I refer to the article in the latest FTW (June 7, 2013) headlined ‘Cabotage legislation moves closer’. Heaven help South Africa if this is the calibre of industry leaders who pontificate over things about which they have no understanding or knowledge! I would be interested to see this gentleman’s credentials, which enable him to make such comments, especially the one about project cargo.... With respect to this gentleman, it sounds like he is about to pop up with another cadre who has some kind of a deal with another cadre who has a friend who has a ship which is about to let rip in our coastal waters. Can this gentleman kindly point out the South Africanregistered vessels which can carry project cargo please? This makes the farce of BBEE seem like rocket science! Maybe I have missed something here, but placing such a restriction on coastal traffic and limiting it to SA-registered vessels will further serve to protect/ shelter operators and restrict the free-market system even further! It smacks of socialist protectionism Tim Driman, chairman, INTERLOGIX Group, South Africa and Namibia.
