CONCAWE

Barging through

INLAND WATERWAYS Updates to the ADN Regulations generally harmonise with those for road and rail transport but also have the unique requirement to govern transport in tank vessels. The Safety Committee spent a lot of time dealing with detailed provisions at its final meeting before publication of the 2013 text

Barge Argonon

Problems, problems...

MULTIMODAL Regulators in all the modal authorities are finding problems in aligning the provisions for environmentally hazardous substances, spurred by changes originating in GHS.

Road Tanker on Construction Site

Welcome to the monkey house

UPDATE When even experienced dangerous goods professionals find it hard to keep up to date with changes, imagine how much harder it must be for younger people new to the industry.

Barcelo Hotel

FAME at last

BIOFUELS Safety hazards and operational problems associated with the handling and blending of FAME-based biofuels can be managed by the development and observance of proper procedures

CONCAWE counts pipeline incidents

The number of pipeline leaks in Europe continues to decline, according to the latest annual set of data collated by the oil companies’ European association for environment, safety and health in refining and distribution, CONCAWE. Nine product spills were counted in 2007, corresponding to 0.26 spills per 1,000 km of pipeline, which is just under the five-year rolling average and well below the long-term average of 0.55. This figure has fallen from a high point of 1.2 in the mid-1970s.

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