Private sector breathes life into Operation Phakisa

An initiative that saw three South African companies work together to successfully deliver two world-class marine vessels has been hailed as exemplary by the Department of Trade and Industry’s (dti) and the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA). Damen Shipyards Cape Town (DSCT) recently delivered the second of two shoalbusters to marine solutions company, Smit-Amandla and De Beers Marine, which will be used to service diamond mining operations for De Beers.