bay tanker terminal, which could handle large tankers. The construction programme at Saldanha Bay included the terminal itself; a huge storage facility nearby, and a crude oil pipeline to the Killarney refinery.

Engineering for exploration

During this time, trade sanctions – particularly those associated with

oil – began to affect the South African economy, causing the government of the day to commit vast resources to search for oil and/or gas reserves.

Various tests and drilling projects led to the conclusion that there was little chance of finding any on land.

The search intensified offshore and finally, in 1980, the so-called FA gasfield was discovered in the Bredasdorp Basin, off the Southern Cape coast. Soekor (the South African oil exploration corporation) and other parties drilled 48 boreholes, revealing gas in 25 of the wells and oil in seven others.

When the nearby E-M gasfield was discovered in 1983, a gas-to-liquid refinery at Mossel Bay became viable and feverish planning began to develop a gas production facility at the offshore field.

With the assistance of foreign companies and individual experts, local engineering works began one of the largest projects in South African engineering history: planning, designing and building the large production platform to be located at the FA gasfield about 85 kilometres south-west of Mossel Bay. Since no single shipyard in South Africa could build such a huge structure, the construction of parts of the

With the assistance of foreign companies and individual experts, local engineering works began one of the largest projects in South African engineering history: planning, designing and building the large production platform to be located at the FA gasfield about 85 kilometres south-west of Mossel Bay.

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platform was assigned to consortia in Saldanha Bay (the jacket) and Durban (module support frame and accommodation module); while Port Elizabeth and Cape Town engineering works built the drilling and process modules.

Recruitment of highly-skilled engineers and artisans brought people from far and wide, while significant numbers of unskilled people also found work on the construction sites. Dozens of sub-contractors were used to provide some of the services required, further widening the benefits of this large-scale project.

Apart from those whose expertise was sought to complete this work, many local people were trained in various skills in the course of the work, while the country’s steel industry and many other suppliers also benefited greatly.

It was a mammoth undertaking that required meticulous planning: regular coordination of the work done in each port, as well as complex and precision engineering.

By Brian Ingpen

MARITIME MEMORIES

Glas Dowr under tow off Cape Town in 2008 at the conclusion of her five years on the Sable oilfield off the southern coast. She later went to Port Elizabeth and then to Singapore for refit before taking up station on an oilfield in the Timor Sea. Photograph: Andrew Ingpen

ABOVE: Captain Kevin Tait with his collection of cuttings and memorabilia of an illustrious career.

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ashore that began operation in 1992.

Its products included unleaded petrol, paraffin, diesel, propane, liquid oxygen and nitrogen, distillates, eco-fuels, process oils and alcohols.

ABOVE: The jacket of the F-A Platform being installed southwest of Mossel Bay.

At the time, it was the largest refinery of its kind. Equally impressive was the fact that among seven records set during the construction of the FA Platform was that its 147-metre long piles were the longest.

Photograph: Brian Ingpen Collection

ABOVE CENTRE: The Mossgas drilling platform in operation.

Significantly in terms of employment, the project used 10.8 million direct man-hours, and indirectly, it engendered 18.3 million man-hours.

RIGHT: Mossgas bottle pits undergoing assembly.

Finding oil now and then

When the entire platform was assembled on site from the parts made in the various ports, each part had to fit with no room for error. In addition, the position of the platform was far from the nearest land and, for its installation an armada of specialist vessels including heavylift floating cranes and a pipelaying vessel, was assembled.

Installation

From Saldanha Bay, two tugs towed a barge carrying the huge jacket to the

At the time, it was the largest refinery of its kind. Equally impressive was the fact that among seven records set during the construction of the FA Platform was that its 147-metre long piles were the longest.

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position south-west of Mossel Bay an intricate and potentially dangerous operation. At a crucial point when the jacket was about to the lowered in to the sea, the team aboard the barge had to be withdrawn as the weather deteriorated and swells increased to above three metres.

The finished topside modules were loaded by a huge heavylift crane, Micoperi 7000, and installed on the platform in situ. A special buoy was built in Dubai and shipped to Mossel Bay aboard a Japanese heavylift vessel and tugs towed it out to the position where it was installed by a specialist vessel, and tethered to a 2,000-ton concrete gravity base on the seabed.

Two pipes were also laid – one for gas and one for condensate – linking the gasfield to the gas-to-liquid refinery

Then, in rapid succession, came news of the discovery of the Oryx, Oribi and Sable oilfields, although none was to become a prolific producer of crude oil. Stationed on the Sable field was the FPSO Glas Dowr that had been bought by Bluewater while under construction as a tanker in a Japanese shipyard.

She went to Belfast, Northern Ireland where the Harland & Wolff yard modified her hull while the Heerema yard in Hartlepool constructed the oil and gas processing modules. These were installed in Teeside where final modifications were done before she went to the North Sea for several years.

In 2003, she arrived in Cape Town for another refit and for further modification. This project brought a large amount of foreign exchange to Cape Town and provided work for a range of sub-contractors as well as skilled and unskilled workers.

She took up station on the Sable oilfield, south-west of Mossel Bay

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from where the chartered shuttle tanker Nordic Laurita and two others brought the oil to Cape Town or Durban as required.

Production was short-lived. In 2008, Glas Dowr was withdrawn from the field. She was towed first to Cape Town and then to Port Elizabeth before going to Singapore for a major refit prior to repositioning to an oilfield in the Timor Sea. Enthusiasm for the local offshore industry had flagged until the announcement earlier this year of the discovery of condensates at the Brulpadda field south-west of Mossel Bay engendered enormous positivity.

While oozing enthusiasm following the announcement, a leading figure in the oil and gas sector cautioned that much still needs to be done before either gas or oil flows in significant quantities.

Other wells must be drilled and much laboratory testing must be done to establish the full extent, composition and calorific value of the discovered reserves.

A renewal?

Whatever system is designed for this new development, an array of equipment will need to be produced locally, swelling revenue for local companies.

Imagine if a decision was taken to build a new platform locally. Imagine the steel that will be needed, the miles of electrical cabling, and the job creation that will be associated with such projects.

As happened 30 years ago when the original gas and oil fields were developed, another fleet of specialised vessels will be seen in local waters,

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Thus, if the Brulpadda discovery holds exciting promise, experienced, dynamic and visionary leadership, thorough training of personnel and sheer hard work are essential criteria for new offshore developments to be successful and to contribute to the overall economic welfare of South Africa. conducting various additional surveys, laying pipes and other underwater fittings, and once an additional platform or an FPSO is in place, offshore service vessels will be needed to ferry the constant supplies of food, fuel and equipment to the installation.

This time, the reserve might be large enough and sustainable for many years’ operation, sufficient to dictate that Mossel Bay harbour should be extended to accommodate the operations conducted currently via the buoy plus a larger throughput of gas and products.

A leading Norwegian oilman told me that during the initial search for oil in the North and Norwegian Seas in the 1960s and 1970s, surveys and test drilling had revealed good reserves of oil and gas, and had provided shadowy information on other areas beneath the seabed.

About a dozen years ago, a seasoned geologist who had been involved in the original surveys, suggested to a new prospecting team that they should bring their new technology to bear on those shadowy areas. They did so – and discovered a huge field within piping distance of the Norwegian coast, adding to the stunning success of that country’s oil and gas

sector.

Perhaps the same will be true of some of the areas covered by early surveys done by Soekor who used the technology of that time. Now, using the latest technology, perhaps survey teams will discover additional reserves below the seabed off the southern Cape coast or elsewhere.

In all activities associated with offshore oil and gas prospecting or production, political correctness, “cadre deployment” and nepotism have no place.

Situated within a wild, sometimes unpredictable natural environment, and surrounded by highly flammable products, offshore operations are highly specialised, and potentially dangerous.

TOP LEFT: The FA Platform being towed into position.

TOP RIGHT & ABOVE RIGHT: Construction work underway on the Mossgas quay in the Port of Saldanha.

ABOVE: The finished topside modules were loaded by a huge heavylift crane, Micoperi 7000, and installed on the platform in situ.

Thus, if the Brulpadda discovery – and perhaps other prospecting ventures off the west and east coasts also yield good flows of oil or gas – holds exciting promise, experienced, dynamic and visionary leadership, thorough training of personnel and sheer hard work are essential criteria for new offshore developments to be successful and to contribute to the overall economic welfare of South Africa.

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Equipping and servicing the offshore markets

Novel lifesaving appliance caters for large scale evacuations

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ough seas with wave heights up to 50 percent above the stipulated testing requirements proved no obstacle for Viking’s new LifeCraft™ system during a challenging heavy weather sea trial late last year bringing it closer to commercial release.

Following these trials, the Survival Craft component of Viking Life-Saving Equipment’s hybrid lifeboat/liferaft solution, the Viking LifeCraft™ System, received official approval from the Danish Maritime Authority (DMA) during March.

The approval is the culmination of a long development and approval process. Considered to be one of the most exciting innovation in passenger evacuation systems in decades, the VIKING LifeCraft™ system has passed an important milestone in its journey to commercial use following the conclusion of a demanding full-scale Heavy Weather Sea Trial (HWST).

Developed and extensively tested over the past 10 years, the new evacuation system unites the advantages of modern lifeboats – such as self-propelled maneuverability – with the flexibility, comfort and smaller footprint of today’s liferafts combined with marine evacuation systems.

The solution comprises two main elements: four inflatable Viking LifeCraft™ survival crafts each with a capacity of 203 persons, so 812 in total, and a fully self-contained stowage and launching appliance either placed on deck or built into the ship’s side. And it’s packed with a long list of innovations that take the system far beyond the capabilities of existing lifeboats, marine evacuation systems or liferafts.

The system’s development journey began in 2009. Over the best part of a decade more than 50 prototypes were

created and put through their paces undergoing a battery of tests, which, among other punishments, employed jet engines to assess how well they stood up to 150 km/h winds.

Crucially, the four inflatable survival crafts are powered by electric motors instead of diesel-driven units. These not only enable excellent maneuverability for reaching a safe position or for rescuing passengers or ship personnel in the water, but are quieter in operation and more reliable, requiring far less maintenance. They also pose less of a fire risk and reduce evacuees’ exposure to harmful fumes.

Inside, there’s strong focus on comfort, with triple the air space of existing lifeboat solutions, for example, and a novel natural ventilation system.

From a ship design perspective, the system is a significant space-saver, taking up around 25 percent of the necessary deck space compared to the equivalent capacity in lifeboats. This compact footprint is in itself a compelling argument for cruise ships as it frees up space for additional berths or passenger amenities. Furthermore, by enabling the positioning of evacuation capacity on both sides of a ship, something which simply isn’t possible with conventional lifeboats, the system surpasses SOLAS requirements and allows greater overall flexibility in vessel design.

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I Piping partnership established

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ytec South Africa and GS-Hydro, an Italy-based multinational non-welded pipe manufacturer, have entered into a non-exclusive partnership agreement. The partnership endorses Hytec South Africa as a sub-Saharan Africa distributor for all GS-Hydro components and piping systems above 42 mm.

The distributorship increases Hytec South Africa’s product and service capabilities and presents new opportunities for distributing non-welded, leak-free piping systems. This is especially the case where projects include design and engineering, as GS-Piping Systems’ assemblies can be prefabricated to a high degree prior to installation, which speeds up the installation process and reduces overall costs.

Cost savings through the lifetime of the piping systems are gained because there is a lower total installed system cost, a shorter installation time, less flushing time and reduced need for maintenance and repairs.

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“These benefits lead to fewer production interruptions and much shorter downtime when interruptions do occur,” points out Hytec South Africa Engineering Manager Andre Lindeque.

“The GS-Piping System’s flexibility facilitates fast and easy installation which translates to significantly lower installation costs when compared to a welded piping system.”

Hytec South Africa upholds GS-Hydro products’ 12-month warranty and is also equipped to handle all maintenance and repairs.

Hytec South Africa currently has GS-Hydro Flaring and Bending Machines in use at its premises. The Flaring Machine provides 37° flaring with the capacity of flaring pipe sizes from 6 to 170 mm, and the bending machine has the capacity to bend pipes sized from 16 x 2 mm (wall thickness) up to 60 x 6 mm (wall thickness).

Depending on the outside pipe diameter, the bend radius provided is either 2.5 or 3.0

n February Subtech was approached by an offshore marine geotechnical company to recover their portable remotely operated drill (PROD) which had broken loose from its umbilical and dropped to the sea floor, in Palma Bay Northern Mozambique.

The scope of work had to be broken up into a few sections so that the project would run smoothly and safely without any delays.

The dive team mobilised to Palma from Pemba with the SRP spread and decompression chamber. The dive equipment was loaded onto the supply vessel and sailed out to the DP vessel Nor Captain at the worksite in Palma Bay. The dive works were carried out from the DSV Hunter.

The divers first task was to inspect the PROD for any damages and assess its position in order to determine the method to reconnect the umbilical and recover the PROD. After inspections were completed the PROD was prepped for recovery.

The umbilical was then reconnected and divers proceeded with final checks.

The PROD was recovered back onto the DP vessel without any issues.

Equipping and servicing the offshore markets

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COMPANY PROFILE: Atlantic Commercial Diesel Services

Transforming to meet the needs of the industry

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s a 100 percent Black owned company, Grimms trading as Atlantic Commercial Diesel Services aims to support the government’s objectives of transforming the economy while meeting the needs of vessel owners who require engine experts for servicing.

With over three decades of experience, the company prides itself on having the skills and capability to overhaul, maintain and service all major marine diesel engines, propulsion, turbochargers and reduction gearboxes.

“We have highly skilled technicians experienced on all marine diesel engines. This wealth of experience in the mechanical field in diverse industry sectors has driven the company’s exponential growth to its current successful levels,” says Managing Member, Shafiek Hendricks explaining that the diverse and talented workforce is committed to achieving success for both the customer and the company.

This experience covers the servicing of all OEM’s, marine diesel engines, power generation systems and a wide range of related products, original

manufacturer components, parts and accessories.

“We have the necessary resources, capacity and experience to meet current and future customer requirements,” says Hendricks, adding that the year ahead looks positive for the company.

“Our entrepreneurial spirit and strict adherence to sound business practices will enable us to continue to enjoy our position as a leading and challenging innovator and emerging leader for many years to come,” he says.

Navy contracts

Grimms secured the contract to provide propulsion maintenance and repair services as well as spares to the South African Navy in 2017 and operate a fully functional workshop in the Naval Dockyard in Simons Town.

“We service and maintain the marine diesel engines for the entire fleet within the South African Navy. One of our noticeable achievements for the Navy has been the successful W6 refurbishing of three classic x MTU 652 Marine diesel engines. In addition to

this we have also refurbished a number of MTU 183 engines, a MTU 538 and are currently undertaking a complete rebuild on a MTU 1163 engine.

“We have a team of highly trained skilled technicians working on all engine types including Yanmar, MAN, MTU, Volvo Penta, Cummins and Mercedes-Benz, to name a few,” says Marine Sales Manager, Calvin Beyer who adds that the company has the largest marine dynamometer in Africa.

In addition the company, which is headquartered in Century City, maintains a well-stocked marine spares and parts warehouse in Capricorn Park with a dedicated Marine Spares Manager.

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PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Equipping and servicing the offshore markets

Powering the offshore market from O&G to OPL

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s the sole distributors for Yanmar, Dtorque, Hamilton Jet and Cox brand of products, Seascape Marine is able to offer complete turnkey solutions to the oil and gas as well as off port limits and other maritime sectors which require reliable vessels in demanding environments.

Diesel outboard solutions

Describing some of the many advantages of outboard motors over their inboard counterparts, Seascape Commercial Sales Engineer, Arjan Hertong, notes the space savings, versatility and ease of maintenance associated with outboards.

After the Yanmar D27 and D37 range of diesel outboards were discontinued due to emission regulations, a decline in the oil industry and the high cost of developing cleaner burning diesel engines, operators in the oil and gas sector were forced to use petrol powered outboard motors with their inherent fire risk.

Seeing a gap in the market for safer, cleaner and more durable engines in the commercial marine market, the Dtorque 111 developed by Neander Shark in conjunction with Yanmar was launched in 2017.

“This 50Hp, turbo diesel outboard engine not only outperforms with regards to its peak torque of 111Nm @ 2500rpm, but also has better fuel economy. It averages around 6 litres/ hour and will outlast other outboards with an expected lifespan of up to

three times longer,” says Hertong explaining that these results are achieved with twin counter rotating crankshafts that feature a unique “spaceball” piston design in an aluminium block that dramatically reduces vibration and noise ensuring less stress on the engine and operator. The engine is also SOLAS (MOB) approved, making it ideal for emergency and life boat applications.

Another company seeing the gap for commercial diesel outboard engines is Cox Powertrain who have developed the CXO300. “With its 300Hp and 650Nm @ 3700rpm at the propeller, this is the highest power density V8 Twin Turbo Diesel outboard on the market today,” he says.

The commercially rated CXO300 aims to offer up to 25 percent more range than a petrol outboard engine with the added peace of mind of using a less volatile fuel.

According to Hertong, there is an opportunity to develop this engine further and he believes that a higher output is achievable in the future. The CXO300 is a dedicated marine diesel engine, combined with proven vertical shaft and bevel gear arrangement which will not be strange to the a seasoned outboard engine user.

The transom plate on CXO300 engines have also been designed with industry standards in mind, making them the ideal choice for repowering petrol outboard powered vessels with the CXO300 without having to change the

Reducing the risks in liquid transfer operations

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ransferring liquids from or to vessels in ports or between vessels at anchor requires methodical planning as well as the stringent adherence to procedures to mitigate against spillages or other accidents.

In addition, as interest in ship-to-ship (STS) transfers increases around the coast of Africa, the need for properly trained crew as well as access to reliable and well-maintained equipment becomes paramount.

Frank Veenstra of Pro Liquid in Durban, South Africa, confirms that there are a number of hot spots around the continent where STS procedures are becoming more prevalent as are bunker operations. He further sees LPG as well as LNG transfers increasing in the future – especially as it becomes an alternative bunker option for more vessels.

Supporting the liquid transfer market Veenstra is tasked with the goal of providing equipment to meet the needs of the liquid transfer market from South Africa and says

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that the company has already established a significant presence for the supply of hoses, portable pumps and fenders.

Instrumental to the success of Pro Liquid’s supply of supporting infrastructure to assist the liquid transfer sector is the establishment of key partnerships for warehousing and skills in the region.

“We have established relationships with various maritime stakeholders across a number of ports in South Africa including Port Elizabeth, Cape Town and Durban,” he says adding that this has assisted Pro Liquid strategically place some of the new equipment that has been delivered to the country.

This means that a number of their partners and clients in the country now have a supporting foundation to offer value added port services. “Working together with these key companies has effectively created more opportunities in some South African ports,” he says.

“We have recently acquired additional hoses

transom of the boat.

Manoeuvrability and speed

Providing manoeuvrability and thrust at low speeds Hamilton Jet Propulsion offers electronic control options.

As the forward reverse and steering of the vessel is determined by the position of the bucket and steering nozzle, the engine speed can be kept at a constant speed while the vessel is being manoeuvred.

Ensuring maximum thrust even at low speeds, this feature is very important in the OPL and oil and gas industry where employees and goods need to be safely transferred from the supply vessel to the oil rigs or other vessels, sometimes in very rough sea conditions.

“Water jets have the added advantage of safety as there are no dangerous propellers which can injure humans or marine life in the water. Stress on the engines are also kept to a minimum as the thrust forces of the jet are directed to the hull and not to the engines,” says Hertong.

Hamilton Jet are also commercially rated and one of the few water jets where the hydraulic control cylinders are all inboard, keeping it out of the way of the harsh salt water and from accidental damage when manoeuvring in tight spaces. “The number of boats with Hamilton Jets operating in the oil and gas market is a testament to the suitability, safety and dependability of the product,” he adds.

and booster pumps for use in the local liquid transfer market,” says Veenstra explaining that the newly-landed liquid cargo hoses are all high-spec with ISO and Lloyds accreditation.

Attention to maintenance and the ability to provide assurance to users of their equipment has promoted their standing in the market. One of the Pro Liquid Mooring Masters based in the Netherlands, highlights the need for constant care.

He emphasises the need to request valid certificates from the equipment provider and notes requirements for hoses that include undergoing an annual pressure test to certify capability to 1.5 times the stated working pressure.

Due diligence in STS operations As African waters become host to an increasing number of STS operations, maritime authorities need to necessarily seek to regulate and monitor activities within their jurisdiction to ensure that equipment has valid certificates and that the sector does not attract fly-by-night operators who flout operating procedures to the potential detriment of the environment.

Robust and economical

Hertong believes that the Yanmar range offers the offshore sector a selection of economical and robust engines designed for challenging environments. Power output ranges from 57Kw to 3310Kw, in a range of inline 4, 6, 8 and V12 configurations.

“The Yanmar range of High and Medium Speed engines will cater for almost all requirements and with its ease of maintenance, mechanical engine control and economical cost of ownership will be a great investment giving many trouble-free years of service,” he explains.

All Yanmar marine engines are designed from the onset as marine engines and do not share common platforms with other industrial engines. “With most of the competitors moving to electronically controlled engines the majority of Yanmar’s commercial engines are mechanically controlled making them ideal for the African market where electronic diagnostic tools and expertise are not always readily available,” he adds.

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Situated to serve

“We are ideally situated in Paarden Eiland, Cape Town and our fully-trained and qualified staff can service or repair not only the products we represent, but any marine propulsion or auxiliary engine,” says Hertong, adding that the team is not restricted to servicing South Africa, but is able to mobilise to the rest of the continent.

“Our technicians and staff are continuously trained both inhouse and abroad to the OE manufacturers standards ensuring all work is done to the highest quality,” he concludes.

Veenstra confirms that Pro Liquid has engaged with the South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) and understands the local requirements.

Operating internationally, Pro Liquid emphasises the need to follow established and accepted industry protocols such as those contained in MARPOL Annex 1, the regulatory requirements of SOLAS as well as the ISGOTT guidelines which provide leading procedures for maintaining safe operations.

Before an operation can take place, a safety meeting needs to be arranged between the mooring master and the captain of both vessels. Checks need to be undertaken and agreed upon. According to Pro Liquid’s experienced mooring masters, a good understanding and knowledge of appropriate vessels, correct use of fenders, mooring requirements, hose lengths as well as use of manifolds and gaskets is required.

“One of the main aspects during STS operations are the primary and baby fenders,” he says adding that these need to be checked and inspected before being used in an operation. “All mooring, interconnection ropes, shackles and pins need to be inspected,” he says.

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Veenstra emphasises that companies using their equipment locally can be assured of the same attention to detail. He adds that they have sent a technician to Rotterdam for additional training. Looking at the recent approvals for STS operations within South African waters, Veenstra says; “We are pleased with the development in the local market and have established good relationships across the sector to ensure that we can meet the needs of current and future clients”.

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African Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530 ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 EBH South Africa: Tel 021 447 0536; Web www.ebh.co.za Novamarine a div of Novagroup: Tel 021506 4300; Fax 021 511 839 Scaw SA (Pty) Ltd: Tel Cpt 021 508 1500; Dbn 031 450 7400 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za

◊ Chain Connectors

African Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530 ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za Scaw SA (Pty) Ltd: Tel Cpt 021 508 1500; Dbn 031 450 7400 ◊ Chain Couplings

African Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530 ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za Scaw SA (Pty) Ltd: Tel Cpt 021 508 1500; Dbn 031 450 7400

◊ Bells

◊ Deck Equipment

Novamarine a div of Novagroup: Tel 021 506 4300; Fax 021 511 8396 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za

African Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530 ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Email info@ mrad.co.za SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za

◊ Block & Tackle

African Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530 Scaw SA (Pty) Ltd: Tel Cpt 021 508 1500; Dbn 031 450 7400 ◊ Cables

African Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530 ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 EBH South Africa: Tel 021 447 0536; Web www.ebh.co.za Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Email info@ mrad.co.za Scaw SA (Pty) Ltd: Tel Cpt 021 508 1500; Dbn 031 450 7400 SAMD (Beele Engineering): Tel 021 788 2212 ◊ Chain

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 Novamarine a div of Novagroup: Tel 021 506 4300; Fax 021 511 8396 Scaw SA (Pty) Ltd: Tel Cpt 021 508 1500; Dbn 031 450 7400 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za Is your company listed in the Buyers Guide

◊ Gear Couplings

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Tel Cpt 021 508 1500; Dbn 031 450 7400 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Email jdejongh@seascapemarine.co.za ◊ Hydraulic Drives

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Email info@ mrad.co.za Mvano Marine: Tel 021 276 1249; Fax 035 709 5231 SAMD (Beele Engineering): Tel 021 788 2212 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za ◊ Inflatable Buoys and Fenders

African Marine Solutions: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885

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African Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530 Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Email info@ mrad.co.za Novamarine a div of Novagroup: Tel 021 506 4300; Fax 021 511 8396 Viking Life-Saving Equipment (SA) (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 514 5160; Email tna@viking-life.com ◊ Lashing Systems

Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 EBH South Africa: Tel 021 447 0536; Web www.ebh.co.za Scaw SA (Pty) Ltd: Tel Cpt 021 508 1500; Dbn 031 450 7400 SGM Marine Tech: Tel 021 831 7600 email info@sturrockgrindrod.com ◊ Launch and Recovery System

Kongsberg Maritime South Africa: Tel +27 21 810 3550 Marine Solutions: Tel 021 511 0843; Email barry@marinesolutions.co.za Mvano Marine: Tel 021 276 1249; Fax 035 709 5231 ◊ Lifting Equipment

African Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530 ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za Boating World - Seakeeper & Airberth: Tel 021 418 0840; Email info@boatingworld.co.za Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 Mvano Marine: Tel 021 276 1249; Fax 035 709 5231 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za Scaw SA (Pty) Ltd: Tel Cpt 021 508 1500; Dbn 031 450 7400 ◊ Mooring Systems

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za Boating World - Seakeeper & Airberth: Tel 021 418 0840; Email info@boatingworld.co.za Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 Grindrod Marine Services Dbn: Tel 031 274 4700; Fax 031 205 9023 Mvano Marine: Tel 021 276 1249; Fax 035 709 5231 Scaw SA (Pty) Ltd: Tel Cpt 021 508 1500; Dbn 031 450 7400 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 274 1848; Fax 086 580 4702 SGM Marine Tech: Tel 021 831

7600 email info@sturrockgrindrod.com ◊ Portholes

Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 Novamarine a div of Novagroup: Tel 021 506 4300; Fax 021 511 8396 ◊ Rock Hoppers

African Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530 ◊ Rope, Fibre

African Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530 Novamarine a div of Novagroup: Tel 021 506 4300; Fax 021 511 8396 Scaw SA (Pty) Ltd: Tel Cpt 021 508 1500; Dbn 031 450 7400 ◊ Rope, Wire

African Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530 Novamarine a div of Novagroup: Tel 021 506 4300; Fax 021 511 8396 Scaw SA (Pty) Ltd: Tel Cpt 021 508 1500; Dbn 031 450 7400 ◊ Rope, Wire Greases

African Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530 Scaw SA (Pty) Ltd: Tel Cpt 021 508 1500; Dbn 031 450 7400 ◊ Rope

African Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530 ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za Novamarine a div of Novagroup: Tel 021 506 4300; Fax 021 511 8396 Scaw SA (Pty) Ltd: Tel Cpt 021 508 1500; Dbn 031 450 7400 SGM Marine Tech: Tel 021 831 7600 email info@sturrockgrindrod.com Viking Life-Saving Equipment (SA) (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 514 5160; Email tna@viking-life.com ◊ Rotachock ◊ Slings

African Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530 ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 Novamarine a div of Novagroup: Tel 021 506 4300; Fax 021 511 8396 Scaw SA (Pty) Ltd: Tel Cpt 021 508 1500; Dbn 031 450 7400

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BUYERS’ GUIDE

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SGM Marine Tech: Tel 021 831 7600 email info@sturrockgrindrod.com ◊ Swell Compensators

Mvano Marine: Tel 021 276 1249; Fax 035 709 5231 Underwater Surveys: Tel 021 709 6000; Fax 021 788 5302 ◊ Winches

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za ◊ Winch Control Systems

Mvano Marine: Tel 021 276 1249; Fax 035 709 5231 ◊ Winch Couplings

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 ◊ Winches, Sales, Repairs

EBH South Africa: Tel 021 447 0536; Web www.ebh.co.za Mvano Marine: Tel 021 276 1249; Fax 035 709 5231 SGM Marine Tech: Tel 021 831 7600 email info@sturrockgrindrod.com

EMERGENCY AND LIFESAVING EQUIPMENT / REPAIRS ◊ Distress Signals, Flares (pyrotechnics)

Novamarine a div of Novagroup: Tel 021 506 4300; Fax 021 511 8396 SGM Marine Tech: Tel 021 831 7600 email info@sturrockgrindrod.com Viking Life-Saving Equipment (SA) (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 514 5160; Email tna@viking-life.com ◊ Emergency Locating Equipment

SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886 Viking Life-Saving Equipment (SA) (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 514 5160; Email tna@viking-life.com ◊ Escape Route Signs

Novamarine a div of Novagroup: Tel 021 506 4300; Fax 021 511 8396 Viking Life-Saving Equipment (SA) (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 514 5160; Email tna@viking-life.com ◊ Fire Equipment Signs

Novamarine a div of Novagroup: Tel 021 506 4300; Fax 021 511 8396 SGM Marine Tech: Tel 021 831 7600 email info@sturrockgrindrod.com Viking Life-Saving Equipment (SA) (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 514 5160; Email tna@viking-life.com ◊ Fire-Fighting Equipment

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za Novamarine a div of Novagroup: Tel 021 506 4300; Fax 021 511

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8396 SGM Marine Tech: Tel 021 831 7600 email info@sturrockgrindrod.com Viking Life-Saving Equipment (SA) (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 514 5160; Email tna@viking-life.com

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Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Email info@ mrad.co.za Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888

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Viking Life-Saving Equipment (SA) (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 514 5160; Email tna@viking-life.com ◊ Rescue Craft Davits

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Graco Distribution BVBA: Tel +32(89)770 700: Fax +32(89)770 793 Konsberg Maritime South Africa:Tel +27 21 810 3550 Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Email info@ mrad.co.za Mvano Marine: Tel 021 276 1249; Fax 035 709 5231 Novamarine a div of Novagroup: Tel 021 506 4300; Fax 021 511 8396 Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886 SGM Marine Tech: Tel 021 831 7600 email info@sturrockgrindrod.com Viking Life-Saving Equipment (SA) (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 514 5160; Email tna@viking-life.com ◊ Safety Signs

Novamarine a div of Novagroup: Tel 021 506 4300; Fax 021 511 8396

◊ Security Cameras

ENGINE ROOM AND PROPULSION GEAR / SERVICING ◊ Adjustable Mounting Chock ◊ Anodes

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AIRR: Tel 021 905 4814: Email

info@airr.co.za ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za ◊ Control Cables

SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za ◊ Couplings

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ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za Barloworld Power Systems: Tel 031 000 0047; Fax 031 000 0051 Boating World - Seakeeper: Tel 021 418 0840; Email info@boatingworld.co.za Cummins South Africa (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 945 1888; Fax 021 945 2288 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 EBH South Africa: Tel 021 447 0536; Web www.ebh.co.za MTU South Africa (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 529 5760; info@MTU-online. co.za Peninsula Power Products: Tel 021 511 5061; Fax 021 511 5441 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Email jdejongh@seascapemarine.co.za

Products and services Southern Power Products (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 511 0653; Fax 021 510 3049 ◊ Engine, Gearbox & Oil Coolers

SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Email jdejongh@seascapemarine.co.za ◊ Engine & Gearbox Controls

Barloworld Power: Dbn Tel 031 000 050; Cpt Tel 021 959 8200 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Email jdejongh@seascapemarine.co.za ◊ Engine Starting Systems

AIRR: Tel 021 905 4814: Email info@airr.co.za ◊ Fresh Water Generators

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za SGM Marine Tech: Tel 021 831 7600 email info@sturrockgrindrod.com ◊ Fuel & Lubrication Oil Treatment

Graco Distribution BVBA: Tel +32(89)770 700: Fax +32(89)770 793 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za SGM Marine Tech: Tel 021 831 7600 email info@sturrockgrindrod.com ◊ Gearbox Sales

Barloworld Power Systems: Tel 031 000 0047; Fax 031 000 0051 Peninsula Power Products: Tel 021 511 5061; Fax 021 511 5441 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Email jdejongh@seascapemarine.co.za SGM Marine Tech: Tel 021 831 7600 email info@sturrockgrindrod.com ◊ Gearbox Spares, Repairs

Barloworld Power Systems: Tel 031 000 0047; Fax 031 000 0051 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Email jdejongh@seascapemarine.co.za SGM Marine Tech: Tel 021 831 7600 email info@sturrockgrindrod.com

◊ General Engineering Repairs

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za Dorbyl Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 EBH South Africa: Tel 021 447 0536; Web www.ebh.co.za Peninsula Power Products: Tel 021 511 5061; Fax 021 511 5441 SAMD (Beele Engineering): Tel 021 788 2212 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Email jdejongh@seascapemarine.co.za SGM Marine Tech: Tel 021 831 7600 email info@sturrockgrindrod.com ◊ Generators

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za Barloworld Power: Dbn Tel 031 000 0050; Cpt Tel 021 959 8200 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 MTU South Africa (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 529 5760; info@MTU-online. co.za SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Email jdejongh@seascapemarine.co.za SGM Marine Tech: Tel 021 831 7600 email info@sturrockgrindrod.com ◊ Governors

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za Konsberg Maritime South Africa:Tel +27 21 810 3550 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Email jdejongh@seascapemarine.co.za ◊ Nozzles

SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Email jdejongh@seascapemarine.co.za Viking Life-Saving Equipment (SA) (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 514 5160; Email tna@viking-life.com ◊ Oil Coolers

Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Email jdejongh@seascapemarine.co.za ◊ Oily Water Generators

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za ◊ Oily Water Separators

SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za

SGM Marine Tech: Tel 021 831 7600 email info@sturrockgrindrod.com ◊ Pitch Propeller Repairs

African Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za ◊ Pneumatic Engine Control Repairs

Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za ◊ Propeller Repairs, Systems

African Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206 ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za ◊ Propellers

African Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206 ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za Atlatech: Tel 021 425 4414; Fax 021 419 8367 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Email jdejongh@seascapemarine.co.za Southern Power Products (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 511 0653; Fax 021 510 3049 ◊ Propulsion Systems

African Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206 ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za Barloworld Power: Dbn Tel 031 000 0050; Cpt Tel 021 959 8200 Cummins South Africa (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 945 1888; Fax 021 945 2288 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 Mvano Marine: Tel 021 276 1249; Fax 035 709 5231 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Email jdejongh@seascapemarine.co.za Southern Power Products (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 511 0653; Fax 021 510 3049 ◊ Spare Parts

African Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206 AIRR: Tel 021 905 4814: Email info@airr.co.za

BUYERS’ GUIDE

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za Barloworld Power: Dbn Tel 031 000 0050; Cpt Tel 02 959 8200 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Email jdejongh@seascapemarine.co.za SGM Marine Tech: Tel 021 831 7600 email info@sturrockgrindrod.com ◊ Stabiliser

Boating World - Seakeeper & Airberth: Tel 021 418 0840; Email info@boatingworld.co.za ◊ Steerable Thrusters

African Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206 Boating World - Seakeeper: Tel 021 418 0840; Email info@boatingworld.co.za Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 EBH South Africa: Tel 021 447 0536; Web www.ebh.co.za SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za ◊ Turbochargers

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za DCD Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za SGM Marine Tech: Tel 021 831 7600 email info@sturrockgrindrod.com ◊ Valves

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 EBH South Africa: Tel 021 447 0536; Web www.ebh.co.za SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za ◊ Water Jets

Boating World - Seakeeper: Tel 021 418 0840; Email info@boatingworld.co.za SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Email jdejongh@seascapemarine.co.za Southern Power Products (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 511 0653; Fax 021 510 3049 Is your company listed here

FISHING GEAR ◊ Netting, Twines

African Maritime Services: Tel 021

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510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530 Scaw SA (Pty) Ltd: Tel Cpt 021 508 1500; Dbn 031 450 7400 ◊ Seabed Surveys

African Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530 Underwater Surveys: Tel 021 709 6000; Fax 021 788 5302 ◊ Spurs Net Cutters ◊ Trawls

Scaw SA (Pty) Ltd: Tel Cpt 021 508 1500; Dbn 031 450 7400 ◊ Trawl Bobbins

African Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530 ◊ Trawl Doors

African Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530 Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Email info@ mrad.co.za ◊ Trawl Floats

African Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530 ◊ Trawl Repairs

African Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530 ◊ Trawl Winches, Sales & Repairs

List your company’s details here ◊ Winches, Sales & Repairs

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za EBH South Africa: Tel 021 447 0536; Web www.ebh.co.za

FISH PROCESSING EQUIPMENT ◊ Blast Freezers

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za ◊ Cannery Equipment

List your company’s details here ◊ Chillers

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za ◊ Cutting Machines

List your company’s details here ◊ Filletting Machines

List your company’s details here ◊ Fishmeal Plants

SAMD (Beele Engineering): Tel 021 788 2212 ◊ Freezers

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za ◊ Ice Makers

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za ◊ RSW Plants

SAMD (Beele Engineering): Tel 021 788 2212 ◊ Scales

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NAVIGATION COMMUNICATION AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT / SERVICING ◊ Antenna Instruments

Konsberg Maritime South Africa:Tel +27 21 810 3550 Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Email info@ mrad.co.za Mvano Marine: Tel 021 276 1249; Fax 035 709 5231 Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886 ◊ Automatic Steering

Konsberg Maritime South Africa:Tel +27 21 810 3550 Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Email info@ mrad.co.za Mvano Marine: Tel 021 276 1249; Fax 035 709 5231 Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886 ◊ Autotrawl Systems

Mvano Marine: Tel 021 276 1249; Fax 035 709 5231 Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za ◊ Compasses

Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Email info@ mrad.co.za Mvano Marine: Tel 021 276 1249; Fax 035 709 5231 Novamarine a div of Novagroup: Tel 021 506 4300; Fax 021 511 8396 Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886 Underwater Surveys: Tel 021 709 6000; Fax 021 788 5302 ◊ Computer Systems & Equipment

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za Boating World - Seakeeper & Airberth: Tel 021 418 0840; Email info@boatingworld.co.za Konsberg Maritime South Africa:Tel +27 21 810 3550 Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Email info@

mrad.co.za Mvano Marine: Tel 021 276 1249; Fax 035 709 5231 Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886 Underwater Surveys: Tel 021 709 6000; Fax 021 788 5302 ◊ Electronic Charts & Plotters

Konsberg Maritime South Africa:Tel +27 21 810 3550 Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Email info@ mrad.co.za Mvano Marine: Tel 021 276 1249; Fax 035 709 5231 Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886 Viking Life-Saving Equipment (SA) (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 514 5160; Email tna@viking-life.com

Tel 021 559 4003; Email info@ mrad.co.za Mvano Marine: Tel 021 276 1249; Fax 035 709 5231 Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886 Viking Life-Saving Equipment (SA) (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 514 5160; Email tna@viking-life.com ◊ GMDSS Stations

Konsberg Maritime South Africa:Tel +27 21 810 3550 Marine Data Solutions: Tel 021 386 8517; Fax 021 386 8519 Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Email info@ mrad.co.za Mvano Marine: Tel 021 276 1249; Fax 035 709 5231 Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886

◊ Electronic Equipment

◊ Gyros

C Dynamics International: Tel 021 555 3232; Email Lindsay@c-dynamics.co.za Konsberg Maritime South Africa:Tel +27 21 810 3550 Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Email info@ mrad.co.za Mvano Marine: Tel 021 276 1249; Fax 035 709 5231 Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886 Underwater Surveys: Tel 021 709 6000; Fax 021 788 5302 Viking Life-Saving Equipment (SA) (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 514 5160; Email tna@viking-life.com

Boating World - Seakeeper & Airberth: Tel 021 418 0840; Email info@boatingworld.co.za Konsberg Maritime South Africa:Tel +27 21 810 3550 Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Email info@ mrad.co.za Mvano Marine: Tel 021 276 1249; Fax 035 709 5231 Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886

◊ Electronic Surveillance

Konsberg Maritime South Africa:Tel +27 21 810 3550 Marine Data Solutions: Tel 021 386 8517; Fax 021 386 8519 Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Email info@ mrad.co.za Mvano Marine: Tel 021 276 1249; Fax 035 709 5231 Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886 ◊ Fish Finding Equipment

Konsberg Maritime South Africa:Tel +27 21 810 3550 Marine Radio Acoustic Devices:

◊ Maritime Communication Equipment

Konsberg Maritime South Africa:Tel +27 21 810 3550 Marine Data Solutions: Tel 021 386 8517; Fax 021 386 8519 Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Email info@ mrad.co.za Mvano Marine: Tel 021 276 1249; Fax 035 709 5231 Novamarine a div of Novagroup: Tel 021 506 4300; Fax 021 511 8396 Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886 ◊ Navigation Equipment

Konsberg Maritime South Africa:Tel +27 21 810 3550 Marine Data Solutions: Tel 021 386 8517; Fax 021 386 8519

Products and services Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Email info@ mrad.co.za Mvano Marine: Tel 021 276 1249; Fax 035 709 5231 Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886 Underwater Surveys: Tel 021 709 6000; Fax 021 788 5302 Viking Life-Saving Equipment (SA) (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 514 5160; Email tna@viking-life.com ◊ Navigation Light Fittings and Spare Globes

C Dynamics International: Tel 021 555 3232; Email Lindsay@c-dynamics.co.za Mvano Marine: Tel 021 276 1249; Fax 035 709 5231 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za ◊ Precise DGPS Positioning

Konsberg Maritime South Africa:Tel +27 21 810 3550 Marine Data Solutions: Tel 021 386 8517; Fax 021 386 8519 Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Email info@ mrad.co.za Mvano Marine: Tel 021 276 1249; Fax 035 709 5231 Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886 Underwater Surveys: Tel 021 709 6000; Fax 021 788 5302 ◊ Radar Sales, Repairs

C Dynamics International: Tel 021 555 3232; Email Lindsay@c-dynamics.co.za Konsberg Maritime South Africa:Tel +27 21 810 3550 Marine Data Solutions: Tel 021 386 8517; Fax 021 386 8519 Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Email info@ mrad.co.za Mvano Marine: Tel 021 276 1249; Fax 035 709 5231 Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886 ◊ Radio Remote Control

Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Email info@ mrad.co.za List your company’s details here ◊ Radio Sales, Repairs

Konsberg Maritime South Africa:Tel +27 21 810 3550

Marine Data Solutions: Tel 021 386 8517; Fax 021 386 8519 Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Email info@ mrad.co.za Mvano Marine: Tel 021 276 1249; Fax 035 709 5231 Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886 Satellite Phones and Email ◊ Satelite Phones & Email

Konsberg Maritime South Africa:Tel +27 21 810 3550 Mvano Marine: Tel 021 276 1249; Fax 035 709 5231 Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886 ◊ Smoke & Fire Detector Systems

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za C Dynamics International: Tel 021 555 3232; Email Lindsay@c-dynamics.co.za Konsberg Maritime South Africa:Tel +27 21 810 3550 Mvano Marine: Tel 021 276 1249; Fax 035 709 5231 Novamarine a div of Novagroup: Tel 021 506 4300; Fax 021 511 8396 Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886 Viking Life-Saving Equipment (SA) (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 514 5160; Email tna@viking-life.com ◊ Telecommunications

Konsberg Maritime South Africa:Tel +27 21 810 3550 Marine Data Solutions: Tel 021 386 8517; Fax 021 386 8519 Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752 Mvano Marine: Tel 021 276 1249; Fax 035 709 5231 Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886 ◊ Weather & Receivers

Konsberg Maritime South Africa:Tel +27 21 810 3550 Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752 Mvano Marine: Tel 021 276 1249;

Fax 035 709 5231 Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886

PROFESSIONAL & SPECIALISED SERVICES ◊ Acoustic Surveys

Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752 Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772 Underwater Surveys: Tel 021 709 6000; Fax 021 788 5302 ◊ Aluminium Technical Information

Hulamin (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 507 9100; Fax 021 534 2469 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za ◊ Attorneys Maritime Law

Bowman Gilfillan: CPT Tel 021 480 7811; Fax 021 424 1688: DBN Tel 031 265 0651; Fax 086 604 6318 ◊ Bulk Terminals

African Marine Solutions: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885 ◊ Classification Societies

BUYERS’ GUIDE

Underwater Surveys: Tel 021 709 6000; Fax 021 788 5302 ◊ Consulting Engineers

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za ◊ Crew Transport Services

Servest Marine Services: Tel 021 448 3500; Fax 021 447 0895 ◊ Equipment Selection & Procurement

African Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206 African Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530 ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za Boating World - Seakeeper & Airberth: Tel 021 418 0840; Email info@boatingworld.co.za Grindrod Marine Services: Tel 021 511 5504; Fax 021 511 1770: Dbn: Tel 031 274 4700; Fax 031 274 4996 Konsberg Maritime South Africa:Tel +27 21 810 3550 Mvano Marine: Tel 021 276 1249; Fax 035 709 5231 Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772 Underwater Surveys: Tel 021 709 6000; Fax 021 788 5302 ◊ Enviromental Services

SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886

Anchor Environmental: Tel 021 701 3420; Email admin@anchorenvironmental.co.za

◊ Consultancy & Training

◊ Ferry Services

African Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530 Allweld Solutions: Tel 021 510 1482; Fax 021 510 8082 ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za Konsberg Maritime South Africa:Tel +27 21 810 3550 Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752 SMD Telecommunications: Tel 021 511 0556; Fax 021 511 2886 TETA: Tel 021 531 3064; Fax 021 5313063 ◊ Consultants

African Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206 African Marine Solutions: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885 African Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530 ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za Offshore Maritime Services: Tel 021 425 3372; Fax 021 425 3379 SAMTRA: Tel 021 786 8400; email admin@samtra.co.za Sturrock Grindrod Maritime: Tel 021 405 8200; email info@sturrockgrindrod.com Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772

African Marine Solutions: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885 ◊ Fisheries Research

African Marine Solutions: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885 Anchor Environmental: Tel 021 701 3420; Email admin@anchorenvironmental.co.za Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Email info@ mrad.co.za ◊ Harbour, Ocean Towage

SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za Servest Marine Services: Tel 021 448 3500; Fax 021 447 0895 ◊ Heavy Lift

African Marine Solutions: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za ◊ Inspection & Testing Services

Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772 ◊ Laser Alignment ◊ Launch Services

Servest Marine Services: Tel 021

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448 3500; Fax 021 447 0895 Offshore Maritime Services: Tel 021 425 3372; Fax 021 425 3379 ◊ Logistics

Sturrock Grindrod Maritime: Tel 021 405 8200; email info@sturrockgrindrod.com ◊ Maritime Education

SAMTRA: Tel 021 786 8400; email admin@samtra.co.za ◊ Marine Surveyors

Offshore Maritime Services: Tel 021 425 3372 Fax 021 425 3379 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za ◊ Maritime Training

Konsberg Maritime South Africa:Tel +27 21 810 3550 Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752 Marine Solutions: Tel 021 511 0843; Email barry@marinesolutions.co.za Mvano Marine: Tel 021 276 1249; Fax 035 709 5231 Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 SAMTRA: Tel 021 786 8400; email admin@samtra.co.za Sea Safety Training Centre: Tel 022 742 1297; Fax 022 742 1365 Unicorn Training School: Tel 031 274 4770 Fax 031 5578 ◊ Naval Architects

SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za ◊ Net Monitoring

Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Email info@ mrad.co.za ◊ Onsite Machining

Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za ◊ P & I Club Representatives

Bowman Gilfillan: CPT Tel 021 480 7811; Fax 021 424 1688: DBN 031 265 0651; Fax 086 604 6318 ◊ Personnel Agency

African Marine Solutions: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885 Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772 ◊ Project Management

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752 Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800;

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Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za Sturrock Grindrod Maritime: Tel 021 405 8200; info@sturrockgrindrod.com Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772 Underwater Surveys: Tel 021 709 6000; Fax 021 788 5302 ◊ Salvors

African Marine Solutions: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885 Atlatech: Tel 021 425 4414; Fax 021 419 8367 Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772 ◊ Seabed Surveys

African Marine Solutions: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885 Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Fax 021 559 2752 Marine Solutions: Tel 021 511 0843; Email barry@marinesolutions.co.za Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772 Underwater Surveys: Tel 021 709 6000; Fax 021 788 5302 ◊ Ship Management

African Marine Solutions: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 Sturrock Grindrod Maritime: Tel 021 405 8200; email info@sturrockgrindrod.com ◊ Ship Registration ◊ Spares Procurement

African Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206 ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za Grindrod Marine Services: Tel 021 511 5504; Fax 021 511 1770: Dbn: Tel 031 274 4700; Fax 031 274 4996 Konsberg Maritime South Africa:Tel +27 21 810 3550 Mvano Marine: Tel 021 276 1249; Fax 035 709 5231 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za ◊ STCW 95Training

Unicorn Training School: Tel 031 274 4770 Fax 031 5578 Is your company listed here ◊ Superintendent (Marine)

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za SAMTRA: Tel 021 786 8400; email admin@samtra.co.za Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Email jdejongh@seascapemarine.co.za Sturrock Grindrod Maritime: Tel 021 405 8200; email info@sturrockgrindrod.com Is your company listed here

◊ Surveyors, Hull, Machinery

◊ Fresh & Sea Water Pumps

SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za Underwater Surveys: Tel 021 709 6000; Fax 021 788 5302

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za C Dynamics International: Tel 021 555 3232; Email Lindsay@c-dynamics.co.za Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za

◊ Tailshaft Surveys

Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za ◊ Technical Documents

SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za ◊ Towage

African Marine Solutions: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885 Offshore Maritime Services: Tel 021 425 3372; Fax 021 425 3379 Servest Marine Services: Tel 021 448 3500; Fax 021 447 0895 ◊ Vessel Purchase/Sales

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za ◊ Vessel Management, Crew supplies, Maintenance Planning

African Marine Solutions: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885 Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Email jdejongh@seascapemarine.co.za

PUMPS ◊ Ballast Water Systems

African Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206 ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 ◊ Bilge Pumps

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za C Dynamics International: Tel 021 555 3232; Email Lindsay@c-dynamics.co.za Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 Graco Distribution BVBA: Tel +32(89)770 700: Fax +32(89)770 793 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za SGM Marine Tech: Tel 021 831 7600 email info@sturrockgrindrod.com ◊ Diaphragm Pumps

AIRR: Tel 021 905 4814: Email info@airr.co.za ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za ◊ Fish Pumps & Hoses

SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za

◊ Marine Pump Sales

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za C Dynamics International: Tel 021 555 3232; Email Lindsay@c-dynamics.co.za SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za ◊ Pumping Services

African Marine Solutions: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885 ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za Atlatech: Tel 021 425 4414; Fax 021 419 8367 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772 ◊ Pumps

AIRR: Tel 021 905 4814: Email info@airr.co.za ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 Graco Distribution BVBA: Tel +32(89)770 700: Fax +32(89)770 793 Marine Radio Acoustic Devices: Tel 021 559 4003; Email info@ mrad.co.za SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772 ◊ Pump Sales & Service

AIRR: Tel 021 905 4814: Email info@airr.co.za ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 Graco Distribution BVBA: Tel +32(89)770 700: Fax +32(89)770 793 Hytec Cape: Tel 021 551 4747; Fax 021 551 2575 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772 0836 ◊ Spare Parts

AIRR: Tel 021 905 4814: Email info@airr.co.za ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za

Products and services Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 Graco Distribution BVBA: Tel +32(89)770 700: Fax +32(89)770 793 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za SGM Marine Tech: Tel 021 831 7600 email info@sturrockgrindrod.com Is your company listed here

◊ Boiler Cleaning

SHIP REPAIR & MARINE MAINTENANCE & ENGINEERING SERVICES & EQUIPMENT

◊ Boiler Repairs

◊ Anti fouling systems

Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 EBH South Africa: Tel 021 447 0536; Web www.ebh.co.za SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za SGM Marine Tech: Tel 021 831 7600 email info@sturrockgrindrod.com ◊ Battery Charges & Inverters

C Dynamics International: Tel 021 555 3232; Email Lindsay@c-dynamics.co.za Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 Konsberg Maritime South Africa:Tel +27 21 810 3550 Mvano Marine: Tel 021 276 1249; Fax 035 709 5231 Novamarine a div of Novagroup: Tel 021 506 4300; Fax 021 511 8396 Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za ◊ Battery Management

C Dynamics International: Tel 021 555 3232; Email Lindsay@c-dynamics.co.za Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 Konsberg Maritime South Africa:Tel +27 21 810 3550 Mvano Marine: Tel 021 276 1249; Fax 035 709 5231 Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za SGM Marine Tech: Tel 021 831 7600 email info@sturrockgrindrod.com ◊ Boat Builders

Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 Hulamin (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 507 9100; Fax 021 534 2469 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za DCD Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 EBH South Africa: Tel 021 447 0536; Web www.ebh.co.za SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 EBH South Africa: Tel 021 447 0536; Web www.ebh.co.za SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za ◊ Cathodic Protection

Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 EBH South Africa: Tel 021 447 0536; Web www.ebh.co.za Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 SA Corrosion Control: Tel 021 510 1659, Fax 021 510 1481 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za SGM Marine Tech: Tel 021 831 7600 email info@sturrockgrindrod.com Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772 ◊ Cleaning

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za Atlatech: Tel 021 425 4414; Fax 021 419 8367 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 EBH South Africa: Tel 021 447 0536; Web www.ebh.co.za Graco Distribution BVBA: Tel +32(89)770 700: Fax +32(89)770 793 SA Corrosion Control: Tel 021 510 1659, Fax 021 510 1481 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za SGM Marine Tech: Tel 021 831 7600 email info@sturrockgrindrod.com Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772 ◊ Cold Metal Repairs

Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 EBH South Africa: Tel 021 447 0536; Web www.ebh.co.za SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za ◊ Compressors

AIRR: Tel 021 905 4814: Email info@airr.co.za ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za

EBH South Africa: Tel 021 447 0536; Web www.ebh.co.za ◊ Corrosion Prevention

Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 EBH South Africa: Tel 021 447 0536; Web www.ebh.co.za Graco Distribution BVBA: Tel +32(89)770 700: Fax +32(89)770 793 SA Corrosion Control: Tel 021 510 1659, Fax 021 510 1481 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za SGM Marine Tech: Tel 021 831 7600 email info@sturrockgrindrod.com Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772 ◊ Cutless Bearings

African Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206 ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 EBH South Africa: Tel 021 447 0536; Web www.ebh.co.za SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za SGM Marine Tech: Tel 021 831 7600 email info@sturrockgrindrod.com ◊ Diving Services

African Marine Solutions: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885 Atlatech: Tel 021 425 4414; Fax 021 419 8367 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772 Are you listed in the Buyers Guide ◊ Drydocking

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za Atlatech: Tel 021 425 4414; Fax 021 419 8367 Boating World - Seakeeper & Airberth: Tel 021 418 0840; Email info@boatingworld.co.za Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 EBH South Africa: Tel 021 447 0536; Web www.ebh.co.za SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za SGM Marine Tech: Tel 021 831 7600 email info@sturrockgrindrod.com Sturrock Grindrod Maritime: Tel 021 405 8200; email info@sturrockgrindrod.com ◊ Electrical & Mechanical Repairs

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274

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1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 EBH South Africa: Tel 021 447 0536; Web www.ebh.co.za Mvano Marine: Tel 021 276 1249; Fax 035 709 5231 Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 SAMD (Beele Engineering): Tel 021 788 2212 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Email jdejongh@seascapemarine.co.za SGM Marine Tech: Tel 021 831 7600 email info@sturrockgrindrod.com ◊ Electrical Cable Support Systems

DCD Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038 EBH South Africa: Tel 021 447 0536; Web www.ebh.co.za Mvano Marine: Tel 021 276 1249; Fax 035 709 5231 Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 SAMD (Beele Engineering): Tel 021 788 2212 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za ◊ Electrical Installations

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za DCD Marine Cape Town: Tel 021 460 6000; Fax 021 447 6038 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 EBH South Africa: Tel 021 447 0536; Web www.ebh.co.za Mvano Marine: Tel 021 276 1249; Fax 035 709 5231 Radio Holland: Tel 021 508 4700; Fax 021 508 4888 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za ◊ Electrical Motor Repairs

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 EBH South Africa: Tel 021 447 0536; Web www.ebh.co.za SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za ◊ Explosion Proof Equipment

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za EBH South Africa: Tel 021 447 0536; Web www.ebh.co.za Konsberg Maritime South Africa:Tel +27 21 810 3550 SAMD (Beele Engineering): Tel 021 788 2212 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za ◊ Fabrication

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za

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Products and services

EBH South Africa: Tel 021 447 0536; Web www.ebh.co.za ◊ Gritblasting

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za Atlatech: Tel 021 425 4414; Fax 021 419 8367 Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 EBH South Africa: Tel 021 447 0536; Web www.ebh.co.za Graco Distribution BVBA: Tel +32(89)770 700: Fax +32(89)770 793 SA Corrosion Control: Tel 021 510 1659, Fax 021 510 1481 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za ◊ Gritblasting Equipment

Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 EBH South Africa: Tel 021 447 0536; Web www.ebh.co.za SA Corrosion Control: Tel 021 510 1659, Fax 021 510 1481 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za ◊ HVAC Systems

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za E.R.A.S.E.: Tel 021 949 8955; Fax 021 946 3178 ◊ High (Ultra) Pressure Water Jetting

Atlatech: Tel 021 425 4414; Fax 021 419 8367 EBH South Africa: Tel 021 447 0536; Web www.ebh.co.za SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za ◊ Hold Tank Cleaning

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za Atlatech: Tel 021 425 4414; Fax 021 419 8367 EBH South Africa: Tel 021 447 0536; Web www.ebh.co.za Graco Distribution BVBA: Tel +32(89)770 700: Fax +32(89)770 793 SA Corrosion Control: Tel 021 510 1659, Fax 021 510 1481 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za SGM Marine Tech: Tel 021 831 7600 email info@sturrockgrindrod.com

quiry@allsurvey.co.za Atlatech: Tel 021 425 4414; Fax 021 419 8367 EBH South Africa: Tel 021 447 0536; Web www.ebh.co.za Graco Distribution BVBA: Tel +32(89)770 700: Fax +32(89)770 793 SA Corrosion Control: Tel 021 510 1659, Fax 021 510 1481 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za SGM Marine Tech: Tel 021 831 7600 email info@sturrockgrindrod.com Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772 ◊ Hydraulic Systems & Equipment

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za Graco Distribution BVBA: Tel +32(89)770 700: Fax +32(89)770 793 Mvano Marine: Tel 021 276 1249; Fax 035 709 5231 SAMD (Beele Engineering): Tel 021 788 2212 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za ◊ Hydroblasting

Atlatech: Tel 021 425 4414; Fax 021 419 8367 EBH South Africa: Tel 021 447 0536; Web www.ebh.co.za Graco Distribution BVBA: Tel +32(89)770 700: Fax +32(89)770 793 SA Corrosion Control: Tel 021 510 1659, Fax 021 510 1481 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za ◊ Insulation

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za ◊ Marine Airconditioning

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za C Dynamics International: Tel 021 555 3232; Email Lindsay@c-dynamics.co.za E.R.A.S.E.: Tel 021 949 8955; Fax 021 946 3178 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za

◊ Hull Blasting & Painting

◊ Marine Coatings

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za Atlatech: Tel 021 425 4414; Fax 021 419 8367 EBH South Africa: Tel 021 447 0536; Web www.ebh.co.za SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za

Atlatech: Tel 021 425 4414; Fax 021 419 8367 EBH South Africa: Tel 021 447 0536; Web www.ebh.co.za SA Corrosion Control: Tel 021 510 1659, Fax 021 510 1481 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za SAMD (Beele Engineering): Tel 021 788 2212

◊ Hull Cleaning

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email en-

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◊ Marine UPS Inverters

C Dynamics International: Tel 021 555 3232; Email Lindsay@c-dynamics.co.za Konsberg Maritime South Africa:Tel +27 21 810 3550 Mvano Marine: Tel 021 276 1249; Fax 035 709 5231 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za ◊ Pipe Fittings: Pipes

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za EBH South Africa: Tel 021 447 0536; Web www.ebh.co.za SAMD (Beele Engineering): Tel 021 788 2212 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za ◊ Refridgerated Dryers

AIRR: Tel 021 905 4814: Email info@airr.co.za ◊ Refrigeration Service & Repairs

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za ◊ ROV Services

Marine Solutions: Tel 021 511 0843; Email barry@marinesolutions.co.za ◊ Rudder Repairs/Surveys

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za Atlatech: Tel 021 425 4414; Fax 021 419 8367 EBH South Africa: Tel 021 447 0536; Web www.ebh.co.za SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za ◊ Ship Conversions

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za Boating World - Seakeeper: Tel 021 418 0840; Email info@boatingworld.co.za EBH South Africa: Tel 021 447 0536; Web www.ebh.co.za SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za ◊ Ship Painting

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za Atlatech: Tel 021 425 4414; Fax 021 419 8367 EBH South Africa: Tel 021 447 0536; Web www.ebh.co.za Graco Distribution BVBA: Tel +32(89)770 700: Fax +32(89)770 793 SA Corrosion Control: Tel 021 510 1659, Fax 021 510 1481 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za Is your company listed here

◊ Ship Repairs & Maintenance

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za Atlatech: Tel 021 425 4414; Fax 021 419 8367 EBH South Africa: Tel 021 447 0536; Web www.ebh.co.za Graco Distribution BVBA: Tel +32(89)770 700: Fax +32(89)770 793 Konsberg Maritime South Africa:Tel +27 21 810 3550 SAMD (Beele Engineering): Tel 021 788 2212 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za SGM Marine Tech: Tel 021 831 7600 email info@sturrockgrindrod.com ◊ Steel Works

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za EBH South Africa: Tel 021 447 0536; Web www.ebh.co.za SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za ◊ Steering Gear, Repairs

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za EBH South Africa: Tel 021 447 0536; Web www.ebh.co.za SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za ◊ Stern Bearings

African Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206 ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za EBH South Africa: Tel 021 447 0536; Web www.ebh.co.za SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za ◊ Sterngear

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za EBH South Africa: Tel 021 447 0536; Web www.ebh.co.za SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za Seascape Marine Services: Tel 021 511 8201; Email jdejongh@seascapemarine.co.za ◊ Stud Welding

EBH South Africa: Tel 021 447 0536; Web www.ebh.co.za SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za ◊ Subsea Electronic Engineering

Marine Solutions: Tel 021 511 0843; Email barry@marinesolutions.co.za ◊ Tank Cleaning/Sludge Removal & Disposal

African Bunkering and Shipping: Tel 031 579 2532

Products and services ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za Atlatech: Tel 021 425 4414; Fax 021 419 8367 EBH South Africa: Tel 021 447 0536; Web www.ebh.co.za Graco Distribution BVBA: Tel +32(89)770 700: Fax +32(89)770 793 SA Corrosion Control: Tel 021 510 1659, Fax 021 510 1481 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za ◊ Tank Blasting & Coating

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za Atlatech: Tel 021 425 4414; Fax 021 419 8367 EBH South Africa: Tel 021 447 0536; Web www.ebh.co.za Graco Distribution BVBA: Tel +32(89)770 700: Fax +32(89)770 793 SA Corrosion Control: Tel 021 510 1659, Fax 021 510 1481 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za ◊ Thruster Repairs

African Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206 ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za EBH South Africa: Tel 021 447 0536; Web www.ebh.co.za SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za ◊ Ultrasonic Cleaning

SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za SGM Marine Tech: Tel 021 831 7600 email info@sturrockgrindrod.com ◊ Underwater Hull Cleaning

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za ◊ Underwater Welding Repairs

Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 EBH South Africa: Tel 021 447 0536; Web www.ebh.co.za SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772

Underwater Surveys: Tel 021 709 6000; Fax 021 788 5302 ◊ Welding Repairs

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 EBH South Africa: Tel 021 447 0536; Web www.ebh.co.za SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za

SHIP SUPPLY ◊ Bunkers

African Bunkering and Shipping: Tel 031 579 2532 African Marine Solutions: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885 SABT (Pty)Ltd: Tel 021 551 9588; Email bunkers@sabunker.com ◊ Crew Changes

African Marine Solutions: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885 Servest Marine Services: Tel 021 448 3500; Fax 021 447 0895 Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772

BUYERS’ GUIDE

1659, Fax 021 510 1481 Viking Life-Saving Equipment (SA) (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 514 5160; Fax 086 403 4211 ◊ Ship Chandlers

African Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530 Novamarine a div of Novagroup: Tel 021 506 4300; Fax 021 511 8396 ◊ Spare Parts African Marine Propulsion: Tel 021 801 0898; Fax 086 219 0206 AIRR: Tel 021 905 4814: Email info@airr.co.za ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za Mvano Marine: Tel 021 276 1249; Fax 035 709 5231 SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za SGM Marine Tech: Tel 021 831 7600 email info@sturrockgrindrod.com

◊ Lubricants

AIRR: Tel 021 905 4814: Email info@airr.co.za SABT (Pty)Ltd: Tel 021 551 9588; Email bunkers@sabunker.com ◊ Launches, Helicopters

African Marine Solutions: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885 Servest Marine Services: Tel 021 448 3500; Fax 021 447 0895 ◊ Offshore Rig Supply

African Marine Solutions: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885 African Maritime Services: Tel 021 510 3532; Fax 021 510 3530 ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za Novamarine a div of Novagroup: Tel 021 506 4300; Fax 021 511 8396 SABT (Pty)Ltd: Tel 021 551 9588; Email bunkers@sabunker.com

◊ Oil Pollution Abatement / Cleanup

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za African Marine Solutions: Tel 021 507 5777; Fax 021 507 5885 SA Corrosion Control: Tel 021 510 1659, Fax 021 510 1481

◊ Underwater Systems

◊ Oil Pollution Equipment

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za Dormac (Pty) Ltd: Dbn Tel 031 274 1500; Cpt Tel 021 512 2900 Marine Solutions: Tel 021 511 0843; Email barry@marinesolutions.co.za SA Shipyards: Tel 031 2741800; Email charlesm@sa-shipyards. co.za Subtech (Pty) Ltd: Tel 031 206 2073; Fax 031 205 7772

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za SA Corrosion Control: Tel 021 510 1659, Fax 021 510 1481 Viking Life-Saving Equipment (SA) (Pty) Ltd: Tel 021 514 5160; Fax 086 403 4211 ◊ Oil Spill Prevention Kits

ASI: Tel 021 527 7040; Email enquiry@allsurvey.co.za SA Corrosion Control: Tel 021 510

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