National Environment Management: Integrated Coastal Management Act, 2008 (Act No. 24 of 2008)RegulationsEnvironmental Management of Ship-to-Ship Transfer, 2025Chapter 2 - Environmental Management9. Algoa Bay |
| (1) | Despite the prohibitions in regulation 3(1 )(b), (d) and (e), and subject to subregulations (2), (3) and (4), a ship-to-ship transfer operator that is authorised to undertake ship-to-ship transfer in Algoa Bay may only operate within anchorage areas 1 and 2 as detailed in Annexure 1. |
| (2) | A maximum of three ship-to-ship transfer operators may operate within Algoa Bay. |
| (3) | A maximum of six ship-to-ship transfer tankers may operate within Algoa Bay at any one time. |
| (4) | Ship-to-ship transfer may not take place in anchorage 2 in Algoa Bay, as set out in Annexure 1, from 1 April to 31 August in any given year except in an emergency or as a result of force majeure. |