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**Win some, lose some**

	FINANCIAL Europe’s volatile economic situation is making life challenging for intermodal logistics providers like InterBulk, and the transport of liquid bulk in continental Europe is fast becoming a market where only the strong will survive

**Outside the box**

	CONFERENCE REPORT Every step towards international regulatory harmonisation seems to be accompanied by two steps back. Attendees at the DGAC annual conference were brought up to date on the latest moves in both directions

**Down but not out**

	LNG With throughput at Rotterdam having come to a standstill due to high prices and shipping lines voicing their cynicism about SECA compliance, 2013 begins on a low note for LNG fuel, Janny Kok reports

**Safety at any cost**

	SAFETY Recent incidents at Rotterdam caused by shortcomings in process safety management have highlighted that dishonesty still is the biggest problem affecting the chemical industry, as Janny Kok reports

**Care in the community**

	ASSOCIATION Two years after its formation, @tco is making good progress in fulfilling its goals of promoting the safe use of tank containers in Asia. At its recent AGM in Shanghai speakers gave more details of the initiatives it has started, most notably in cooperation with Chinese shippers

**The gong show**

	US With its ranks still growing, the National Association of Chemical Distributors this past November rewarded a number of its members for their particular efforts in advancing the cause of both the Association and the industry as a whole

**Upward mobility**

	TRANSLOADING Agricultural cooperative CHS is using a mobile transloader to help optimise its LPG supply chain. Bill Holmes* explains what went into the design and how Blackmer’s reciprocating gas compressor is a key piece of equipment

**CINS of emission**

	CONTAINERS Anecdotal evidence suggests that plenty of dangerous goods incidents happen at sea but go unreported. A group of liner operators is trying to get to the bottom of the issue by collecting real data, which is already generating some interesting conclusions

**Ups and downs**

	FINANCIALS 2012 probably won't be remembered as Greif's greatest year. However, things could have been worse and the world's largest producer of industrial packagings remains optimistic for the year ahead

**Quick off the mark**

	DISTRIBUTION Univar has entered the New Year with a new chairman and enhanced US blending capabilities, not to mention a second consecutive distinction for safety in Ireland

**Wider and brighter**

	WAREHOUSING Norbert Dentressangle intends to significantly boost capacity at its Top Tier COMAH warehouse in Manchester, UK. The company has also expanded its presence in Belgium and made a number of key changes to its senior management line-up

**People power**

	CONFERENCE REPORT The European Petrochemical Association’s annual meeting, which last year took place in Budapest, brings together leading figures in the industry. But the conference sessions also show that the chemical industry has much to learn from other sectors

**Into the fold**

	DEMAND Vietnam’s hazardous cargo transport and storage sector is poised to enter an important growth phase as more international companies providing specialist dangerous goods handling services enter the market attracted by rising consumption of chemical and petroleum products, as David Hayes reports

**Dig and cover**

	INFRASTRUCTURE Two major European transport infrastructure projects are in danger due to rising costs and falling funding. As long as member states do not step in and cut the EU budget, it may be called upon to stump up billions of euros to help these ideas get off the ground

**Now and next**

	EQUIPMENT October’s Gastech show in London previewed some of the technological innovations that will soon be commercially available as the LNG transport sector moves into another new age