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MEDIA RELEASE
Port Authority Outlines Operation Phakisa Progress in Western Cape
[Cape Town, South Africa, 23 August 2016] The Cape Town Business Community responded positively to
Transnet National Ports Authority’s (TNPA) Western Cape port development plans aimed at supporting the
ambitious targets of the South African Government’s Operation Phakisa: Ocean Economy programme.
TNPA’s General Manager for Strategy, Nico Walters, outlined the authority’s progress at a business forum hosted
by TNPA in partnership with the Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry at the Cape Town International
Convention Centre on Monday, 15 August.
The Operation Phakisa programme, launched in 2014, aims to unlock the economic potential of the country’s
oceans in order to create economic growth and job opportunities through fast-tracked development.
Nationally TNPA is investing around R2.1 bn over the next five years to refurbish existing ship repair facilities and
an estimated R13 to 15bn to create new facilities for private sector investment, aimed at supporting the growth
of the local ship repair, ship building and oil and gas sectors.
Operation Phakisa provides an aggressive set of timelines to position the country’s ports as premium destinations
for these services. Projects are expected to increase the GDP contribution of the Marine Transport and Maritime
sector by R14 billion in 2010 to R23 billion by 2019 and to increase total employment from 15000 jobs in 2010 to
40 000 – 50 000 jobs by 2019.
Walters said: “The biggest Operation Phakisa investment is purpose-built oil and gas infrastructure at the Port of
Saldanha planned to come on stream in 2019. It includes an oil and gas supply base, a new Mossgass quay as
well as a rig repair berth. This R10 billion investment is expected to generate 25 500 jobs at the jetty.”
He said the request for proposals for the offshore oil and gas supply base had gone out to market in April 2016
and bids would close in September 2016. The expression of interest in the Mossgas and Berth 205 projects went
out in May 2016 and closed this month.
These developments will be supported through the industrial development zone adjacent to the port.
The Port of Cape Town has also been earmarked as one of the important hubs for the delivery of Operation
Phakisa and at least R615 million will be invested here over the next five years. Of this, at least R140 million is
being invested to refurbish and rehabilitate the Sturrock dry dock, while another R60 million is being spent on
repairs at Robinson dry dock.
The Sturrock dry dock’s water circulating pumps have been repaired and are currently undergoing commissioning
tests. Further repairs are scheduled at the facility. Ten cranes for ship repair are being replaced at a cost of R
365 million.
TNPA is also refurbishing the Syncrolift facility which is situated in the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront Precinct at a
total cost of R50 million.
TNPA is ensuring that the ongoing success of these projects is supported through skills development and capacity
building.
The authority is developing an Operation Phakisa Training Centre at the Port of Cape Town that will be located at
the old SAFBULK Building which is being converted over the next year. Marine courses on offer will include an
accredited dock master training programme, ship building courses, a ship maintenance programme and
international Lighthouse and Navigational Systems programmes.
Walters said: “We as the port authority are excited about Operation Phakisa. The untapped Ocean Economy is
where a lot of South Africa’s growth will be coming from.”
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Note:
The Operation Phakisa presentation given by Nico Walters, TNPA’s GM: Strategy, is attached separately but can
also be downloaded from the TNPA website at:
http://www.transnetnationalportsauthority.net/Corporate%20Affairs/Presentations/Cape%20Town%20B2B%20
Presentations/4.b2b%20cpt%20phakisa%2015%20aug%202016.pdf
Image Gallery
Below: GM: Strategy Nico Walters
addressing the Cape Town business
community.
Below: Artist’s impression of Operation Phakisa
developments at the Port of Saldanha that are
expected to come on stream by 2019.
Below: Work on the interior of TNPA’s new
Operation Phakisa training centre at the Port
of Cape Town is well underway with high tech
simulation equipment and infrastructure
installed in a number of classrooms.
Below: Water circulation pumps refurbished at
the Sturrock dock in the Port of Cape Town.
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About Transnet National Ports Authority
Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) is one of five operating divisions of Transnet SOC Ltd. The National
Ports Authority is responsible for the safe, effective and efficient economic functioning of the national port
system, which it manages in a landlord capacity. It provides port infrastructure and marine services at the
eight commercial seaports in South Africa – Richards Bay, Durban, Saldanha, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, East
London, Mossel Bay and Ngqura. It operates within a legislative and regulatory environment and is governed
by the National Ports Act (Act No. 12 of 2005). For more information visit
www.transnetnationalportsauthority.net.
Issued by:
Coen Birkenstock
Corporate Affairs Manager
Port of Cape Town
Transnet National Ports Authority
[email protected]
On behalf of:
Sipho Nzuza
Port Manager
Port of Cape Town
Transnet National Ports Authority
[email protected]
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