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NEWS BULLETIN
TANKS & LOGISTIC’S
UBH CLOSES ITS DOORS
UK tank manufacturer UBH International has entered administration. Its 100-strong workforce was laid off on 17 December. The company has not so far issued a formal statement. Universal Bulk Handling was established in the 1960s and went into receivership in 1999, after irregularities were discovered in its accounts. It was acquired from the receiver by its employees, which subsequently ran it as a cooperative. The latest closure came just a month after UBH announced a big push into the Middle East market. www.ubh.co.uk LAG GOES TO FRANCE
LAG Trailers has gained approval to market its ADR road tankers in France. The approval completes LAG’s range, as its foodgrade tankers, aluminium containers and fuel tankers have already been on the market. Its stainless steel tankers are now approved for the carriage of liquids of Classes 3, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 8 and 9. LAG has already delivered ADR tankers to Delvaux and says a batch will shortly be handed over to TIP Trailers Service France. The 37,500-m3 design, with a tare weight below 7 tonnes, was introduced to the French market at the Solutrans event this past November. www.lag.eu LNG FOR NI
Calor and Dennison Commercials have introduced LNG-powered Volvo trucks at Dennison’s head office depot in Ballyclare, Northern Ireland, from where Calor distributes LNG by road. Calor says it is planning to extend its LNG fuelling network in Northern Ireland over the coming year and, according to CEO Duncan Osborne, is looking further ahead to a switch to biomethane, which will help Calor and its customers further reduce their carbon
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footprints. “This would operate using the same fleet and refuelling infrastructure, future-proofing the investment in this alternative fuel technology,” he says. www.dennisons.co.uk CHEMION EXPANDS IN DORMAGEN
Chemion has begun the expansion of its container storage area in Chempark Dormagen. On completion, the Container Terminal Dormagen II, located on more than 1.4 ha of land in the north-west part of Chempark, will be able to handle some 1,000 freight and tank containers. The foundation stone was laid during a ceremony this past December (above), following more than a year spent on securing approvals and making preparatory ground work. Lars Friedrich, Chempark director, said he is “delighted” with the plans. “The manufacturing companies in the plant continuously invest in their operations and therefore need welldeveloped, efficient logistics. With today’s
laying of the foundation stone, we have come a bit closer,” he said. www.chemion.de LESHACO BUILDS AGAIN
Leschaco has broken ground on a new logistics centre in Malaysia, designed primarily for the storage and handling of chemicals, including dangerous goods. The BBR Industrial Gateway project will cover 39 ha in a busy industrial area of Bandar Bukit Raja in Klang, west of Kuala Lumpur. “The new facility will allow us to provide high quality logistics services to our customers and the chemical industry in Malaysia, therefore strengthening and expanding our market position in Malaysia,” says Lothar Lauszat, managing director of Leschaco (Malaysia). “This project is a major strategic milestone for our presence in Malaysia, where we have been operating warehouses since 2013. Our current facilities are running continuously at full capacity.” The warehouse
