May 9, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Environmental Management & Control, Finance & Investment, Food & Beverage, Heating, Cooling & Ventilation, Manufacturing, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling, Packaging
DOOR and loading dock systems provider Maxiflex will showcase high-speed freezer doors as well as insulated sectional doors from the Assa Abloy Entrance Systems product portfolio at the upcoming Frigair Expo in Johannesburg. That’s according to Managing Director Bram...
May 5, 2018 | Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, Education & Training, Government & Municipal, Harbour Infrastructure & Shipping, KZN Industrial & Business News, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling, Property – Commercial & Industrial, Special Economic Zones, Transport & Logistics
AS a driving-force for economic emancipation, the Richards Bay Industrial Development Zone (RBIDZ) is set to turn things around within the economic landscape and socio-economic development. It is agreeable to highlight that yet another investor on site, RB Energy...
May 5, 2018 | KZN Industrial & Business News, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling, SMME Development & Support, Transport & Logistics
GRINDROD has announced the sale of its Bunker Division, Unicorn Bunker Services, for an undisclosed amount. The transaction was financed through the IDC. The company is now co-owned by WOESA (Women in Oil and Energy South Africa) and Linsen Nambi. Unicorn Bunker...
May 4, 2018 | Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, Consulting Engineers & Project Management, Harbour Infrastructure & Shipping, KZN Industrial & Business News, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling, Special Economic Zones, Transport & Logistics
AFTER more than two decades of planning and several false starts, Richards Bay finally looks set to receive a badly-needed floating dock and ship repair facility. First mooted in 1996, the development has failed to get off the ground despite the backing of Transnet...
May 3, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, Government & Municipal, KZN Industrial & Business News, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling, Security, Transport & Logistics
THE South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL) has joined the growing chorus of condemnation of the violent and destructive protests at the Mooi River toll plaza. “There is a right to protest, but that does not include the right to destroy public or other property,...
May 3, 2018 | Engineering Supplies, KZN Industrial & Business News, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling, Transport & Logistics
THE Goscor Lift Truck Company’s (GLTC) recently expanded its Pietermaritzburg facility. “While we have serviced several Pietermaritzburg customers for many years from Durban and through a local representative we realised the we could improve service considerably for...
May 3, 2018 | Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, Forestry, Pulp & Paper, Harbour Infrastructure & Shipping, KZN Industrial & Business News, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling, Security, Transport & Logistics
BABCOCK’S plant hire business recently received two orders from Air Products South Africa to install two 88-ton cryogenic tanks at its plant in Newcastle. Following the first successful, incident-free heavy lift in 2017, Air Products contracted Babcock to undertake...
May 2, 2018 | Food & Beverage, KZN Industrial & Business News, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling, Mining & Quarrying, Petrochemicals, Power Generation
VITAL Engineering, a manufacturer of gratings, stair treads, expanded metals, pressed floors and safety handrail, was recently selected to supply 500 000 Vitaclamps as part of the largest gratings, handrail and stair tread supply contract in Africa. The contract...
Apr 25, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Harbour Infrastructure & Shipping, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling
EAST London sailed into the record books on Saturday, 21 April when the Chinese-owned Zhen Hua 8, a 220-metre multi-purpose, heavy load carrier docked safely and without incident in the port. With a beam of 42,3 metres, the Zhen Hua 8 is the widest vessel to ever dock...
