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**Rock on**

	EVENT REPORT Times might be tough for distributors in the more mature markets, but that does not mean that equipment and service suppliers are being idle. This year’s NACD show had plenty of interest on display

**Up for the future**

	CONFERENCE REPORT Once a fixture of the Monegasque calendar, the annual EPCA meeting now tours Europe, taking the petrochemical message around the continent. This year’s message was: the industry needs a sustainable future

**Pump up the volume**

	CONFERENCE REPORT Petrochemical output in the Middle East is growing and growing fast. The implications of this are wide reaching in terms of logistics and supply chain management

**Certification ahead**

	Association DGTA is pressing ahead with plans to offer a certification scheme for trainers, with more testing this month and a roll-out in Europe planned for 2010

**Bangs by sea**

	Explosives - Australia’s extensive mining industry is a major user of explosives and large volumes are transported around the country by road and sea.

**Off the shelf**

	WAREHOUSING Cefic’s aim is to extend the concept of Responsible Care throughout the chemical supply chain. One are where it has yet to reach is third-party warehousing, a fragmented sector subject to local requirements.

**Once a year day**

	AIR IATA’s Dangerous Goods Regulations change every year, unlike most other rulebooks. January will see a number of new provisions, some of which precede similar changes to the ICAO Technical Instructions in 2011

**Starter for 2010**

	GHS While the experts took the opportunity at the first meeting of the new biennium to look over some new proposals, they have another three meetings to agree any changes to the Purple Book and few final decisions were made.

**Opinion formers**

	MULTIMODAL As is traditional, the first meeting of the UN TDG Sub-committee for the new biennium reached few conclusions.

**Down the drain**

	Wetlines US petroleum tank trailer operators are bracing for potentially costly new rules focused on below-barrel piping. Industry is concerned, though, that addressing an apparent problem may only create even worse hazards for employees

**Promoting ethics**

	STANDARDS The European Association of Chemical Distributors has initiated a new scheme to promote business ethics and regulatory compliance.

**Australia outlines IMDG requirements**

	IMDG Mandatory training for shoreside personnel handling dangerous goods will be a part of the IMDG Code as from January 1. The Australian government has outlined what it will be expecting

**Bank on tanks**

	TERMINALS Six years of hard work and countless hours in airports around the world have paid off for Tony Quinn, as his TankBank idea has been recognised by the oil industry and is on the shortlist for a prestigious award next month

**United we stand**

	ASSOCIATION Belonging to a trade association can help a company keep up to date with developments and foster relationships with others in the industry.

**Merging traffic**

	A significant road tanker acquisition in the UK is being hailed as a sign of much-needed market consolidation. Other operators are managing to work through the current business downturn with typical British phlegm