R98m tug project hailed as boom for province flounders instead with no end in sight

The project was expected to help revitalise Nelson Mandela Bay’s boat building sector

07 March 2023 - 21:04 By Bobby Jordan and Aron Hyman

A tug building project that first went out to tender in 2014, promising to ignite the Eastern Cape maritime economy, is floundering years later and vessel is still marooned on land...

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