September

ITCO assesses China's place

Tank containers in China
RESEARCH ITCO’s study on the safe handling of tank containers in China has drawn widely on the opinions of local experts to develop some vital observations on the current state of play and where this major market may be heading next.

Oil good, chemicals bad

Two-tier system
MARKET A year ago, when it was evident that the world was heading into a deep recession, there were justifiable fears that the European bulk liquids terminal industry would be affected.

What SMIT did next

Oil and water
SALVAGE Blazing tankers may not be entirely a thing of the past but safety standards have certainly improved in recent years. Salvors are finding themselves busier with pollution prevention tasks involving all types of ship, as this look at SMIT’s recent casebook shows

TDG heads further east

Hungary for more
EXPANSION TDG has broadened its geographical reach with the opening of a new office in Hungary. Meanwhile, back in the UK it has lengthened its long list of value adding services with the launch of a new recycling scheme for plastics industrial packagings

Safety on the tank top

On the rack
SAFETY Occupational health and safety authorities around the world are stressing the importance of reducing the number of trips and falls in the workplace. SafeRack reports on how its products are being applied by storage terminals to prevent falls from tank trucks and containers

The lighter side of the business

Dead badger in the middle of the road
It’s all kicking off in Germany this month. We don’t know why, it just is.

FECC looks at REACH impact

Facing facts in Finland
CONFERENCE REPORT Delegates to FECC’s Annual Congress had quite a lot to think about but not all that much to cheer about when they met up in Helsinki this past June, not least of all the upcoming implementation of the REACH legislation

WP15 looks at driver certificates

ROAD WP15’s job is more than just applying the provisions of the Orange Book and the decisions of the joint RID/ADR meetings to European road transport regulations. Ongoing work involves the transport of dangerous goods in road tunnels and the implementation of effective security provisions

Antwerp opens up for more tanks

The people port
PORTS Europe is short of port space, that much is certain. Antwerp is planning to help out by opening up new land, something that will be music to the ears of the storage terminal sector in particular. And that means more work is needed to help link the port to its hinterland

Sea-Tank responds to demand

Speed to market
PROFILE Sea-Tank Terminal is currently building its sixth storage terminal on a brownfield site in Antwerp. Just who are these people, whose aggregate terminal capacity has gone from nothing to 1.2m m3 in a mere five years?

The Sea-Tank Terminal name is relatively new to Antwerp, having opened for business less than two years ago. But its parent company, Sea-Invest, has been around since 1925 as a stevedoring company handling a wide variety of materials.

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