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UP FRONT Letter from the editor 30 Years Ago Learning by Training 01 04 05

TANKER SHIPPING Ready for recovery Stolt Tankers remains optimistic 06 In the sick room Kirby hit by demand slump 08 Banner year Odfjell anticipates a healthy 2021 09 When the river runs low BASF, Stolt offer low water barge 10 Staying afloat HGK Shipping’s new gas barge 11 Get your coat The latest coatings from APC 12 Scale the cells Consortium looks at fuel cell power 14 News bulletin – tanker shipping 16

TANKS & LOGISTICS Electric avenue Perolo gets to grips with the modern world18 Load in safety Fort Vale’s Safeload success 20 China turnaround Pandemic’s impact on tank containers 22 What’s in store Kerry Logistics opens new China site 24 News bulletin – tanks and logistics 26

INDUSTRIAL PACKAGING Together is better ISDI’s role during the crisis Persevering in pandemic Skolnik keeps the doors open 28

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CHEMICAL DISTRIBUTION Asia action Azelis starts the year with acquisitions 34 Deals done Univar gains contracts 35 News bulletin – chemical distribution 36

COURSES & CONFERENCES Remote control DGOT proves the value of online training 38 Step into line Labelmaster offers South American training 40 Conference diary 41

SAFETY Incident Log Get it right 42 Cargo is the cause of container fires 44 Zoned out Exis Technologies provides Risk Zone data 47 Sticker album Labeline ensures compliant labelling 48

REGULATIONS The experts’ experts Joint Meeting hears from working groups 50 Straight along the way WP15 gets to work on ADR 2023 54 Wrapping it up Pyroban on hidden Ex hazards 61 Modern marine MSC adopts new IMDG Code 62

BACK PAGE Not otherwise specified 64

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