REQUEST FOR QUOTATION TO CONDUCT A STUDY: UNPACKING THE KZN MARITIME VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS
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MD Newsletter Message – Dec 2022
Dear Valued Stakeholder, As 2022 draws to a close I want to take the opportunity to look back on a year that turned out much differently than anyone could have imagined. While it was certainly challenging in many ways, it also showed how strong we are and the potential that our maritime industry possesses. We […]
EMC Successfully Implemented the Welcome to Water program
On 06 December 2022 EMC’s Welcome to water program implemented in partnership with Sail Africa commenced with 37 learners from three different high schools in Durban. This program under the EMC Training and Skills Unit aims to broaden the knowledge of the learner’s view of the Maritime Industry while introducing them to water sports. Learners […]
AYANDA SHEZI: Transnet makes progress in enlisting the assistance of private sector entities.
The rail reform under way in SA is a welcome — albeit overdue — prospect which has afforded Transnet an opportunity to play a leading and defining role in changing the trajectory of the industry and the national economy. An unfortunate impression has been created that Transnet is resisting the imminent changes to the freight […]
Sail Africa Bags Social and Environmental Impact Award
24/11/2022: Durban’s Sail Africa Youth Foundation was nominated at the Hollard Sports Industry Awards in Johannesburg and was selected as the winner for the Social and Environmental Impact Award category, among 267 entries across Africa in various categories. Sail Africa Youth Development Foundation is a non-profit organisation with the core mandate geared towards introducing children […]
SAMSA Stage SA’s Inaugural Maritime Sector GBV Seminar
South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) recognises the maritime sector as the jaguar vein for international trade through exports and importing of goods and is an important sector that consists of thousands of genders. A sector that has been affected by GBV but is not raising enough awareness on the issue. On Thursday, 24 November […]
EMC Supports Young Sailor As She Sails the World Maiden Factor Tour
A farewell ceremony was conducted at the Royal Yacht Club on November 30, 2022, for Vuyisile Jaca, one of Sail Africa’s instructors, who will depart South Africa on December 1 to join the other crew members who are participating in the Maiden Factor leg in Senegal Dakar. Vuyi will be on a boat with her […]
Annual Crew Connect Global Conference 2022 – Philippines, Manila
Honoring the invitation on behalf of EMC for the Annual Crew-Connect Global Conference is EMC’s Chairman Mr. Hans Modipane. The conference took place at the Sofitel Plaza, the Philippines in Manila for the next two days starting from 22 -24 November 2022 CrewConnect Global is the annual meeting place for the crewing industry bringing you […]
EMC host MEC Duma during a Maritime Work Readiness Program 2022
EThekwini Maritime Cluster (EMC) in partnership with the Durban University of Technology (DUT) launched a Maritime Graduate Work Readiness program in 2022/2023 facilitated by WoMaritime Experts/Global Maritime Youth. The duration of the Work Readiness Program was a weeklong (14 November – 18 November). The Marine Studies Graduate Work Readiness Program, designed by the EMC under […]
25th TCI Global Conference 2022
09/11/2022: The 25th TCI Global Conference: Sustainable Clusters for all gathered more than 194 attendees from 24 countries during the 3-day meeting in Durban, South Africa. The conference provided an opportunity for EMC to strengthen the global cluster work by adding new contacts to its network, and have been inspired on: How clusters can contribute to […]