SOLAS

Sheets to the wind

SDS Tanker crews deserve to know what hazards the cargoes they are handling present during transport. This information is generally provided in the form of an SDS, something of a novelty for the shipping industry. A group of trade bodies has come together to provide some assistance

Tanker Bow Star in the Indian Ocean

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

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

Shortcut to safety

When those nice people at DGAC asked me to give a presentation at their annual conference in Nashville last month, the topic of incidents and regulation

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.

IMO amendments progress

The 90th session of the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) was held last month at the headquarters of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) in London.

30 years ago

A look at what was in the pages of the Bulletin in May 1982

One of the interesting elements – ‘joys’ is perhaps too strong a word – of looking back at what the magazine was covering 30 years ago is the identity of the companies mentioned in the editorial or, indeed, those advertising. 

The weighting game

CONTAINERS IAPH has joined a consortium of other industry bodies to lobby IMO to amend regulation on weighing containers before loading vessels

Beached Vessel - Photo credit MAIB
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