Tag: Cape Town

• Monday, January 3rd 2022 - 09:13 UTC

  Nobody hurt as South Africa's Parliament burns

  

  South Africa's Parliament building in Cape Town was severely deteriorated by a huge fire Sunday. Although nobody has been reported injured, the event has sparked national security concerns. A suspect has been arrested. Firefighters worked for hours to extinguish the blaze.

• Saturday, November 20th 2021 - 09:24 UTC

  “Crystal Endeavor” with sanitary protocols tested, off to Antarctica

  

  Polar class vessel Crystal Endeavor departed from Ushuaia, the southernmost tip of Argentina on her first-ever expedition voyage to Antarctica, after receiving the epidemiological clearance from local sanitary authorities on Wednesday.

• Friday, March 5th 2021 - 08:30 UTC

  Icelandair's 42 hours flight to Antarctica and home again

  

  In its presentation, Icelandair says it usually flies closer to the Arctic Circle, but on this occasion, the trip was 4 days and 42 flight hours from the top of the world to the bottom, and home again. On Friday, February 26, an Icelandair Boeing 767 (TF-ISN), landed at Troll airfield (QAT) at the Troll research station operated by the Norwegian Polar Institute in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica.

• Friday, November 27th 2020 - 09:32 UTC

  Killer whales seem to have scared away great white sharks from Cape Town waters

  

  Killer whales are likely responsible for the disappearance of great white sharks from the waters of Cape Town, South Africa — a popular destination to go cage diving, according to a new South African government report.

• Wednesday, November 6th 2019 - 09:41 UTC

  Forty eight states pledge to ratify the fishing vessel safety Cape Town Agreement

  

  Forty-eight states have signed a public declaration to indicate their determination to ratify the 2012 Cape Town Agreement on fishing vessel safety at a Ministerial Conference held in Torremolinos, Spain, this week.

• Saturday, May 4th 2019 - 09:52 UTC

  Antarctic Tour Operators introduce mandatory measures to prevent whale strikes

  

  Members of the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) have unanimously voted in mandatory measures to prevent whale strikes in cetacean-rich Antarctic waters during their annual meeting this year held in Cape Town, South Africa.

• Tuesday, March 6th 2018 - 06:49 UTC

  A month after leaving the Falklands, “Tarini” has reached Cape Town

  

  Indian Naval Sailing Vessel (INSV) ‘Tarini’ has reached Cape Town in South Africa. This has marked the successful circumnavigation which started in September last year. The all-women crew has created history with the voyage as it is the first-ever Indian circumnavigation by an all-women crew.

• Thursday, March 12th 2015 - 09:20 UTC

  HMS Dragon calls at Cape Town's naval base for mid-deployment break

  

  There is a permanent reminder of the Royal Navy's HMS Dragon’s first visit to South Africa as the destroyer upheld a 90-year-old tradition. A large painting of the ship’s badge, featuring her namesake mythical beast, adorns the wall of the cavernous dry dock where the Portsmouth-based warship spent her mid-deployment break, receiving some TLC after a four-month battering from the Pacific and Atlantic.