23 January - 25 January
Table Bay Hotel, Cape Town, South Africa
Maritime Week Africa is the longest-running and most popular bunkering event in the African continent. It has built a strong reputation for attracting the highest-level industry speakers, bringing together the most important suppliers and buyers and highlighting the challenges and opportunities presented by the uniquely diverse African bunkering industry.
MWAF23 Programme
Local issues:
The programme will include a variety of top-level presentations and vibrant panel discussions. It will also include a Women in Maritime panel that will examine how the role of women is developing within the context of the shipping and bunkering sectors in Africa.
Standard Rate: £475
International Issues:
Welcome Coffee
Silver Sponsor
This session will look at South Africa’s oil and gas sectors as well as investing in Africa’s port and transport infrastructure.
09:00
Opening Remarks
Llewellyn Bankes-Hughes, Managing Director, Petrospot Ltd
Overview of South Africa’s Oil and Gas Sector
Adrian Strydom, CEO, South African Oil and Gas Alliance (SAOGA)
Developments on African Ports from an Operational Perspective
Captain Thulani Dubeko, Vice President of the African Harbour Master’s Committee Board Members (AHMC) & Harbour Master, Transnet National Ports Authority
Legislation, Regulation and the Nuances of Bunkering in South Africa
Kgomotso Selokane-Maja, CEO, Heron Marine
Panel Discussion / Q&A
10:15
Maritime Week Africa – Keynote Address
The Deputy Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga, Deputy Minister of Transport, Department of Transport, Republic of South Africa
This session will focus on the ports, shipping and bunkering in South Africa, looking at regulation, fuel supply and quality.
11:00
Chair
Llewellyn Bankes-Hughes, Managing Director, Petrospot Ltd
Developments in Policy and Legislation in South Africa
Dumisani Ntuli, Chief Director, Maritime Transport Policy & Legislation, Department of Transport, RSA
Developments in South Africa’s Maritime Sector
Tau Morwe, Deputy Chair, South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA)
Strategies for a Sustainable Bunker Industry in South Africa
Gavin Naidoo, Bunker Business Manager, Linsen Nambi
Bunkering in South African Ports
Graham Dreyden, Marine Services Executive, African Marine Solutions (AMSOL)
Panel Discussion / Q&A
This session will examine developments in ports, shipping and bunkering in key markets in West Africa, including offshore Gulf of Guinea.
14:00
Chair
Llewellyn Bankes-Hughes, Managing Director, Petrospot Ltd
West Africa: An Overview
Jon Hughes, Managing Director, Dan-Bunkering Africa Ltd
The Canary Islands and West Africa: A Supplier’s Perspective
Stanislas Violet, Senior Trader, Addax Energy SA
Ghana
Brent Nartey, Managing Director, Engen Ghana
Angola
Jorge Calvillo, CEO, ATH Trading
Panellist:
Veryan Bell, Senior Bunker Manager, Oldendorff Carriers GmbH & Co. KG
Panel Discussion / Q&A
This session will look at specific developments in ports, shipping and bunkering in Southern Africa, East Africa and Mauritius.
16:00
Chair
Llewellyn Bankes-Hughes, Managing Director, Petrospot Ltd
Saldanha Bay
Benedicta Durcan, Executive MBA | Energy |Upstream Oil&Gas | Maritime, Freeport Saldanha Industrial Development Zone
Mossel Bay
Donovan Brink, Strategy and Commercial Manager, PetroSA
Algoa Bay: A South African Success Story
Kgomotso Selokane-Maja, CEO, Heron Marine
Mauritius
Vy-Anne Young, Marine and Aviation Manager, Vivo Energy (Mauritius)
Panellist:
Veryan Bell, Senior Bunker Manager, Oldendorff Carriers GmbH & Co. KG (Germany)
Panel Discussion / Q&A
Chair’s Closing Remarks
17:30 – End of Day One
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