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CTC is the Belgium trade association for professional certified tank cleaners, founded in 1991. CTC started as a working group within the Belgian Road Haulage Federation (FEBETRA), until in 1998 it became an independent association. The trade body is made up of companies whose primary activity is the internal cleaning of road and rail tanks, an essential part in the efficiency of the logistics... chain.The association’s main aim is to defend the professional interests of its membersand to continuously reinforce the quality, safety, and security in the tank cleaning sector.  [read more]

The tank container industry continues to grow both in terms of the volume of cargo transported and the number of tank containers in the global fleet, which includes tanks that carry liquid. The fourth Annual International Tank Container Organisation (ITCO) Tank Container Fleet Survey shows that the world’s tank container fleet grew by 7.2% compared to the same period last year, with the... total figure now standing at some 458,200 units worldwide. [read more]

Every company tries to provide a safe environment for its employees and customers. When looking at the evolution of safety matters over the past few years, logistic specialists have been trying to emulate the standards set out by big industrial companies. The high safety standards that those companies impose on their employees and customers result in a safe – and healthy – work... environment. In the tank cleaning business wesee ourselves faced with several risks:opening the manlids at height, cleaners working at height, cleaning of the tank and couplings at high pressure, slip and trip risk etc. The cleaners are already used to attaching themselves with a fall protection system whilst working. [read more]

Since July 2015, Gröninger Cleaning Systems has been based at a new location at Overschieseweg 111 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. At this base the company has been operating its engineering and manufacturing operations for its high and low-pressure cleaning systems. In fact, in early April 2016, the new premises of Gröninger were officially opened, with more than 450 guests attending... the official ceremony. The event was labelled the “Cleaning Your Wörld”event. The guests – suppliers, customers, business partners, and company friends – came to enjoy demonstrations and to join in a guided tour of the premises, including a visit to the firm’s extensive showroom and workshop. [read more]

Car- & Truckwash (CTW) is a Belgian company that specialises in the washing of cars and trucks, and tank cleaning. The company has recently installed a new tank cleaning station in Rotterdam, Netherlands, for Cotac Rotterdam, one of the biggest tank cleaning operators located in the heart of the port of Rotterdam. Cotac has an independent network of tank cleaning and service stations for tank... trucks, tank containers, and intermediate bulk containers (IBCs) in several European countries. In the past, CTW has also installed a tank cleaning facility for Cotac Belgium, a member of the Cotac Group. [read more]

Shipper Ulrich Bresser was not satisfied with seeking the services of a tank cleaning company. So, he started one himself in Germany. TCM catches up with him. How did you getinto tank cleaning? After completing my degree in business administration, I entered thetransport industry in 1990. Since1992, I had been working at shipping company Europaverkehre Hammer +Co. (Hamco) as a managing... director. This is based in Aachen, a town inNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The company provides transportation, logisticsand haulage services in Germany. [read more]

With a total area of 312,679km2, the Republic of Poland is the sixth largest country in the EU, and with a population of over 38.5 million people (2013) it is also the sixth most populous member of the EU. Positioned in Central Europe with its eastern and part of its north-eastern border it constitutes the longest land border of the Schengen Area with the rest of Northern and Central Europe. With... its highly developed economy, Poland is a nation with a large and increasingly modern network of transport infrastructure. [read more]