Editing Saint Helena (section)

===Sea===
[[File:RMS St Helena.jpg|thumb|right|[[RMS St Helena (1989)|RMS ''St Helena'']] in James Bay]]
The Saint Helena Government contracts international shipping companies to provide maritime freight services to the island. As of March 2024, MACS Maritime Carrier Shipping GmbH & Co provides regular freight services to the island, usually on a monthly basis. It sails from [[Cape Town]] to Saint Helena and [[Ascension Island]].

Commercial shipping to Saint Helena is handled at the island's sole [[wharf]] at Ruperts Bay, originally built to assist the airport construction.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://sthelenashipping.com/passengers/| title = Passengers| access-date = 12 December 2019| archive-date = 12 December 2019| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191212205912/http://sthelenashipping.com/passengers/| url-status = dead}}</ref>

Until 2017, the [[Royal Mail Ship]] {{RMS|St Helena|1989|6}} ran between Saint Helena and [[Cape Town]] on a five-day voyage, then the only scheduled connection to the island. She berthed offshore in James Bay, Saint Helena about 30 times per year, and passengers and freight were transferred ashore by small boats.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rms-st-helena.com/voyageschedules.php |title=RMS St. Helena Schedule & Fares |publisher=RMS St. Helena |access-date=21 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100426121919/http://www.rms-st-helena.com/voyageschedules.php |archive-date=26 April 2010 }}</ref>

Saint Helena receives around 600 yachting visitors a year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.noonsite.com/place/st-helena/|title = St. Helena {{pipe}} Noonsite}}</ref>