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BOASSO AMERICA™, was established in 1985 and today, as BOASSO GLOBAL, is the leading US provider of depot and road transport services to the bulk liquid industry.
The company specialises in supporting the rapid growth of the intermodal tank container industry across the US.
Working with a broad client base including both shippers and the world’s leading bulk liquid tank operators (NVOs)…
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Den Hartogh has been installing telematics on its tank containers for the last 10 years.
Now, the logistics company has been celebrating a major milestone as a large part of its isocyanate fleet has been equipped with this IT solution.
Den Hartogh can now add a broad variety of sensor information, where temperature and pressure details are vital.
Peter Boodt, technical supervisor at Den…
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Two cleaning operatives were killed after descending into a tank in France.
The men aged 43 and 47 from Douaisis died on August 22, while working in a workshop of a carrier, installed on an old tile of pit 8, rue Léon-Gambetta.
The two maintenance employees, accustomed to repairing tanks, tanks and trailers, descended into a tank that they thought was cleaned.
The residue of the product it…
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The essential cleaning of large volumes of flour, chocolate and vegetable oils has been made easier in the past year thanks to a new food bay.
After extensive trials, the facility, manufactured by OMZ in Italy, was opened at South Eastern Tanker Services (SETS) in Dagenham and has proven to be a success.
It has enabled tankers to be cleaned efficiently to ensure raw materials are delivered to…
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Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners and Joachim Herz Stiftung have together reached an agreement to sell their interest in VTG.
The parties have agreed to sell to a consortium of funds managed by Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA).
The agreement provides for the sale of a 72.5% majority stake in VTG, comprised of an…
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Abbey Logistics has taken delivery of seven new generation DAF XF 450 FTP tractor units as part of its ongoing fleet replacement programme.
The new tankers continue the long-standing relationship between DAF Trucks and Abbey Logistics.
Also joining the fleet are four previous generation DAF XF truck which we are very familiar with and are extremely popular with our driver team.
Dave Patten,…
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Van Moer Logistics has completed the acquisition of Broekman Logistics Belgium Antwerp (BLBA).
BLBA offers integrated logistics solutions for the chemical bulk industry, such as filling of liquids from tankers to drums and IBCs and repackaging of solids including powders and granulates.
BLBA has four service locations on the right bank with a total of 106,000m² of combined storage space for…
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The first Isotank storage platform in the south of France is set to be operational next July.
Alkion Terminals has received a permit approval for the storage platform from DREAL - the regional directorates for the environment, planning and housing.
This will include storage for dangerous goods, including difficult-to-handle chemicals.
The new platform at Alkion Terminal Marseille is…
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Evonik and HOYER jointly celebrated the commissioning of a new logistics centre in Essen, Germany, with a symbolic handover of keys.
The logistics warehouse represents the high demands of the logistics company specialising in liquid goods in the areas of safety, customer orientation, quality and efficiency.
With Supply Chain Solutions, the HOYER Group has a dedicated team of experts for…
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Royal Den Hartogh Logistics has strengthened its footprint in the Nordics with the acquisition of Hedenskogs Åkeri and Hedenskogs Tankeri in Gothenburg, Sweden.
With this takeover of the trucking and steam cleaning and storage business, Den Hartogh Group is adding a modern facility for tank container cleaning and storage, and a new office building to its assets.
Hedenskogs Åkeri and Tankeri…
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Waterkracht specialises in powerful, effective and environmentally friendly cleaning solutions.
The company designs, manufactures, delivers, and maintains systems that meet almost any cleaning demand.
Nearly any cleaning problem can be solved with the cleaning systems the company offers.
One of its customers operates a large mill on site in Bad Langensalza, in Germany, where various types of…
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Pañalon has formalised the purchase of 100% of the shares of Transportes Santos from the Santos Vela brothers.
Transportes Santos is a chemical transport company, founded in 1984, with a turnover of €8 million, a fleet of 50 tankers and 60 employees.
It has long-term contracts with the main Spanish chemicals manufacturers and it is a relevant operator in the sector in the Iberian…
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Abbey Logistics has received seven new generation DAF XF 450 FTP tractor units, as part of its ongoing fleet replenishment programme.
Four previous generation DAF XFs are also joining the fleet are four.
Abbey Logistics’ new trucks will serve some of the UK’s and Europe’s key food producers.
They join an existing fleet of around 350 tractor units and nearly 700 purpose-designed…
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As an international association, ENFIT develops guidelines and standards for the safe and hygienic transport of food and feed, chemical products and dangerous goods.
This ranges from the technical suitability of the transport units, loading, transport, unloading, cleaning and/or disinfection and traceability.
The focus is on transport units such as road tankers, silo vehicles, tank container,…
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HOYER Group’s road tankers are used in intermodal transport to supply LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) to the island of Guernsey and to guarantee the energy needs of the island.
As part of this transport solution, HOYER has collaborated with Island Energy Group’s (IEG’s) staff to ensure the operation runs smoothly.
Situated off the French coast, with an area of around 65 km2 and a…
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Top Tank Cleaning, or TTC, was founded by freight forwarder Ulrich Bresser and has been in operation since 2008.
TTC operates from the metropolitan area of Cologne and services almost all major European tank and silo transporters.
The company is located off the A4 motorway access, near the Cologne container terminal, where freight forwarding agents can have their silos cleaned…
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Soaring fuel prices have put the haulage industry in crisis with the cost of running a tanker up £20,000 (€23,000) on last year, a freight boss has said.
Lesley O'Brien, director of Freight Link Europe, said "pretty much everything you buy comes on the back of a truck" so customers were paying more.
Her comments come as the RAC said it now costs £98 (€114) to fill the average car with…
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