CONFERENCE REPORT Once a fixture of the Monegasque calendar, the annual EPCA meeting now tours Europe, taking the petrochemical message around the continent. This year’s message was: the industry needs a sustainable future
Results - Quarterly figures being published by some of the leading chemical and gas tanker operators reveal that the market downturn is persisting and, indeed, in some areas deepening.
CONFERENCE REPORT Petrochemical output in the Middle East is growing and growing fast. The implications of this are wide reaching in terms of logistics and supply chain management
Many of us, I’m sure, look forward to that blissful day when we can hang up our hat, toss the old briefcase in the bin and put our workaday cares behind us.
Association DGTA is pressing ahead with plans to offer a certification scheme for trainers, with more testing this month and a roll-out in Europe planned for 2010
VENTS A significant change in vent standards for chemical tankers promises to tidy up a difficult technical issue while also improving environmental performance.
WAREHOUSING Cefic’s aim is to extend the concept of Responsible Care throughout the chemical supply chain. One are where it has yet to reach is third-party warehousing, a fragmented sector subject to local requirements.
Conference report - Nearly four years after the event, the catastrophic explosion at the Buncefield oil depot in Hertfordshire, UK continues to reverberate.
