Johannesburg — AFTER 31 years of service as SA's polar research vessel, the SA Agulhas is due for retirement by 2012, it was announced in Cape Town yesterday.
The announcement was made at the V&A Waterfront when the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism signed a deal with Finnish shipbuilder STX Europe to build a à 116,25m (R1,3bn) replacement.
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