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SA Agulhas II departure to Marion Island delayed due to fuel crisis

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SA Agulhas II departure to Marion Island delayed due to fuel crisis
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Fuel shortages due to the Middle East crisis have delayed by several weeks an annual mission to swap out researchers at South Africa’s sub-Antarctic Marion Island base, the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment said on Saturday.



The SA Agulhas II icebreaking polar supply vessel was meant to have left Cape Town last month to relieve a team based there since April 2025, the environment ministry said.



Scarcity of fuel products



But it only received a shipment of specia

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