MULTIMODAL While the autumn joint meeting of European regulatory experts included discussion of issues related to harmonisation with the UN model regulations, there were a number of areas where the experts decided quite specifically to deviate from the internationally agreed position
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Germany-headquartered rail and tank container logistics provider VTG brought in revenue of €750m in 2011, an increase of 19.2% compared to the previous year.
MULTIMODAL Anyone who sees the role of Europe’s regulators as being to transpose the UN Recommendations into the region’s rulebooks will have been disappointed to see the huge number of topics to be discussed at the last joint meeting.
TANKS Last year’s earthquake and tsunami were a huge setback for Japan’s dangerous goods supply chain - but growth is back. NRS Group gives a perspective on the disaster
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