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I see that ABYC is STILL In the Port of Port Elizabeth. Or is it?

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Whilst having a browse through the TNPA Port Development Framewrok plans for 2022 for this article – Why TNPA will NEVER Replace the Manganese Ore with a Waterfront – I saw a reference to the Algoa Bay Yacht Club on page 55 of the document.

This is to be found on Page 55 in Table 2-9: Current Port Activities – Port of Port Elizabeth and, under the Other Services/Maritime commercial rows it reads; “Visiting cruise liners are presently accommodated at the MPT terminal. Vesselscall at the port primarily for one-day city/safari excursions. Algoa Bay Yacht Club, angling and spearfishing clubs are accommodated in the port.”

May I issue a correction to your wording?

It should read; “Visiting cruise liners are presently accommodated at the MPT terminal. Vessels call at the port primarily for one-day city/safari excursions. The Algoa Bay Yacht Club was evicted from the Port in 2018 and replaced by the Nelson Mandela Bay Yacht Club (which is ACTUALLY not a Yacht Club in the universal accepted understanding and just an office/restaurant/pub), the PEDSAC angling club (which caters for spearfishing as well) is accommodated in the port. No sporting bodies allied to SASCOC are accommodated in the Port .”

Related: Why TNPA will NEVER Replace the Manganese Ore with a Waterfront

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Alan Straton

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Passionate about Port Elizabeth and definitely NOT packing for Perth. Alan's ethos is epitomised in the words of Nelson Mandela; "I have fought against white domination and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the idea of a democratic and free society. If need be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die." See more articles by Alan.