COMPETITION The French antitrust authority has levied heavy fines against a group of companies it asserts operated an extensive commodity chemicals distribution cartel between 1998 and 2005
LOGISTICS A €200m project to develop a state-of-the-art dangerous goods logistics zone is due to be finished by the end of the decade. Stuart Todd reports on an exciting time for the sector in northern France
ROAD PRICING France is to follow Germany’s lead in applying a road tax for heavy goods vehicles. Hauliers are concerned at how they will pass on the costs in the current economic climate
FRANCE Cutbacks to SWL services by Fret SNCF were expected to badly affect chemicals shippers but changes made by the operator have ameliorated those effects. Still, more could be done to help cargo owners, UIC says
Having recently announced that its intermediate bulk container (IBC) rental fleet has surpassed the 20,000-units mark, Germany's Hoyer reports that it has now further expanded the range of IBC services it offers in both Poland and France.
Shell and LBC Tank Terminals have signed an agreement for the construction and operation of two bitumen storage facilities at the LBC terminals in Nantes and Bayonne.
Italy has initiated a multilateral special agreement under RID, 13/2011, concerning the carriage of UN 1081 tetrafluoroethylene, stabilised, in battery wagons and multiple-element gas containers (MEGCs).
