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TANKS & LOGISTICS
AMSTERDAM WAREHOUSE BOOST
CJ Hendriks has opened a new 6,700-m2 warehouse for packaged hazardous goods in Amsterdam’s Schiphol region. The facility is designed particularly to handle ‘PSG15’ substances, which are mainly used in the automotive and chemical industries, but also in care products and foodstuffs. These include such products as paints and inks, lube oils, adhesives, deodorants and other aerosols, automotive batteries and other liquids. Up till now, the storage of such products in the Netherlands has generally take place around Rotterdam. “With the new PGS15 warehouse, CJ Hendriks Group is facilitating the increasing demand for specialist storage in our region,” says Femke Brenninkmeijer, director of energy, cargo and offshore at the Port of Amsterdam. “Widening the range of logistics services in the region will improve the business climate. With this in mind, we see the expansion at CJ Hendriks Group as an important development in our region.” Construction of the new unit (below) began in March 2018; it is said to be “climate-neutral”
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and is designed with a flexible layout to cope with changing demand. It features a carbon dioxide fire extinguishing system. www.hendriksams.com VTG GETS SMART
VTG is to equip its entire tank container fleet with ‘Globehopper’ sensors developed by Nexxiot, which will track the tanks’ location and condition around the world. Equipment of the 9,000-strong fleet is due to commence in spring of 2020. “Our solution enables VTG to call up information on the cargo, condition and punctuality of its tank containers at any time. Our service works worldwide and across all modes of transport. In this way, VTG can guarantee its customers more transparent transport for liquid and temperature-controlled products,” says Helmut Kaspers, CEO of Nexxiot. “Security and transparency in the supply chain are enormously important for our tank containers and we welcome every opportunity to further optimise this,” adds Jan Röbken, managing director of VTG Tanktainer. “We want to make efficient use of the opportunities
offered to us by new technologies. Nexxiot has extensive experience in the digitised supply chain, especially in rail freight, and is now our strategic partner in the digitisation of our global tank container fleet.” The latest generation of Globehopper internet of things (IoT) sensors, introduced in May 2019, is certified with the ATEX markings IIC and IIIC. This allows their operation even in areas where there is a constant risk of explosion, such as during the loading and unloading of tank containers. To supplement the Globehopper sensors, Nexxiot has developed a software solution to analyse the information they collect. The company offers a complete infrastructure with a cloud-based platform for processing the data from the sensors. For VTG, this information will be fed directly into the company’s systems via an integrated solution from 2020. Nexxiot and VTG are working closely together to design the solution - from the devices up to the gained information. www.nexxiot.com www.vtg.com
