| DRAFT SOUTH AFRICAN MARITIME TRANSPORT POLICY 2008 |
| 12 Sep 08 |
| A copy of the Draft South African Maritime Transport Policy 2008 can be accessed at www.dot.gov.za under the "latest news" and thereafter will be... |
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| MRCC Visits Chile |
| 21 Aug 08 |
| MRCC Cape Town Head of Maritime SAR Operations, Lt Col Andre Botes, recently attended a workshop in Valparaiso, Chile, to discuss improving Search and... |
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| Safety Authority Plans Economic Growth For Maritime Industry |
| 29 Jul 08 |
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| MRCC S.A. Represented at International SAR Conferences |
| 21 Jul 08 |
| The Head of Maritime SAR Operations, Mr. Andre Botes recently represented the MRCC South Africa at conferences and meetings in Europe, Canada and the ... |
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| Important information regarding the 121.5MHz Satellite Distress Beacon |
| 21 Jul 08 |
| Only the 406MHz beacons will be detected. The 406MHz beacons are far superior, more accurate and can be located faster.
Why switch to the 406MHz Beac... |
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| MRCC Cape Town Co-ordinates International Maritime Rescue |
| 08 Jul 08 |
| The MRCC (Marine Rescue Co-ordination Centre) Cape Town played a pivotal role in the rescue of 36 people whose fishing vessel caught alight and sank o... |
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| MAIB SAFETY DIGEST 1/2008 |
| 03 Apr 08 |
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The MAIB Safety Digest 1/2008 is a collection of accident report summaries with lessons learned, and was published on the 1st of April 200... |
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| SAMSA CELEBRATES 10 YEARS |
| 28 Mar 08 |
| After having been established on 1 April 1998, the country’s preferred custodian of all matters maritime – the South African Maritime Safety Authority... |
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| MARITIME HISTORY AS REGAL FLEET SETS SAIL TOGETHER |
| 03 Jan 08 |
| Cunard Line, operator of the most famous Ocean Liners in the world, will for the first and only time on Sunday, 13 January 2008, sail their ... |
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| Newly Appointed SAMSA CEO, Tsietsi Mokhele, set to charter into SAMSA waters |
| 31 Dec 07 |
| Effective 1 January 2008, Mr. Tsietsi Mokhele, will take the helm as the South African Maritime Safety Authority’s (SAMSA) newly appointed Chief ... |
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| MRCC ASSISTS BARCELONA WORLD RACE COORDINATORS |
| 20 Dec 07 |
| Barcelona World Race coordinators requested assistance from the South African Maritime Safety Authority’s Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) in&nb... |
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| FREED GOLDEN NORI REFUELS WITH U.S. NAVY DOCK LANDING SHIP |
| 19 Dec 07 |
| The Merchant vessel Golden Nori refuels with the U.S. Navy dock landing ship USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41) following its release from Somalia-based pira... |
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| BOATMAN DENIES DRUNKEN CRASH RAP |
| 19 Dec 07 |
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A fisherman faces trial for allegedly drunkenly crashing his speedboat and almost ramming a lifeboat sent to rescue
him. Robert Sutherland, ... |
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| ANOTHER VESSEL SEIZED |
| 19 Dec 07 |
| Somalia's notorious sea pirates have hijacked an Italian cargo ship en route to Kenya, days after releasing a Japaneseship, a senior international mar... |
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| JAPANESE TANKER SEIZED OFF AFRICA RELEASED |
| 13 Dec 07 |
| Somali pirates freed the Golden Nori, a Japanese chemical tanker, and its 23 crew members six weeks after seizing the vessel off the east coast of Som... |
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| AFRICA MERCY BACK IN THE CANARIES |
| 12 Dec 07 |
| The Africa Mercy, the world’s largest charity hospital ship with a volunteer crew of over 300, is soon expected to enter dry dock at the Astican shipy... |
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| M/S EXPLORER CRUISE SHIP HITS ICEBERG |
| 26 Nov 07 |
| More than 150 passengers and crew escaped unhurt as the M/S Explorer cruise ship hit an iceberg on Friday, 23 November, off the coast of the Antarctic... |
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| MARINE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATORS INTERNATIONAL FORUM (MAIIF) – BEIJING |
| 06 Nov 07 |
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The MAIIF was held during October 2007 in Beijing. Some issues raised were that fishing vessel safety through accident investigation is al... |
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| Welcome to: www.samsa.org.za, the South African Maritime Safety Authority’s official website |
| 31 Oct 07 |
| Although SAMSA has gone to great lengths in ensuring an apt, user-friendly and informative website, we welcome all comments and suggestions so as to c... |
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| SAMSA INVESTIGATES SINKING OF M/V DOUALA TIDE |
| 23 Aug 07 |
| The M/V Douala Tide (previously known as Britoil 36) sank off the East Coast of South Africa on 23 August 2007 due to heavy weather conditions. Amidst... |
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