Rebecca Campbell

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Rebecca Campbell

Rebecca Campbell is Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor for Engineering News and Mining Weekly.

Assembly has started of the world’s biggest land-based crane

20th June 2024 Netherlands-based global major engineered heavy lift and transport company Mammoet has announced that it has started assembly of its latest, and the world’s biggest and strongest land-based, crane, the SK6000. This is a ring crane design, and its assembly is scheduled for completion in the fourth... →

Stellenbosch researcher investigates seasickness, using an app she developed

20th June 2024 Contrary to much popular opinion, many sailors and other professional seafarers suffer, to greater or lesser degrees, from seasickness when they re-embark on sea voyages. Suffering dizziness, tiredness, general discomfort, and, at the worst, nausea and vomiting, undermines their ability to fulfil... →

Photo by Stellenbosch University
Dr Nicole Taylor, onboard the SA Agulhas II

Namibia to have its own satellite tracking and data reception facility

19th June 2024 The development of a satellite ground segment complex in Namibia has been approved by the Namibia Infrastructure Development and Investment Fund (NIDIF) management enterprise, Eos Capital. The development of the complex will be led by satellite service provider and now also emerging space... →

South African aircraft maintenance company to set new record this year for heavy checks

19th June 2024 South African aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) concern, ExecuJet MRO Services South Africa, announced on Wednesday that it was on course to establish a new company record for airframe heavy maintenance checks this year. The enterprise specialises in business (also called executive)... →

Rolls-Royce unveils hybrid electric powerpack for armoured vehicles

18th June 2024 UK-based global major power and propulsion systems group Rolls-Royce has announced that its Germany-based Power Systems division had launched a hybrid diesel and battery-electric powerpack concept for armoured vehicles. The new powerpack is being showcased at the Eurosatory defence exhibition... →

Industry body calls for new govt to re-set the country’s maritime agenda

14th June 2024 South African non-profit advocacy company, the Maritime Business Chamber (MBC), has called on the incoming seventh administration of democratic South Africa to re-set the country’s maritime agenda. “South Africa is yet to fully operationalise efforts to promote South Africa’s maritime interest,”... →

Global rate of air passenger baggage being mishandled continues to drop

14th June 2024 SITA, the global aviation industry’s specialist IT and technology solutions group, has reported that the rate of baggage mishandling by the world’s airlines declined again, last year. This was shown by the just launched SITA Baggage IT Insights 2024 report. The number of bags mishandled by the... →

Milkor highlights its partnership with German group regarding sea surveillance UAV

14th June 2024 South African defence company Milkor on Thursday reaffirmed its partnership with German group Aerodata, to develop a maritime surveillance version of the Milkor 380 uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV). This partnership was first announced at the ILA Berlin Air Show 2024, last week. The Milkor 380 is a... →

SA to host aviation conference next month

14th June 2024 The International Air Transport Association (IATA), the global representative body for the airline industry, has announced that its second Wings of Change Focus Africa Conference (WOCFA) will take place in Johannesburg, South Africa, on July 2 and July 3 this year. The host airline for the... →

Space robotics sector is set for dramatic boom, predicts international consultancy

12th June 2024 International data and analytics company GlobalData has forecast that the space robotics sector is set for “explosive growth”. This prediction was developed using the company’s innovation intelligence platform, called Technology Foresights. The term space robotics covers the design and... →

NRF announces international funding initiative for African climate change researchers

12th June 2024 Funding for African researchers who are focused on climate change, has been made available through a collaboration between South Africa’s National Research Foundation (NRF) and an international grouping, the Belmont Forum. The NRF is South Africa’s research funding, support, enabling and... →

Major Canadian airline will have connectivity to South Africa, via the UK, in a few months

11th June 2024 With effect from this upcoming southern summer/northern winter season, major Canadian airline WestJet (so-called because it is based in Western Canada) will be selling tickets to passengers for flights to both Cape Town and Johannesburg, among other destinations in Africa and Asia. This is the... →

Guinea signs agreement with Russian group to investigate use of floating nuclear reactors

10th June 2024 The Republic of Guinea has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Russian State-owned nuclear energy and technology group Rosatom to explore the use of sea-based floating nuclear reactors to generate electricity for the coastal West African country. The MoU was signed at last week’s St... →

Photo by Rosatom
Impression of how an RITM-200 floating nuclear power plant might look

Cape Town leading South Africa’s green energy transition, affirms city Alderman

7th June 2024 Cape Town is really taking the lead in the green energy transition, affirmed the city’s Economic Growth MMC, Alderman James Vos, on Tuesday. He was opening Western Cape trade, tourism and investment promotion agency Wesgro’s Green Hub pavilion at the Enlit Africa 2024 exhibition, in the Cape Town... →

City of Cape Town Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Growth Alderman James Vos

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft finally launches on its first crewed test flight

6th June 2024 Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner space capsule successfully lifted off on its first crewed test flight at 16h52 South African time on Wednesday, and is now safely in orbit, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) has confirmed. It is scheduled to dock with the International Space... →

Photo by Nasa
Lift-off of the Boeing Starliner capsule on its first crewed test flight, on top of an ULA Atlas V rocket

IATA launches analytics tool to help airlines cut fuel burn

5th June 2024 The International Air Transport Association (IATA) on Tuesday launched its latest analytics tool, IATA FuellS. IATA is the representative body for the global airline industry, and the launch took place at its AGM in Dubai. IATA FuellS is, in the association’s words, “an advanced analytics... →

South Africa’s NRF welcomes Canadian boost to international climate change research

5th June 2024 South Africa’s research funding, promotion, support and facilitation agency, the National Research Foundation (NRF), has welcomed the news that Canada is providing an extra $92-million in funding to the International Joint Initiative for Research in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation... →

IATA gives major inclusion award to Zambian woman for helping get women into aviation

4th June 2024 The International Air Transport Association (IATA), which is the global representative body for the airline industry, has announced at its annual general meeting, in Dubai, that Zambia’s Mafunase Ngosa Malenga was the winner of its 2024 High Flyer Award, one of the three IATA Diversity &... →

Photo by IATA
Southern Africa Institute of Aviation Science and technology founder and CEO Mafunase Nogosa Malenga

Global airline profitability up for this year – but so are airline expenses

4th June 2024 At its AGM in Dubai, the global representative body for the airline industry, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), announced that its profitability forecast for the worldwide airline sector this year is now higher than it has been in its previous two forecasts. These previous... →

IATA reports SAF production accelerating, but it needs to grow even faster

3rd June 2024 At its AGM in Dubai, the International Air Transport Association (IATA – the global representative body for the airline industry) reports that global sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) production this year is on track to achieve the predicted 200% year-on-year increase. But IATA also called on... →

IATA expects higher net profit margins for African airlines this year

3rd June 2024 The global representative body for the airline industry, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), has forecast that African airlines would enjoy a higher net profit margin this year than they did last year. The figures were released at the IATA Annual General Meeting, in Dubai. The... →

Nigeria has released almost all blocked airline funds, switching IATA’s primary focus to Asia

3rd June 2024 Africa is no longer the continent holding the greatest amount of airline funds blocked from repatriation by governments, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has reported, at its AGM, in Dubai. (IATA is the global representative body for the airline industry.) This is the result of... →

South African company’s electronics module has achieved the highest TRL rating

31st May 2024 South African original design manufacturer electronics company Etion Create (part of Reunert Applied Electronics) has announced that its VF370 3U OpenVPX single board computer (SBC) module has been rated at Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 9. TRL 9 is the highest technology maturity rating. “It... →

Photo by Sam J Basch
South African Air Force Denel Rooivalk attack helicopters deploy flares from their defensive aids suites during a display

Air passenger demand continues to grow strongly, reports IATA

31st May 2024 Global air passenger demand continued to increase in April, in year-on-year (y-o-y) terms, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has reported. (IATA was the representative body for the global airline industry.) Total passenger demand was up 11%, with international demand rising 15.8%... →

New clean cooking equipment factory opened in Paarl

31st May 2024 Clean and renewable energy solutions company Ener-G-Africa (EGA) on Thursday officially opened its new biomass stove and cookware manufacturing facility, in the Western Cape province town of Paarl. The factory will produce two different types of stoves, and two different ranges of cooking pots.... →

A Multi-Application Fuel Efficient Cookstove

Global air cargo demand continued strong growth in April

30th May 2024 The International Air Transport Association (IATA), which is the global representative body of the airline industry, has reported that global total air cargo demand continued to grow strongly in April. This was the fifth month in a row in which air cargo demand increased by double digits, in... →

Research project launched into telemedicine and HIV/Aids management in South Africa

30th May 2024 How effective is telemedicine as a differentiated service delivery model for the prevention of HIV/Aids in South Africa? This is the question to be addressed by a PhD researcher at Stellenbosch University’s Africa Centre for HIV/Aids Management, Rudi de Koker. “Globally, there is a goal of... →

Photo by Reuters
A pharmacist dispensing HIV/Aids medication

Global aviation IT specialist enters the maritime sector

28th May 2024 Global air transport IT solutions group SITA announced on Tuesday that it was expanding into the maritime sector, with the launch of its new subsidiary company, SmartSea. It also announced that SmartSea had entered its first agreement, with Cyprus-based global major ship management and maritime... →

Oil and gas industry body shines spotlight on Angolan market

28th May 2024 The African Energy Chamber (AEC) has highlighted the opportunities provided by Angola’s oil and gas industry. The Chamber points out that oil and gas forms the lynchpin of the Angolan economy and that, since 2017, it has been subject to “aggressive reform”. Since 2019, the country has been... →

South African food inflation continued a downward trend in April

27th May 2024 In April, for the second month in a row, year-on-year (y-o-y) South African food and non-alcoholic beverage (NAB) inflation (hereafter to be referred to as food inflation, for short) ran at a rate below that for consumer price index (CPI) headline inflation, the Bureau for Food and Agricultural... →

AU signs new agreement on Earth observation cooperation with a European organisation

24th May 2024 The African Union Commission (AUC) and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (much better known by its acronym, EUMETSAT) have signed an agreement to reinforce their cooperation in the sphere of Earth observation (EO). This follows the start of the deployment... →

IATA African aviation conference to be held in South Africa in July

24th May 2024 The International Air Transport Association (IATA), the global representative body for the airline industry, has announced that its second Wings of Change Focus Africa Conference (WOCFA) will take place in Johannesburg, South Africa, on July 2 and July 3 this year. The host airline for the... →

Personality affects susceptibility of people to cybercrime

24th May 2024 Personality type is a major factor in people’s vulnerability to cybercrime, a Stellenbosch University (SU) researcher has established. People with an “agreeable” personality were more vulnerable than others to “social engineering” cyberattacks. The research was carried out by systems analyst Vian... →

Vian Smit

Empowering women in energy the intelligent thing to do, says DMRE official

23rd May 2024 The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) had been running a five-year Energy Sector Women Empowerment Strategy since 2021, pointed out DMRE deputy director-general Hilda Mhlongo on Thursday. She was delivering the keynote address at the Women in Energy breakfast at the Enlit Africa... →

Women having an impact in the energy sector, including Eskom, but a lot needs to be done

23rd May 2024 All four Eskom coal-fired power stations that are currently maintaining electricity availability factors (EAF) of more than 75% are headed by women. This was highlighted by Eskom group executive: human resources Elsie Pule on Thursday. She was participating in a panel discussion at the Women in... →

EWSETA CEO Mpho Mookapele

UN agency has launched a report on green business and financing in Africa

22nd May 2024 Africa has major opportunities for green economic development and could become a world-leader in it, UN Development Programme (UNDP) Regional Service Centre for Africa director Dr Matthias Naab highlighted at the Enlit Africa 2024 conference, in Cape Town, on Wednesday. He was launching the... →

Cape Town is leading the country’s green energy transition, affirms city Alderman

22nd May 2024 Cape Town is really taking the lead in the green energy transition, affirmed the city’s Economic Growth MMC, Alderman James Vos, on Tuesday. He was opening Western Cape trade, tourism and investment promotion agency Wesgro’s Green Hub pavilion at the Enlit Africa 2024 exhibition, in the Cape Town... →

City of Cape Town Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Growth Alderman James Vos

IAEA expert team in Uganda to support country’s uranium production plans

20th May 2024 A specialist expert mission of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is currently in Uganda to undertake a review connected with the East African country’s nuclear energy ambitions, specialist news agency World Nuclear News reports. Uganda plans to construct 24 000 MWe of nuclear energy... →

Development finance agency highlights Africa’s infrastructure needs and opportunities

17th May 2024 The Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), which exists to catalyse private-sector investment in African infrastructure, on Friday released its latest report, State of Africa’s Infrastructure Report 2024: The infrastructure imperative: Igniting Africa’s Industrial Renaissance. This found that the... →

United Airlines is committed to net-zero carbon emissions flying by 2050

17th May 2024 US-based global major carrier United Airlines is committed to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, its Director Sales: Continental Europe, India, Israel, Africa & Middle East Thorsten Lettnin, assures Engineering News, in an exclusive interview. (Net-zero emissions is not the same thing... →

Photo by Harald Kahn
United Airlines Continental Europe, India, Israel, Africa & Middle East sales director Thorsten Lettnin

Absa partnering with development finance agency to help East African coffee farmers

15th May 2024 South African banking group Absa and the International Finance Corporation (IFC – part of the World Bank group) will jointly provide a commodity trade finance facility, worth up to $60-million, to a leading global green coffee merchant, Volcafe. This facility will strengthen Volcafe’s operations... →

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