South Africa

Coordinators from last week's Africa Martime Indaba conference have shared SAMSA CEO Commander Tsietsi Mokhele's presentation from the event with the OGSR. 

The South Africa Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) has acknowledged that its ship register is perceived as "uncompetitive."

The Port Elizabeth Herald reports:

While South Africa has promised to introduce a tonnage tax regime in early 2013, some are skeptical of whether the country will be able to do so by that date.