Obituary: Herbert Kennard

HERBERT J KENNARD

5 NOVEMBER 1919 – 19 MARCH 2020

It is with great sadness that HCB reports the death of long-time contributor Herbert Julio Kennard – or ‘HJK’ as he was known in these pages – at the age of 100. Herbert died at home, as he had wished, after several years of declining health.

Herbert was born to parents of German extraction and lived his entire life in the apartment in St John’s Wood, London they were renting at the time of his birth. He took advantage of a change in legislation in the 1970s to acquire the lease on the property, one of many canny financial decisions he made.

He knew tragedy early on, losing his mother while he was still a child. A sister died before he was born. After that, he was brought up by his father and governess, Helen, to whom he remained devoted right up until her own death in 1981.

Herbert’s father gave him the choice of going to university or spending some time in Switzerland learning languages; he already knew the country well and decided that would serve him better in the long run, which turned out to be the case. World War II then intervened and he spent much of it at the RAF training school in Hendon, north London. In later life he had plenty of stories to tell about his time there.

After the end of the war he spent a few years with relatives in Brazil, returning to London to join the civil service around 1950. He eventually became involved in the dangerous goods section of the Ministry of Transport, where his language skills were of great use in the development of the first edition of ADR in 1968. Even after retirement he proved useful as a source of regulatory memory and he continued to contribute to DfT briefing meetings.

Being required to retire from the civil service at the age of 60, Herbert began contributing regulatory articles to HCB, essentially continuing to report on the Geneva meetings, and also worked for Croner. He continued to contribute to HCB until his mid-90s.

Herbert was a man of varied passions. He was an avid opera and ballet fan – indeed, his last outing, less than three weeks before he died, was to the Royal Opera House where he had a seat in the Royal Box for the performance of Fidelio. He was a keen collector of satinwood furniture and tea caddies and was said to have the finest collection in private hands, some of which will be bequeathed to the nation.

Herbert was a traveller by nature and, even in his later years, would take on intrepid journeys around Europe – especially if an opera or ballet could be included in the itinerary. Up until his 60s he could also be found on his BMW motorbike, something that played a large part in his younger life. He was a lifelong member of both the BMW Club and the Royal Automobile Club.

Herbert also paid a great deal of attention to his friends, keeping a full diary and address book. It was only after an accident in 2005 curtailed his ability to get out and about as easily that he slowed down, although he remained as active as he could for another ten years.

HCB understands that a memorial service will be held for HJK once life returns to normal after Covid-19. HCB will also miss HJK a great deal – we will not see his like again.

CONTENTS

VOLUME 41 • NUMBER 04

UP FRONT Letter from the editor Obituary: Herbert Kennard 30 Years Ago Learning by Training View from the Porch Swing

CHEMICAL DISTRIBUTION Fighting for life NACD promotes the sector Defence of the realm Univar strategy pays off Held to account Brenntag toughs it out Into the fold Acquisitions boost IMCD Standards setter Azelis signs up to TfS News bulletin – chemical distribution

INDUSTRIAL PACKAGING Cubic capability Greif builds in protection 01 02 04 05 06

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18 News bulletin – industrial packaging 20

STORAGE TERMINALS Cross the streams Confusion in the midstream patch 22 Coming soon Standic prepares Antwerp terminal 26 News bulletin – storage terminals 28

TANKS & LOGISTICS Shock of the new Digitisation comes to US petrochemicals 30 Straight outta Texas Odyssey finds eager customers 32 See clearer now Elemica responds with updates 34 News bulletin – tanks and logistics 36

COURSES & CONFERENCES Training courses Conference diary 38 41

Training toolbox Labelmaster suggests the e-version 42 SAFETY Incident Log Catch a cold FRA looks at cryogenics by rail Command a bond Bonding during barge de-gassing 48

REGULATIONS Loose change UN experts ready next Orange Book 50 Reports required CSB will want incident reports 58 It’s about time HNS Convention gets a nudge 60

BACK PAGE Not otherwise specified 62

NEXT MONTH Tank container fleet report Standards in supply chain visibility Storage terminal expansion projects More from the UN experts

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