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Firm inaugurates new tank-production plant

10th August 2001 Over the past 15 years UK company Forbes has been developing an increasing range of competitive Chop Hoop Wound glassfibre reinforced tank, vessels and scrubbers for the chemical, water-treatment, food, and other industries as diverse as microchips to North Sea oil. →

Vendor-managed inventory's popularity on the increase

10th August 2001 Concepts such as vendor-managed inventory (VMI) and consignment stock are becoming increasingly popular in the South African bulk product delivery industry. →

Neglected vessels threaten worker safety

10th August 2001 Pressure vessels are not being inspected as required by South Africa’s Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA), Engineering News can today report. →

Firm develops from mailboxes to tanks

10th August 2001 Today, aboveground and underground storage tanks, oil water separators, pressure vessels, interceptors, and pump systems comprise the main business activity of US company Highland Tank. →

Chemicals giant brings hope to fabricators

10th August 2001 The local fabricating industry has an abundance of work thanks to projects eminating from companies such as petrochemical giant Sasol. →

Containers are sound investment, says firm

10th August 2001 The South African investment community has increasingly taken a view that tank containers are an investment with unacceptable risks and unknowns. →

Aluminium gas cylinders safety debate

10th August 2001 Aluminium high-pressure gas cylinders are safe, reliable and can last a lifetime. Earlier this year, an aluminium carbon dioxide fire extinguisher exploded in Cape Town. →

SA firm receives US accreditation

10th August 2001 Cannery equipment manufacturer HG Molenaar (HGM) has become one of only four other South African companies accredited by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) as an authorised user of the ASME code symbol. →

US firm's green tanks

10th August 2001 Indiana, US firm SuperSafe Tank’s containers has evolved from years of research and development to become a premier aboveground fuel storage system, the company reports. →

Firm celebrates 30 years in tank business

10th August 2001 UK company Neil Vessey →

Tank readings done through the Internet

10th August 2001 US company Veeder-Root has announced the introduction of Poll Now, a Web-based application that enables customers to get tank inventory readings on demand through any Web-enabled device. →

Hope for SA tank-container industry

10th August 2001 Working together with the South African Tank Containers Association (Satca), the tank container industry has shown itself to be a progressive and innovative leader. →

Argentinian gas-plant

10th August 2001 US company Chicago Bridge & Iron (CB&I) and its subsidiary Howe-Baker Engineers have been awarded a turnkey contract for a turbo-expander natural gas liquids recovery plant in Argentina by Pioneer Natural Resources. →

Sound helps detect faults

10th August 2001 An acoustic emission is a sound wave, or more properly, a stress wave that travels through a material as the result of some sudden release of strain energy. →

New type of vessel on offer to SA

By: System Author 15th September 2000 A leading German shipbuilding company is marketing an unusual ship design to South Africa’s Department of Sea Fisheries to meet the country’s fisheries inspection and protection needs. →

Almost 300 competent persons have registered in terms of new regulations

By: System Author 11th August 2000 Vessels, tanks & containers →

R15-m upgrade near completion

By: System Author 11th August 2000 Vessels, tanks & containers →

Tank contract for plant completed

By: System Author 11th August 2000 Vessels, tanks & containers →

Double standards in air-receiver industry

By: System Author 11th August 2000 Vessels, tanks & containers →

Vessels breakthrough realised

By: System Author 29th October 1999 Approval of the use of locally-invented 3CR12 steel for the fabrication of pressure vessels is set to provide a lower-cost alternative for users. →

Revamp for new container design

By: System Author 13th August 1999 Vessels, Tanks & Containers →

Tank-containers are a guaranteed investment

By: System Author 13th August 1999 Vessels, Tanks & Containers →

Standards to be outlined by early next year

By: System Author 13th August 1999 Vessels, Tanks and Containers →

R30m-a-year used-container market

By: System Author 13th August 1999 Vessels, Tanks & Containers →

Pressure goes out of SA tank-container sector

By: System Author 13th August 1999 Vessels, Tanks & Containers →

Container stacking given a lift

By: System Author 6th August 1999 Empty container stacking is being taken to new heights by United Container Depot (UCD), the Paarden Eiland company which stores and repairs containers for shipping lines and leasing companies. →

Contract secured for 12 gravity sand filters

By: System Author 30th July 1999 Gauteng water-treatment systems and components supplier ASW Engineering has secured a significant contract for the refurbishment of 12 rapid gravity sand filters at Umgeni Water’s Wiggins road water-purification works. The water authority has been experiencing severe filter media loss... →

Maritime vessel traffic under the spotlight

By: System Author 23rd July 1999 In line with the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) traffic separation scheme which has been introduced around the world to reduce the risk of collision and, in turn, the risk of pollution, the South African Maritime Safety Authority (Samsa) is looking to establish a vessel traffic... →

Export critical to ensure industrial growth

By: System Author 23rd July 1999 ocal demand for stain- less steel should equal or surpass international growth figures of between 5% and 6% for this year, says Southern African Stainless Steel Development Association (Sassda) executive director Dave Slater. Although this picture is decidedly rosier than the outlook for the... →

Ship deal puts the wind in SA’s sales

By: System Author 9th July 1999 The unbundling and sale of Safmarine’s container line division to the Copenhagen-based AP Moller group, effective from last month, has already resulted in improved benefits for customers of Safmarine Container Lines (SCL). Although SCL will continue to independently market its Southern... →

State set to commercialise coal-conversion technologies

By: System Author 9th July 1999 The State-owned Central Energy Fund (CEF) will shortly be appointing consultants to advise it on how best to commercialise proprietary technology which is able to convert coal into value-added products. CEF’s Dr Howard Roberts tells Engineering News the technology is currently housed in... →

One of SA’s largest single structures

By: System Author 2nd July 1999 Towering 114 m above sea level and extending 105 m below, the FA production platform is one of the largest single structures ever constructed in South Africa. Supporting it all is a steel-lattice structure or ‘jacket’, itself 124-m-high and weighing nearly 14 500 t. The jacket is... →

Largest single GRP vessel completed

By: System Author 18th June 1999 THE detailed design, manufacture and erection of the largest single glass-reinforced plastic (GRP) vessel in Southern Africa has been completed by Speedmark Plastics. Comprising a scrubbing tower designed and specified by Lockwood Green Petersen, the vessel was supplied to Palabora Mining, and... →

Big dredger contract

By: System Author 11th June 1999 The complete turnkey transport project for the delivery of two new dredgers, with a total building cost of R120-million, for the Richards Bay dune-mining operation has been awarded to Mammoet Southern Africa. Mammoet is undertaking the management and actual transport from the production site in... →

Storm in fishing net as quota war rages on

By: System Author 11th June 1999 A recent court case between the Depart- ment of Environmental Affairs and Tourism and 61 fishing companies has had repercussions that will be felt throughout South Africa’s fishing industry for years to come, long after judgment against the department was heard on April 23. The application,... →

Sulphur plant dehumidifying a success

By: System Author 28th May 1999 Following the dehumidifying of Sasol Synthetic Fuels’ (SSF) sulphur plant in Secunda, Mpumalanga, by moisture-control firm Munters, of Edenvale, Gauteng, the company was for the first time able to draw up its own timetable for maintenance of its sulphur plant irrespective of weather... →

R4m lining contract for big cobalt plant

By: System Author 7th May 1999 The contract for the lining of vessels and bund areas on the Kasese cobalt process plant in Western Uganda, reported to be worth R4-million, has been awarded to corrosion-control company Gordon Bennett (GB), of Kliprivier, Gauteng, by Bateman Mineral and Industrial on behalf of Kasese Cobalt... →

British tank passes trial

By: System Author 30th April 1999 THE British Army’s new main battle tank (MBT), Challenger 2, has exceeded demanding reliability targets during a series of rigorous trials which tested the performance of the tank under battlefield conditions, the British Ministry of Defence has announced. Challenger 2 is a strong contender... →

Developed countries’ EV uptake strategies may be unsuitable for SA, owing to ‘significant’ wealth disparity, warns Frost & Sullivan

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