EQ8 Crew has been launched in South Africa, aiming to create a market for South African seafarers. The shareholders of Noatun Maritime, Carl Martin Faannessen and Jøran Nøstvik, have forged a partnership with EQ8 Recruit, a maritime recruitment consultancy. Noatun is best known for its Filipino crewing background. Africa is being discussed more and more as a source to make up for deficits in seafarer numbers with Faannessen writing for Splash last week about Kenya as another nation with promising potential. Noatun Maritime has established a joint venture in Kenya with Nairobi-headquartered CSCS Intl Manning. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1_95_0_1_2'); }); TagsSeafarers South Africa