Compiled by: Sobantu TilayiPresented by: Karl Otto

28 November 2011

SAMSA “enterprise of integrity”

Presentation to

African Ports and Maritime Conference

Ports & Logistics: “A Vision for Future Integration”

Environmental Protection Vessel

Contents:

•THE SAMSA MANDATE AND ROLE•DEFINING THE NATION’S MARITIME INTERESTS•THE MARITIME ECONOMY•MARITIME DEVELOPMENT: A PRECONDITION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT•LEGISLATIVE ISSUES•CONCLUSION•GALLERY

THE SAMSA THE SAMSA MANDATE MANDATE AND AND ROLEROLE

1. Foundational Maritime Policy Mandate: National Transport White Paper 1996

The grand vision for South Africa’s transport is stated in the White Paper as being to … ‘support government strategies for economic and social development whilst being environmentally and economically sustainable’. The maritime policy imperatives and goals in the Transport Policy are articulated as:

Developing maritime awareness; Assisting in the creation and fostering of an economic environment for the Maritime Transport Industry which will allow it to compete... with other nations; Contributing to the release of the full potential of the maritime industry in South Africa; and Modernisation of South Africa’s shipping administration

2. Legal mandate : SAMSA Act No. 5 of 1998

To ensure the safety of life & property at sea; To prevent and combat pollution of the marine environment by ships; andTo promote the Republic’s maritime interests.

The mandate positions SAMSA as the country’s strategic centre for maritime governance and development

Key to the SAMSA’s mandate is a need to fully appreciate the maritime interests for the country and raise awareness for such interests. It is important to note that, these interests are best articulated when considered regionally, taking into account the rest of the African

continent

SOUTH AFRICA – A MARITIME COUNTRYSOUTH AFRICA – A MARITIME COUNTRY- MARITIME INTERESTS- MARITIME INTERESTS

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South Africa’s maritime interests are strategic, economic, environmental and political

3,000 km coastline in 3 oceans – Atlantic, Indian and Southern Oceans, positioned on a major strategic shipping route (with 30% of the population settled along the coast)

8 commercial ports (15,000 employees), 12 official fishing harbours

Fishing employs about 200,000 and feeds 3,6m people, generating R4,1bn in revenue

Trade is over 50% of GDP (58% of GDP in 2008)

98% of SA trade by volume and 80% trade value is by sea

3.5% World sea trade (volume); top 15 countries on sea trade by distance (tonne-mile)

Continental shelf claim increases South Africa’s sea land to 2.8 times land mass

South Africa’s Search and Recue region is about 22 times larger than the land mass

Extensive off shore interests (Islands, Antarctic, marine and offshore oil and gas)

South Africa leads in Africa’s intra-regional and international trade

All key partners such as in BRICS are regional maritime powers with vast maritime interests and capabilities in sea trade, commerce and naval influence

South Africa’s strategic global interests and international obligations include providing safety of navigation for shipping, ensuring freedom of the seas, security of shipping as well as protection of the marine environment

WAY FORWARD AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Maritime Cluster Governance

& Coordination

MARITIME SECTOR CLUSTER MARITIME SECTOR CLUSTER - A SECTOR BASED FRAMEWORK- A SECTOR BASED FRAMEWORK

largest island on earth with oceans on all sides:

Atlantic Ocean (West) Indian Ocean (East) Southern Oceans (South) Mediterranean & Red Sea

(North)

total of 54 countries of which 39 (72%) are coastal or islands

coastline of 31,000 km

inland waterways of 300,000 square kilometres

seaborne trade volume 91%

Trade dependent GDP (eg RSA: 58% of GDP comes from trade)

2nd second largest land-mass in the world after Asia

the largest number of land- linked states in the world (15)

AFRICA’S MARITIME INTERESTS … AFRICA’S MARITIME INTERESTS … KEY CONSIDERATIONS AND KEY CONSIDERATIONS AND

CHALLENGESCHALLENGES

GEO STRATEGIC CONSIDERATIONS

• The world’s oceans constitute about 70% of planet earth, providing the world with trade routes and coastal ecosystems which sustain both the global commerce and world climates.

• With all its vast international and national interests and obligations, its location as a maritime country, the lack of awareness about the sector persists.

• The maritime sector in South Africa suffers policy neglect and attracts very little attention as a sector which can create jobs, grow the economy and make effective interventions in society.

• The sector remains un-transformed and a domain of expatriates in the absence of skills development focus for South Africans.

• The maritime skills funding is negligible, with limited infrastructure and resource capacity for skills development programme.

• There can be no growth of the sector without investing

in maritime skills development !!!

INTRA-REGIONAL TRADE IN AFRICA

IMPORTS EXPORTS

AFRICA 9.6 8.7

DEVELOPING AMERICA 20.9 18.5

DEVELOPING ASIA 48.1 45.5

DEVELOPED AMERICA 23.3 39.8

DEVELOPED EUROPE 68.1 71.4

SOURCE: UNCTAD, 2008c.

The African continent has the lowest intra-regional trade levels compared to other regions

Africa is highly dependent on trade with countries over the oceans

Africa’s top 7 exports with the rest of the world are concentrated around a few products, with crude oil alone accounting for 46% of the total

Intra-African trade is fairly distributed between fuels, non-fuels primary goods (30%), of which ores and minerals = 11% and agriculture = 19%; manufactured goods (40%)

Exports to Africa dominated by coastal economies (8 out of 10) representing all regions 7 of the top 10 exporters to the rest of the world are oil producers; 4 countries accounting for 50%

TOP TEN EXPORTERS TO AFRICA and THE REST OF THE WORLD

EXPORTS TO AFRICA EXPORTS TO THE REST OF THE WORLD

COUNTRY SHARE OF TOTAL INTRAREGIONAL EXPORTS

COUNTRY SHARE OF TOTAL AFRICAN EXPORTS TO THE REST OF THE WORLD

SOUTH AFRICA 24.29 ALGERIA 17.36

NIGERIA 12.37 SOUTH AFRICA 15.98

COTE d’IVORE 7.40 NIGERIA 14.78

KENYA 5.36 ANGOLA 8.80

SWAZILAND 5.34 LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA

8.75

NAMIBIA 3.47 MOROCCO 4.30

GHANA 3.42 EGYPT 4.07

ALGERIA 3.36 TUNISIA 3.87

TUNISIA 3.18 CONGO 2.36

ZIMBABWE 3.04 COTE d’IVOIRE 2.09

SOURCE: UNCTAD, 2008c # COUNTRIES IN RED APPEAR ON BOTH LISTS AND ARE COASTAL

5 of the top 10 importers from Africa are land-linked South Africa, Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Swaziland South Africa, Nigeria, Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia dominate trade with rest of the world

TOP TEN IMPORTERS TO AFRICA and THE REST OF THE WORLD

IMPORTS FROM AFRICA IMPORTS FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD

COUNTRY SHARE OF TOTAL INTRAREGIONAL EXPORTS

COUNTRY SHARE OF TOTAL AFRICAN EXPORTS TO THE REST OF THE WORLD

SOUTH AFRICA 9.80 SOUTH AFRICA 25.40

BOTSWANA 8.23 MOROCCO 9.22

NAMIBIA 6.59 ALGERIA 9.18

COTE d’IVOIRE 4.91 EGYPT 8.00

SWAZILAND 4.70 NIGERIA 7.73

ZAMBIA 4.58 TUNISIA 6.00

ZIMBABWE 4.53 LIBYA 3.49

LESOTHO 3.45 SUDAN 2.92

NIGERIA 3.45 LIBERIA 2.78

D R CONGO 3.24 GHANA 2.42

SOURCE: UNCTAD, 2008c # COUNTRIES IN RED APPEAR ARE COASTAL

AFRICA is largely dependent on trade for its economic development

Intra-regional trade International trade

Africa’s trade is dominated by coastal economies in all the 4 regions of the East, West, North and South

That trade is largely seaborne and moves through its ports (91%)

The development of the land-locked countries and their access to international markets are dependent on the performance of the network of maritime transport and logistics corridors, including ports and ships

Transport, in this case maritime transport and logistics become an essential and strategic area of economic consideration

in that context, the development of the maritime transport infrastructure becomes a key enabler and catalyst for the competitiveness and development of Africa’s economy

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Kisangani

Brazzaville

KanangaDar es Salaam

Menongue

Gaborone

PretoriaMaputo

Johannesburg

Durban

Port Elizabeth

Kinshasa

Bujumbura

Kigali

Maseru

Matadi

Huambo

Kimberley

East London

KahembaDodoma

Mtwara

Toamasina

Bloemfontein

Bulawayo

Livingstone

Mbandaka

Nacala

Kigoma

Mbabane

Pointe Noire

Port Gentil

Toliara

Antananarivo

Beira

Cape Town

Harare

Libreville

Lilongwe

Malanje

Lumumbashi

Lusaka

Mombasa

Nairobi

Walvis Bay

Windhoek

Democratic Republic of Congo

Tanzania

Rwanda

Burundi

Angola

Zambia

Malawi

Mozambique

Zimbabwe

Namibia

Botswana

South Africa

Swaziland

Lesotho

Congo

GabonKenya

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Benguela

Namibe

Luanda

Madagascar

DEVELOPMENT CORRIDORS AND SDIs IN THE SADC REGIONShowing the Current and Potential Regional Corridor Traffic Flows

Current / Medium Term Potential in million tonnes per annum, year 2002

LOBITO Dev. Corridor0 / 1.0 mtpa

Coast-to-Coast Corridor0.2 / 1.0 mtpa

TAZARA Dev. Corr.0.5 / 1.5 mtpa

Walvis Bay Dev. Corridor2.0 / 3.0 mtpa

BEIRA Dev. Corridor2.0 / 5.0 mtpa

NACALA Dev. Corr.0.3 / 0.8 mtpa

MAPUTO Dev. Corridor3.0 / 6.0 mtpa

Lake Tanganyika Transport, Mpulungu

0.1 / 0.3 mtpa

Great Lakes Region Import Export Vols

1.6 / 2.4 mtpa

Alternative road route from Zambia

Zambia Import/Export plus Transit 1.6 / 4.0 mtpa

Zimbabwe Import Export plus Transit 4.0 / 8mtpa

Botswana Inports Exports Plus Transit 1.5 / 2.0 mtpa

Africa is the only world region with no merchant tonnage under its control (registry) to handle her coastal intra-regional and extra-

territorial seaborne trade

Africa imports transport and logistics services with every import - export activity

• No tax and tonnage related benefits, hence skewed balance of trade

Decimation of maritime services expertise (sea-based and ashore) and competitiveness

Lost opportunities for possible investment in shipping by Africans

Vulnerability to foreign geo-political and geo-economic pressures

Undermines the establishment of viable coastal industry to complement the land and aviation national transport infrastructure and services

Loss of opportunities for domestic industrial development and job creation

Weaker position in coordinating intra-regional African coastal trade strategies

Weakening of the capacity of countries and governments to govern their ocean territories and provide safety and security

WAY FORWARD AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Maritime Cluster Governance

& Coordination

WAY FORWARD - AFRICA’S MARITIME WAY FORWARD - AFRICA’S MARITIME DEVELOPMENTDEVELOPMENT

- MARITIME SECTOR CLUSTER- MARITIME SECTOR CLUSTER

GOAL 2: Promote South Africa’s maritime industry/economy development Promotion of Maritime BBBEE and industry transformation Promotion of maritime awareness, maritime industry skills capacity and creation of jobs

SAMSA STRATEGIC GOALS

PUBLIC INTEREST PERSPECTIVE

TRANSPORTATION PERSPECTIVE

INDUSTRIAL PERSPECTIVESHIP & BOAT

BUILDINGLOCAL/

REGIONAL COASTAL

SHIPPING & LOGISTICS

BUSINESS CONSULTING SERVICES

ENGINEERING &

TECHNOLOGY

SERVICES

SKILLS TRAINING

RESEARCH & INNOVATION

LEGAL,BANKING,

AUDITING, ASSURANCE

EXPLORATION

COMMERCIAL SERVICES

SHIPPING/CARGO

OPERATIONS & LOGISTICS

PORT, COASTAL & MARITIME

ADMINISTRATION

INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING & LOGISTICS

OFFSHORE ENERGY &

MINING

PRODUCTION

MID & DOWNSTRE

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PORTS &HARBOURS

MARITIME MULTIMOD

ALCORRIDOR

SAFETY OF LIFE, PROPERTY, CLIMATE &

ENVIRONMENT

MARITIME SUPPLY CHAIN

SECURITYTERRITORIAL

INTEGRITY INCLUDING PR. EDWARD ISLANDS

& ANTARCTICA

SHIP REGISTRY

SHIP REPAIRS/CONVERSION

OIL & GAS

FISHINGRENEWABLE ENERGY

SPORTS & RECREATIO

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MARINE TOURISM

LEISURE

RESOURCES PERSPECTIVE TOURISM AND LEISURE

PERSPECTIVE

MINING

SOUTH AFRICAN MARITIME TRAFFIC (1735 SHIPS)

3,000 km coastline3,000 km coastline 8 established commercial 8 established commercial

portsports

INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Maritime Subsector & Industries

Shipping, Ports & Maritime Corridor Logistics

Marine Tourism [incl. Leisure, Sport & Inland Waterways]

Fishing Resources[incl. Subsistence &Marine Habitat]

Off-shore ResourcesIndustry [incl. Oil & Gas and Minerals]

Security & Defence

Commercial Services

• Seafaring services• Shore-based services incl. Agency, Legal, Projects, Finance, Insurance, Real estate, Consulting, Marketing, Corporate services

• Leisure• Sports & Recreation• Marine Tourism

• Fishing – seafaring & catching

• Offshore operations• Shore based activities incl.

Consulting

Industrial [Manufacturing]

• Vessel building, repairs & maintenance• Ship modifications & refurbishments• Ship recycling• Port & ship equipment & component manufacturing

• Boat building repairs & maintenance• Equipment & component manufacturing

• Fishing vessel construction, repairs & maintenance• Fish catching and processing

• Offshore vessel repairs, maintenance & construction

Military Industrial Complex• Technology Centre • Weapons, sensor, radio systems, etc• Vessel construction, maintenance, repairs

Transportation [Logistics]

• International Shipping• Coastal Shipping• Regional Shipping• Port Marine• Rail/Road corridor connectivity

• Cruises Ships • Pleasure boats

• Fishing boats operations

• Crude supply logistics• Offshore support• Diamond & Minerals

• Naval ship operations• Naval aircraft operations

Infrastructure, Construction,Technology

• Port cargo facilities development & equipment• Ship building & Repairs Yards• Ships & harbour craft• Intermodal corridors & hubs development

• Cruise/Passenger facilities •Jetties• Aids to navigation• Boat Building and Launch sites• Waterfront Real Estate

• Yards• Processing plants• Recapitalised subsistence sector

• Shore based facilities• Offshore Vessels• Offshore facilities• Renewable energy

• Dockyard• Air surveillance & Lift• Radar & Satellite Installations• Simulators

Public Interests# Climate Change

• Maritime, Port and Coastal Admin, incl• Safety &Security• Environment and Climate Change• Spatial use

• Coastal & Inland boating regulation, incl.• Safety • Construction

•Fishing sector Regulation• Safety & Security• Environment• Economic activities

Marine Oil & Gas sector regulation• Safety & Security• Environment

Naval Doctrine & Policy Framework• National Defence• Search and Rescue• Disaster Management

Skills, Research & Innovation [Incl. Education]

• Training & Dev• Research• Innovation & Technology

• Research• Innovation & Technology• Training & Dev

• Research• Innovation & Technology• Training & Dev

• Research• Innovation & Technology• Training & Dev

• Research• Innovation & Technology• Training & Dev

SUPPORTINGManufacturingMining and AgricultureInfrastructure

SUPPORTINGTourismManufacturing

SUPPORTINGManufacturingAgricultural Value Chain

SUPPORTINGManufacturing[Energy Security]

SUPPORTINGManufacturing[National SecurityDefence]

ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES - ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES - INITIATIVESINITIATIVES

Other Challenges raised by the study are the following and SAMSA had already undertaken the initiatives (in italics) which respond to some of the challenges:

The quality of schools and the teaching human capital employed are generally less than adequate

• SAMSA has partnered with the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu Natal Provincial Governments to create awareness about maritime careers and set up a network of maritime high schools in port cities. The initiatives is being extended to the Northern Cape and Gauteng. The initial

phase (2011/2012) included strengthening the existing maritime high schools (Western Cape and KwaZulu Natal), partnering with maths and science focussed schools, and

sponsoring scholars.

Insufficient infrastructure and skills capacity for skills development • SAMSA has intervened by partnering with and assisting the two universities of technology

offering seafaring maritime studies by conducting maritime career awareness campaigns, offering bursaries, topping up salaries for the lecturers in order to attract quality teaching

staff;• SAMSA is purchasing a training simulator software for navigation studies in partnership with

TETA;’ • SAMSA has made an offer to take over the Agulhas ship and convert into a floating

classroom; and• SAMSA plans on establishing a Maritime Academy/Institute by 2014 catering for the

continent as well.

Lack of industry transformation and shortage of training berths for cadets.• SAMSA has commissioned two crewing companies to source cadetship berths on the

international fleet for 130 students within 2011/2012, 480 next year, to reach 1200 /1600 per annum;

• SAMSA has a workplace exposure scheme for 20 maritime graduates per annum; and• SAMSA has launched Women in Maritime scheme and Sisters of the Sea women’s

mentorship network.

SEAFARERS SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SEAFARERS SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AND JOBS FUTURE OUTLOOK: AND JOBS FUTURE OUTLOOK:

MARITIME MARITIME

• The SAMSA Maritime Skills Study is revealing the potential of the Maritime HRD Strategy and Plan to address the current critical shortage of skills, to protect current jobs and

prepare for and provide a catalyst for the sector growth and development across the 5 Sub-Sector of the Maritime industry:

Ports and Shipping Marine Resources

Marine Tourism and Leisure Marine Manufacturing and Construction (including Technologies)

Commercial Support and Business Services Public Interests (including Climate Change)

• The requisite skills and jobs opportunities cut across the entire structure of the Maritime Sector:

Maritime Transportation (including Ports and Logistics) Fishing

Offshore (Oil and Gas, Seabed Mining and Renewable Energy) Marine Tourism, Leisure and Recreation

Naval and Defence

• The maritime sector has the potential to be the new growth curve of the South African economy.

• Given the scarce skills and niche nature of international and domestic maritime sector, any amount of investment in the sector skills development programmes, coupled with optimal efficiencies makes maritime a business case in ROI in Human Capital Investment. A true TRANSFORMATION !

SHIPPING & TRANSPORT

MARINE RESOURCES

MARINE TOURISM

OPERATIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES

MANUFACTURING/

CONSTRUCTION

BUSINESS SERVICES

PUBLIC INTEREST

PORTS, MARINE

SERVICES & COASTAL

MARITIME LOGISTICSINFRASTR/

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FISHERIES, PHARMACEUTS / AQUACULTURE

OFF-SHORE ENERGY &

MINING

BOATING &

CRUISING

SPORTS &

RECREATION

LEISURE

SHIPPING LOGISTICS

MARINE TECHNOLOGIE

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MARINE & CIVIL ENGINEERING

BANKING & CONSULTING

MARITIME REGULATORY & NAVAL DEFENSE

Maritime Logistics

Hubs

Rail

Road

Pipeline

Vessel Operations

Short –Haul Shipping

Long-Haul Shipping

Shore based

management

Ports & Coastal

Administration

Infrastructure Development

& Maintenance

Off-Shore Ops, Ship to Shore

Transfer, Diving

Shore side Ops Marine,

Aids to Navigation,

Aquaculture

Catching & Processing

Yachting

Oil and Gas

Exploration &

Production

Eco-Marine Tourism

Real Estate

Marine Activiti

es

Cruising, Ferrying

Customs Clearance

Ship/Cargo Agency

Crewing Services

Vessel management

Environmental Management

Marine Traffic Management

Marine Software,

Green Technologies,

Maritime Corridors

Observatories& Aquaria

Marine Equipment

Manufacturing

Vessel Repairs & Construction

Financing

Technical & Business

Consulting

Legal Services

Auditing

Governance, Regulatory, Compliance

Training and Education

Security, Defence, Customs

Safety - Navigation, Environment, Property

Pharmaceutics

Freight Forwarding

Biotechnology, R&D,

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SPrimary Cluster

Secondary Cluster

Ports

Waterfrnt & Cruise

Terminals & Jetties

Shore based

management

Ocean, Tidal Inland Water

Resources Managemen

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Renewable Energy [Wind, tides,

Nuclear]

Diving

Hospitality &

Entertainment

Sailing Adventure & Views

Minerals Mining

Swimming

InsuranceResearch and

Development (R&D) and Innovation

SEAFARERS SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SEAFARERS SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AND JOBS AND JOBS

– – SEAFARERS CASE STUDYSEAFARERS CASE STUDY

The global shortage in seafarers presents an opportunity for becoming a labour supply nation to the global shipping transport industry, thereby creating jobs particularly for the youth in the underdeveloped parts of the country, including rural and township areas------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Setting the Scene

Over 80% of world trade is seaborne, handled by a fleet of over 50,000 merchant vessels; South Africa = 0 Ships

The world fleet of over 50,000 employs about 1,4 million seafarers; South Africa = about 1,500

There are shortages of over 250,000 ie 34,000 officers and 224,000 ratings]; South Africa’s unemployed = 40%

On board the 12,000 merchant ships visiting the South African ports annually, carrying about 240,000 seafarers who transport and handle our imports and exports (98% of total trade); South African port mariners = about 1,500

South Africa’s seaborne cargo constitutes a significant 3,5% of the global sea trade. South African transport = 0

Making the Case: Dilemma or Lack of Vision

Applying the uneducated rules of equitable participation, South Africa should be claiming a share of 30,000 - 45,000 seafaring jobs in international shipping [1 seafaring job has a multiplier factor of 8 to 10 jobs ashore].

However South Africa needs to be training about 3,000 to 4,500 seafarers annually to reach the target, however, with no coherent Human Resource Development Strategy, Programme and Plan to capture a share of those jobs Philippines will increase their number from the current 250,000 seafarers and unemploymentin South Africa will persist.

SEAFARERS SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SEAFARERS SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AND JOBS AND JOBS

– – SEAFARERS CASE STUDYSEAFARERS CASE STUDY

• The global shortage in seafarers presents an opportunity for becoming a labour supply nation to the global shipping transport industry, which in addition to creating jobs for citizens has its strategic advantages to the nation’s geo-economic and geo-strategic

position world-wide.

• The Findings that the opportunity of South Africa being favoured globally due to being an English speaking multi cultural nation, with high standards in seafarer training, suggest that

South Africa possesses basic characteristics that could make it globally competitive in providing quality seafarers.

• In order for the country to position itself for these opportunities, a more collaborative strategic engagement within government, with the private sector and civil society needs to

ensue, enabling: The development of a National Policy and Programmes on Seafarer Development,

addressing: the need to position South Africa as a major supplier of high quality sea workers

and expertise; the need for sustainable funding and incentive scheme to be adopted; and

the capacity to grow the numbers and sustain a world-class Seafarer Centre of Excellence

[SAMSA considers its funding of the current Cadetship Program Initiative as seed funding].

The National Seafarer Training system will realise its full potential when:a dedicated Maritime Institute is set up, with faculties anchored within the existing

FET and University of Technology systems; South Africa grows a critical mass of ships on Ship Register to enable provision

of training berths and jobs for the seafarers; and The current available capacity within government and SOE-controlled fleet vessels is used exclusively to provide the required training support to the institutions and industry.

CONCLUSIONCONCLUSION

• SAMSA realises the potential of the international and domestic maritime industry in assisting with the creation of employment that is sustainable, of high quality and attracting foreign

earnings, eliminating poverty and contributing to economic growth.

• The projected seafarer numbers, only represent the South African quota of the total international seafarer market, with a potential to take a bigger share of both the seafarers and

non-seafaring.

• The current persistent unemployment levels require step change...for 17 years we have been doing the same old thing, yet expecting different outcomes.

• The maritime industry as a whole holds currently and potentially hundreds of thousands of jobs:

Fisheries employ about 200,000 people yet receives little skills development support; Boat and Ship building and repairs, including offshore structures create hundreds of jobs,

with little skills development support; and Seafaring has the potential to create thousands of jobs, yet there is no support...

• SAMSA considers this forum - the Human Resource Development Secretariat and its Technical Working Group as key partners and enablers in the maritime skills development and

job creation efforts.

• SAMSA is organising a Maritime Skills Development Summit at which the Skills Study will be launched and the industry with skills development policy makers and providers engaging

in a process to develop the long term Maritime Skills Development Strategy, Programme and Plans. You are invited!

GALLERYGALLERY

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Satellite AIS Satellite AIS - over - over 8000 vessels8000 vessels

Courtesy: Marine Data Solutions

SA land mass = 1,220m.sq.kmSA ‘sealand’ = 3,432m sq.kmSA Search and Rescue Region = 27.7m sq.km.

GALLERYGALLERYSAR SAR RegionRegion

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