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 →
We’re a tough lot, us CCA-treated poles. Treat us right and we’ll withstand pretty extreme conditions. But hot lava churning out of a volcano is too much, even for us.... read more →
Africa’s burgeoning population: opportunity and risk Experts predict that Africa will have a major economic influence on the globe by the end of the century because of its huge population... read more →
The shipping industry transports 80% of the world’s cargo, providing the backbone for our era of globalised trade. Yet shipping is still run in a cumbersome and old-fashioned way: bills of... read more →
Dolphin Bay is supporting the national Defend our Democracy campaign, launched in March this year to support the South African Constitution. The campaign arose earlier this year following years of... read more →
