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Cape Town Maritime Cluster

F3. Seafaring Life, Education, Professions and Institutions

Definition

South African seafaring and ship-repair hub.

The maritime concentration at Cape Town, South Africa, built around ship repair, offshore-rig refit, and supply services on the Cape sea route between the Atlantic and Indian oceans. The Port of Cape Town’s repair quays and the V&A Waterfront support fishing, oil-and-gas, and cruise activity, with bunkering, agency, and survey services. Cape Town is South Africa’s secondary maritime center after Durban and a staging point for vessels rounding the Cape of Good Hope.

Source: Transnet National Ports Authority (Port of Cape Town); Cape Town V&A Waterfront.