UD Trucks Southern African has launched its new fleet of trucks, the Croner, which features 13 variants and 21 customisable configurations for the transport, mining and construction industry. Named after ‘Kronos’, the god of time in...
Boeing Co is looking ahead to a brave new world where jetliners fly without pilots and aims to test some of the technology next year, the world’s biggest plane maker said in a briefing ahead of the Paris Airshow. The idea may seem far-fetched...
The $590m Doraleh mega port, Djibouti’s new ultra-modern mega port was opened earlier this week. This is with a view to facilitate the country’s efforts towards providing world class shipping platform. Aboubaker Omar Hadi, chairman, Djibouti Ports...
Up to 20 million tonnes of plastic goes into the ocean every year. That’s as much as 3 kilograms per person each year. Plastics make up roughly half of each person’s contribution to ocean pollution. Fertilizers, manure and untreated sewage pollute...
The rollout of beach clean-ups and marine animal awareness campaigns along South Africa’s east and west coastlines took place this week in celebration of World Oceans Day on Thursday. To commemorate the global day, the first ever UN Oceans...
The South African Plastics Recycling Organisation (Sapro) is welcoming all entries for this year’s Recycled Plastic Product of the Year Awards. This year will be the organisation’s sixth competition, and aim to acknowledge the wide variety of...
By Rianté Naidoo Tandy Coleman is on a mission – to make sure recycling becomes the only way vinyl flooring is disposed of. As the CEO of vinyl flooring company Polyflor, Coleman was concerned about the amount of offcuts her company was throwing...
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) operator of the Shell/NNPC Joint Venture on Tuesday lifted the 17 months force majeure, which was placed on Forcados Export Terminal. This follows the completion of repairs on the leaks on...
The Recycling and Economic Development Initiative of South Africa (Redisa) has ceased all tyre collection with immediate effect. Redisa released a statement at the end of last week, citing the implementation of a tyre levy as the reason for its...
New disruptive technologies are changing the ways energy generation and distribution is being understood and funded in Africa, says Rentia van Tonder, head of power at Standard Bank. She said these changes have profound implications far beyond the...
