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Apr 27, 2020
Hoyer tankers deliver oxygen to hospitals in fight against pandemic
Tanker drivers working at Hoyer’s UK Petrolog fuel tanker delivery team have received training to deliver oxygen to NHS hospitals treating patients with Covid-19. The deployment comes after the company approached the Government to see how it could both support the national effort to fight the virus and protect jobs, by providing support in delivering essential goods. Jonathan Lawrence,…
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Apr 24, 2020
Trecora Resources enters multi-year contract extension for the supply of natural gasoline
Trecora Resources, a leading provider of specialty hydrocarbons and specialty waxes,  announced it has signed a multi-year extension with Martin Operating Partnership for the supply of natural gasoline. Pat Quarles, Trecora's President and Chief Executive Officer, said: "The shale gas revolution has resulted in a significant increase in natural gasoline supply in the US that has exceeded demand…
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Apr 22, 2020
Geon executes Project Collaboration to help tank container firms in tough times
Polymer solutions manufacturer Geon Performance Solutions has launched Project Collaboration that allows tank container companies to support each other in the fight against the global pandemic. The company said that with this scheme other firms can take advantage of the intellectual and manufacturing expertise of Geon’s workforce to support the Covid-19 battle. Over the next three months,…
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Apr 21, 2020
Stolt-Nielsen reports first quarterly downturn but Covid-19 impact ‘relatively modest’
Stolt-Nielsen has reported a first quarter net loss of $20 million (€18.4 million) ending on February 29. The company recorded revenues of $498. 8 million (€459 million), compared with a net profit of $5.9 million (€5.4 million) with revenues of $497.5 million (€458 million) in the fourth quarter of last year. But in its annual report to shareholders, Stolt-Nielsen said the firm had…
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Apr 15, 2020
Hoyer’s guidelines to negotiating Covid-19
The HOYER Group has revealed the actions taken in the company with regard to dealing with the emergency situation caused by the coronavirus, COVID-19 pandemic. Since the virus has evolved in so many different ways depending on the country, and as all countries have different approaches to fighting COVID-19, it is not possible to have a single common approach on handling COVID-19 for all 115…
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Apr 10, 2020
Covid-19 making critically clear the importance of storage, says the ILTA
Members continue to work diligently to keep liquid supplies flowing safely at the same time they are working to protect the health and safety of their workers, contractors and partners, according to the International Liquid Terminals Association (ILTA). Recent events have highlighted the importance of the liquid terminal industry to the petroleum supply chain as the terminal storage improves the…
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Apr 7, 2020
Container company’s increase in share repurchase programme ‘reflects confidence’
Textainer Group Holdings Limited, one of the world’s largest lessors of intermodal containers, has announced its board of directors has authorised an increase to the company’s share repurchase programme of up to $25million (€22 million) of the company’s outstanding common shares.  Olivier Ghesquiere, president and chief executive officer of Textainer, said: “The increase to our…
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Mar 24, 2020
Savannah port adds new container space to ‘offer flexibility’
The Port of Savannah is bringing online 400,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) of annual container capacity at just the time when many port customers are seeking new storage options. “With slowing demand related to the coronavirus, port users need space to stage their cargo until that demand returns,” said Georgia Ports Authority Executive Director Griff Lynch. “With these new…
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Mar 13, 2020
Signed and sealed – Port of Ipswich pens new contract with haulage services provider
A new contract has been sealed between Associated British Ports (ABP) and Felixstowe Agencies Ltd (FAL). The haulage services contract between ABP and FAL will boost customer offerings at the port. In addition, FAL has also invested £300,000 (266,000 euros) by purchasing 14 new vehicles to enhance their services and reaffirming its commitment to the project. The Port of Ipswich has also…
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Mar 2, 2020
Trecora teams up with Odyssey for logistics services in North America
Trecora, a provider of specialty hydrocarbons and waxes, has signed a multi-year managed logistics service agreement with logistics solutions provider Odyssey Logistics and Technology. Trecora initially entered into a supply chain consulting agreement with Odyssey to evaluate logistics costs in ISO tank shipments, liquid bulk truck and rail operations. The agreement provided benchmarking data…
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Feb 26, 2020
ECHA records 50% increase in REACH dossier compliance checks in 2019
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) increased the number of checks carried out on companies’ chemical safety data by 50% in 2019, with 301 in-depth checks on almost 3,000 dossiers carried out. The Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation, and restriction of Chemicals (REACH) dossiers comprise important safety data that has been requested to clarify long-term effects of chemicals on human…
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Feb 20, 2020
Den Hartogh opens logistics service centre in Port of Antwerp
Logistics provider Den Hartogh has opened a logistics cluster service in the Port of Antwerp, Belgium, following the success of a similar centre in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The new service centre, located in the heart of Antwerp’s chemical industry, will help secure customer supply chains by road, rail or barge. The company will offer the following services at the Antwerp location:…
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Feb 18, 2020
Cefic report suggests European collaboration needed to improve chemical safety in Africa
A new report published by the European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) has found that South West Asia and Africa are lagging behind in the adoption of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS). The research, which describes the current state of implementation of the GHS in 79 countries or regions, notes a ‘worrying trend’, as Africa shows the…
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Feb 17, 2020
Van den Bosch acquires dry bulk transport company Willis Larsson
Logistics services provider Van den Bosch has strengthened its position in Northern Europe through the acquisition of Swedish transport company Willis Larsson Transport. The family-owned company, which was founded in 1961 in Lidköping, Sweden, has acquired a strong position in the intermodal transport of dry bulk goods. Using its own modern fleet of trucks and 40-foot pressurised containers,…
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Feb 6, 2020
HOYER adds 50,000th intermediate bulk container to fleet
The HOYER Group has expanded its fleet with the addition of the 50,000th intermediate bulk container (IBC). The stainless steel containers are used to transport products in the food, chemical and cosmetic industries. The company has doubled its IBC fleet size in just five years, underlining the high level of demand for the containers. IBCs are used worldwide for both the transport and…
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Jan 28, 2020
Cogent Skills board appoints new tank storage industry employer representative
Cogent Skills has announced that Katie Woods-Ruddick, head of HR at px, which provides operations management, engineering services and energy management solutions, has been appointed to the board of Cogent Skills. Woods-Ruddick will represent the skills interests of members of the Tank Storage Association (TSA), who are engaged in the storage of bulk liquids such as crude oil, petroleum and…
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Jan 21, 2020
Chemical logistics service provider Bertschi offers cautious 2020 outlook
Bertschi Group, a global logistics service provider for the chemical industry specialising in liquids and dry bulk transportation, has reported financial gains for 2019, despite a ‘difficult market environment’. The company’s rate of growth slowed considerably due to the challenging market environment, however sales rose to CHF 985 million (€917 million) for the 2019 financial year,…
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