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**Keep it closed**

	DISPENSING Closed-system drum and IBC dispensing can offer shippers significant economic, safety and environmental benefits. Thomas A Braun, business manager, chemical and packaging products for US-based Colder Products Company (CPC), explains more

**One day in Singapore**

	CONFERENCE REPORT Delegates at the T9 Oil and Chemical Networking Event, held this past March 28 in Singapore, were brought up to speed on developments and plans in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. Rahita Elias reports on the highlights of an interesting day

**Smart energy**

	PUMPS Demands put on liquids storage terminals appear to be at cross-purposes: maximise throughput while minimising energy consumption. As utility costs rise, sliding vane pump technology is the preferred choice for energy efficient operation, as Tom Stone explains*

**Snap, crackle and stop**

	LIGHTNING PROTECTION As the planet’s climate changes, research suggests that lightning strikes will become more and more frequent. Given the number of incidents caused by lightning strikes, perhaps it is time for storage terminal operators to ensure their tanks are down to earth

**Chemical interaction**

	INTERNATIONAL UK chemical distribution companies need to evolve quickly as the supply chain extends further from British shores. One way they can keep up is by establishing strategically located depots and forging relationships with experienced partners, something that UK-wide freight company Redhead International has been quick to do

**Greening the terminal**

	SUSTAINABILITY The idea of a ‘sustainable’ bulk liquids terminal is technically feasible but the economics are not dependable. VOTOB is continuing its analysis to see how the Dutch tank storage sector can meet its stated aims of emissions reduction

**Out on the road**

	E-FREIGHT The era of paperless hazard communication has come a step closer, with PHMSA announcing plans to trial a system later this year that could generate firm proposals by third quarter 2014

**Gauging underground**

	GAS STORAGE Emerson Process Management’s Smart Wireless technology is helping RWE Gas Storage maximise the capacity of its Dolní Dunajovice underground gas storage facility in the Czech Republic

**Track back**

	RAIL Although the applicability of the RID Regulations is broadening, operators and users still need to interface with a different legal structure to the east, in both regulatory and technical areas. Smoothing this interface is likely to be one of the most demanding tasks of the new RID standing working group

**Passport to quality**

	FUEL DISTRIBUTION Plans for the UK’s new Petroleum Driver Passport are moving ahead, with SQA having been appointed to manage the scheme

**BADGP of honour**

	CONFERENCE REPORT Most trade associations perform a Janus-like function, on the one hand disseminating news and information to their members and on the other lobbying on behalf of members to legislators. BADGP’s annual meeting shows both of those functions off in a single day

**Inside job**

	POLLUTION Illegal discharges of oily water have landed Columbia Shipmanagement with a hefty fine in the US. But it was only the actions of certain crewmembers that brought the practice to light, as Brian Warshaw reports

**Reshuffling the pack**

	CONTAINERS Elements of CDI’s International Marine Packed Cargo Audit Scheme (IMPCAS) scheme have undergone a makeover. Together with the new container terminal audit scheme, CDI’s remit now extends throughout the port area

**Two steps forward**

	SQAS Two years ago, Cefic introduced major revisions to the SQAS questionnaires and guidelines. Victor Trapani, who joined Cefic as SQAS Manager a year ago, reports on how those changes are benefitting industry and what more is in store

**Waiting for the turnaround**

	RESULTS Continued poor returns from the chemical tanker sector have held back profits at Stolt-Nielsen, and indications for the rest of the year are little brighter