Thailand-based SeaCat Ships has delivered the new 23-metre high-speed aluminium catamaran ferry Sikira Legend to Sierra Leone’s Sea Coach Express. Starting life as a ..
Tag: Africa
On November 28, the first of a pair of 50-metre, high-speed passenger ferries, named Zanzibar 1, was delivered to Zan Fast Ferries Company of Tanzania. The sister ship, ..
Now underway in and around South African waters is Exercise Mosi, featuring Chinese, Russian, and South African warships. Leading participants are China’s PLA Navy ..
Analysts are predicting that the eastern Mediterranean is set for significant naval conflict. Important destabilising factors are the de facto civil war in Libya, and a ..
I often find myself joining the cause of fishermen around the world lamenting the lack of consultation by government scientists and bureaucrats with legitimate fishermen. ..
If you are a tourist travelling from Iceland to Namibia, it will take you around 22 hours with layovers in Norway and Qatar. If you are a company looking to clean some ..
DOF Subsea has entered into a two-month-long contract with an unnamed international energy client in Africa. The project will utilise the platform supply vessel (PSV) ..
Piracy is a scourge that just will not go away, with the Gulf of Guinea now replacing the coast of Somalia as a “hotspot” that is frightening seafarers tasked with ..
The North African maritime domain is vital both to the economy of the region, and to its security. North African nations have therefore traditionally given considerable ..
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