News Archive

This is a searchable archive of HCB news reports listing their title, published date and report overview.

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Format: 2013-05-23
Format: 2013-05-23
  • InterBulk sees an improvement - 18/04/2013

    Intermodal logistics provider InterBulk says that its tank container division “saw low activity levels” in the company’s financial first quarter.

  • KM terminals flat - 18/04/2013

    Kinder Morgan Energy Partners has reported first-quarter sales up 24% over the same period last year, with distributable cash flow up 19% at $550m.

  • Closer oversight on Yangtze - 18/04/2013

    The Yangtze Maritime Safety Authorities have this week adopted a new strategy for supervising the movement of 79 different dangerous goods in bulk on the Yangtze.

  • Hoover building new IBC plant - 18/04/2013

    Hoover Container Solutions has broken ground on a new IBC and tank production site in Scott, Louisiana, local media report.

  • Mauser goes Mexican - 18/04/2013

    Mauser has established a new joint venture with Mexican plastics drum producer Plastienvases.

  • PHMSA ups penalty tarriff - 17/04/2013

    US PHMSA has issued a final rule under HM-258, making changes to the maximum and minimum civil penalties for a knowing violation of hazardous materials laws, regulations and associated special permits and approvals.

  • Hoyer targets Russian growth - 16/04/2013

    Hoyer is planning to double the number of tank containers it deploys in the Russian market by the end of the year.

  • Seveso III explained - 16/04/2013

    UK HSE has added a section to its website to explain the changes that will enter into force via the revised Seveso Directive, known as ‘Seveso III’, on June 1, 2015.

  • LNG powers Shell barges - 15/04/2013

    Shell has put two LNG-fuelled inland barges into service this week.

  • OTR upgrade continues - 14/04/2013

    Mercon has delivered nine shop-fabricated tanks to Odfjell Terminals Rotterdam (OTR).

  • Lehnkering opens cold unit - 10/04/2013

    Lehnkering has unveiled a new temperature-controlled storage unit at its dangerous goods warehouse at Hamburg-Altenwerder.

  • Odfjell, NCC to cease Handysize pool - 09/04/2013

    Odfjell Tankers and National Chemical Carriers (NCC) have decided to terminate their pool of Handysize coated chemical tankers.

  • HES to take over BTT - 08/04/2013

    Noble Netherlands BV and HES Beheer NV, currently joint owners of Botlek Tank Terminal (BTT), have agreed in principle to transfer Noble’s 50% shareholding to HES Beheer.

  • Safety in fuel handling at airports - 08/04/2013

    The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has issued a new leaflet in its SafetySense series covering fuel handling and storage.

  • SDSs for chemical tankers - 08/04/2013

    A group of business associations has completed a comprehensive information paper on the requirements for Safety Data Sheets (SDSs) for chemical tankers.