Calls to halt new Mozambique harbour

A new harbour planned by Mozambique - that will be built 20 kilometres north of the KwaZulu-Natal border - is situated in the heart of an international tourism and wilderness conservation area. 27 Sep 2011 16:34

Red tide suffocating pilchards

A persistent red tide bloom is causing shoals of pilchards to swim into the surf zone around the Cape Peninsula according to Times Live. 23 Nov 2011 16:23

Sailors rescued as The Wizard sinks

Five sailors were rescued by a Singaporean tanker after their yacht, The Wizard, sank off Maputo after striking a container in the early hours of the morning, according to a report published in print and electronic editions of The Mercury. 8 Nov 2011 08:14

Amandla Marine: Fishy patrol fleet tender

Times Live reports that the company in charge of South Africa's research and patrol fleet crashed a government ship - and is now refusing to pay for repairs estimated at up to R15m. 30 Dec 2011 09:27

Abalone poachers had better watch out

Eyewitness News and SABC News report that abalone poachers will be hunted down using extremely fast chase boats that are designed for inshore work and are being manned by military veterans. 18 Nov 2011 13:03

New R1.3bn Agulhas II in ship-hull research

Engineering News reports that Stellenbosch University and the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) have embarked on a research programme, using the new SA Agulhas II, South Africa's new polar research vessel, to further understand the hull design of icebreaking ships and their behaviour in ice conditions. 2 Feb 2012 11:18

Transnet scuppers oil rig plans

According to a Business Report report, a multi-million plan to build a supply base to service oil rigs at Saldanha Bay has been scuppered, after Transnet National Ports Authority changed the conditions for the shipping firm wanting to build it. 31 Jan 2012 10:42

UMass Amherst ecologists record and study deep-sea fish noises

AMHERST: University of Massachusetts Amherst fish biologists have published one of the first studies of deep-sea fish sounds in more than 50 years, collected from the sea floor about 2,237 feet (682 metres) below the North Atlantic. With recording technology now more affordable, Rodney Rountree, Francis Juanes and colleagues are exploring the idea that many fish make sounds to communicate with each other, especially those that live in the perpetual dark of the deep ocean. 31 Jan 2012 09:01

Exploring SA's wet wealth

[David Furlonger] It's an extraordinary scene. Just over 100m beneath the Indian Ocean surface off SA's east coast, a group of coelacanth are clearly visible in movie close-up, turning their backs on the prying spotlight. Otherwise they seem remarkably unperturbed by the intrusion. 24 Jan 2012 10:35

Ban on use of Number Two jetty to remain?

The Department of Home Affairs is adamant that Cape Town's Victoria & Alfred Waterfront is not a "designated point of entry" and is standing by its decision that all cruise ships must berth in Duncan Dock, according to a report on Business Live. 17 Jan 2012 13:43

South Africa remains on IMO Council

Ports & Ships Maritime News reports that, following recent elections, South Africa was re-elected to the Council of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), but Nigeria lost out to Denmark by a single vote in its bid to remain a Category C Council member. 12 Dec 2011 12:21

Shipping's US$40 billion may fund climate fund

According to a draft document seen by Reuters at the United Nations climate talks in Durban, money raised by "specific actions" to reduce emissions from maritime bunker fuels, which may be designed and implemented by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), could be directed to developing countries and used to aid climate adaptation through a Green Climate Fund. 7 Dec 2011 17:07

Pick n Pay greens seafood operations

[Wilma den Hartigh] Pick n Pay has become the first South African retailer to commit to transform its entire fresh, frozen and canned seafood operations by the end of 2015. 6 Dec 2011 11:24