Sale & Purchase
New and pre-owned vessels sourced from blue-chip builders and our local and global partners.
- Pre-purchase survey
- Vessel procurement
- Sale and purchase inspections
Integrated Maritime Solutions Group
Strategic maritime development for Africa and beyond
T.A.G. Marine is an independent shipbroking and marine projects group in Cape Town. You get sale and purchase, ship management, charter, crewing, delivery, repairs and naval design from one team, backed by associated offices on five continents.
Twende is Swahili for “Let’s go!” It stands for the forward momentum, integrity and purpose we bring to every project.
POS 33°55′S 018°25′EHEAD OFFICE CAPE TOWN · ASSOCIATED OFFICES WORLDWIDE
60+projects delivered worldwide since 2013
23countries we have delivered vessels to
15associated offices worldwide
50vessels under partner management contracts
1point of contact for your whole project
Shipbroking services
We don’t just broker ships
The market needs more than traditional brokerage offers. We assemble ship designers, project managers and shipbuilders around your project and support it at strategic, managerial and operational level.
ShipownersShipyardsDesignersContractorsFinancial institutions
Ship Management
Technical management, crewing and maintenance planning that protect your asset’s value and uptime.
- Vessel management
- Inspections, vetting and audits
- ISM / ISPS auditing
Charter
Offshore, DSV and commercial charters, including vessels for film and television productions.
- Time and project charters
- DSV charter
- Film & media charter
Crewing & Delivery
Qualified crews and delivery voyages, so your vessel reaches you wherever it was built or bought.
- Vessel crewing
- Delivery voyages
- Operations planning and execution
Repairs & Dry Docking
Full rebuilds, dry-dockings and complex refits managed to keep you in flag and class, with a dedicated project manager on every job.
- Construction, refit and conversion
- Tendering and contract management
- H.S.E. consultancy
Naval Design
Fully customised craft taken from concept to design, construction and delivery, with leading naval architects specialising in each vessel by application.
- Hull form and propulsion selection
- Structural and systems drawings
- Advanced composites, to class
New · Vessel & project finance
Funding for your purchase or project
Renier Basson has joined T.A.G. Marine as Business Development Director. He brings more than 42 years in banking and asset finance, so we can now help structure funding for vessel purchases and marine projects alongside the brokerage. Finance is arranged with our banking and asset-finance partners, subject to their approval.
Ask about finance
Boat brokerage track record
Completed projects
From a 4 m drift boat to an 80 m platform supply vessel. Every vessel below was brokered and delivered by T.A.G. Marine, newest first. Buyers and contract terms stay confidential.
Rwanda · Ghana
Advanced Water Ambulances
Three 10 m ALS ambulances for Lake Kivu and the River Volta.
Mozambique · ex Cape Town · 2026
OMS workboats
OMS Dominant, Defiant and Diligent delivered from Cape Town to Pemba, Mozambique.
Mauritius · ex Singapore · 2022
LCT Zambezi
75 m landing craft delivered to Mauritius.
2026
Fourteen vessels so far this year. The tugs Svitzer Melton, Svitzer Bentley and Sussex to Nigeria, Cecelia and Josephine to Sierra Leone, and Myzie to Namibia. The workboats OMS Dominant, Defiant and Diligent to Mozambique, and MV Dominant and OMS Dash to Namibia. The offshore vessel JP88 Stork to Nigeria, the longliner Tanzania One to Tanzania and the research vessel RV Pelagia in Cape Town.
2026 handovers
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Global shipping network
Cape Town to the world
Head office in Cape Town and an office in Durban, with associated offices across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Oceania and the Americas. Sourcing, inspection and delivery happen close to your vessel.
Home portOffice or partnerDelivery destination
Ship management partner
Three generations of Norwegian ship management
Our management partner traces back to 1937, when Alfred Ertsland acquired the vessel Njord. Ersco AS became one of Norway’s largest ship managers in the nineties, and COG Offshore has owned and managed offshore vessels since 2008.
Knut Atle Ertsland
Ship management partner, Norway
VESSEL MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS BY TYPE · 50 VESSELS
Includes Atlantis Dweller, Viking Forcados, the NSO offshore fleet, Subsea Supporter, Continental Alpha and Beta, and the Peak Bergen and Peak Oslo bulkers, trading worldwide and in European waters.
Twende Health · Mobile healthcare solutions
Healthcare by water
Across Africa, lakes and rivers are the only link between remote communities and care. More than 150 islands on Lake Kivu are home to dispersed communities. Upriver villages in Liberia are cut off every rainy season. We design, build, train and deploy the vessels that reach them.
- 2012
With the Government of Rwanda, we developed the first Advanced Water Ambulance for the Ministry of Health on Lake Kivu.
- 2015
Two more Advanced Water Ambulances built for NADMO Ghana, for operations on the River Volta.
- Water ambulances, with advanced or basic life support
- Floating clinics that can be moved between rural communities
- Trailer clinics for fast deployment to remote outreach sites
- Rural road ambulances
- Airborne solutions, including special mission aircraft and air-drop hospitals
- Waterborne hospitals, field hospitals and specialist medical departments, delivered turnkey
Film & media industry
Vessels on set
We charter vessels and coordinate on-water logistics for studios, broadcasters and streaming platforms, with safety and reliability on every shoot.
T.A.G. Consulting · Turnkey project solutions
One contract, one interface
Complex projects are moving away from multi-contracting. We package your contractors and service providers so you deal with one entry and exit point, from project initiation to final handover. New entrants to the sector get compliance and long-term sustainability built in.
- 1
Scope
Investigations, planning and feasibility studies with our in-house specialists.
- 2
Lead contractor
We identify the lead contractor with the right financial strength for your project.
- 3
Sub-contractor selection
We find competitive sub-contractors for vessels, equipment, personnel and engineering.
- 4
Deliver
Construction supervision and post-construction monitoring through a single interface.
- Fish farming
- Infrastructure development
- Transport
- Naval architecture
- Defence
- Ship investment projects
- Technical consultancy
- Funding and leasing
People
Watermen, engineers and brokers
A Cape Town core team with decades at sea and in project delivery, and associated offices across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Oceania and the Americas.
Stephen Cilliers
A waterman for life. Built Philips Medical Systems’ first East Africa office before founding T.A.G. in 2013. Represents Gemini Inflatables.
Neels Loggenberg
Electronic engineer turned business leader. Former Philips Business Line Manager for Southern and Eastern Africa and the Middle East, and founder of MedSci (PTY) LTD.
Renier Basson
More than 42 years in banking, specialising in asset finance. Brings relationship management, structured financing and risk assessment to T.A.G. Marine, so buyers get vessel finance tailored to their growth and deals can close.
John Adams
Over 40 years in marine engineering, offshore diamond mining, dive support vessels, AHT tugs, dredgers and the South African fishing fleet.
Michael Debesai
Mechanical engineer with 20+ years managing vessel conversions, reactivations and fish-processing plant redesigns from inception to commissioning.
Knut Atle Ertsland
Third generation of the Ertsland shipping family. COG Offshore, now also registered in South Africa, and Ersco AS.
Associated offices
Each associated office specialises in its own sectors, so your project is handled by the people who know that market.
Asia
- Singapore
- Korea
- Japan
- China
Europe
- Norway
- Faroe Islands
- The Netherlands
- United Kingdom
- Malta
- Greece
Middle East
- United Arab Emirates
Oceania
- Australia
- New Zealand
Americas
- North America
- South America
“Stephen developed strong growth for us in East Africa. He is entrepreneurial and builds good relationships with customers. He is a strong team builder.”JJ van Dongen, CEO / Market Leader Africa, Royal Philips
Our maintenance crew, under the supervision of Ashley, keeps vessels in shape, with Yondie and Bornface on the team. Yondie joined through our social upliftment commitment and grew into a skilled member of the team.
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