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 →
Dolphin Bay can help you to optimise your timber treatment plant – or design and acquire a new one – at a far lower overall cost and resulting in a... read more →
The groundwork has been laid for an upswing in the forestry and related sectors, including the pulp, paper, and timber industries. Started before the Covid-19 lockdown, the detailed and ambitious... read more →
The revised standards governing timber treatment in South Africa have been published, and certification bodies will now verify treatment plants against the new standards. It will take time for the... read more →
