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Haulage company offers discounted rates

By: Paige Müller 20th April 2018 Standard and specialised load transportation company Transcon Haulers is offering a haulage discount rate on specific national routes in South Africa. “The special rates offering is aimed at maximising fleet productivity by securing useful loads for return journeys, for trailers that would... →

Distributed generation can mitigate transmission constraints in Africa

By: Jessica Oosthuizen 20th April 2018 Investment in the African transmission grid and distributed generation solutions could be viable in mitigating the challenge of providing access to electricity, says power generation original-equipment manufacturer Himoinsa. “Whether owing to transmission constraints or distribution issues,... →

Salga voices concern about impact of possible higher electricity tariffs on municipalities

By: Marleny Arnoldi 19th April 2018 During public hearings being held to enable the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) to determine whether to allow power utility Eskom to recoup R66.6-billion under the Regulatory Clearing Account (RCA) mechanism, the South African Local Government Association (Salga) has expressed... →

Mpact opens expanded corrugated plant in PE

By: Marleny Arnoldi 11th April 2018 Packaging company Mpact on Wednesday opened its expanded corrugated plant in Port Elizabeth. →

Smart Warehousing and Distribution Systems: Cargo Carriers Is Open For Business

11th April 2018 JSE-listed supply chain specialist Cargo Carriers continues to diversify the logistics services it can offer. The company’s new warehousing and distribution arm includes integrated software tracking and management that reduces the cost to clients of stock-outs and overstocks. Cargo Carriers... →

East London dry dock hosts SA Agulhas for maintenance lay-up

By: Simone Liedtke 9th April 2018 The SA Agulhas is back in the now-refurbished Port of East London’s Princess Elizabeth dry dock, with improved facilities, for her lay-up maintenance plan after her previous visit in 2013. The contract to undertake maintenance on the 40-year-old vessel was awarded to local ship repair company... →

Skid steer loaders maintain popularity in projects

By: Marleny Arnoldi 6th April 2018 Construction and earthmoving equipment distributor CASE Construction South Africa says it has a healthy pipeline of equipment supply orders for the first quarter of 2018 to meet client requirements for construction projects. →

Engen’s Youth Development Programme shortlisted for the 2018 Sport Industry Awards

By: Creamer Media Reporter 4th April 2018 Sport Industry Group brings the sport industry together through a series of world-class events, industry-leading editorial content and a genuinely unparalleled network of influential figures from across the international sporting landscape. They focus on three key pillars: Share, Connect and... →

School children recycle waste for food

By: News24Wire 4th April 2018 In Colchester, primary school pupils recycle plastic bottles and tins in exchange for school stationery, clothing and food. Thamara Gqogqani, a Grade 7 pupil, says she is always on the lookout for empty plastic bottles and metal tins, which she stores at her home. "This is helping my family very... →

MAN expands retail operations

By: Marleny Arnoldi 28th March 2018 Commercial vehicle provider MAN’s retail operations will on April 1 open a wholly owned operation in Port Elizabeth, which the company considers to be an important location on the Garden Route, to offer support to its clients. →

Goal driven and competitive South African manufacturing can up the stakes in global competitiveness

28th March 2018 Manufacturing Indaba, the foremost Manufacturing event in sub-Saharan Africa and with its strategic partners, the dti and the Manufacturing Circle has grown exponentially, and now in its 5th year, is considered to be the leading manufacturing business platform. Manufacturing Indaba has relocated... →

Ford more than doubles engine assembly capacity at PE plant

By: Irma Venter 27th March 2018 Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa (FMCSA) is expanding its Struandale engine plant, in Port Elizabeth, as part of a R3-billion investment in its South African operations, announced late last year. The Struandale plant currently machines cylinder heads, cylinder blocks and crankshafts for the... →

HDPE lined pipes for driftsands collector sewer augmentation project

By: Creamer Media Reporter 24th March 2018 The increase in residential and commercial developments in the Walmer area of Port Elizabeth in addition to the estimated increasing needs requirement by 2020 was a crucial factor for the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality to increase the capacity of the existing Driftsands Collective Sewer... →

Land expropriation rhetoric unlikely to upset FDI ‘too much’, says economist

By: Irma Venter 23rd March 2018 While land expropriation without compensation “will be a challenge”, with a “lot of work remaining to be done” before it can become a reality, there is hope that “the rethoric around land will not upset foreign investment too much”, says Econometrix chief economist and director Dr Azar Jammine.... →

Transnet renews manganese contract with South32

By: Marleny Arnoldi 22nd March 2018 State-owned Transnet and diversified miner South32 on Thursday signed a seven-and-a-half-year manganese export capacity allocation (Meca) contract, allowing for the transportation of 2.6-million tonnes a year of export manganese and realising almost R10.4-billion in total value for Transnet. →

Lance Schultz

16th March 2018 This week we feature Lance Schultz, CEO of the Centurion Aviation Village, an aerospace and defence industrial park near Pretoria →

Economy faces paralysis if govt does not act urgently on water crisis – report

By: News24Wire 15th March 2018 If the government fails to respond to the country's critical water situation, South Africans could face a situation similar to the energy crisis that nearly paralysed the economy, according to a Water Research Commission report. "To avoid a state of national panic, similar to that which occurred... →

Engen partnership proves the power of support for emerging black entrepreneurs

14th March 2018 Unseating his prime competitor to become South Africa’s number one LPG market leader makes Easigas-Reatile Gaz chairman Simphiwe Mehlomakulu extremely proud. But arguably more proud are his partners at Engen, who Mehlomakulu credits with helping position his black-owned and managed company as a... →

Himoinsa sees demand growth in construction, mining in Africa

By: Schalk Burger 12th March 2018 Power equipment manufacturer Himoinsa has expanded its local African teams and partners to meet the growing demand for custom-designed power systems and generators in the construction and mining sectors, Himoinsa Europe, Middle East and Africa director Guillermo Elum said on Monday. The demand... →

Land expropriation talk countered by lure of better returns in SA

By: Irma Venter 9th March 2018 While land expropriation without compensation “will be a challenge”, with a “lot of work remaining to be done” before it can become a reality, there is hope that “the rethoric around land will not upset foreign investment too much”, says Econometrix chief economist and director Dr Azar Jammine.... →

Transnet rejects claim of no significant mining-linked rail and port investment in 15 years

9th March 2018 Anglo American South Africa deputy chairperson Norman Mbazima argues that a revitalisation of South Africa’s rail and port networks will be key to ensuring a recovery in mining investment. Speaking at the Investing in African Mining Indaba, he lamented that he had not seen any significant rail... →

Cape Town shipbuilder gets order for new Navy patrol vessels

By: Rebecca Campbell 9th March 2018 Local shipbuilder Damen Shipyards Cape Town (DSCT), part of the global Netherlands-based Damen Group, announced at the end of February that it had received an order to build three inshore patrol vessels (IPVs) for the South African Navy (SAN). The order was placed by South African defence... →

Passenger traffic at South African airports holds steady in Q4

By: Anine Kilian 26th February 2018 Growth in passenger numbers at South Africa’s nine airports held steady at just over 3% in the fourth quarter of 2017, with nearly 11-million arriving and departing passengers using South Africa's main airports during the quarter. This is according to the Airports Company South Africa’s (ACSA’s)... →

Interactive lighting – a first for SA stadium

By: Marleny Arnoldi 23rd February 2018 Electrical engineer and light-emitting-diode (LED) supplier Maritz Electrical completed the installation of an interactive lighting system at the St George’s Park cricket stadium, in Port Elizabeth, in the Eastern Cape. →

Volvo Trucks grows 6% in 2017, aims for another 5% in 2018

By: Irma Venter 20th February 2018 Volvo Trucks Southern Africa has increased Volvo truck sales by 6% in 2017, from 1 957 units in 2016, to 2 074 units in 2017. Volvo trucks secured a third sport in the South Africa heavy-duty commercial vehicle segment in 2017, the only segment in which it competes. →

SNC-Lavalin secures 4yr maintenance contract with Shell South Africa

By: Schalk Burger 20th February 2018 SNC-Lavalin has been awarded a four-year maintenance service and support contract for ten fuel storage facilities for oil multinational Shell Downstream South Africa. The scope of work includes mechanical, electrical, instrumentation and piping maintenance related services for ten Shell terminal... →

Isuzu launches standalone South African business, new mu-X utility vehicle

By: Megan van Wyngaardt 16th February 2018 Isuzu Motors South Africa (IMSA) on Friday not only launched its standalone business at its manufacturing plant in Struandale, Port Elizabeth – apart from the General Motors brand, following the latter’s exit from South Africa last year – but also showcased its new bakkie-derived sports utility... →

Davies assures DTI will weather budget constraints

By: Megan van Wyngaardt 16th February 2018 While the South African fiscus will face a tough Budget – to be tabled by Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba next week – Trade and Industry Minister Dr Rob Davies said his department would rise to the challenge and “work with whatever resources we get”. Speaking to Engineering News Online on the... →

Radial tyre portfolio available on the market

16th February 2018 Technology company Continental is introducing two additional EM-Master E4/L4 radial tyre sizes to the market, the company indicated in an announcement last month. “This now completes our range of radial tyres for use on wheel loaders and dump trucks in particular for construction work and... →

Northam opens R900m platinum smelter expansion

By: Martin Creamer 15th February 2018 Platinum mining company Northam on Thursday officially opened a R900-million smelter expansion at its Zondereinde platinum mine in Limpopo province. The addition of a second furnace extends the JSE-listed company’s 30-year-old partnership with metals company Heraeus, which contributed €20-million... →

Western Cape water crisis

By: Terry Mackenzie-hoy 9th February 2018 I think that living by the sea and near Table Mountain has an effect on the local population of Cape Town. Do note that I was brought up in the then Transvaal and, thus, I was told how intelligent the Capetonians were; how civilised and how caring, compared with us carpet baggers who lived on the... →

TPT boosts PE port handling volumes, rail use

By: Schalk Burger 6th February 2018 Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) achieved higher than forecast automotive and container handling volumes at the Port Elizabeth port in December, which it attributes to greater demand from local and international markets, along with automotive investments made in the region, TPT Eastern Cape GM Siya... →

Feature-Rich Hoists For Very Wide Cranes

5th February 2018 Crane and hoist manufacturer Condra is to supply feature-rich lifting equipment for ongoing expansion at Aberdare Cables’ Port Elizabeth facility. The modernisation and expansion programme calls for two 23-metre-span overhead travelling factory cranes with capacities of 30 tons and 15 tons, and... →

The actions being taken and considered as ‘Day Zero’ looms for Cape Town

By: Kim Cloete 2nd February 2018 As dam levels drop and water becomes even more scarce, Cape Town is racing against time to deal with the worst drought in the city’s history. Over the past few weeks, Capetonians have been hurtling towards Day Zero, when the City of Cape Town has warned that water to households will be cut off.... →

The actions being taken and considered as ‘Day Zero’ looms for Cape Town

By: Kim Cloete 2nd February 2018 As dam levels drop and water becomes even more scarce, Cape Town is racing against time to deal with the worst drought in the city’s history. Over the past few weeks, Capetonians have been hurtling towards Day Zero, when the City of Cape Town has warned that water to households will be cut off.... →

Automotive investment projects, South Africa

By: Sheila Barradas 2nd February 2018 VWSA launched its new Polo and showcased the R6.1-billion investment in its plant and new products on January 28. →

Legacy Marine (Pty) Ltd Launches New Vessel For Stapem Offshore

30th January 2018 Stapem Beluga, the first of two Incat Crowther designed 18-meter Aluminium Dive Support catamarans has landed safely in Angola. Built under ABS survey by the Legacy Marine Group in Port Elizabeth, South Africa for French oil and gas services company Stapem Offshore, this Marshall Island flagged... →

Aerotropolis market access to foster economic growth

By: Donald Makhafola 26th January 2018 A successful aerotropolis has to ensure that the benefits associated with international air connectivity, such as market access and attractiveness for investment, will support economic activity, says consultancy and engineering firm Royal HaskoningDHV’s subsidiary Netherlands Airport Consultants... →

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