Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers
Face in Durban

We offer face-to-face training in maritime skills development, at our site or at yours. Contact Fiona for more information in this regard. We are accreditied by TETA to offer the following courses:maritime geographymaritime insurancelegal matters related to the maritime sectorlocal and international tradeships design and cargo operationsship's documentationliner tradescontainer control administration.We have also long offered highly regarded correspondence courses to the Maritime Sector.

Sean Minogue was the President of ISAS at that time and with the inauguration of the ICS, his title changed to Chairman. We as the ICS SA Branch are not incorporated as a company nor a non profit organization in South Africa at all. To discuss, consider and report upon subjects of interest to shipbrokers and to communicate with chambers of commerce and other public bodies. To consider all questions affecting the interest of persons engaged in the business of shipbrokers. He also holds a degree in Law and other qualifications in Sales, Marketing and General Management. He has been a member of the Maritime Law Association of South Africa for 27 years, two as president. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers and has been Chairman of the South African Branch. He is married to Lynn and enjoys outings with his family as well as reading and relaxing. Since 2005 he is back in Africa for the second time in his life and still working for DAL. Upon returning to Durban she joined Grindrod’s Trading division as a Financial Accountant. She later transferred to a Management Accountant role in the shipping division and then took an opportunity to join the operations team. She is enjoying working as an Operations Executive and is using her extensive business process re-engineering & system implementation experience to continue to refine business processes in the workplace. Charmaine has been in shipping for the past 13 years and she is currently employed as Operations Manager at Seaboard Overseas Trading & Shipping (Pty) Ltd. In her spare time Charmaine enjoys the outdoors and time with her family. Catherine started her shipping career in Richards Bay in 1998 as an Operations secretary and trainee cargo surveyor. In 2001 she travelled to the United Kingdom to gain additional experience and undertook a role as PA and Cargo Forwarding Coordinator with Osprey Shipping UK Ltd. Catherine completed the ICS Qualifying Exams with the Award for Highest Achievement for Economics of Sea Transport in When Osprey Shipping acquired tugs and barges her role expanded into Marketing, ISO, Turnkey solutions proposals with the collaboration of coaster and heavy lift chartering, marine insurance, port agency, crew contracts and HR support. She is currently working towards completing her BCom Degree in Transport and Logistics. Hariesh has been in the shipping and freight industry for over a quarter of a century and has worked in several sectors covering clearing and forwarding, vessel operations, stowage planning, equipment control, sales and marketing and management. Amanda has spent the last 15 years involved in the maritime industry. Having worked her way through the ranks within the Ships Agency business, Amanda is now actively involved in the day to day operations at D and A Shipping Richards Bay, where she has spent the last 5 years. In her spare time, Amanda enjoys walking, mountain biking & spending time with her family. Hariesh Manaadiar (FICS, MBA) has been in the shipping and freight industry for over a quarter of a century and has worked in worked in several sectors of the industry covering clearing & forwarding, vessel operations, stowage planning, equipment control, sales and marketing and management, in various countries. Hariesh is passionate about training and mentoring people in the shipping and freight industry and youth development. He shares his extensive knowledge and experience in the shipping and freight industry through his award winning Shipping and Freight Resource blog which is an educational blog about Shipping and Freight aimed at piquing the interest of newcomers to join the industry. Hariesh is also involved with the YCAP (Youth Citizens Action) Programme undertakes mentoring and youth development in the townships. His other interests include web designing, blogging, reading, pets and golf.