Maritime Transport Regulation

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Maritime Transport Regulation The Five Years Ahead
Presentation to Portfolio Committee 15 June 2004
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Contents

• The Approach
• The Focal Areas of Maritime Regulation
• Maritime Regulation Areas

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The Approach

• Pro-active trend analysis and response
  development
• Holistic and integrated approach to processes
• Greater emphasis on International alignment
  within SADC, AU and IMO(International Maritime
  Organisation)
• Participatory policy and regulatory development

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The Focal Areas

• Safety
• Security
• Environment
• Economic
• Seafarer welfare

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Marine Environmental Protection

• Overall Agenda
• National Contingency Planning for prevention and
  combating of marine pollution
• Marine pollution and bio-diversity threat
  management
• Ship Emission Control

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Marine Environmental Protection (2)

• Outputs
• Ratification of the OPRC and the HNS Protocol
• Ratification of Ships Ballast Water Convention
• Ratification of Annex 6 of MARPOL Convention
• Amendment of the SAMSA Act and other marine
  environment legislation.
• Establishment of a co-operative structure to be
  known as the Marine Environment Advisory
  Committee (MEAC) consisting of Government(all
  spheres) and private sector

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Maritime Traffic and Ports

• Overall Agenda
• Enhancement and facilitation of maritime traffic
• Enhancement of port system performance
• Promotion and facilitation of maritime bilateral
  relations.
• Promotion of coastal shipping

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Maritime Traffic and Ports (2)

• Outputs
• Development of a new framework that will ensure
  simplification, minimization and harmonization of
  documentary requirements at our ports
• Enactment of the National Ports Authority Bill
  and establishment of the Independent Ports
  Regulator
• Conclusion of traffic facilitation elements in
  bilateral Agreements with maritime countries
• Ratification of the Convention on Facilitation of
  International Maritime Traffic, 1965
• Promotion of S.A. participation at the
  Facilitation Committee of the IMO
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Shipping

• Overall Agenda
• Alignment with appropriate international practice
• Growth of the South African registration of SOLAS
  vessels

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Shipping(2)

• Outputs
• A reformed SA ship registration framework that
  attracts new ship registrations
• Review of SA ship registration and related
  legislation to accommodate among others,
  incentives, subsidies and ship financing schemes
• Establish the SA Ship Register Advisory Group
  (SASRAG)
• Alignment of RSA shipping legislation with
  appropriate international practice

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Inland Waterways

• Overall Agenda
• Ensure safety on South African inland waterways
• Foster harmonisation and co-operation with
  countries sharing RSA inland waterways

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Inland Waterways(2)

• Outputs
• To create a multi-sphere framework for safety on
  South African inland waterways through
  regulation, enforcement and awareness.
• Inland waterways regulation reform to deal with
  among other issues, safety, accident
  investigation and possible creation of a
  navigation control offices at local level.
• Conclude co-operation and harmonisation
  agreements with neighbouring countries bordering
  on South Africas inland waterways
• Encourage civil society participation in the
  promotion and enforcement of safety on inland
  waterways

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Maritime Safety

• Overall Agenda
• To ensure safety in the maritime industry
• Appropriately expand safety regulatory framework
  to the fishing industry
• Agency oversight of SAMSA
• Raising public awareness on maritime safety

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Maritime Safety(2)

• Outputs
• Ensure the continuous development and maintenance
  of the maritime safety regulatory framework 
• Development of a specific regulatory framework
  for the fishing industry based on ILO and
  IMO(STCW F) treaties and standards
• Ensure compliance by SAMSA with the South African
  Maritime Safety Authority Act and other
  applicable legislation
• Integrated Maritime safety awareness programmes
  among industry and the public
• Performance management of SAMSA

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Maritime Safety(3)

• Amend SAMSA Act in order to clarify powers, roles
  and responsibilities of of the institutional
  arrangement
• Establish the Maritime Safety Promotion Task Team
  
• Establish the Working Group on Fishing Vessel
  Safety

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Maritime Industry Promotion

• Overall Agenda
• To enhance the profile of the South African
  maritime industry

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Maritime Industry Promotion(2)

• Outputs
• Launching and publication of the maritime
  industry Year Book and the Award ceremony
• Production of a maritime industry video
• Observance of national and international maritime
  days

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Maritime Industry Promotion(2)

• Outputs
• Launching and publication of the maritime
  industry Year Book and the Award ceremony
• Production of a maritime industry video
• Observance of national and international maritime
  days

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Maritime Industry Trend Analysis

• Overall Agenda
• Ensure RSA Maritime Industry Relevance.
• Align transport development and planning to
  emerging trends

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Maritime Industry Trend Analysis(2)

• Outputs
• To research and forecast shipping trends cycles
  and their impact on the South African economy
• Develop a quarterly report on emerging trends in
  maritime transport industry and its implications
  for policy, decision-making and infrastructure
  planning
• Develop appropriate legal response to emerging
  maritime trends
• Formation of a Committee with relevant
  departments and agencies to consider the trends
  and developments affecting shipping and
  integrated policy responses

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Maritime Security

• Overall Agenda
• To ensure the full compliance with the
  multi-lateral maritime security regime

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Maritime Security(2)

• Outputs
• Implementation of the ISPS Code and SOLAS
  amendments
• Implement the SUA Convention and its protocol
• Development and maintenance of the maritime
  security regulatory regime
• Review the Merchant Shipping Act in consequence
  to the implementation of the SUA Convention and
  its Protocol

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Maritime Security(2)

• Outputs
• Implementation of the ISPS Code and SOLAS
  amendments
• Implement the SUA Convention and its protocol
• Development and maintenance of the maritime
  security regulatory regime
• Review the Merchant Shipping Act in consequence
  of the implementation of the SUA Convention and
  its Protocol

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Maritime Capacity Building

• Overall Agenda
• To increase the number of historically
  disadvantaged professionals within the industry
• To facilitate the building of an internationally
  competitive workforce within the industry

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Maritime Capacity Building(2)

• Outputs
• Career-pathing of suitably qualified HDIs within
  the industry
• Co-operation with various institutions (academic
  and others) to ensure capacity building within
  the industry
• Promotion of learnerships in the maritime
  transport industry
• Supporting the enhancement of the Maritime
  Chamber of TETA
• Promote implementation and development of MOUs
  with various academic and vocational guidance
  institutions.

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Seafarers Welfare

• Overall Agenda
• To promote maritime programmes or procedures that
  emphasise the welfare of persons working in the
  maritime industry.

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Seafarers Welfare(2)

• Outputs
• Conclusion of memoranda in terms of the STCW
  Convention.
• Harmonisation of SAQA/ TETA with the STCW
  Convention.
• Programs that enhance human performance in the
  maritime industry.
• Development and maintenance of a database on
  South African Seafarers for crewing purposes 
• Facilitate the ratification of relevant ILO
  Maritime Labour Conventions
• Various amendments to the Merchant Shipping Act
• To promote maritime programmes or procedures that
  emphasise the welfare of persons working in the
  maritime industry.

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Maritime BEE

• Overall Agenda
• To ensure the industry properly reflects the
  demographics of SA, in terms of share holding,
  employment and personnel development

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Maritime BEE (2)

• Outputs
• Monitoring and implementation of the BEE
  Maritime Charter
• Develop appropriate legislation to promote BEE in
  the Maritime industry

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NEPAD

• Overall Agenda
• Facilitate the role of the South African
  maritime industry in NEPAD
• Ensure that the industry is positioned to
  support NEPAD initiatives

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Nepad (2)

• Outputs
• Adoption of the African Maritime Charter
• Facilitation of the implementation of the
  African Maritime Transport Charter
• Ensure meaningful participation at
  MARSCOM(AU) and PMEASA
• Promotion of partnerships between south
  African corporate entities and those of other
  African states

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Maritime Policy

• Overall Agenda
• To develop a comprehensive and consolidated
  maritime transport policy for SA

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Maritime Policy(2)

• Outputs
• Maritime policy consultative process
• Development of a maritime transport policy
  green paper
• Development of a maritime transport policy
  white paper

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Search and Rescue

• Overall Agenda
• To develop and maintain an effective and
  efficient Search and Rescue Co-ordination and
  management capability in RSA and the Region

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Search and Rescue(2)

• Outputs
• Facilitate in consultation with the IMO, the
  finalization of the Multilateral Agreement on the
  co-ordination of search and rescue services for
  the Southern African region
• To ensure the appropriate regulatory environment
  for SAR
• To develop a programme to assist volunteer
  organisations
• Ensure compliance with the SR requirements under
  multi-lateral institutions