Fish Update magazine reports that maritime opportunities form the focus of the co-located Fish & Marine Africa 2012 and Oil & Gas Africa 2012 trade exhibitions. According to John Thomson, MD of Exhibition Management Services, organisers of Fish & Marine Africa and co-organiser of Oil & Gas Africa, both trade exhibitions provide extensive international focal points for relevant business and stakeholder networking.
Read more >>Black economic empowerment companies in the fishing industry are demanding that they get higher quotas in a sector that has failed to transform itself in line with the rest of South Africa, according to
Business Report.
Read more >>A huge derrick barge, the DB Superior Pride that has a six-deck accommodation and control section, has docked in Durban for repairs, according to a report published in print and electronic editions of
The Mercury.
Read more >>African nations have been urged to pool their resources to fight maritime security threats and to prevent pirates from attacking or hijacking ships, according to an article published by News24.
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Safmarine has merged its operations and corporate management into Maersk in a move that will probably result in 240 jobs being lost and will lead to the closure of Safmarine's head office in Antwerp, according to an article published by
The Economic Times and
The Journal of Commerce.
Read more >>The South African National Defence Force is to get an additional R81-million that will be used to fight piracy in the Mozambique Channel, according to a report in
Business Day.
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