PORT Europe’s foremost chemical port is investing more in being the best. HCB spoke to Xavier Vanrolleghem, commercial manager of the chemical cluster at the Port of Antwerp, to find out more
FLEETS The LPG tanker sector is notoriously conservative but a flurry of recent newbuilding orders and secondhand sales suggest owners are optimistic of a market improvement
Tank trailer manufacturer Heil Trailer International has delivered its first semi-trailer in the Asia-Pacific region for oil major Total, recently shipping a unit to Total Cambodia. Heil Asia is located in Thailand.
CONTROLS Honeywell has helped TIGF, a leading provider of natural gas storage and transport services in Europe, to upgrade its Lussagnet storage facility and improve security and redundancy
The UK Health & Safety Executive (HSE) and Environment Agency (EA) announced last month they were to commence prosecutions against five companies following the massive explosion at the Buncefield oil storage depot in Hertfordshire in December 2005.
INVESTMENT Despite the economic downturn, demand for tank storage capacity is still at high levels. Indeed, Simon Storage is having to invest in its existing UK facilities in order to cope with additional customer requirements
BUNCEFIELD The board set up to investigate the December 2005 explosion at the Hertfordshire Oil Storage depot finished its work with publication of a major report, wrapping up its findings and recommendations, and identifying improvements
For several years now, logistics service providers in Europe have regularly lamented what they see as a disadvantageously fractured operating environment – i.e. too many players in the market,
