Dolphin Bay’s clients have become much more informed and proactive in dealing with logistics challenges over the past year − an excellent development for our industry. This follows the unprecedented... read more →
Merensky has placed its trust in Dolphin Bay to increase its production capacity in a major engineering operation that included dismantling, transporting, repurposing and recommissioning a treatment plant. The plant... read more →
Some South African inspection bodies are promoting the use of the hydrometer, which is not accepted in the national specifications for CCA timber treatment. Dolphin Bay believes that using hydrometers... read more →
It was a “ten out of ten for excellent service” over time that led Swazi Treated Timber Products (STTP) to take on Dolphin Bay as a CCA chemical supplier for... read more →
Container logjams and spikes in shipping prices are hobbling world trade. Shipping lines are charging escalating fees - in our experience up to 700% since before Covid-19 struck - despite... read more →
Mention the company Tlhomeso Timbers in Botswana, and most businesspeople will know who you’re talking about. They are also likely to react positively, as Tlhomeso has gained a reputation for... read more →
The Ugandan authorities are favouring concrete over CCA-treated timber poles in some regions – a move that the Kenyan authorities made many years ago but reversed due to excessively high... read more →
Kiln-drying is becoming a mandatory requirement for treated timber in Tanzania. Timber treaters have been in talks with the Tanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco) in recent weeks about the viability... read more →
Dolphin Bay welcomes the National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications' (NRCS) recent raids on illegal timber treatment operations in South Africa. However, only time will tell whether the organisation should be... read more →
Calls to increase the specification for CCA retention in treated timber in South Africa are premature, as there is insufficient data at this stage for such a necessity. This is... read more →
