{"id":21978,"date":"2026-08-21T11:14:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T10:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/?p=21978"},"modified":"2026-08-21T11:14:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T10:14:02","slug":"south-africa-sa-agulhas-ii-arrives-safely-at-marion-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/south-africa-sa-agulhas-ii-arrives-safely-at-marion-island\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa &#8211; SA Agulhas II arrives safely at Marion Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/778664671_1070256702318572_5146334384312686_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21979\" src=\"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/778664671_1070256702318572_5146334384312686_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1025\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/778664671_1070256702318572_5146334384312686_n.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/778664671_1070256702318572_5146334384312686_n-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/778664671_1070256702318572_5146334384312686_n-768x539.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1025px) 100vw, 1025px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The SA Agulhas II has arrived safely at Marion Island with researchers ready to reactivate the base, following the evacuation of the previous team earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, David Maynier, the team on Marion Island has made significant progress in getting the base operational again through careful coordination and cooperation among all stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWhile there is still much work to be done, the efficient redeployment of the Marion Island team bodes well for the future of our research programme in the region,\u201d the Minister said in a statement on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 32-member team departed Cape Town on 5 August 2026 and arrived on the island on 9 August 2026 to begin the initial inspection of the base.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The team includes 20 personnel from the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI), who landed on the island on 10 August 2026 to begin reactivating the base.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This involved transferring equipment for the reactivation and repairs, as well as cargo to restock the base, by helicopter from the vessel to the island.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe process of offloading cargo will continue over the coming week. Barring any delays, the takeover function, whereby the base will be handed over to the M83 team, is currently scheduled to take place on 25 August 2026,\u201d the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Maynier emphasised the importance of the research being conducted at Marion Island, saying the Southern Ocean has a direct impact on South Africa\u2019s climate, economy and security.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe must retain our position as Africa\u2019s leader in Southern Ocean and Antarctic research, through careful management of our bases on Marion Island and Antarctica,\u201d he said. &#8211;<strong>SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The SA Agulhas II has arrived safely at Marion Island<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21979,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,442,1767],"tags":[1493,2687,31,1388,897],"class_list":["post-21978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-news","category-south-africa","tag-africa-en","tag-daily-news","tag-maritimafrica","tag-news","tag-south-africa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>South Africa - SA Agulhas II arrives safely at Marion Island - Maritimafrica<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/south-africa-sa-agulhas-ii-arrives-safely-at-marion-island\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"South Africa - SA Agulhas II arrives safely at Marion Island - Maritimafrica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The SA Agulhas II has arrived safely at Marion Island\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/south-africa-sa-agulhas-ii-arrives-safely-at-marion-island\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Maritimafrica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/maritimafrica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-08-21T10:14:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/778664671_1070256702318572_5146334384312686_n.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1025\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimafrica.com\\\/en\\\/south-africa-sa-agulhas-ii-arrives-safely-at-marion-island\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimafrica.com\\\/en\\\/south-africa-sa-agulhas-ii-arrives-safely-at-marion-island\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimafrica.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8fb393d26362e592a3b75669654ebb24\"},\"headline\":\"South Africa &#8211; 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