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Yesterday Island View Shipping ( a Division of Grindrod Shipping) hosted a successful 10th annual NSRI (Station 19, Richards Bay) golf day at the Richards Bay Country Club.Between 2006 and 2014, R656 96,was raised for NSRI Richards Bay and our new 4.7m rapid response rescue boat has been named 'Grindrod Rescue' in honour of this incredible effort.The golf day itself raised R100k from the generous shipping fraternity. The greatest sponsorship however came from Mr Martyn Wade, the CEO of Grindrod Shipping, who matched this, and a grand total of R200 000 was declared for the day.Station 19 Richards Bay would like to sincerely thank Island View Shipping and the shipping community for their loyal support.DSC_0329 Martyn Wade (CEO Grindrod Shipping) and Axel Krumhoff (GM IVS) DSC_0239 Rescue boat Grindrod Rescue with the NSRI team - Chris, Matthew, Ryan and Andre.Thank you to all of our sponsors - without you it would not have been possible:A&M Logistics, ALS Global, Aramex South Africa, APEX Stowaway, ARXO Logistics, Avalon, Bay Stevedores, Bidfreight Port Operations, Boss Marine, Capricorn Shipbroking, Chandling International, Chettles, Chrome Traders, Davlink, Glencore, Grindrod Terminals, Jolem Shipping, Khwela Print & Signs, Midbay Motors, Naledi, National Ship Chandlers, Nautilus Shipbroking, Noble Energy, Northcore Sport, Pacific Basin, Penmarine, Porky’s, Rennies, Ronin Independent, South32, Storm Plant Hire, Sturrock Grindrod Maritime, Servest, Stowaway Search Dogs, THB Shipping, Thormarine, Unimar, Wilhelmsen, WWW365 Shipping

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