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Your first weekly newsletter from Bizcommunity.com Fishing & MaritimeBizcommunity.com is proud to present you with the first weekly newsletter for Bizcommunity Fishing & Maritime. Bizcommunity has been the number one B2B site in South Africa for Marketing, Media and Retail for the last decade and we are now expanding our offering. With a focus on Fishing & Maritime, anyone wanting to know the who, what, where and why of what's happening in the industry need look no further. How do you stay on top of your industry? 1. Increase your team's knowledge: a well-informed team will consistently achieve more. Invite your friends, colleagues, suppliers, customers and partners to subscribe to this free newsletter. 2. List your company FREE in the business directory. 3. Submit your company news to maritimenews@bizcommunity.com. 4. Are you an expert in your industry sector? Exclusive contributions may be sent to contributor-maritime@bizcommunity.com, together with a short personal profile, low res portrait pic and contact details/social media links (to be included at the end of your article). 5. Other submissions: new business, new appointments, events, jobs offered ads, forum topic, noticeboards and galleries. We trust you will find our newsletter a valuable resource to stay ahead of the pack in the Fishing & Maritime industry. To navigate to our new industry portals, go to www.bizcommunity.com and use the drop-down menu found next to the logo at the top of the homepage. See our other industries here: Agriculture, Arts & Entertainment, Automotive, Environment, Finance, Maritime, Government, Aesthetics & Beauty, Human Resources, IT & Telecoms, Legal, Manufacturing, Science & Technology, Tourism, Logistics, Lifestyle.Sindy Peters, Content development manager
Submit your company news to maritimenews@bizcommunity.com. Exclusive contributions may be sent to contributor-maritime@bizcommunity.com. Top stories
Commercial Fishing
South Africa's Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and the government of Swaziland signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) recently, to collaborate on research, technology and capacity building. Read more >>
Fishing and Maritime
 [Paddy Hartdegen] Pirates operating off the coast of Benin hijacked a tanker and held 23 crew members hostage before locking them in the engine room. The live piracy report from the International Maritime Bureau says that shortly after the pirates had captured the crew, they left the ship. It is not known why the pirates abandoned it. Read more >>
 PRETORIA: In a bid to deal more effectively with pirates, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) is to hold a summit at the end of October. Read more >>
Shipping
 [Paddy Hartdegen] A report published by Oxfam and the World Wildlife Fund proposes that a carbon levy be imposed on international shipping and says that this should be at the heart of the United Nations climate change conference to be held in Durban later this year. Read more >>
SAS Mendi, the South Africa Navy's Valour-class frigate, is on its way to Pemba in the northern part of the Mozambique Channel where it will be used to protect merchants ships and other vessels from Somali pirates. Read more >>
[Paddy Hartdegen] Transnet has placed orders for seven new ship-to-shore cranes for the Durban Container Terminal. The cranes have a tandem lifting capability and can lift two 12-metre containers at once or four six metres ones. Read more >>
Agriculture, Horticulture & Forestry
PRETORIA: The South African government has approved the publication of a draft of the Plant Breeders' Rights Amendment Bill and is now available for public comment. Read more >>
Production
 The Film and Publication Board (FPB) and the department of home affairs recently screened the film 'Trust', which illustrates the potential dangers of children accessing the internet and interacting with others through social media. Read more >>
Administration
 Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has urged municipalities to forget the frills like Mercedes Benzes and to stick to the basics like service delivery. He was briefing journalists in Cape Town on the newly released Local Government Budgets and Spending Review for 2011. Read more >>
Transport
The controversial R10-billion Winelands toll road in the Western Cape will go ahead despite widespread objections to its development. The City of Cape Town - which has already declared an inter-governmental dispute with the Transport Ministry - says that litigation may be the only way to prevent the toll road. Read more >>
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