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XPO, transport and logistics solutions, and Wavin, manufacturers of plastic pipe systems, have renewed and expanded their long-time partnership in the UK.
XPO was recently awarded inbound raw materials logistics activities for Wavin in Wilton, Middlesbrough, extending XPO’s role to include managing raw materials and site-to-site transport and end-customer distribution.
Dan Page, transport…
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Abbey Logistics Group has extended its contract with ADM (Archer Daniel Midlands) oil seeds contract for a further three years.
ADM is one of the world’s largest food companies supplying human and animal nutrition with sales in excess of $60 billion (€54 billion).
The contract involves the transportation of bulk oils and fats such as rapeseed and palm oil from the ADM sites in Erith and…
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Suttons International has announced the appointment of Jonathan Mackie to the role of commercial director as part of the business’ growth strategy.
Mackie will be responsible for the development and implementation of the business’ commercial strategy to enable growth with new and existing customers across all regions Suttons International operate in.
He brings with him a wealth of…
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Producers and traders in the Rhineland chemical region have had more storage capacity available for filled tank containers since this spring.
The liquid bulk logistics company Kube & Kubenz, which operates throughout Europe, recently expanded the storage area of its branch in Bergheim to cater to this business.
Safety infrastructure at the location east of Cologne, which has existed since…
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Hamburg-based VTG is to concentrate its tank container business solely on leasing.
The company announced in March that it was exiting the tank container logistics business, operated through VTG Tanktainer.
The group said its tank container transport and logistics activities will be discontinued by the end of the second quarter of this year.
This will also involve closing its international…
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Boasso Global and Quala completed their merger to create one of the leading infrastructure services solution providers for the liquid bulk logistics industry.
The transaction was supported by a new investment from Boasso’s majority shareholder, KKR, which will inject further growth capital into Boasso to facilitate the merger with Quala.
Quala is one of the North American leaders in liquid…
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Problematic issues add complexity to the supply chain and impact the basic principle of what firms like Suttons and many other businesses do every day, which is to move bulk chemicals from A to B using various different elements of an intermodal supply chain, such as road, rail, or by sea.
Drivers are a crucial element of the logistics supply chain. They are highly trained and utilise a…
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Ingredients and chemical distributor Brenntag has announced the acquisition of Aik Moh Group.
The group offers a wide range of industrial chemical, mixing and blending and offers value-added services such as repacking, warehousing and logistics support in South-East Asia.
Steven Terwindt, member of the management board of Brenntag Group and COO Brenntag Essentials, said: “With the addition…
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Dawit and Gröninger Cleaning Systems have been working more closely since the beginning of the year to jointly serve the Polish tank cleaning market.
Dawit has been active in Poland for over 30 years and has extensive experience in commercial carwash equipment, wastewater treatment chemicals and sand distribution systems.
The company is working out of Gdynia and has a service network that…
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ITCO, the International Tank Container Organisation, has published its 11th Annual Tank Container Fleet Survey.
This year’s survey estimates that, at 1 January, the global tank container fleet had reached 801,800 units worldwide, compared to the figure of 737,935 on 1 January 2022, a year-on-year growth of 8.65%.
Reflecting continued strong demand for new equipment, a total of 67,865 new…
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Petregaz, a subsidiary of the Petredec Group, has concluded an agreement to acquire the 35 LPG trucks and tankers from OneLogix.
The OneLogix Group will retain its other assets and businesses. The agreement is effective from 1 April with all suspensive conditions having already been met.
Through the acquisition of these assets, Petregaz will be able to expand its supply chain capabilities,…
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Cleaning containers between two loads is an essential link in the vitally important logistics supply chain.
This critical cleaning stage contributes to the required safety standards for transporting sensitive products.
Since 1998, Samat has been able to provide a complete cleaning service thanks to its subsidiary Resoclean.
The six stations throughout France offer their services to all…
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Global integrated logistics company ASCO is investing over £10 million (€13 million) in its UK operations.
The investment adds to ASCO’s current low carbon transport fleet fuelled with hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) and improve efficiencies across ASCO's UK service lines, including enhanced space and services within its Environmental Services business.
Steve Mitchell, group operations &…
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Yannick Timmel, the owner of Timmel Freres tank cleaning facility in France, took time out of his busy schedule to speak to Tank Cleaning Magazine about his company’s operations.
Mr Timmel, whose family started the tank cleaning business in 1978, said operations have remained very busy over the years despite, for example, during the pandemic years.
Challenging times
However, the…
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Royal Den Hartogh Logistics is pushing ahead with its sustainability ambitions with the addition of its first Volvo FM Electric truck.
Den Hartogh wants to have reduced its transport-related CO2 emissions by 25% and to be fully CO2 neutral in 2050.
Joep Aerts, business unit Director liquid logistics, said: “The Volvo FM truck will be used in the Rotterdam cluster where we implement the…
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VTG is terminating its tank container transport and logistics business and will discontinue the relevant activities by the end of the second quarter of this year.
Discontinuing all the tank container logistics activities of VTG Tanktainer will also involve closing its international subsidiaries, with the exception of the joint venture Shanghai COSCO VTG Tanktainer. VTG will continue and expand…
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Freund is a well-known player in the field of dry bulk transport with more than 225 truck combinations.
The German-based company recently completed a new dry bulk cleaning facility that was commissioned at its headquarters in Kerpen.
The new cleaning station consists of two bays for interior cleaning and in addition two drying bays.
With sophisticated software the customer can determine and…
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