Back at Sea
SA AGULHAS
BACK AT SEA
Atlantic and Indian Ocean. “We intend to keep growing the number of ships operated from Cape Town and flying the South African flag,” he says with assurance.
Refit for a queen Had the 46-year-old SA Agulhas not found a new owner and renewed purpose, she may well have found herself heading to the scrap yard. Instead,
she was sent to the dry dock for a major overhaul and update to return her to class. Readily admitted that the dry-docking programme had been significantly more extensive than initially thought, Bülow notes that the R100 million spent during the year-long refurbishment was undertaken almost entirely by local contractors. This windfall for the ship repair sector cannot be Maritime Review Africa ON BOARD 2025
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