A new interactive display on Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas (PSSA) has been launched at the International Maritime Organisation's (IMO) headquarters, as well as online.
21 May 2013 10:19
[Anders Jansson] Marine energy, for instance energy from tidal and ocean currents, is the 'best of the best' amongst green energy sources: it has the greatest potential; in theory, the planet's oceans could supply the entire world with renewable energy.
13 May 2013 14:30
The first-ever summit to focus specifically on the issue of marine debris around the African continent will be taking place during World Environmental Week and World Ocean Day, 6-8 June 2013 in Cape Town, South Africa.
7 May 2013 08:41
At a special ceremony in Cape Town, WWF South Africa (WWF-SA) presented Water and Environmental Affairs Minister, Edna Molewa with a "Gift to the Earth" award, which the minister received on behalf of the South African government, following the recent formal gazetting of the declaration of the Prince Edward Islands Marine Protected Area (MPA) - South Africa's first offshore MPA.
6 May 2013 11:43
The deadline of 31 May for public comment on the new five-year plan for restructuring SA's port tariffs from 2014 is looming fast with just a week to go.
24 May 2013 10:25
The most glaring oddity of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson's proposed changes to SA's marine resources legislation is that it appears to make whale watching an offence - unless the watcher has her permission.
23 May 2013 11:07
PRETORIA: Cabinet has approved the National Aquaculture Policy Framework (NAPF), says acting Cabinet spokesperson Phumla Williams on Thursday, 16 May 2013.
21 May 2013 08:45
According to a report on IOL, government is considering handing over responsibility for South Africa's marine patrol vessels to the Department of Transport's SA Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA).
21 May 2013 09:23
SAN DIEGO: Ocean frontier explorer and world-renowned filmmaker James Cameron has been named by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego as the recipient of the 2013 Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest.
21 May 2013 09:55
Perennially profitable fishing company Oceana could be angling for an offshore acquisition.
20 May 2013 08:46[Helmo Preuss] SA's bulk export volumes rose by 0.5% year-on-year (y/y) in April to 13.1m tons (Mt)‚ according to data from the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) released on Monday (13 May).
14 May 2013 09:59 
There seems little doubt that despite questions and some objections, the proposed new dig-out port on the site of the old Durban International airport will go ahead. Exploratory drilling on the site by Transnet is already under way - what it calls early research - into the geotechnical composition of the soil.
13 May 2013 10:18SAN DIEGO: On 9 May 2013, the daily mean concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of Mauna Loa, Hawaii, surpassed 400 parts per million (ppm) for the first time since measurements began in 1958.
13 May 2013 12:54
The QS World University Rankings by Subject, released on Wednesday, 8 May 2013, have ranked the University of Cape Town (UCT) among the top 100 universities in the world for eight of its subject areas. QS ranks the world's top 200 higher education institutions, and for this edition of the Rankings by Subject, 2,858 universities were evaluated and 678 institutions ranked in total.
9 May 2013 14:38Logistics company Trencor said on Wednesday (8 May) that its 48.5% held subsidiary Textainer‚ which operates the world's largest fleet of containers‚ was able to extend the maturity and achieve a favourable repricing of its US$1.2bn financing facility.
9 May 2013 07:53
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