Dolphin Bay has held a highly constructive meeting with the relevant hazardous waste disposal authority, to ensure that CCA waste disposal methods are affordable and achievable for our customers. This follows the authority’s rejection of some of our customers’ waste samples for allegedly containing unacceptably high levels of sulphates. As... read more →

Capitalism is good. We are excited to share this story on Capitalism. You may ask why we are doing so, and the answer is simple: It is because we believe it matters. Business has had an extremely bad rap in recent decades, and we are all familiar with the criticisms:... read more →

We live, move and work within invisible seas of energy called quantum fields. These fields are the substance of our universe at the most fundamental level that scientists have yet been able to perceive and understand – a level more detailed than that of protons, neutrons and electrons. In our... read more →

The storm damage that the port of Durban suffered in October last year, along with mounting inefficiencies at all South African ports, has resulted in even longer shipping lead times than previously. Several shipping companies are now avoiding Durban where possible, travelling instead from Cape Town and Port Elizabeth via... read more →

Most of our clients were well-prepared and could respond in a professional and confident manner when inspectors from the Department of Environmental Affairs began visiting their plants earlier this year. Dolphin Bay has helped many customers with several services to ensure their environmental compliance, including consultants’ assessments, environmental management plans,... read more →

To ensure adequate retention, it is important for you to know the sapwood and heartwood content of your poles, especially if you treat eucalyptus. This can be done by using a heartwood indicator. Over-treatment is an unnecessary expense and under-treatment could result in your poles being rejected by your customer.... read more →

What a positive start we have had to 2018! Dramatic changes have taken place in South Africa over the past two months, to the extent that we now have a new political landscape – and a fresh sense of optimism. Investor funds are flowing into South Africa, the international markets... read more →

OUR BEST WISHES FOR 2018 What a positive start we have had to 2018! Dramatic changes have taken place in South Africa over the past two months, to the extent that we now have a new political landscape – and a fresh sense of optimism. Investor funds are flowing into... read more →

Our Chief Financial Officer, Marlize Jacobs, points out that there are three aspects to growth: business growth, mental and spiritual growth, and growth in value. “I think Dolphin Bay did extremely well in retaining its valued customers and gaining exciting new business, to grow our business,” she says. “We faced... read more →

This year has been a challenging one for all of us. Nonetheless, we have seen increasing innovation within our industry, along with several positive developments that are leap-frogging the sector into an era of far greater sustainability. In this story, we will give a bird’s-eye view of developments within the... read more →