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Guests.
Owners, guests and crew. Visas, transfers, accommodation, helicopter and charter coordination - handled with the discretion expected of a private principal.
A division of Afrishore · 15+ years at South African & Namibian ports · ISO 9001
A multi-port yacht agency for the Southern African coast - in service of the owner. the captain. the management office. the longest stay.
Cape Town · South Africa · Namibia
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Discretion. Precision. Excellence.
01 · Our Mandate
A single agency for everything that arrives, stays and departs with your yacht.
Three operational streams, one principal - Guests. Crafts. Flow.
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Crafts.
The yacht and her equipment. Berthing, bunkering, technical support, tender and toy logistics - managed with shipyard rigour and a yacht’s tempo.
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Flow.
Stores and passage. Technical stores, waste, clearances and the next port of call - one continuous chain of custody from arrival to departure.
02 · Service Capability
Four streams. One principal.
Each service stream is delivered directly by our Cape Town principals - no sub-agency layer between your management office and the dockside.
Service 01
Arrival & Clearance
A frictionless arrival, fully cleared before the lines are ashore.
Pre-arrival
- ETA management & port liaison
- Customs (SARS) pre-clearance
- Yacht Temporary Importation (TIP)
- Crew & guest manifest preparation
- Berth confirmation & pilot booking
On arrival
- Customs & immigration boarding
- Port Health (DoH) clearance
- SAMSA liaison
- Pilot, tug & line-handler coordination
- Inwards clearance documentation
Service 02
Berth & Shore Support
A fully serviced shoreside posture - from gangway to gate.
Berthing alongside
- V&A Waterfront berth allocation
- Shore power & potable water
- Lines, fenders & gangway logistics
- 24/7 shoreside security
Shoreside posture
- Concierge office & meeting space
- Marina & port captain liaison
- Vehicle arrangement, access & parking
- Local SIM, banking & cash logistics
- Shore-side staff briefings & rotations
Service 03
Crew Concierge
A discreet hand on the rail for every crew change, from joining to repatriation.
Crew mobilisation
- Work, transit & joining visas
- STCW / ENG1 verification
- Crew transfers & accommodation
- Joining flights & repatriation
- Medical, dental & welfare access
Service 04
Procurement · Bunkering · Technical
The yacht’s consumables, fuel and engineering - under one disbursement account.
Stores & bunkering
- Spare parts sourcing & freight
- Tender, toy & equipment logistics
- Bunkering coordination - MGO & VLSFO
- Ship’s stores procurement & freight
- Customs-bonded delivery to vessel
Engineering, refit & waste
- Black, grey & bilge water removal
- Garbage, recycling & MARPOL compliance
- Riggers, electronics, paint & dive support
- Refit-yard, dry-dock & class coordination
- Emergency response, medevac & weather-window calls
03 · Regulatory Interface
A direct, audit-ready interface with every state authority that touches your yacht.
State liaison, in one principal - Customs, Immigration, Port Authority, Maritime Safety and Port Health.
SARS
Customs
TIP, manifests, rebates, vessel clearance and ship’s stores.
DHA
Immigration
Crew & guest visas, joining permissions, transit waivers.
TNPA
Port Authority
Berth scheduling, vessel clearances, harbour movements.
SAMSA
Maritime Safety
Class, certification, casualty & incident liaison.
DoH
Port Health
Crew & guest health clearance, biosecurity protocols.
04 · Heritage & Track Record
A real multi-port operation, tuned for yachts.
Afrishore Marina is the yacht-agency division of Afrishore (Pty) Ltd - a 15+ year operator across South African and Namibian ports, ISO 9001 certified, with established customs, temporary-importation and crew-visa machinery already in motion.
The Cape is one of the world’s great yacht waypoints - South Atlantic crossings and the southern gateway to Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. The clearance speed, regulatory fluency and procurement network that supports the world’s most demanding offshore campaigns is now applied - quietly and discreetly - to your yacht.
Port 01
Cape Town
Primary hub
V&A Waterfront, full clearance & procurement.
Port 02
Mossel Bay
Garden Route stopover
Mid-coast technical stop and tender embarkation point.
Port 03
Durban
East coast hub
Indian Ocean passages, refit yards and bunker availability.
Port 04
Saldanha Bay
West coast
Deep-water bay, long-stay anchorage and bunker option.
Port 05
Walvis Bay
Namibian gateway
Long-stay base, technical support, Skeleton Coast departures.
Port 06
Lüderitz
Southern Namibia
Diamond coast and southern Namibian itineraries.
05 · Cape Routings & Expedition
A waypoint between three oceans - and the southern gateway to Antarctica.
From the Cape of Good Hope to the South Atlantic and the run south for expedition charter - Afrishore Marina supports the full passage.
Route 01
Rounding the Cape of Good Hope
Weather windows, pilotage, refuelling and crew rotation for the doubling between False Bay and the Atlantic.
Route 02
South Atlantic crossings
Procurement, bunkering and clearance briefs for trans-Atlantic departures - from Cape Town westward.
Route 03
Antarctica & the Southern Ocean
Expedition-yacht gateway: ice-zone permits, technical procurement, last-port clearance and crew change.
“Experience the result, never the work.”
Operating principle · Cape Town
06 · Transparency & Governance
Reporting built for managers and brokers.
Every clearance, disbursement and movement is logged, time-stamped and exportable to your management office. Visibility is the deliverable, not an upgrade.
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Movement
Real-time visibility
- Live arrival & departure status
- Crew & guest movement tracking
- Pilotage and tug timing
- ETA / ETD revisions and notifications
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Spend
Cost transparency
- Itemised supply & services
- Bunker & fuel reconciliation
- Disbursement account previews
- Pre-arrival quotation & closeout
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Audit
Document chain-of-custody
- Clearances, manifests, certifications
- Crew document register
- Dashboards exportable to manager
- Retention aligned to flag-state requirements
07 · Integrated Operations
One agency. One view.
Every service stream - berth, clearance, crew, guests, procurement, bunkers, waste and reporting - visible in a single operational picture.
Single platform
Every service stream visible in one operational view - for owner, captain and manager.
Real-time visibility
Live status across berthing, crew, procurement and clearances, kept current to the hour.
Audit-ready
Documented chain of custody from arrival to departure, exportable to flag, class and management.
08 · Local Identity
Anchored in the Cape.
A genuinely local agency with the operational depth of a regional principal - to world-class standards.
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Primary Hub
Cape Town · V&A Waterfront network and walking-distance concierge.
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Regional Ports
Cape Town, Mossel Bay, Walvis Bay and Lüderitz - one principal.
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State-Optimised
Direct relationships with SARS, DHA, TNPA, SAMSA and Port Health.
09 · The Agency, in Brief
A specification, not a brochure.
The shape of the agency, in five lines - for management offices building a shortlist.
Parent
A division of Afrishore (Pty) Ltd - 15+ years as South Africa & Namibia’s trusted commercial-vessel agent
Certification
ISO 9001 (parent) · SARS AEO Level 2 (Security), customs-bonded (parent) · Yacht Temporary Importation (TIP) handled in-house
Ports of Operation
Cape Town · Mossel Bay · Durban · Saldanha Bay · Walvis Bay · Lüderitz
Primary Hub
Cape Town - V&A Waterfront network
State Liaison
Direct relationships with SARS · DHA · TNPA · SAMSA · Port Health
Niches
Cape of Good Hope rounding · South Atlantic crossings · Antarctica & Southern Ocean expedition gateway
Vessel Desk
24 / 7 standing line for active calls - Cape Town principals, no call-centre. Emergency, medevac and weather-window response.
Reporting
Audit-ready chain of custody - clearances, manifests, disbursements, exportable to manager
Discretion.
Precision.
Excellence.
Integrated Yacht Agency. Cape Town and the Southern African coast.
11 · Make Contact
A standing line for management offices, brokers and captains.
Enquiries are answered within the working day - in confidence - by a Cape Town principal. For pre-arrival briefings, please share vessel name, ETA, port of last call and management contact.
Email
Telephone
Office
Unit 213 Buchanan Square · Woodstock · Cape Town 7925 · South Africa
Hours
24 / 7 vessel desk for active calls
Parent
A division of Afrishore (Pty) Ltd · afrishore.co