News Archive

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Format: 2013-06-19
Format: 2013-06-19
  • Magellan makes progress - 07/05/2013

    Magellan Midstream Partners has reported first-quarter operating profit of $142.5m, up from $122.8m a year ago.

  • Go-ahead for Mariner South - 07/05/2013

    Sunoco Logistics and Lone Star NGL are to press ahead with their massive LPG import/export product in the US Gulf, after Shell Trading US signed up as an anchor client.

  • Odfjell enjoys happier quarter - 07/05/2013

    Odfjell SE has reported EBITDA of $27m on revenues of $291m for the first quarter 2013. Both figures are down on last year but show some improvement from the fourth quarter.

  • New face for steel drums - 07/05/2013

    The Steel Shipping Container Institute (SSCI) has renamed itself as the Industrial Steel Drum Institute, and revamped its website.

  • UK finds non-compliant road tankers - 03/05/2013

    UK DfT has identified a number of tanks manufactured by GRW Engineering in South Africa and fitted to road tank vehicles that may not be fully compliant with the provisions of ADR Chapter 6.8.

  • K+N sets sights on VTG - 02/05/2013

    Germany-headquartered tank container operator VTG and global logistics company Kuehne + Nagel are planning a merger of parts of their rail logistics activities, the companies say.

  • 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.