Exhibit 8.1 (a)

List of Grindrod Shipping Holdings Ltd. Subsidiaries⁽¹⁾

Name of Subsidiary	Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization
Comshipco Schiffahrtsagentur GmBH	Germany
Grindrod Maritime LLC (formerly known as York Maritime Holdings. V. LLC)	Marshall Islands
Grindrod Shipping Pte. Ltd.	Singapore
Grindrod Shipping Services UK Limited	United Kingdom
Grindrod Shipping (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd	South Africa
IM Shipping Pte. Ltd.	Singapore
Island Bulk Carriers Pte. Ltd.	Singapore
IVS Bulk Pte. Ltd.	Singapore
IVS Bulk 475 Pte. Ltd.	Singapore
IVS Bulk 541 Pte. Ltd.	Singapore
IVS Bulk 543 Pte. Ltd.	Singapore
IVS Bulk 545 Pte. Ltd.	Singapore
IVS Bulk 554 Pte. Ltd.	Singapore
IVS Bulk 603 Pte. Ltd.	Singapore
IVS Bulk 609 Pte. Ltd.	Singapore
IVS Bulk 611 Pte. Ltd.	Singapore
IVS Bulk 612 Pte. Ltd.	Singapore
IVS Bulk 709 Pte. Ltd.	Singapore
IVS Bulk 712 Pte. Ltd.	Singapore
IVS Bulk 1345 Pte. Ltd.	Singapore
IVS Bulk 3693 Pte. Ltd.	Singapore
IVS Bulk 3708 Pte. Ltd.	Singapore
IVS Bulk 3720 Pte. Ltd.	Singapore
IVS Bulk 5855 Pte. Ltd.	Singapore
IVS Bulk 5858 Pte. Ltd.	Singapore
IVS Bulk 7297 Pte. Ltd.	Singapore
IVS Bulk 10824 Pte. Ltd.	Singapore
Unicorn Baltic Pte. Ltd.(2)	Singapore
Unicorn Moon Pte. Ltd.(2)	Singapore
Unicorn Sun Pte. Ltd.(2)	Singapore
Unicorn Tankers (International) Ltd	British Virgin Islands
Unicorn Tankships (428) Ltd	British Virgin Islands

(1) Excludes 19 dormant or otherwise inactive subsidiaries, three of which are incorporated in the British Virgin Islands (of which two have Unicorn Tankers International Ltd as the parent company), 15 of which are incorporated in Singapore, and one of which is incorporated in South Africa.

(2) Has contracted to sell its owned tanker.