East London – Sailors' Society South Africa

Sailors’ Society Reaches out to Comfort Seafarers

11 September, 2020

The East London branch of the Sailors’ Society recently had the privilege of sharing God’s love in a practical way, with the crew of the Al Messilah. A member, Sharnae Hopewell shares this lovely outreach story with us and how she and two colleagues packed the care packages over a weekend. The vessel had been in the Port of East London for some time. Owing to Covid-19 protocols, no visitors were allowed aboard, neither were seafarers permitted to come ashore.…

Taking care of the Survivors and families of the Maredon

6 December, 2017

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Crisis Response, Seafarers

You may remember the account of the fishing vessel, the MAREDON which capsized near St Francis Bay with a loss of life of a number of crew members. Rev Boet and Mrs Linda van Schalkwyk visited East London [Sailors’ Society Branch] and Port Elizabeth as well as Humansdorp in October as a follow up visit after the tragedy. Rev Van Schalkwyk met families of the deceased crew members who reported that families have still not been paid the insurance claim…

Passenger Liner in East London

31 October, 2013

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Port News

Our chaplain in East London, Alfie Horrmann, has sent us this photo. This is a big news for the small East London port. This Cruise Liner was built in 1991; it accommodates 624 passengers, 292 crew, has 8 decks with 294 cabins. It’s destination is Diego Suarez