News Archive

This is a searchable archive of HCB news reports listing their title, published date and report overview.

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Format: 2013-05-20
Format: 2013-05-20
  • Costs hold back IMTT profits - 01/05/2013

    IMTT has reported an 8.7% increase in revenues in the first quarter compared to the same period a year earlier.

  • Pipelines keep NuStar growing - 25/04/2013

    NuStar Energy has reported first quarter EBITDA of $91.6m, down from $106.3m last year.

  • New EAC List - 25/04/2013

    NCEC has published the 2013 Emergency Action Code (EAC) List, which is effective as from July 1.

  • Schneider goes intermodal - 25/04/2013

    US road tanker operator Schneider National has recently launched an intermodal transport service for bulk liquid chemicals in the US.

  • Vopak reports steady growth - 24/04/2013

    Vopak has posted group EBITDA of €191.2m for the first quarter of 2013, up 2% on the same period in 2012.

  • Oil Spill Preparedness, Response and Recovery MENA 2013 - 23/04/2013

    Oil spills, across the world, are a major source of adverse environmental effects and pose huge financial burden to all parties involved.

    The Oil Spill Preparedness, Response and Recovery MENA 2013 Conference will bring together all key industry players who will address common challenges with respect to political co-operations and legal aspects to prevent and respond to oil spills. They will also update themselves about new technologies by hearing case-studies from around the world and learn how they can apply these to minimise the adverse effect on the environment.

  • Addendum from ICAO - 23/04/2013

    ICAO has issued a second addendum and first corrigendum to the 2013-2014 edition of the Technical Instructions.

  • Perolo finds Brazilian outlet - 22/04/2013

    Perolo has appointed Intertank Industria Comercio as its representative and distributor in Brazil.

  • Early adoption of defective/damaged lithium battery rule - 19/04/2013

    France has initiated a multilateral special agreement under ADR on the carriage of damaged or defective lithium cells and batteries of UN 3090, 3091, 3480 and 3481.

  • InterBulk sees an improvement - 18/04/2013

    Intermodal logistics provider InterBulk says that its tank container division “saw low activity levels” in the company’s financial first quarter.

  • KM terminals flat - 18/04/2013

    Kinder Morgan Energy Partners has reported first-quarter sales up 24% over the same period last year, with distributable cash flow up 19% at $550m.

  • Closer oversight on Yangtze - 18/04/2013

    The Yangtze Maritime Safety Authorities have this week adopted a new strategy for supervising the movement of 79 different dangerous goods in bulk on the Yangtze.

  • Hoover building new IBC plant - 18/04/2013

    Hoover Container Solutions has broken ground on a new IBC and tank production site in Scott, Louisiana, local media report.

  • Mauser goes Mexican - 18/04/2013

    Mauser has established a new joint venture with Mexican plastics drum producer Plastienvases.

  • PHMSA ups penalty tarriff - 17/04/2013

    US PHMSA has issued a final rule under HM-258, making changes to the maximum and minimum civil penalties for a knowing violation of hazardous materials laws, regulations and associated special permits and approvals.