International Maritime Organisation (IMO)

Packing up

CONTAINERS Regulators and enforcement agencies continue to be concerned about the number of incidents involving badly packed dangerous goods in containers. A multi-agency work programme will soon deliver revised guidance with the aim of helping shippers pack boxes properly

Two men in safety suits in a container

Beady eye on EEDI

LNG Gas carriers are still a grey area in the now mandatory Energy Efficiency Design Index requirement for new vessels. SIGTTO has been working to clear things up

LNG tanker at sea

Eighteenth whole

MULTIMODAL The UN experts have finalised the changes to the Orange Book that will appear as the 18th revised edition of the model regulations. Those in scope have about two years to make the necessary changes to their operations

Tobyhanna army depot

Box clever

MARITIME A one-day event held to discuss the IMDG/ADR interface developed into something of a face-off between shippers and carriers over container weighing. At least it was productive!

Delegates at NI conference 2012

Pass it on

INTERVIEW After a year as general manager of the Chemical Distribution Institute (CDI), Captain Howard Snaith is making his mark. HCB spoke to him about how CDI is championing the interests of its member chemical companies

Howard Snaith - General Manager of CDI

Parcel force

TANKERS Regulation, vetting, inspection and environmental standards are becoming more and more stringent for chemical tanker operators. HCB spoke to Janet Strode, general manager of the International Parcel Tanker Association, who is fighting their corner

Man wearing Nordic Tankers overalls checking pipes

Carpe diem

CONFERENCE REPORT Chemical shippers and their logistics partners have a chance to improve profitability and environmental performance but they need to act now. And legislators need to get out of the way. Those were some of the messages from ECTA’s recent supply chain meeting

Dusseldorf city skyline

Bone of contention

VALVES A public war of words backed up with test reports and witness certificates has broken out between two Danish manufacturers of pressure/vacuum (P/V) valves. At its root is a problem in interpretation of IMO requirements, as Brian Warshaw explains

Flash-back Pres-Vac HS-ISO valve with IIA screen and gas-freeing cover closed, being tested with ethylene gas

Outside the box

CONFERENCE REPORT Every step towards international regulatory harmonisation seems to be accompanied by two steps back. Attendees at the DGAC annual conference were brought up to date on the latest moves in both directions

Haldis Fearne at DGCA 2012

The Code in brief

SEA Amendment 36-12 to the IMDG Code is available for use from January 1, 2013. Users will find some major changes in the new edition

Tanker YM Hamburg
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