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VOLUME 40 • NUMBER 02

UP FRONT Letter from the Editor

30 Years Ago Learning by Training View from the Porch Swing 01

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CHEMICAL TANKERS Where are they now? Consolidation hots up 11

Let’s get ready to grumble Technical challenges for chemships 14 Keep it clean IMO’s actions on emissions 19 Design to reality Scanjet’s integrated tank management 20 Smoke signals Tracking sulphur emissions in real time 23 Please do not bend Dantec aims to protect hoses 24 News bulletin – tanker shipping 26 TANKS & LOGISTICS Next big thing Looking ahead to LogiChem 28

Seeing is believing The supply chain needs transparency 31 Behind the wheel Keeping the driver happy 36 On a Swiss roll Bertschi’s good year 37 The Saxon hoard Imperial adds to warehouse capacity 38 News bulletin – tanks and logistics 40

DIGITISATION A trusted partner TankContainerFinder extends platform 42 Linking the chain Blockchain in practice 44 If you build it A simple way to e-commerce 47 Ahead of the game ProShip adopts Labelmaster system 48 In the zone Keeping track of ATEX equipment 51

COURSES & CONFERENCES Training courses Conference diary 52

55 SAFETY Incident Log Close encounters Understanding diesel runaway Chill out Dealing with polymerisation hazards 59 Golden rules ITCO’s advice on sampling 60

REGULATIONS Scramble, scramble! ICAO gets working on 2021 rules 62 Ahead of the game Joint Meeting works on RID/ADR/ADN 70 Fair enough Looking ahead to Leipzig 78

THE BACK PAGE Not otherwise specified 80

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