FINANCIALS Brenntag has once more announced impressive quarterly figures, with only its business in Latin America witnessing a drop in operating EBITDA

EXPANSION Univar, the world’s second largest chemical distributor, continues to keep busy, announcing a number of expansions in terms of its geographical footprint, product portfolio and senior management team

RESULTS Vopak’s global network of storage terminals makes it a bellwether for the terminal sector as a whole.

SHIPBUILDING Boom-bust cycles are common in the shipping industry but the recent explosion in newbuild deliveries is without precedent. Is there a ‘right’ level of construction activity?

CONFERENCE REPORT The birthplace of J-pop icon Ayumi Hamasaki, the Japanese city of Fukuoka, as detailed in the first part of this report in last month’s Bulletin

PRODUCTS UK-headquartered Air Sea Containers has expanded its already extensive range of combination packagings for the transport of dangerous goods with the launch of its new Multipack 4GV box range

STATIC One of the biggest hazards during the loading and discharge of road tankers is the risk of static sparks igniting flammable vapours.

SECURITY Facility operators, well used to safety risk management, are still coming to terms with the added requirements of security-based regulations.

A look back at what was in the news in December 1980

HCB’s final issue of its inaugural year three decades ago started off by looking at IATA’s Restricted Articles Regulations (RAR), which the Bulletin referred to as “the Bible”.

CONFERENCE REPORT Canada faces many of the same pressures as other territories when it comes to populating the dangerous goods sector with young blood.