It is 20 years since the passenger cruise ship Oceanos sank on the 4th August 1991. On board were 581 passengers and crew. A Greek cruise liner, oceanos was sailing from Cape Town via east London to Durban. She sank ...
For a trip down maritime memory lane have a look at this historic news reel on the Seafarer rescue at Mouille Point. ...
Please go to < https://www.facebook.com/567CapeTalk?sk=notes >First click ‘LIKE’at the top of the pageThen click on the 567 Cape Talk / Dischem Foundation link below his pictureThe page comes up. Scroll down and click on “Meet the Volunteers”Scroll down to the ...
On Monday 01 August the tugs Smit Amandla and Smit Siyanda put a line on the Phoenix, aground at Sheffield Beach near Durban. They managed to pull her around a fair amount before the line parted. An attempt to get ...
For NSRI to win we need you to vote for them: SMS the word “strength” to 33922The rescue that they are being recognised for is 'Children Rescued from the Kaaimans Waterfall' (keyword “strength”)Station commander Hennie Niehaus from Station 23 Wilderness ...
John Cameron was the winner of the Musto kit donated to NSRI by Central Boating, raffled during the Durban boat show. He passed his lucky win on to his nephew Craig Cameron who picked it up this week from the ...
30 July 2011, Capt. N.T.Campbell, SAMSA Regional Manager: Southern Region 'The operations continue to remove the pollutants from the vessel and to date we can report the following;All the drums containing lube oils, grease and other rubbish from the decks ...
UPDATE:The skipper of the craft FREE MOMENT managed, with the help of a friends boat, to get his boat free off the sand bank at around 16h00 Sunday. NSRI Durban volunteers were in the process of launching a sea rescue ...
The Port Elizabeth deep Sea Rescue boat, “Spirit of Toft”, is back in the water after her refit.“East Coast Yachts of Durban have done a tremendous job,” said operations manager Mark Hughes, who oversaw the project. “They completed the job ...
The Melkbos NSRI Adventure Day is a popular annual event and space is limited.This year's event takes place on the 1st October and bookings will open at 07:00 on 1st August.It is a great day for those who love nature ...
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