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**From the ground up**

	CONSTRUCTION VTTI has already brought one major project to fruition this year and has a number of others at various stages of development

**Clouding over**

	OVERFILLS One of the known unknowns to emerge from the Buncefield investigation was how vapour clouds form and how they behave. A report from HSE summarises recent research and points a way forward to accurate modelling

**More oil, less spilt**

	SPILLS ITOPF’s annual tanker spill survey reveals that operators are doing a much better job of keeping oil in the cargo tanks, with only one significant spill during 2011

**Off the rails**

	ETHANOL Track washout was the immediate cause of a 2009 derailment in Illinois that killed one person and injured seven more. But NTSB says the incident raises further issues for shippers and railroad companies and has renewed calls for improved tank car design

**New blood, new tricks**

	RECRUITMENT Simon Storage’s apprenticeship programme is helping young engineers get a foot on the career ladder – while also bolstering its workforce of the future

**Kind of AdBlue**

	PUMPS Blackmer has adapted its sliding vane pumps, using stainless steel components to enable them to be used in AdBlue applications

**The good earth**

	STATIC Protecting against static discharge during product transfer at facilities has long been well managed. Newson Gale is now extending that level of protection to off-site operations, where gantry-mounted systems are not available

**Gangway for Botlek**

	Loadtec Engineered Systems has delivered two marine gangway systems to Botlek Tank Terminal (BTT) in Rotterdam. The gangways were custom-designed in order to exploit the maximum potential of the Botlek jetty and provide safe man access to the wide range of tankers and barges visiting the facility.

**2013 starts here**

	MULTIMODAL Anyone who sees the role of Europe’s regulators as being to transpose the UN Recommendations into the region’s rulebooks will have been disappointed to see the huge number of topics to be discussed at the last joint meeting.

**If we rebuild it, they will come**

	TANKS Last year’s earthquake and tsunami were a huge setback for Japan’s dangerous goods supply chain - but growth is back. NRS Group gives a perspective on the disaster

**Master of all trades**

	RECONDITIONING UK-based Packaging Reuse and Disposal Services (PRDS) doesn't just recondition drums and IBCs, it offers customers a full service that spans everything from recycling to the management of hazardous waste

**Colder than cold**

	LNG SHIPPING Reboring the LNG supply chain is going to be a long job. One option being looked at is using LPG tanker designs to move small parcels of LNG over short distances. Germanischer Lloyd has been looking at the practicalities

**Join the gang**

	CHINA New hazardous chemicals regulations now in force should provide more harmonisation for the industry operating in China, both in terms of international regulations and internal requirements.

**Agility spots the stars**

	MARKETS Global economic uncertainty and Middle Eastern political turmoil are doing little to dim the attractiveness of emerging markets, which themselves show signs of reducing their dependency on developed countries

**A fleet for energy**

	PROFILE Harsh shipping markets may have pushed MISC Berhad out of the liner trades but it remains a global player in the LNG and chemicals shipping segments.