Maritime careers in Buffalo City Metro are to be promoted at the first Eastern Cape Maritime Summit in East London at Hemingways later this month.
The maritime careers exhibition at the summit will give pupils plenty of information about maritime studies and how to make a life out of working in the ocean economy.
Schools have been invited to attend the expo at specific times on October 27 and 28, which takes place on the sidelines of the summit.
Booking is essential: call 0861-101-475, or e-mail wellington@inkanyezi.co.za or go to www.maritimesummit.co.za
The summit, which also features world-class speakers and site tours, is run under the auspices of the Border-Kei Chamber of Business with the support of BCM and the Department of Economic Development, Environmental Affairs and Tourism.
Organiser Andrew Binning said it was predicted maritime careers would boom in the coming decade. South Africa is part of an Africa-wide programme to “optimise its marine resources”.
South Africa’s oceans are estimated have the potential to contribute up to R177-billion to the country’s GDP and create up to a million new jobs by 2033. This is the key aim of the national government’s Operation Phakisa, Binning said.
At the 22nd session of the AU in Addis Ababa in January 2014, the years from 2015 to 2025 were declared the Decade of African Seas and Oceans.
Thirty-eight African countries are either coastal or island states and over 100 port facilities handle containers and other forms of cargo.
Binning said the government’s promotion of marine business and job creation represented a “significant opportunity for school-leavers”.
“There is a need to develop the skills required by this growth and to also accelerate growth, the potential of which is enormous.”
Leading SA maritime educational institutions will be at the exhibition, among them the Maritime School of Excellence, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Nelson Mandela Metro University, East Cape Midlands College and the SA International Maritime Institute. Corporate exhibitors include Eastern Cape Parks and Tourism Agency, Fab Manufacturing, East London IDZ, Rohlig Grindrod, Transnet Port Terminals, Transnet Port Operations and the Industrial Development Corporation.
The maritime industry involves activities of all vessels used at sea and any land-based services needed to sustain them, such as marine protection, pollution, repairs, tourism and transport. — mikel@dispatch.co.za
Schools should book slot at maritime career exhibition
The maritime careers exhibition at the summit will give pupils plenty of information about maritime studies and how to make a life out of working in the ocean economy.
Schools have been invited to attend the expo at specific times on October 27 and 28, which takes place on the sidelines of the summit.
Booking is essential: call 0861-101-475, or e-mail wellington@inkanyezi.co.za or go to www.maritimesummit.co.za
The summit, which also features world-class speakers and site tours, is run under the auspices of the Border-Kei Chamber of Business with the support of BCM and the Department of Economic Development, Environmental Affairs and Tourism.
Organiser Andrew Binning said it was predicted maritime careers would boom in the coming decade. South Africa is part of an Africa-wide programme to “optimise its marine resources”.
South Africa’s oceans are estimated have the potential to contribute up to R177-billion to the country’s GDP and create up to a million new jobs by 2033. This is the key aim of the national government’s Operation Phakisa, Binning said.
At the 22nd session of the AU in Addis Ababa in January 2014, the years from 2015 to 2025 were declared the Decade of African Seas and Oceans.
Thirty-eight African countries are either coastal or island states and over 100 port facilities handle containers and other forms of cargo.
Binning said the government’s promotion of marine business and job creation represented a “significant opportunity for school-leavers”.
“There is a need to develop the skills required by this growth and to also accelerate growth, the potential of which is enormous.”
Leading SA maritime educational institutions will be at the exhibition, among them the Maritime School of Excellence, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Nelson Mandela Metro University, East Cape Midlands College and the SA International Maritime Institute. Corporate exhibitors include Eastern Cape Parks and Tourism Agency, Fab Manufacturing, East London IDZ, Rohlig Grindrod, Transnet Port Terminals, Transnet Port Operations and the Industrial Development Corporation.
The maritime industry involves activities of all vessels used at sea and any land-based services needed to sustain them, such as marine protection, pollution, repairs, tourism and transport. — mikel@dispatch.co.za
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