The NDoT has issued a new Government Gazette – Disaster Management Act (57/2020): Measures to address, prevent and combat the spread of COVID-19 at Seaports.
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Past event – SAIMENA Durban Branch joint meeting 4 June 2019 – “OCEANOS: COULD WE REPEAT SUCH AN EPIC RESCUE?”

The Chairmen and Committees of the Durban branches of :
Society of Master Mariners SA, South African Institute of Marine Engineers and Naval Architects, and the Nautical Institute,
invite you to join them for a luncheon at which
Andrew Pike, Head of Ports, Transport and Logistics at Bowmans
will speak on
“OCEANOS: COULD WE REPEAT SUCH AN EPIC RESCUE?”

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Review of Costa Concordia Incident

Dear Sirs, Briefly, I have made a study of the Costa Concordia case for the last year and have now a paper of 150 pages on the subject. On Monday last I gave a presentation to the combined marine institutes in London and resulting from that, the overwhelming opinion was that there was a gross miscarriage of justice by the imprisonment of the Captain for manslaughter based on the delay to call muster stations directly.
Captain Michael Lloyd,
RD**,MNM, CCMar, FNI, RNR.

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On 25th June every year, Day of the Seafarer celebrates the vital yet often hidden work done by seafarers to transport goods and commodities all around the globe. The film illustrates the unseen connections between those who serve at sea and the things we take for granted in our everyday lives.

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https://youtu.be/kMlOwfNyzC0?list=UUoQbQE-aEhVBywNRB-XsHOQ