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EMC Promoting the Maritime Industry Globally……..………..….2

TNPA Reinstates Several Berths to Original Depth……….3

South Africa Woos India Over Ocean Economy………………..….4

Dredging Fleet Bolstering on Track………………………………….….4

Delmas Line to Disappear from March…………………………………....5

SA Navy and French Navy to Undertake Cooperative Indian Ocean Patrols…………………..……5

2015 KZN Exporter of the Year Awards ………………………………...7

SA Navy to Partake in Indian Navy International Fleet Review…..……………………………...8

Port Statistics for September 2015………………………………………..9

Upcoming Events…………………………………..10

The month of October has been an eventful one on our calendar at the EThekwini Maritime Cluster, as October was dedicated to focusing on the country’s transport sector.

October was declared Transport Month in 2005 during the Transport Lekgotla, since that year the Department of Transport used October month to highlight the importance of transport infrastructure in all its facets in the public life and economy of our country.

This then provides a brief background to the importance of highlight-ing the maritime transport subsector, which is responsible for the transportation of approximately 90% of goods in world trade. Therefore, in carrying forward our mandate of facilitating growth of the maritime industry of our province and city, we promoted and supported KwaZulu-Natal’s mainstay maritime transport-linked events, namely, the KZN Exporter of the Year Awards and TIKZN Export Week.

EMC was the proud sponsor of the Exporter of the Year Awards which, for 16 years now, have been organised by the Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry with Transnet Port Terminal being the chief sponsor. These awards acknowledge excellence of exporters in KZN, and their positive contribution to the economy.

Meanwhile, Export Week, a three-day programme, spear headed by TIKZN, a critical stakeholder of the EMC, was held between October 27 and 29. The event seeks to promote and assist with growing KwaZulu-Natal's export businesses and industries. EMC took part in the panel discussions and also ensured that the event was promoted among its stakeholders.

In efforts to promote the maritime industry of Durban and KZN globally and grow its competitiveness, the EMC engaged on outbound missions to the UK in September and to the United States of America in October. A delegation comprising of myself and representatives from the eThekwini Municipality and Transnet’s Maritime School of Excellence visited three cities in USA. This delegation conversed with counter parts in the maritime sector under the project called ‘Maritime Education and Management,’ sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and administered by Meridian International Center.

On the note of Education, we would like to wish matriculants of 2015 all the best as they strive towards achieving a great milestone in their lives.

Ms. Thato Tsautse

Managing Director: EThekwini Maritime Cluster

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October 2015 Issue 13

Welcome Message from the MD

A Proud Send Off for Sail

Africa’s Young Sailors

Durban Delegates

Visit USA

EMC Promoting the Maritime Industry Globally

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I n efforts to promote the maritime industry of eThekwini and Kwazulu-Natal globally and growing its competitiveness, the EThekwini Maritime Cluster (EMC) engaged on outbound missions to its international sister cities.

Following the outbound mission to New Castle- United Kingdom, in September, which saw the city’s maritime manager, Nomalanga

Sokhela and EMC managing director, Thato Tsautse, spend a week in the cold northern hemisphere a Durban delegation left for the Unit-ed States of America in October.

The delegation comprising of , Sokhela, Tsautse, Zenzile Makelo operations manager: EThekwini Maritime Cluster, Erlen Bo-Ivy Oliver, senior

manager: Transnet Quality Assurance and Curriculum Development, Musawenkosi Ngubane, simulation training manager: Transnet Maritime

School of Excellence, and Mogamet Gesant Plaatjes, deputy harbour master: Transnet Port Terminals, visited three cities in the United States

of America, as part of the International Visitor Leadership Programme (IVLP).

The visit was an implementation of the U.S. Department of State President’s Foreign Policy with visitors from government, politics, the media,

education, non-government organizations, the arts, public health, international security, business and trade, and other fields.

The South African Delegation conversed with counter parts in the maritime sector under the project called Maritime Education and

Management, which is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State. The project was administered by Meridian International Center and was

conducted from 14 to 24 October.

Some of the objectives of this projects as outlined by the U.S. Department of States are to:

• Introduce participants to U.S. maritime education including the latest technology in transportation, logistic, marine engineering, and

shipyard management;

• Expose participants to successful U.S. maritime port’s building, equipment, logistics management and business strategies; and

• Create opportunities for peer-to-peer interaction with ports officials, maritime educators and students to review best practices and share

South Africa’s challenges and potential. The programme calendar for the delegation was as follows:

14/10/15 International Arrival

17/10/15 Travel to New York

21/10/15 International Departure

A summary of the detailed report on the observations and recommendations of the delegation following this visit will be published in the

Maritime Education Weekly Bulletin, once the report becomes available .

From left: Erlen Bo-Ivy Oliver, senior manager: Transnet Quality Assurance and Curriculum Development, Birt Codel, U.S. Department of State official,

Zenzile Makelo, operations manager: EThekwini Maritime Cluster, Musawenkosi Ngubane, simulation training manager: Transnet Maritime School of

Excellence, Thato Tsautse, managing director of EThekwini Maritime Cluster, Mogamet Gesant Plaatjes, deputy harbour master: Transnet Port

Terminals and Nomalanga Sokhela, eThekwini Municipality’s Maritime Manager.

D uring the month of October, Transnet revealed that it has

reinstated a number of berths in the port back to their origi-

nal permissible draughts.

This follows the attention earlier in the year which was

drawn to some of the berths having become more shallow – caused by,

says Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA), the much larger ships

now calling at the port.

"The vessels calling at our ports have gotten bigger and therefore require

deeper draughts," says Durban port manager Moshe Motlohi. "But they

also cause challenges for ports because of the manner in which they more

aggressively displace material from the sea bed, thus causing shallow

spots."

He confirmed that shallower berths are able to cut into the vessel

payloads of ship owners because it means they cannot sail into the port

with their vessels fully laden and have to wait for high tide to sail or berth.

As a result of remedial action taken by TNPA, four container berths out of

eight at Durban Container Terminal, namely 107, 200, 202 and 205, have

been called back to their original permissible draught of 12.2 metres.

In other parts of the port, berth P at the Point Terminal, berth MW 9 at

Maydon Wharf Terminal and bulk berth BCA 4 in the Island View

precinct have also been called back to their permissible draughts of

10.3m, 9.3m and 10m respectively.

"We are also expecting engineering sounding results that are likely to

indicate more berths will be called back to their permissible draughts,"

said Motlohi. "Ultimately the safety of vessels must take priority for us as

TNPA, which is why the Harbour Master Capt. Alex Miya took the safety

precaution to review the permissible draughts of some berths earlier this

year."

The permissible draught is the vertical distance between the sea bottom

and the lowest part of the ship's underside, otherwise known as the under

keel clearance. In Durban a 600mm clearance is allowed to minimise the

chance of the vessel running aground in that area.

From left to right: Project Manager at Trade and investment KZN, Praline Ross, Non-

hlanhla Dimba of SHEQ IQ, PR and Marketing Officer at Southern African Shipyards ,

Lucinda Hippolyte, Programme Manager: Logistics at eThekwini Municipality, Nomalanga

Sokhela, and Chief Financial Officer of Southern African Shipyards, Trishna Misra.

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TNPA Reinstates Several Berths to Original Depth

Grab hopper dredger Italeni at work deepening a Pier 1 berth. Picture by Terry Hutson

www.msccruises.co.za

S outh African International Relations

and Cooperation Minister Maite

Nkoana-Mashabane says Africa and

India must deepen the scope of their

working relationship in order to benefit from

opportunities in the ocean economy.

"The ocean is vital to the health of the entire

planet and the well-being of humanity. It is a

major source of food for the people of Africa

and India. It is imperative that we tap into the

benefits of the blue economy not only for our

survival but for our future generations," said the

minister.

She was speaking at the opening of the

ministerial session of the Third India-Africa

Forum Summit (IAFS-III) which was held dur-

ing October in New Delhi, India.

The African Union has already expressed its

commitment to embracing and developing the

Blue Economy concept as a vital part of Africa's

future development as outlined in Agenda 2063.

African countries such as South Africa are also

developing and analysing blue economy

strategies (Operation Phakisa) that are looking

into the economic opportunities.

Key areas such as aquaculture, marine transport

and offshore oil and gas exploration have been

identified as crucial in growing the economy.

Minister Nkoana-Mashabane told the summit

that the continent of Africa is endowed with a

variety of natural resources, which should be

beneficiated before they are exported.

"We have vast land with fertile soil, which could

provide for food security in Africa and India.

Partnering with India in the implementation of

the Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Devel-

opment Program (CAADP) would promote agro

-processing industries on the continent," the

minister said.

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NPA is pursuing various interventions to address the issue of diminishing draughts. In the meantime, the port authority says it is continuing with maintenance dredging while pushing forward its R2 billion dredging fleet replacement programme.

While the IMPISI plough tug continues to dredge in the port, the short term plan is for the ITALENI grab hopper dredger to continue to dredge along the berth pockets of Durban Container Terminal. Italeni, which is intended to undertake work at the other ports as well as in neighbouring countries, will remain in Durban until the port takes delivery of a hired dredger dedicated to its dredging needs.

TNPA will also be taking delivery of its new ILEMBE suction hopper dredger in December 2015. Ilembe, which will actually arrive in Durban in January, will be used for dredging larger areas such as the entrance channels. The TNPA also has access to another of its suction cutter hopper dredgers, ISANDLWANA.

In addition, TNPA has also received approval to build a new grab hopper dredger dedicated to the port which should be delivered by the end of 2016. This will then replace the hired dredger (see above).

TNPA’s long-term intervention plan is to deepen and lengthen the berths to cater for the bigger vessels now calling at the port. This project is expected to commence in 2016.

Lengthening of the berths will allow the Port of Durban to berth three big vessels versus the two it is currently accommodating. This will immediately reduce the number of vessels waiting at anchorage, thereby improving port turnaround time.

The other benefit is that the port will cease to be a tidal port, so that berthing and sailing will no longer depend on high tide. This will optimise the capacity of the port and improve the total vessel stay in South African waters.

The challenges presented by the larger ships calling at ports is presently a global phenomenon, as highlighted in a recent report by the International Transport Forum (ITF), which said "mega-containerships contribute to congestion and add to the need for costly infrastructure upgrades (bridge height, river width/depth, quay wall strengthening, berth deepening, canals/locks and port equipment)."

New trailing suction hopper dredger ILEMBE appears from the

builder’s shed in Holland. Picture Royal IHC

South Africa Woos India Over Ocean Economy

Dredging

Fleet

Bolstering

on Track

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Delmas Ango sailing from Durban. Picture by Terry Hutson

Delmas Line to Disappear from March

T he well-known African specialist shipping line Delmas will become history as from March next year, when the line is fully absorbed into the parent company CMA CGM.

Delmas Shipping has effectively been a part of the CMA CGM Group since 2006 and was used by CMA CGM to grow and strengthen the parent company’s position in the African market. Having now achieved this objective the parent company now considers it unnecessary to continue with the Delmas brand. According to Delmas, the main objective had been to provide easier access to all the CMA CGM Group's maritime and inland services. Delmas stressed that the brand disappearance will not affect the service provided to its customers. "We will continue to guarantee quality and proximity that meet your expectations and earn the trust that you have placed in us," the company said in a statement. As from March 2016 all maritime activities will become merged under the CMA CGM brand. Delmas operates 15 regular lines linking Africa to the other continents.

www.msccruises.co.za

I n a related matter to the above story, South Africa and France were expected to sign an intergovernmental agreement that will result in both nations undertaking cooperative naval patrols in the southern Indian Ocean. Military journal defenceWeb reported in October that the patrols will target illegal, unreported and unregulated

(IUU) fishing in each country's EEZ. South Africa's EEZ includes next to the African mainland and extending 200 nautical miles from the coast and that around the Prince Edward Islands, totalling 1,535,538 square kilometres. Of the available Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) Directorate Fisheries Protection Vessels, only the SARAH BAARTMAN is capable of patrolling to the more remote off-shore parts of South Africa's EEZ and around the Prince Edward Islands and Marion Islands in the Southern Ocean. The department’s other three patrol vessels are designed for inshore work within the 200 nautical mile limit. The Department of Environmental Affairs has the ice-breaking Antarctic research vessel AGULHAS II which visits Marion Island for relief voyages once a year and then under strict environmental regulations. No fishery or EEZ patrols are conducted during these voyages. France maintains a naval base at Reunion Island and conducts regular patrols throughout the vast French EEZ in the Southern Ocean, including the Kerguelen Island group right down to the Antarctic Shelf, as well as French islands in the Mozambique Channel and on the eastern side of Madagascar. For this purpose France maintains several patrol frigates at Reunion. The French research ship Marion Dufresne also operates research voyages from Reunion. South Africa and France share EEZ boundaries in the Southern Ocean (Marion, Prince Edward and Crozet Islands have contiguous maritime EEZ borders). France has a similar cooperative agreement signed with Australia, with whom it also shares EEZ borders. That agreement allows joint Australian and French patrols to enforce each other's fishing laws in their respective EEZs and territorial seas in the Southern Ocean. The South Africa/France agreement allows for the exchange of personnel necessary to apply and enforce each country's laws. For French vessels to enforce South African fisheries laws in South African waters a South African officer must be aboard and vice versa when South African vessels are in French waters. Measures include the boarding, inspection, hot pursuit, apprehension, seizure and investigation of fishing vessels that are believed to have breached fisheries laws. Source: defenceWeb

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SA Navy and French Navy to Undertake Cooperative Indian Ocean Patrols

The magnificent French research ship Marion Dufresne, based in the Indian Ocean.

F or over a decade, the Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) has collaborated with Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) to

highlight successful exporters in KwaZulu Natal. Each year, the programme culminates in the KZN Exporter of the Year Awards Gala

Dinner at which the winners are announced. This year the awards were held on 29 October 2015 at Sibaya. The Keynote Address was

by Mr Zama Gwala, CEO of TIKZN, and Mr Richard Jacob, CEO of Hulamin, was the guest speaker.

The awards are an ideal showcase for emerging and established exporters of a wide range of goods. With a GDP contribution of 16%, KwaZulu

Natal is the second largest economic contributor to the South African economy. A large part of the KZN economy is as a result of being host

to the Durban Container Terminal, the largest in Southern Africa, and Richards Bay Terminal. These two facilities are among 16 terminals run

by TPT.

Dumile Cele, CEO of DCCI commented, “We celebrate and attempt to encourage exports out of KZN. The KZN economy needs to improve as

it is currently faced with imports that are higher than its exports, making KZN a market for other countries to benefit, while we remain a

follower on the world economic stage.”

The DCCI acknowledges all sponsors that have joined in support of the 2015 KZN Exporter of the Year Awards. They include TPT, SEDA,

EDTEA, ECIC, TIKZN and EMC. This year’s finalists and winners:

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SERVICE PROVIDER: Sponsored by EThekwini Maritime Cluster

Mediterranean Shipping Company (Pty) Ltd (Winner)

DAL Agency (Finalist)

Triple S Shipping (Finalist)

CATEGORY: AFRICA: Sponsored by TIKZN

Futura Footwear Ltd (Winner)

Sumitomo Rubber South Africa (Pty) Ltd (Finalist)

Inhep Electronics( Finalist)

SPECIAL BBB-EE AWARD: Sponsored by TPT

Pakco (Winner)

SUSTAINABILITY AWARD: Sponsored by DCCI

Imperial Armour (Winner)

CATEGORY: Emerging: Sponsored by SEDA

Rocket Works (Pty) Ltd (Winner)

Pakco (Finalist)

SBS Water Systems ( Pty) Ltd (Finalist)

CATEGORY: Small: Sponsored by EDTEA

Dick Whittington Shoes (Pty) Ltd (Winner)

Mexan Products (Pty) Ltd (Finalist)

Kagiso Interactive (Finalist)

CATEGORY: Medium: Sponsored by ECIC

ND Engineering (Winner)

Anderson Engineering Food and Chemical Equipment (Finalist)

AJ Charnaud and CO (Pty) Ltd (Finalist)

CATEGORY: Large: Sponsored by TPT

Ferro South Africa Ltd NCS Resin Coatings (Winner)

Futura Footwear Ltd (Finalist)

Sumitomo Rubber South Africa (Finalist)

2015

KZN

Exporter

of the

Year

Awards Rajen Sanker, managing director of Triple S Shipping, Karl Socikwa, chief executive of Transnet Port Terminals,

Glenn Delve, national commercial director of Mediterranean Shipping Company( MSC), Captain Sarno chairman

of the board of MSC in South Africa, Thato Tsautse, managing director of EThekwini Maritime Cluster, Zeph

Ndlovu, President of the Durban Chamber Commerce and Industry.

S outh Africa has accepted an invitation to take part in next year's Indian Navy International Fleet Review, which will be held at Visakhapatnam on India's east coast in the state of Andhra Pradesh on 6 February 2016. The invitation means that a ship or ships of the SA Navy will participate alongside over a hundred other naval ships

from 60 countries. This is the first occasion for India to host an international fleet review and is a rare opportunity for the South African Navy to be involved. In the case of India the review has added significance in the sense of India being able to demonstrate its growing naval power in the Indian Ocean. India has embarked on a dramatic build-up of ships including aircraft carriers and submarines, partly it is thought as a counter to any attempt by China to take on a role as a naval power in the Indian Ocean region. In recent years China has commenced sending warships including submarines on patrol in the Indian Ocean, an area that India is inclined to regard as its own domain. In this respect South Africa could become more than an interested bystander. The identity of the SA Navy ship or ships to attend the Fleet Review has not been disclosed but is likely to be one of the frigates: possibly SAS Spioenkop which is serviceable and has previously taken part in an extended voyage to six Asian countries in the Far East. SAS Amatola is expected to return to service after her complete maintenance refit early in January but the departure date of mid-January is probably too early for this ship. The journey including taking part in the Fleet Review is likely to take three months to complete.

Durban’s Subtech in International Joint Venture

SAS Spioenkop. Picture by Ian Shiffman

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SA Navy to

Take Part in

Indian Navy

International

Fleet Review

Port Statistics for the month of September 2015

Maydon Wharf scene. Picture by Terry Hutson

Port statistics for the month of September

2015, covering South Africa’s eight com-

mercial ports show that a collective 25.256

million tons was handled, including

392,972 TEU. This compares favourably

with September 2014 when a total of

25.764mt was handled including 435,149

TEU. While overall volumes remained on a

par with those of the previous year, con-

tainers experienced a significant decrease.

The figures reflected here include an ad-

justment made to allow for the weight in

tons of containers handled. Because Trans-

net NPA measures container traffic in

TEUs the weight is not included, which

undervalues what the ports are actually

handling if measured and compared with

other ports in tons.

To arrive at this calculation an average of

13.5 tonnes per TEU is used, which proba-

bly does involve some under-reporting.

Figures for the respective ports September 2015 are as follows:

Cargo handled by tonnes during September 2015, including containers by weight

PORT September 2015 million tonnes

PORT September 2015 million tonnes

Richards Bay 8.654

Durban 6.913

Saldanha Bay 4.843

Cape Town 1.468

Port Elizabeth 1.048

Ngqura 0.766

Mossel Bay 0.246

East London 0.317

Total all ports 24.256 million tonnes

PORT September 2015 vessels

gross tons

PORT September 2015 vessels

gross tons

Durban 355 12,313,671

Cape Town 160 4,650,436

Richards Bay 183 6,702,498

Port Eliza-beth

85 2,605,672

Saldanha Bay

51 3,217,111

Ngqura 49 3,010,858

East London 31 1,158,435

Mossel Bay 53 429,827

Total ship calls

967 34,088,508

Ship Calls for September 2015

- source TNPA, with adjustments made by Ports & Ships to include container tonnages

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CONTAINERS (measured by TEUs) during September 2015

(TEUs include Deep-sea, Coastal, Trans-ship and empty containers all subject to

being invoiced by NPA

PORT September 2015 million tonnes

PORT September 2015 TEUs

Durban 236,042

Cape Town 77,865

Port Elizabeth 14,407

Ngqura 55,980

East London 6,864

Richards Bay 1,814

Total all ports 392,972 TEU

UPCOMING EVENTS

Message About Upcoming Events

If you have any maritime

related news or events that

you would like published

on this newsletter or our

website please contact:

Sibonakaliso Msane

Tel: 031-3010950/9

cell: 0760724617 email:

sbo@maritimecluster.co.za

or

Terry Hutson

Tel: 031-4661683

cell: 0823315775

email: terry@ports.co.za

www.maritimecluster.co.za

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Cluster (EMC) is a non-profit

company that was launched in

2009. The EMC provides a

platform for collaborative

engagement between different

levels of government, state

owned enterprises and the

maritime community to

implement programs of

common interest that support

the growth and improve

performance and

competiveness of the maritime

industry.

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Newsletter compiled and produced by Sibonakaliso Msane

(EMC) and Terry Hutson

Workshop for the Maritime Subsector BEE Code| 17 November 2015| Durban Venue

TBA| 031-3010950/9

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Safety and Justice Business Forum| 30 October 2015| DCCI Conference Centre

Durban| www.durbanchamber.co.za

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Operation Phakisa Presentation| 12 November 2015| DCCI Conference Centre,

Durban| www.durbanchamber.co.za

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Eastern Cape Maritime Summit 2015| 11-13 November 2015, Boardwalk Convention

Centre, Port Elizabeth www.maritimesummit.co.za

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Maritime Africa– Maritime Coastal Security Africa MCSA 2015| 23-25 November

2015Cape Town International Convention Centre| www.maritimeafrica.co.za

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Maritime Africa– Maritime Coastal Security Africa MCSA 2015| 23-25 November 2015

Cape Town International Convention Centre| www.maritimeafrica.co.za

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Southern Area Business Forum| 18 November 2015 | 9-25 Jeffels Road Prospecton,

4133| www.durbanchamber.co.za