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DHL logistics partner for MOGS in Saldanha Bay

DHL, the world’s leading logistics company, has become the preferred logistics partner of South Africa’s Mining Oil and Gas Services (MOGS) in the development of a new Oilfield Services Complex (OSC) in Saldanha, South Africa. DHL’s role will include the provision of the following services: bonded chartering services, warehousing and facility management, ocean freight, air freight,...

Green light for West Coast wind farm in Vredendal

The construction of the Sere wind farm in Vredendal is expected to be completed by the end of 2013, but power utility Eskom aspires to have the 100-MW wind project completed “much earlier” than indicated, MD for resources and strategy Dr Steve Lennon said this week. Speaking at the official launch of the flagship project, held on the sidelines of the COP 17 international climate talks in Durban,...

I-WEC to start manufacturing. Facility to relocate to West Coast in 2012

South African wind turbine manufacturer Isivunguvungu Wind Energy Converter (I-WEC) on Thursday launched its new blade mould facility in the Cape Town harbour, where it will begin manufacturing its first 50 m rotor blade on December 5. Financial director Thomas Schaal said I-WEC would be the first wind turbine manufacturer in South Africa. At this stage, I-WEC had a single mould to produce rotor...

liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to dock in Saldanha Bay next week.

Cape Town – There is an end in sight to the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) shortage in the Western Cape as 4 500 tons will dock in Saldanha Bay next week, MPs heard on Wednesday. The managing director of Kayagas, George Tatham, told Parliament’s select committee on economic development that almost the whole consignment due on November 9 had already been sold, including to the company’s...

Government to promote shoplocal

Government, business, labour and community groupings signed a milestone agreement in Pretoria on Monday under which an “aspirational” target of 75% was set for the level of goods and services that should be procured locally by both government and the private sector. The ‘Local Procurement Accord’ emerged following consultations held under the New Growth Path, which itself aims to bolster...

Wind turbine mould arrives for Saldanha Bay blade manufacturing facility on the West Coast.

Local wind power company Isivunguvungu Wind Energy Converter (I-WEC) on Thursday unveiled a 42-t mould that it would use to manufacture Africa’s first multi-megawatt wind turbines locally. The mould, which arrived by ship from China, will be used to manufacture 50-m long rotor blades – exceeding the span of an Airbus wing. At 2.5-MW, I-WEC’s turbines would be nearly double the size and capacity...

The long awaited Saldanha Bay IDZ Feasibility Study is now available.

The long awaited Saldanha Bay IDZ Feasibility Study is now available. Hard copies are available from West Coast Office National for only R50. email print@pencil.co.za or you can call 022 713 1111 Alternatively you can download the PDF document at Wesgro’s website or just click here. Please note this is a 104 page document, so if you require a printed copy, call at West Coast Office National...

Saldanha Bay Industrial Development Zone is a positive for the Western Cape

Wesgro CEO Nils Flaatten believes that the Saldanha Bay Industrial Development Zone (IDZ) will have a positive effect not only on the Saldanha Bay area but the Western Cape as a whole. Monday saw the release of the Saldanha Bay Industrial Development Zone (IDZ) feasibility study, whose aim was to investigate the viability of establishing an IDZ programme in Saldanha Bay, so as to inform the final decision-making...

SA may designate Saldanha IDZ by September 2012

A feasibility study into the creation of South Africa’s fifth industrial development zone (IDZ), at Saldanha Bay, in the Western Cape, estimates that the development could yield between 4 240 and 8 930 direct jobs over a 25-year period and add between R11.2-billion and R31.6-billion in yearly revenues to the regional economy. The report, which was produced jointly by the Department of Trade and Industry...

Global consultancy forecasts big SA oilfield services growth for Saldanha Bay

Global consultancy Deloitte says South Africa’s geographical proximity to the expanding West African oilfields, together with its deep-water harbours and its engineering expertise, offered favourable conditions for a material expansion of the country’s oilfield services sector over the coming decade. Southern Africa oil and gas industry leader Anton Botes argued on Thursday that there was particular...