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In each episode we take a deep dive into the world of shipping, the law and some stuff in between. We talk to interesting people with diverse backgrounds, all of whom are connected by their love of the sea and their life-long involvement in the shipping industry - covering everything from commerce and law, all the way to education and the environment. Bowmans is a leading African corporate and commercial law firm.
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#12 Icebound: Piloting a path to Shackleton's Endurance
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The 2022 underwater images of the wreck of the Endurance in pristine condition under the Antarctic ice graced the front pages of the press across the world and captured the imagination of young and old. In this episode, we speak with Captain Freddie Ligthelm; one of the men responsible for piloting the polar vessel S.A. Agulhas II through the ice o…
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#11 Floods, riots and other calamities: Understanding supply chain disruptions in South Africa
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A series of unfortunate events in the last 18 months have rattled the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa - home to the crucial gateways of Durban and Richards Bay. Coming at a time when supply chains worldwide were already under considerable strain from the aftershocks of Covid 19 or other events, the riots and floods had a crippling effect on …
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#10 Plastic Nurdles: the toxic waste polluting our oceans
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In May 2021, the X-Press Pearl caught fire 18 km off the west coast of Sri Lanka and spilled 1680 tons of spherical pieces of plastic or “nurdles”; the preproduction plastic used to manufacture a wide range of end products. The incident sparked world-wide attention to the environmental dangers posed by these little balls of plastic, which could lea…
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9# Trade, Commodities & the War in Ukraine : Legal and Practical Implications
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While the world's gaze is fixed on Ukraine and Russia, we try to make sense of the war's effect and the legal implications for the trade in commodities. Joining us is guest, Andrew Buchmann, a partner in the commodities team at international law firm, Hill Dickinson. Specifically, we discuss the practical challenges for trade execution and the ship…
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#8 Captain Ann Till: A pioneer at sea and ashore
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Capt Ann Till forged a career in shipping straight out of school at the age of 16 and rose through the ranks to gain her certification as Master Mariner while working for Maersk Supply Service on their Anchor Handler and Platform Supply fleet. She is now the Chief Vessel Operator for Ocean Infinity, responsible for turning robotic uncrewed vessels …
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#7 U-boat warfare off South Africa in WW2 and the German spy network
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In this interview with Dr Evert Kleynhans, we unveil the details of the u-boat campaigns off the coast of South Africa in 1942/43 during World War 2; principally Operation Eisbar, which played out around the Cape of Good Hope, and discuss his new book, Hitler’s Spies: Secret Agents and the Intelligence War in South Africa, in which he analyses the …
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#6 Restructuring Transnet National Ports Authority and why it matters
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The National Ports Authority of South Africa is about to undergo an important corporate and legal restructure. In this episode we speak to a former member of the Ports Regulator of South Africa and Bowmans partner, Andrew Pike, as he takes us through the changes and explains why they matter.By Jeremy Prain
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#5 Captain Nick Sloane and the spirit of adventure
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When the massive passenger liner, Costa Concordia, ran aground on the island of Giglio off the Italian coast in 2012, Captain Nicholas Sloane took on the challenge of leading a team to parbuckle and refloat her off the rocks before delivering her to the yard in Genoa for scapping. It was the most complex and expensive refloating job ever undertaken…
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#4 Brian Ingpen: Transforming maritime education
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In his characteristically understated way, Brian Ingpen considers himself lucky to have lived a life combining his hobby, his passion and his profession into one: teaching children about ships. What should not go unsaid, however, is that Brian spent most his adult life at the forefront of maritime education in South Africa, half of which was as the…
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#3 The villains and heroes of the Oceanos sinking
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To this day, the rescue of over 200 passengers and crew from the stricken Oceanos in 1991 remains one of the great, but often overlooked, events in recent maritime history. We speak to Andrew Pike, author and maritime lawyer, about his book on the incident and how he reignited interest in the story and brought it to the attention of a new generatio…
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#2 Getting seafarers home in the time of Covid
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Stories of seafarers stuck on ships has been a constant refrain of the Covid 19 pandemic within the shipping world and, indeed, the broader press across the world. Bowmans partner, Lana Stockton, has been at the forefront of repatriation for crew, passengers and stowaways from the start of the lockdowns. She talks about her experiences and challeng…
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#1 Namibia: The Hidden Gem of Ship Mortgage Enforcement
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Shipping lawyer at Bowmans, Craig Cunningham, explains why Namibia is the hidden gem when it comes to banks and financiers in search of a user-friendly jurisdiction for structured workouts for distressed shipping loans. The jurisdiction has all the benefits and flexibility of South Africa, but none of the downsides of poor ship mortgage ranking.…
