10 Jan 2012

Fishing & Maritime

 

2012 is going to be a GOOD year!

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WWF congratulates Pacific Islands for certification of major tuna fishery
SWITZERLAND: A skipjack tuna fishery managed by eight Pacific Island nations has been certified as sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), a move WWF says will promote the future health of tuna stocks in the region, bring major benefits to the fishing industry, and have positive repercussions for consumers around the world. Read more >>

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. Read more >>

Marine Engineering


Dredger sinks at Port Ngqura
According to The Herald quick-thinking emergency workers in Nelson Mandela Bay averted a potential tragedy when a large Chinese dredger sank at the Port of Ngqura. Their actions came in response to a rescue call made from one of the 15 people working on the dredger. Read more >>

Shipping


Rotterdam port chalks up new record
THE HAGUE: Rotterdam, Europe's largest container port and among the world's top 10, said on Thursday it recorded a new record throughput of 433 million tonnes, despite the continent's economic downturn. Read more >>

Taiwan mulls armed guards on ships against pirates
TAIPEI, TAIWAN: Taiwan is considering a plan to place armed guards on board local ships that sail in pirate-infested waters, especially off Somalia, officials and media said on Tuesday. Read more >>

PetroSA not responsible for oil spill
Oil that washed up on Diaz Beach in Mossel Bay did not come from PetroSA and the puffy lumps of oil that were found on the beach were most likely to have originated from an unknown vessel that cleaned out the bunker tanks while at sea according to a report in Business Live. Read more >>


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