Pioneering KZNSB launches Maritime Centre of Excellence
According to Ports & Ships website, the KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board (KZNSB) has unveiled a Maritime Centre of Excellence, which it says, is "the first-of-its-kind in the SADC region".
Ports & Ships reports that the announcement came at a function held at the Sharks Board headquarters in Umhlanga, Durban. The KZNSB, which falls under the auspices of the provincial Department of Economic Development and Tourism, is world-famous for its pioneering work in protecting bathers from shark attacks and leading in the field of marine research.
The MCE is being established "to facilitate the development of trade, occupation and SMME's in the environment of ocean and coastal shipping, inland waterways, aquaculture, port activities, maritime security, boat building, boat repair and associated land-based activities," Ports & Ships website reports.
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