ADN

Barging through

INLAND WATERWAYS Updates to the ADN Regulations generally harmonise with those for road and rail transport but also have the unique requirement to govern transport in tank vessels. The Safety Committee spent a lot of time dealing with detailed provisions at its final meeting before publication of the 2013 text

Barge Argonon

Float on

INLAND WATERWAYS It might be thought that keeping a vessel the right way up is a fundamental aspect of maritime operations, whether at sea or upriver. The ADN experts have, though, felt it necessary to introduce prescriptive requirements to improve standards

Ludwigshafen inland port

The acid test

CLASSIFICATION As Europe’s dynamic regulatory landscape continues to evolve, access to accurate and comprehensive regulatory data is becoming increasingly critical. In fact, data often serves as the cornerstone of transport and workplace safety initiatives, and its importance cannot be underestimated.

Man in lab

ADN another thing…

INLAND WATERWAYS With multimodal issues being discussed by the joint experts, the ADN Safety Committee contents itself mainly with issues related to vessel design and operation.

Tankers on Inland Waterway

One piece at a time

Road The rationale for having separate modal regulatory meetings in addition to the joint RID/ADR/ADN sessions was clearly demonstrated this spring

De Rijke Tank Container in Terminal

Continental drift

Europe Although global harmonisation is the ultimate goal of the regulators, Europe’s land transport regulations include a variety of provisions that are absent from the international rulebooks.

Suttons Tank Containers

Party of three

MULTIMODAL Much as one might applaud the regulators’ desire to fully harmonise the regulations, one has to wonder if the process will ever be finished.

Germany offers fuel oil opt-out from ADN

Germany has initiated a multilateral special agreement under ADN, the regulations governing the transport of dangerous goods by inland waterway in Europe

Belly up

CONFERENCE REPORT Long gone are the days when US regulators and the regulated community felt sufficiently at ease to sit and discuss problems openly.

Here we go again

EUROPE While industry is getting to grips with the regulatory amendments that come into force in 2011, the regulators are already cracking on with those that will take effect in 2013.

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