BOWMANS SHIPPING PODCAST #6: restructuring Transnet National Ports Authority and why it matters

In June this year, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that Transnet National Ports Authority will be ‘corporatised’ and established as an independent subsidiary of Transnet SOC Ltd. In this episode of our shipping podcast, host and partner, Jeremy Prain, speaks to the head of our Ports, Transport and Logistics sector, Andrew Pike, about the complexities surrounding the proposed changes and why they matter.

BOWMANS SHIPPING PODCAST 4: Transforming maritime education with Brian Ingpen

In this episode, partner and host, Jeremy Prain, is joined Brian Ingpen – a man who considers himself lucky to have lived a life combining his hobby, his passion and his profession into one: teaching children about ships. Brian has spent most his adult life at the forefront of maritime education in South Africa, half of which was as the head of Lawhill Maritime Centre; a boarding house affiliated with Simon’s Town School which teaches Maritime Economics and Nautical Science to students aged approximately 15 to 17 and provides them with specialised knowledge and practical skills. Jeremy and Brian reflects on his childhood amongst the Cape Town docks; his life at Lawhill; and his new book.

BOWMANS SHIPPING PODCAST 3: The villains and heroes of the Oceanos sinking

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. Partner and host, Jeremy Prain, is joined by Andrew Pike, author and the head of our Ports, Transport and Logistics sector group, to discuss his book on the incident and how he reignited interest in the story and brought it to the attention of a new generation of readers and shipping enthusiasts.Â