Shaping the future of the maritime industry

The Namibian Ports Authority (Namport) recently hosted the Port Management Association for Eastern and Southern Africa [PMAESA] annual general meeting at the Swakopmund Hotel and Entertainment Center.The meeting is a significant event that plays a critical role in shaping the future of the maritime industry in Eastern and Southern Africa. With its secretariat hosted in Mombasa, Kenya, this platform allows members to discuss and address key issues affecting the African maritime sector, adopt resolutions and recommendations, review progress made in implementing previous resolutions, and network and collaborate with other member countries.Having celebrated its 50th silver jubilee anniversary last year, PMAESA continues to serve as an essential mechanism for promoting regional integration and cooperation in the maritime sector, thereby contributing to sustainable economic growth and development in Eastern and Southern Africa.The event saw the Transnet National Ports Authority, Ag. CE Adv. Phyllis Difeto, also serving as PMAESA chairperson, hand over the Pan-African Association for Port Co-operation [PAPC]Chairmanship Instruments of Power, to the Port Management Association of Western and Central Africa [PMWACA] chairman Jean Marie Koffi from Nigeria.The wooden gavel and certificate handover symbolise hosting the Executive Secretariat of the Pan African Port Cooperation (PAPC), the body under which the three regional African port associations affiliate.The Pan-African Association for Port Co-operation (PAPC) is the Port Industry Association for the continent, established by the three sub-regional port management associations of Africa, namely the North African Port Management Association (UAPNA), the Port Management Association of West and Central Africa (PMAWCA), and the Port Management Association of Eastern and Southern Africa (PMAESA).The PAPC leadership rotates among the three sub-regional port associations. Following PMAESA’s successful hosting of the PAPC Secretariat for the past two years, the handover of the symbolic instrument to PMWACA in Swakopmund signifies that this specific sub-regional Port Association will host the PAPC Secretariat.

Shaping the future of the maritime industry

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