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The DG for Transport, Mr. A.B. Eksteen, outlines plans for a marine line along the SA coast

Date
24 Sep 1980
Updated
30 Sep 2019
The DG for Transport, Mr. A.B. Eksteen, outlines plans for a marine line along the SA coast

On 24 September 1980 the Director General of Transport, Mr. A.B. Eksteen outlined plans for a marine line along the South African coast, similar to the United States coastguard but with no military connection. The marine patrol organisation would reduce and coordinate the work of existing services such as those provided by Sea Fisheries, the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI), aircraft and vessels operated by the Department of Transport and by companies operating anti-pollution vessels and salvage tugs. Eksteen said: “My Department is working on legislation to create an area of control extending 50 nautical miles from the coast in which such patrols would operate and have junction.”

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  1. 01The Cape Times, (25 September, 1980), ‘Plans for SA Marine patrol,’ [Available at the National Library of South Africa, Cape Town Campus]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

Cite this entry

South African History Online. (2011, September 15). The DG for Transport, Mr. A.B. Eksteen, outlines plans for a marine line along the SA coast. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0068186

South African History Online (2011) 'The DG for Transport, Mr. A.B. Eksteen, outlines plans for a marine line along the SA coast', South African History Online, 15 September. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0068186 (Accessed: 4 September 2026).

South African History Online, The DG for Transport, Mr. A.B. Eksteen, outlines plans for a marine line along the SA coast [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0068186, (accessed 4 September 2026).

"The DG for Transport, Mr. A.B. Eksteen, outlines plans for a marine line along the SA coast." South African History Online, 15 Sept. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0068186. Accessed 4 Sept. 2026.

South African History Online. "The DG for Transport, Mr. A.B. Eksteen, outlines plans for a marine line along the SA coast." South African History Online. September 15, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0068186.

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