{"id":28611,"date":"2026-03-13T09:25:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T07:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=28611"},"modified":"2026-03-13T09:25:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T07:25:02","slug":"maritime-traffic-expected-to-surge-across-south-african-seas","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/maritime-traffic-expected-to-surge-across-south-african-seas\/","title":{"rendered":"Maritime traffic expected to surge across South African seas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span style=\"font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">The South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) says it is closely observing the developments in the Middle East and their potential impact on global shipping routes.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"ms-outlook-mobile-signature\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div>SAMSA Chief Executive Officer Dennis Mqadi, says they are equipped to support all vessels choosing to navigate past SA\u2019s coastline.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This as they anticipate a possible increase in maritime traffic.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Mqadi also says they are ready to provide services to ensure the secure and efficient passage of all ships.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He says they include navigational guidance, maritime domain awareness updates, and safety information.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u2014SABC\u2014<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":23647,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-28611","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"This as they anticipate a possible increase in maritime traffic.","published_date":"","news_description":"This as they anticipate a possible increase in maritime traffic.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/28611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/28611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28612,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/28611\/revisions\/28612"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=28611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}