Comprehensive Maritime Transport Policy

The "Comprehensive Maritime Transport Policy serves as the embodiment of Government’s commitment to the growth, development and transformation of South Africa’s maritime transport sector. It represents South Africa’s long-term vision, the underpinning philosophy and principles that inform its development and the direction that Government has committed to take the sector to reach its full potential.

The current and desired future state of the sector demands a Comprehensive Maritime Transport policy. In being more comprehensive, it provide an elaboration to the declared policy directives as of the White Paper on National Transport policy of 1996 and the subsequent macro national policies; the National Development Plan and the other coterie of interventionist programmes including Operation Phakisa in the ocean economy.

The fundamental theme of the CMTP is the proper governance management and development of the Maritime Transport sector to serve the country, the industry and be of service to the world. The CMTP realises the vision of developing a maritime transport sector in South Africa that will build on its historic potential and contribute to the economic growth, new business germination, and entrepreneurship and employment creation opportunities in the country. It takes into account domestic, regional and global challenges and imperatives."