2012

Paving the way

LNG FUEL An innovative idea about the economical use of fuel in barging has developed into a design for an LNG-fuelled tank barge. If the market goes for it, the first units could be in use within a year

Damen ecoliner

Over the channel

UPDATE Any regulatory seminar has to take into account the fact that many of the delegates are active in international business and are seeking information on what is going on elsewhere. So it was at this year’s VCA seminar, where UK operators were brought up to date on European and international developments

VCA 2012 delegates hard at work

Aceto savours soaring sales

FINANCIALS The past 12 months have proved bountiful for Aceto, with the company greatly bolstering both its turnover and bottom line

Aceto chairman and CEO Albert Eilender

The Shell hits the fan

TERMINALS Odfjell Terminals (Rotterdam) was dealt another blow last month, when Shell confirmed it would withdraw its business from the terminal

Storage tanks at Odfjell terminal

The people’s choice

CONTRACTS Chemical distribution giant Univar continues to attract and retain principals impressed by its knowhow, knowledge and customer care, while e-distribution arm ChemPoint.com is also picking up new business

Univar warehouse

A snog for Europe

It doesn’t seem all that long ago that Europe ruled the world – or at least, that was the version of history we were taught at school.

Reap the Harvest

FUEL DISTRIBUTION The restructuring of the UK fuel supply business, featuring refinery closures and the emergence of a new breed of independent operators, has meant terminal operators have had to review their own service offerings

Simon Storage tanks are being used by Harvest Energy

Home from home

TRUCKING The cab is the driver’s workplace and, some of the time, home. Köppen has been looking at how cab design and IT systems can help its drivers perform more efficiently and safely and has rolled out new equipment across its fleet. It is also asking Cefic to acknowledge the benefits of such an approach

Koppen road tankers and their drivers

30 years ago

A look back at the pages of the Bulletin from 1982

Cast your mind back thirty years – if you are old enough. Containerised transport was still something of a new idea, and back in the October 1982 issue of HCB there was plenty of discussion about what it meant for the transport of dangerous goods.

Step it up

SAFE ACCESS It is not just terminals and depots that need to be careful about tanker top access – even the calibration authorities fall under scope of the same safety requirements

IFC Inflow five folding steps
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