SA Agulhas II to set sail for Tanzania as part of Indian Ocean research expedition
Scientists from SA‚ Mozambique‚ Kenya‚ Nigeria and Egypt will be on board the SA Agulhas II, when it departs on the second international Indian Ocean research expedition from Durban. Speaking from the ship on Friday, which is berthed in Cape Town harbour, Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa said: "We mark a significant milestone here today because this will be the first multidisciplinary African-led scientific research cruise." The SA Agulhas II will leave Durban on Wednesday and cruise up the east coast of Africa to Tanzania, as part of SA’s contribution to the international research expedition. Researchers from India‚ Italy and Belgium will also join the research cruise. A programme under the UN Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission‚ the expedition aims to carry out oceanographic and atmospheric research and will run several cruises until 2020. The SA Agulhas II‚ dedicated to singer Miriam Makeba‚ is a research and polar supply vessel built in 2012 with state-of-the-ar...
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