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Tank cleaning stakeholders of all stripes converged on Düsseldorf, Germany, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, for the European Chemical Transport Association’s (ECTA) annual meeting on 10 November. After the meeting, which took place early in the morning, ECTA’s president Andreas Zink welcomed participants to the organisation’s follow up conference, which hosted a series of... interesting presentations. [read more]

Havila is a privately-owned group ofcompanies which was established less than ten years ago. Currently, it operates ten offices located in Russia, the Baltic States and Eastern Europe. Havila’smain goal is to develop professional and reliable intermodal tank container operations in the business area. Moreover, there are other activities where the company is deeply involved, one of them... being railroad operations on a route with a track gauge of 1,520mm. [read more]

Business software helps companies and businesses to accomplish their corporate goals by, for example, helping to track business activities and improve productivity. To be able to improve productivity, companies need to understand their processes and activities and know their numbers before they can change work flows or methods.

Aqua-Zorb UK has developed a water-free cell, which is designed to eliminate the ongoing problem of water contamination in fuel tanks. Having recently launched the product in the UK, the manufacturer has already begun to expand into Europe via its overseas distributor Top Filtration Europe. The water-free cell, manufactured in a variety of sizes, is attached to a stainless steel tank rod with... stainless steel marine clips and consists of an inert, nontoxicchemical contained within a coated lightweight material. [read more]

When Cotac needed a new range of highpressure and tank cleaning equipment,the Belgian company turned to tank cleaning firm Car & Truck Wash (CTW) to produce a new Latex cleaning unit. The CTW Latex Unit consists of a buffer tank, a feeding pump, washing heads, a membrane pump, a filter, and a flow measurement device.

Germany-headquartered CotacEurope sees itself as a neutral serviceprovider for the internal cleaningof tank, silo and container wagonsand intermediate bulk containers(IBCs) for all hauliers in Germanyand abroad. Cotac is represented infour European countries – Germany,Belgium, the Netherlands and France.