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 →
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 →
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 →
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 completed health and safety audits for three clients in Kenya last month, as part of a service we offer all customers to help safeguard their staff and the... read more →
None of us could have anticipated the strange events of 2020. They affected every person on earth – the only difference was a question of degree. It was a year... read more →
Covid-19 has brought profound challenges for the traditional manufacturing sector. In a factory – unlike in the service industry – people need to be on-site to run and oversee the... read more →
