2008

Here to stay

CONFERENCE REPORT The great and the good of Europe’s chemical logistics sector gathered last month in Brussels to discuss sustainability, and to provide Cefic with the necessary input to help it set out its work programme for the next couple of years

Whose hose? How?

NEW PRODUCTS The transfer of product between containments is the most hazardous link in the supply chain and the point at which most non-accidental releases occur.

Turkey trot

Sometimes erroneously considered part of central and eastern Europe (CEE) by non-geographers, Turkey has experienced a significant export boom over the past few years.

On the level

“The short-sidedness that a tank gauge provides only ‘level’ is a mistake,” states John Hoben of Gauging Systems Inc.

Closing time

The Sub-committee of Experts on the Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) held its 15th session in Geneva this past July 9 to 11.

Trading on technology

SMM 2008 was not just an über-exhibition for those involved in the ship machinery and technology markets.

More in Moerdijk

This past September 26 and in front of an audience of some 500 guests, German industrial packaging giant Schütz officially opened the latest addition to its global network of production plants.

A role to play

At its general meeting last month in Nice, France, the International Tank Container Organisation (ITCO), the premier international trade group representing the tank container industry, demonstrated that its commitment to educating the supply chain about the safe handling of tank containers

Golden year

Unlike other modal and national regulations covering the transport of dangerous goods, those published by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) change every year, rather than every two years.

Boom bang a bang

The UN Sub-committee of experts on the transport of dangerous goods (TDG) held its 33rd session in Geneva this past June 30 to July 9.

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