Apr 24, 2019 | Commerce & Trade, Harbour Infrastructure & Shipping, KZN Industrial & Business News, Petrochemicals
SINCE November 2017, the 6,000-ton, 105-metre Amber II has delivered more than 43,000 tons of product to 94 vessels. It is owned by BP while African Marine Solutions (Amsol) handles the logistics and scheduling. The barge supplies marine fuel and marine gas oil at...
Mar 8, 2019 | Agriculture & Sugar, Automation & Robotics, Education & Training, Forestry, Pulp & Paper, Instrumentation, Measurement & Control, KZN Industrial & Business News, Petrochemicals, Transport & Logistics
At a recent SAIMC Durban branch presentation, Hennie Prinsloo and John Owen-Ellis provided an introduction to what is required to design a complete analytical system. It started with an overview of the large quantity of information that is needed, and then took the...
Mar 6, 2019 | Commerce & Trade, Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, EC Industrial & Business News, Government & Municipal, Harbour Infrastructure & Shipping, Petrochemicals
OILTANKING Grindrod Calulo (OTGC) and Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) recently turned the first sod at the site of the Port of Ngqura’s future liquid bulk tank farm. This comes ahead of the planned decommissioning and rehabilitation of the existing liquid...
Mar 1, 2019 | Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, KZN Industrial & Business News, Metals & Alloys, Motors, Drives & Transmissions, Petrochemicals, Pumps, Valves, Pipes & Fittings
MUD motor bearings need to be carefully designed because they are called upon to deal with exceptional stresses and particularly harsh conditions That’s according to Roland Muttenthaler, Business Development Manager Oil and Gas at SKF, who said the lubrication of mud...
Feb 4, 2019 | Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, EC Industrial & Business News, Petrochemicals, Plastics & Rubber, Pumps, Valves, Pipes & Fittings, Quality Assurance, Water & Effluent Management
THE Southern African Plastic Pipe Manufacturers Association (SAPPMA) has added its voice to a recent warning about substandard high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipes that do not comply with relevant product standards, issued by the Plastics Pipe Institute (PPI)...
Feb 1, 2019 | Chemical & Allied Industries, EC Industrial & Business News, Petrochemicals
HEAT sensitive industries today require highly effective temperature maintenance solutions to keep operations running optimally. In the bitumen industry for example, viscosity must be managed and maintained consistently, and temperature maintenance plays a critical...
Jan 23, 2019 | EC Industrial & Business News, Education & Training, Petrochemicals
THE Eastern Cape’s top Engen Maths and Science School (EMSS) matric graduate, Libhongo Mko lives by the philosophy that hard work and dedication will open doors. It is this belief that saw him emerge as the leading learner in the Eastern Cape EMSS classes with five...
Nov 28, 2018 | Automotive, Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Finance & Investment, Food & Beverage, Petrochemicals
Engen’s newly opened Ikhwezi Convenience Centre in Mthatha is the largest Engen 1Plus service station in the Engen stable. It also offers a diverse range of fast food, including a Steers, Debonairs Pizza, Corner Bakery, and Fishaways, as well as groceries from a...
Oct 30, 2018 | KZN Industrial & Business News, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling, Metals & Alloys, Petrochemicals
MASS & Heat Transfer Technology (MHT)are in the process of completing the construction of five large Ethanol Distillation Columns for export to The Kingdom of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland). Four of the columns have already been delivered and the last is due for...
