Aug 30, 2018 | KZN Industrial & Business News, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling, Property – Commercial & Industrial, SMME Development & Support, Special Economic Zones, Transport & Logistics
DURING a high-powered BRICS Business Council delegation visit to Dube TradePort recently, investors were told that qualifying companies located within the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) are now eligible for SEZ incentives. This is after Finance Minister Mr. Nhlanhla Nene...
Aug 29, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Government & Municipal, Harbour Infrastructure & Shipping, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling, Petrochemicals, Special Economic Zones
THE winds of change are blowing through the male-dominated harbours and shipping industries, thanks to the entry of a women-run company into Algoa Bay’s burgeoning bunkering and related shipping sector. That’s according to Eastern Cape MEC for Finance, Economic...
Aug 15, 2018 | Consulting Engineers & Project Management, EC Industrial & Business News, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling
KONECRANES recently introduced the innovative CXT Explorer to South Africa, a combination of a 6.3-ton mobile overhead crane, travelling on a gantry, supported by two containers which the company says, “make for fully equipped workshop that can literally be set up in...
Aug 1, 2018 | Agriculture & Sugar, Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, EC Industrial & Business News, Fire Protection, Forestry, Pulp & Paper, Machine Tools, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling
SINCE the appointment of AllCut Power Products as its dealer in the Eastern Cape three years ago, the business relationship between the two companies has grown from strength to strength with healthy personal bonds having been established. That’s according to Wacker...
Jul 31, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Harbour Infrastructure & Shipping, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling, Transport & Logistics
LEADING supplier of electrical and mechanical equipment for moving machinery, Powermite, has boosted its cable reeling systems with the introduction of the new SR-Express range from Conductix Wampfler. Powermite, a Hudaco Group company, holds exclusive Southern...
Jul 18, 2018 | Consulting Engineers & Project Management, EC Industrial & Business News, Government & Municipal, Harbour Infrastructure & Shipping, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling
THE new vessel repair facilities in the Port of PE were not only developed as a positive step towards a thriving vessel maintenance and marine engineering hub, but also to boost the local economy in the long term. That’s according to Project Manager Pieter-Ben van...
Jul 18, 2018 | Automation & Robotics, Business Tech, EC Industrial & Business News, ICT In Industry, Instrumentation, Measurement & Control, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling
THE key barriers to entry in the IoT space – battery power and cost – are falling away with the arrival in South Africa of low-cost, low-power solutions. “While machine to machine (M2M) solutions have been in use in some sectors in South Africa for several years, many...
Jul 18, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Finance & Investment, Harbour Infrastructure & Shipping, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling
TRANSNET Port Terminals (TPT) recently welcomed one of the largest container vessels into the Ngqura Container Facility. The MSC Savannah is a container ship built in 2011 with a gross tonnage of 91 621 tons and length of 335m. It was on its way to the Far East,...
Jul 18, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Industrial Cleaning, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling
HAVING outgrown its previous Port Elizabeth branch, Goscor Lift Truck Company (GLTC) has moved into larger premises that it says allows it to better service its ever-growing customer base. Branch manager Mike Burley (pictured) said the new branch at the corner of...
