Royal Den Hartogh Logistics is collaborating with Shell Chemicals Europe in switching to HVO renewable diesel. This is a significant step towards achieving its goal of reducing CO2 emissions by 25% by 2025. The partnership with Shell Chemicals allows the firm to take advantage of Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) renewable diesel, which is a sustainable and low-carbon... [Read More]

Cotac has been cleaning IBCs and stainless steel containers at the Mannheim site for many years. Many of the products transported in these containers find their way into the pharmaceutical industry. To safeguard the quality of the cleaning and to make cleaning less labour intensive, Gröninger has designed, built, and commissioned a fully automatic container cleaning... [Read More]

HÜNI+CO and Van Moer Logistics are expanding their services for the coating of tank containers in the port of Antwerp as part of an exclusive partnership. The logistics service provider Van Moer Logistics already offers minor repairs to tank container coatings in its HÜNI+CO-certified depot in the port of Antwerp. Starting this summer, the two companies will also... [Read More]

ITCO president Reg Lee has informed the board that he will retire from the post at the end of this year. The International Tank Container Organisation started in 1998 and Lee was one of the founder members. Jeremy Bergbaum was the organisation’s first president and when he stood down in 2003, Lee was elected to lead ITCO - upon his retirement from Stolt. Lee resigned... [Read More]

The HOYER Group has begun operating its most modern semi-automatic cleaning facilities for intermediate bulk containers (IBCs) at its Mannheim site in Germany. The globally active logistics provider will increase efficiency and significantly shorten the throughput times of IBCs during the cleaning process. The result will mean optimised fleet utilisation, better plannability... [Read More]

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... [Read More]

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... [Read More]

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... [Read More]

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,... [Read More]

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... [Read More]

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... [Read More]

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... [Read More]

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,... [Read More]

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... [Read More]

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,... [Read More]