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Tanesco utility poles

TANESCO PLANS PLACE LOCAL INDUSTRY, JOBS AT RISK

In a controversial move, the Tanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco) plans to open up its tenders to utility poles producers outside Tanzania, citing poor quality and inadequate volumes from local... read more →
  • April 28, 2022
Brownyn Williams

GEN Z IN AFRICA – MEET YOUR FUTURE CUSTOMERS

Your future customers and colleagues are creative, confident thinkers with a distrust of establishments and a strong sense of ethics. This is the gist of comments about the upcoming generation,... read more →
  • March 17, 2022

NEW RESEARCH RECOMMENDS ‘CLIMATE-FRIENDLY’ TIMBER OVER STEEL AND CONCRETE

Scientists at the University of Stellenbosch have completed a research paper concluding that treated timber is a “climate-friendly” resource, in dramatic contrast to the alternatives. This comes amid growing acknowledgment... read more →
  • March 17, 2022
Bertus Coetzee Dolphin Bay

A YEAR OF CHANGE, ADAPTATION – AND AUTOMATION

It has been a successful and satisfying year. The timber treatment industry has continued with the rebound that began last year, and we are pleased to see that, overall, our... read more →
  • December 13, 2021
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“CONTAINERGEDDON” SQUEEZES WORLD TRADE – AND YOUR WALLET

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 →
  • October 28, 2021

SWITCH TOWARDS CONCRETE POLES IN PARTS OF UGANDA

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 →
  • August 19, 2021

KILN-DRYING REQUIREMENT LOOMS IN TANZANIA

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 →
  • August 19, 2021
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TIME WILL BE THE TRUE TEST OF NRCS CLAMPDOWN IN SA

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 →
  • August 19, 2021

WHY CALLS FOR INCREASED RETENTIONS IN SA ARE PREMATURE

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 →
  • August 19, 2021

SHIPPING INDUSTRY MOVES SLOWLY TOWARDS DISRUPTION

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 →
  • June 17, 2021
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