1.0Weslanderhttps://novanews.co.za/weslanderrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="4HvQIrg1uU"><a href="https://novanews.co.za/weslander/offshore-supply-base-progress-20150605/">Offshore supply base progress</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://novanews.co.za/weslander/offshore-supply-base-progress-20150605/embed/#?secret=4HvQIrg1uU" width="600" height="338" title="“Offshore supply base progress” — Weslander" data-secret="4HvQIrg1uU" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://novanews.co.za/weslander/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> Fast progress has been made on the country’s first offshore supply base (OSSB) planned at the Port of Saldanha, which holds the promise of welcome economic opportunities for local business. The OSSB ties in with other Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) projects for Saldanha, collectively valued at almost R10 billion and expected to create thousands of jobs, and directed at transforming Saldanha Bay into a one-stop rig repair and oil-services hub. TNPA said this week the appointed contractor for the OSSB is currently performing site establishment whereafter construction works will commence. The facility will be commissioned by September 2016. The new OSSB will be established at the General Maintenance Quay and “will be a service hub to offshore oil rigs, supplying rigs with food and materials, as well as waste-collection services”. (Engineering News, 27 February 2015) Construction work on this facility, which will include warehousing, workshops, offices and a canteen, is to commence this year