20 January - 22 January
Radisson Collection Hotel, Cape Town
Maritime Week Africa is the longest-running and most popular bunkering event in Africa. It has earned a reputation for attracting the most eminent industry and government speakers, bringing together key bunker buyers and suppliers, as well as ports, refiners, regulators, and other leading maritime professionals to highlight the unique issues and opportunities relating to the African bunkering industry.
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Overview
In 2025, Maritime Week Africa was held in Mauritius and focused on traditional bunkering in Africa and the Indian Ocean, as well as the energy transition. It examined how geopolitics has impacted voyage patterns and bunkering demand, and – in a specially convened expert session – looked at how the fiscal and legal problems that have for some time been damaging South Africa’s reputation as a viable bunkering hub.
In 2026, the conference will pick up on the environmental and geopolitical issues raised in Mauritius but will also reexamine the issues that still appear to be holding South Africa back. With important interventions anticipated from South Africa’s Department of Transport, Transnet National Ports Authority and SAMSA, as well as representations from the South African Revenue Service (SARS), and leading members of the bunkering supply infrastructure, there will be ample opportunity to investigate the outstanding issues and seek some viable and long-term solutions.
The conference programme will also look at shipping and bunkering markets in other parts of Africa, including offshore and on neighbouring islands.
Besides the Flagship Conference, the week will include a training course, two busy networking lunches and two spectacular evening receptions, and a relaxing and instructive waterborne tour of Cape Town Harbour.
Wednesday 21 – Thursday 22 January 2026
The two-day conference will build on the environmental and geopolitical issues raised in Mauritius while re-examining South Africa’s challenges, with key input from government and industry. It will also explore shipping and bunkering markets across Africa, including offshore and island regions.
Join a unique and relaxing post-conference boat tour through the quays and terminals of Cape Town’s historic harbour for a close-up view of the port’s facilities and the many ships, workboats and other vessels visiting or working in Cape Town. To secure your place on the tour please email [email protected].
Tuesday 20 January 2026
The course provides a comprehensive overview of oil and liquid cargo transportation, covering crude, petroleum products, LNG, LPG, chemicals, and vegetable oils alongside the vessels designed to carry them.
View Course ProgrammeThe Maritime Week Africa 2026 exhibition offers you all the benefits of a networking environment in which you can consolidate existing, and develop new, business relationships. Use this opportunity to acquire new leads and build your brand by booking a tabletop exhibition space.
Speakers and panellists will include bunker suppliers and buyers, traders and brokers, storage and barging companies, fuel testing agencies, regulators, maritime lawyers, and shipping analysts, as well as ship owners and operators.
If you are interested in contributing to the programme, we would welcome your suggestions and comments
Llewellyn Bankes-Hughes
[email protected] | +44 1295 814455
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