Full Name of Company: eThekwini Maritime
Cluster

Nature of Business: Ship/ Boat Building Repair
and Maintenance Sector

ABOUT US
The vision of the EMC is to facilitate
collaboration of stakeholders to work towards
a common goal of improving competitiveness
thereby contributing to economic growth.
This vision is built on the premise that that
there will be a collective working of:

• National, provincial and local government
• Sectoral maritime business associations
• Statutory bodies and state-owned enterprises

OBJECTIVES OF THE ETHEKWINI MARITIME CLUSTER
In support of this vision the EMC has identified the following specific objectives:

• To provide a platform for role players to network with each other and to engage with government and Transnet to overcome infrastructural and institutional constraints
• To benchmark the value chains of cargoes moving through the ports so as to improve efficiencies and competitiveness
• To improve education and training for the maritime industry and to enable talented people to enter the industry
• To foster the growth of small and medium sized businesses in the industry as well as the transformation of the industry more generally
• To improve maritime safety, health and environmental management
• To foster the development of the ship repair and boat and ship building sectors which offer good opportunities for employment creation
• To promote the eThekwini maritime industry locally, nationally and globally

CONTACT DETAILS
CEO : Basil Ndlovu
Programme Manager: Noma Sokhela
Networking Advocacy: Lwandile Mabuza
Knowledge Management: Zola Mchizwa
Skills Management: Siphiwe Mdletshe

CONTACT DETAILS
Tel: +27 (0)31 274 0360
E-mal: basil@maritimecluster.co.za
Website: http://maritimecluster.co.za