Tank Cleaning Autumn 2016

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Strengthening safety commitments Helping an oil giant reach its goals

Creating a flow

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Prior to the Industrial Revolution, which began in Britain in the late 1700s, manufacturing was often done in people’s homes, using hand tools or basic machines. Industrialisation marked a shift to powered, special-purpose machinery, factories and mass production. It seems like another type of industrialisation is taking place within the tank cleaning industry. There is a shift from using manual labour to using computers or robots to control operations. As well as the economic benefit to tank cleaning operators, there is the obvious safety benefit.

There are intangible paybacks such as the ability to transfer workers out of dangerous environments into more pleasant ones. In short, this translates into reduced injuries or sickness and saving time. In this issue, we explore this theme throughout the magazine.

As well as the usual selection of case studies, this edition focuses specifically on tank cleaning stations in Scandinavia. We have a special tank cleaning station directory on this region.

We also feature an article from Finland’s tank cleaning association – FINTCA. We hope you find this geographical focus a useful and interesting addition. Feel free to contact me at any time at liz@woodcotemedia.com if there’s a particular topic you’d like to see covered in TCM for future editions – I’ll be happy to hear from you.

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Tank Cleaning Magazine

Contents PAGE 2 News

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Scandinavian tank cleaning directory EFTCO tank cleaning members directory

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Under one roof TCM catches up with the Tankclean Sweden’s CEO Thomas Nordbeck

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A fine Finnish A look at Finland’s trade association for certified tank cleaners

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A fatal problem Health and safety focus

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Creating a flow in the tank cleaning business Easy-to-use online tools help tank cleaning operators to cut costs and simplify management processes AUTUMN 2016

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Issue 3 Volume 3

Strengthening safety commitments

Strengthening safety commitments The old and traditional way of manual cleaning of tanks is now looking obsolete

Helping an oil giant reach its goals

Creating a flow

Cutting costs for operators

PAGE 20 Front cover courtesy of Imperial

Age doesn’t matter A Belgian tank cleaning specialist provides solutions for both new and old installations

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Samat Group acquires Haanpaa Group France-based Samat Group has acquired Haanpaa Group, a Finnish company that specialises in transporting chemical products across countries based near the Baltic Sea region.

Samat, which specialises in transporting hazardous materials, said that the new acquisition will help it to expand its operations across Europe.

A Samat spokeswoman said: “It’s a great time in the group development, a new stage in its history characterised

Iran’s largest oil terminal to grow by 10 million barrels Iranian Oil Terminals Co. will add 10 million barrels of capacity to the country’s largest export terminal.

The expansion at the facility in the southern city of Genaveh, 40km off Kharg Island, will be completed by the end of September, the company said in a statement.

Managing director Pirouz Mousavi said: “By inauguration of a number of projects in line with the economy of resistance, Iran has raised its export capacity at Kharg Island and has minimised the time vessels have to wait for loading at the terminal.”

He added that given the reduction of berthing time at the terminal, oil cannot be stored on floating vessels.

The additional capacity will be spread across four tanks, bringing total storage capacity in the region to 28 million barrels.

Mousavi said: “More storage capacity in the island is translated into more bargaining power for Iran in oil export.” z

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by a major international opening.

Half of the turnover will now be distributed to France and the other half for the rest of Europe.”

In a statement, the group said it expected to develop its presence in Europe by integrating the activities of the Haanpaa Group in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Estonia, Russia, and the Netherlands.

The company also said the acquisition reinforces its ability to

“meet the challenges and needs of the European chemical market, by road and intermodal”.

The Haanpaa Group, whose history started in 1949 as Haanpaa familyowned business, was over the years owned by different investment funds.

It now joins a structured family group.

This new entity becomes a major player in the logistics and transport of dangerous goods in Europe, Samat said. z

Imperial Chemical expands Austrian tank cleaning facility Imperial Chemical Transport, an Austrian logistics company, has expanded its tank cleaning facility in Krems an der Donau, Austria.

The company’s third cleaning bay will help to clean tanks that hold materials such as chemical products and foodstuffs. Imperial said it is also able to clean silo vehicles and tipper trucks.

The new cleaning bay features an automated cleaning for dispersions and synthetic resins by machine, where the water and cleaning agents are recycled.

According to Imperial, this provides major improvements to the interior cleaning process and reduces water consumption and manual cleaning work. When removing

any chemical residue with water pressure of 8 bar and a temperature of up to 90°C, only certified, environmentally-friendly cleaning agents are used, the company said.

In a statement, Imperial said: “By using special mixtures of water and cleaning agents, the recycling system can handle as many as 80 procedures before the elements need to be replaced.

“This is possible because the cleaning mixture, which is fed into the tank at the top, is collected at the bottom, pre-filtered, re-heated and then used again for further cleaning procedures. The wastewater is then processed in line with the latest technology and the remains of products are disposed of in the proper manner.” z

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New snake-like robot unveiled to help clean tanks CYC International, a Singapore-based engineering and maintenance firm, has invented a snake-like cleaning robot to help reduce safety hazards faced by workers who manually clean oil tanks in refineries.

In addition to mitigating health hazards, the robot has helped reduce the time and personnel required to completely clean an aboveground storage tank by as much as 70%, according to the Straits Times.

Previously, eight workers needed 11 days to clean one tank, which measured around 18m tall and 70m wide. With the robot, it takes four workers six days to complete the same task, according to CYC. The other workers are redeployed.

“We’ve created a lot of policies and procedures just to make sure people go back home safe and sound,” said Dan Chua, CYC International director. For its innovative idea, the firm won an award at the annual Singaporebased Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) Awards. z

New appointment for P&C Services’ tank cleaning division P&C Services, a Leicester, UK-based firm that provides strategy, concepts and resources to retail businesses, has appointed Kevin Gardiner as its operations manager.

Gardiner joins as operations manager for the company’s forecourt small works teams, as well as heading up P&C Progressive, a new tank cleaning

and fuel polishing division recently launched by the growing company.

Richard Quarmby, managing director of P&C Services, said: “We are delighted to welcome Kevin to our management team. With his wealth of experience working for some of the biggest names in oil and a keen eye for health and safety initiatives, we’re pleased to have him

on board and look forward to growing the business further with him at the helm of our tank cleaning division.”

Gardiner added: “I’m looking forward to working with the team at P&C Services, bringing together our combined expertise to continue to grow the company as we venture into industrial tank cleaning and fuel polishing.” z

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Statoil employs new tank cleaning technology M-I Swaco, a subsidiary of oil and gas technology company Schlumberger, has developed a new tank cleaning technology for offshore support vessels which has been taken up by Norwegian oil and gas specialist Statoil.

M-I Swaco has tested the technology on its own vessels, and as a first commercialisation of technology, the company has won a NOK 500 million (€54m) contract from Statoil.

The automated system means that personnel do not have to enter the tanks in order to clean them. Wash water and soap are also recycled, so

it is only the actual waste washed out of the tank that has to be delivered for further processing.

“The solution increases the safety of our personnel, as there is no need to enter the tanks, and we reduce both time use and costs,” said Jone Stangeland, vice president of logistics and emergency preparedness at Statoil.

Supply vessels transport chemicals in tanks below deck. When the tanks are emptied offshore they must be cleaned before being used for other assignments, Statoil said in a statement.

Tank cleaning is often carried out with the vessels’

own tank cleaning plant, although manual tank cleaning has also been necessary on some occasions, Statoil said. Manual tank cleaning involves emptying the tanks of residual volume before personnel enter them, the erection of scaffolding and then rinsing with water and chemical cleaning agents.

This normally generates a high volume of waste, and a typical clean can involve 10–15 cubic meters per assignment.

“By cleaning the water in the same operation, the volume of waste is reduced significantly,” said Stangeland.

The new system will fit

onto a lorry, and once the system has replaced manual cleaning, vessels will spend much less unproductive time while docked in connection with tank cleaning.

The system employs tank cleaning machines that are positioned optimally inside the tank. The machines are programmed based on the cleaning pattern and analysis of tank geometry. Powerful water jets clean every surface inside the tank following the specially programmed cleaning pattern.

The contract with Statoil extends over four years with an option to renew for a further four years. z

Turners acquires Goldstar Transport UK logistics group Turners of Soham has acquired Felixstowe-based Goldstar Transport, further expanding its presence within the container industry.

The acquisition follows that of MacIntyre Transport earlier this year and brings the total Turners Group operation to 750 owned vehicles and 450 dedicated subcontractors working daily on the containers side.

The group will now have more than 1750 vehicles operating across its three core divisions – Temperature Controlled, Tankers, and Containers. The group’s annual turnover will increase by £95 million (€112m) to around £400 million.

Paul Day, managing director at Turners, said: “I’m incredibly pleased to have been given the opportunity to purchase Goldstar. Goldstar

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Goldstar currently operates 350 own vehicles and a similar number of dedicated subcontractors from ten locations across the UK. It will continue to be run as a separate company and managed by its existing board of directors.

Goldstar managing director, Matthew Ashworth, said: “The support of Turners will be hugely beneficial to the long-term success of Goldstar, its customers and its staff. I am excited by the future opportunities we’ll have, and I look forward to continuing to drive the business forward with my fellow directors.”

Day added: “Goldstar is very well managed, remains customer focused and has achieved consistent growth of the last 18 years. This opportunity further strengthens our service levels and flexibility to our existing and potential customer base within this important industry sector. Goldstar has an extremely loyal workforce and one which Turners looks forward to supporting and working with in the future.” z

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Hoyer inks new UK deal with BP Bulk logistics specialist Hoyer has entered into a long-term agreement with oil giant BP to provide bulk fuel transport and logistics services throughout the UK. As part of the contract, Hoyer Petrolog UK will take on responsibility for order taking, stock management, scheduling,

despatch, physical execution and reconciliation of all retail fuels in the UK as well as aviation fuels in Northern Ireland.

Making the announcement, Mark Binns, managing director Hoyer Petrolog UK said: “We are delighted to confirm this new contract involving more than

German-based Hoyer aims to expand across Europe and the Far East

400 staff and drivers. The agreement is a significant step in Hoyer achieving its strategic growth objectives for both the UK and across Europe.

“This contract award also builds on the already existing relationship between the Hoyer Group and BP who are one of our most important corporate customers.”

Elsewhere, Hoyer said it was expanding its business in the Far East. Hoyer will be taking over Covestro’s Shanghaibased logistics service. Covestro is a German chemicals company.

One of the main products made at Covestro Integrated Site Shanghai (CISS) at Caojing is MDI (methylene diphenyl diisocyanate), an important intermediate in the manufacture of polyurethanes, which are used among other things as foams in the automobile and building industries.

At this Shanghai site, Hoyer will take care of tank containers loading, fully and semi-automatic drum filling, cold storage of drums, dispatch handling of palletised and non-palletised goods, and the servicing and maintenance of the logistics installations. z

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Abbey Logistics obtains British Sugar contract Abbey Logistics Group, a UK-based provider of bulk food transport services, has won a long-term deal to manage British Sugar’s bulk sugar movements across the UK. The new contract follows the decision announced by Suttons Tankers in May to end its eight-year relationship with British Sugar in order to concentrate on the hazardous chemicals, gases and fuels sectors.

After a competitive tender process, British Sugar selected Abbey based on experience in the food sector and the company’s understanding of the nature of the market. Abbey’s strong maintenance and depot network, allowing maximum efficiency by reducing vehicle downtime, was identified as a perfect match for British Sugar’s needs.

Sugar will be transported in bulk granulated sugar tanks and liquid tankers from four state-of-the-art processing plants in the UK, strategically located to reduce the mileage from farm to factory for processing. British Sugar is the UK’s leading sugar producer supplying one million tonnes per year to the food industry and supermarkets.

Abbey specialises in bulk food grade logistics, operating the UK’s largest fleet of dedicated food grade road tankers.

This contract will see the company taking responsibility for transport planning and delivery services, supporting British Sugar

UK-based Abbey Logistics specialises in bulk food grade logistics to continue to offer a high quality, flexible and dependable service to its customers.

Paul Townsend, British Sugar’s head of supply chain, said: “Abbey shares our values when it comes to putting the customer at the forefront of everything we do. We’re confident that Abbey’s proven ability to deliver a flexible and scalable transport solution will make them a valuable partner in helping us delivering the best possible service for our customers.”

A tribute to Marc Twisk The tank cleaning community was saddened on 23 July, 2016, by the news of the death of Marc Twisk, managing director of the European Chemical Transport Association (ECTA). He became managing director in May 2015 after serving as a director and project manager for logistics firm Transports Vervaeke. He passed away unexpectedly at 54 years old.

Mark Twisk All the staff at TCM would like to express their sympathy to the family and relatives of a remarkable man, who was a true visionary – a trustful and professional partner. z

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Steve Granite, CEO of Abbey Logistics Group, added: “We are delighted that British Sugar has entrusted Abbey with such a critical service. Abbey understands the sensitivities of seasonal food manufacture and delivery, and our significant experience of working with major food manufacturers and retailers will be instrumental in supporting the continued success of British Sugar and its customers.” z

Peeters Group unveils international tank cleaning division Belgium-based industrial cleaning firm Peeters Group has launched a new international tank cleaning division.

In a statement, the firm said: “Due to the ongoing innovation in the tank cleaning business, we felt the need to supply our foreign customers with the same services as those we provide in our own countries. As a result, we have expanded our tank cleaning operations across the borders.

“After decades of experience of tank cleaning in Belgium and the Netherlands we continue to direct our efforts and research towards techniques resulting in safer, reduced-entry methods.”

To support this expansion, the company said it has invested in mixing tanks and crude oil tank cleaning. Peeters also said that new containers were being built to transport the firm’s Atex tank dozers and crude oil wash system. z

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Triton Container finalises merger with TAL International Group Mergers among container leasing firms continue apace after Triton Container International and TAL International Group recently announced that they had completed their combination to form Triton International.

In another deal completed in recent months, two Chinese lessors, Dong Fang and Florens, tied the knot.

Both moves followed last year’s merger between Seaco and Cronos, after Cronos was acquired by Bohai Leasing,

Seaco’s parent group. On the basis of combining Triton and TAL, the revenue earning assets of the new giant would be $8.7 billion (€7.8bn) on an estimated global container market share of 25%.

The newly formed company expects to achieve $40 million in annual cost synergies, it said, prior to commencing trading on the New York Stock Exchange In accordance with the terms of the agreement, Triton shareholders own approximately 55% of the equity of the combined company and

TAL shareholders own approximately 45%.

TAL shareholders became entitled to receive one common share of TIL for each share of TAL stock owned on the closing of the merger.

Chairman and CEO Brian Sondey said: “We are pleased to close this transformational transaction and look forward to capitalising on the significant operating and financial benefits of the combination to provide an unmatched level of service to our customers.” z

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German logistics firm VTG Tanktainer has announced that it has built and delivered around 1,300 tank containers from the period of May to August.

“With this new build program, we’re reacting to the current market situation and simultaneously prepare for the future,” said Heike Clausen, managing director of VTG Tanktainer.

To satisfy the various technical requirements of each customer quickly and flexibly, the company is producing tank containers which conform to high-quality unit specifications.

VTG Tanktainer said it will be in a position to satisfy the expected market, customer and safety requirements in the coming years.

Around 1,000 tank containers were built by Chinese company Singamas, for use in Asia, where market demand remains very high and the outlook remains positive.

VTG has also commissioned the construction of high-quality tank containers in South Africa and Belgium which, for example, are fitted with integrated surge plates or electric heating and which would also allow the transportation of hydrogen peroxide. z

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US university and navy team develop tool to cut tank cleaning time in half

US-based Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) and Penn State University have developed a new tank cleaning tool modification which aims to save on the time and manpower required for the task.

The new submarine oil storage tank cleaning tool replaces the existing manual process of employing pressure washers and solvents.

The prototype tool, which can be remotely monitored, sprays water at 20,000psi, delivering 20 gallons per minute.

The main aim of the tool is to save time and ensure a safe and cost-effective method of cleaning and preparing oil tankers for structural repair, modifications, and preservation.

The new tool was tested on the US Navy’s nuclearpowered Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS La Jolla (SSN-701) during its initial phase.

It is set to be incorporated on USS Helena (SSN-725) during its dry-docking continuous maintenance availability (DCMAV).

NNSY blasting and painting shop trades manager, George Reed, said: “We cut man hours out of the tank cleaning evolution on the Helena project and took the workers out of the tank as much as possible, which not only reduced cost but also increased the safety of our personnel.”

NNSY painter supervisor, Jonathan Simmons, added:

Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) develops new tool to clean its tanks “We completed this tank in ten days. The typical tank takes about 20 days. So you’re shaving off a lot of time, which helps get the boat back to the fleet.”

Penn State’s Applied Research Lab fabricated the magnetic base prototype and accessories. However, it is set to be modified and manufactured by NNSY in the future. z

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Dantra A/S Vejlevej 7 Hjöllund, DK-7362 Hampen, Denmark Tel +45-87 98 33 33 Marc Ahrenfeldt Jeel maj@dantra.dk www.dantra.dk Hans-Jensen Transport A/S Klostermarken 1, DK-9550 Mariager, Denmark Tel +45-98 54 14 33 Martin Boe Pedersen mpb@hansjensen-transport.dk www.hansjensen-transport.dk IAT Kemi A/S Mönten 9, DK-6000 Kolding, Denmark Tel +45-79 13 10 00 Hardy Staal Tel +45-76343988 hs@iat.dk www.iat.dk Klb Cleaning Station Hareskovej 15A, DK-4400 Kalundborg, Denmark Tel +45-29 46 39 79 Ken Gaarde kg@tank-cleaning.dk www.transocean.dk

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Kuljetus Team Virtanen Juvan teollisuuskatu 21 A, 2920 Espoo, Finland Tel +358 40 0311307 Tomi Virtanen www.teamvirtanen.

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BIG INTERVIEW

Under one roof Tankclean Sweden is aiming to become a major player in the tank cleaning business. TCM catches up with the company’s CEO Thomas Nordbeck

How did you get into the tank cleaning business?

I was managing a Gothenburg-based bulk transport company. As the company began to grow, the demands for cleaning the containers that transported the goods also began to grow. The city already had one cleaning station. Yet, I recognised the need to launch a bulk cleaning station where we could bring several services together under one unit. However, each container was being sent out to several cleaning and repair suppliers to be handled. This was causing a lot of time to be wasted. As a result, a lot of money was also being wasted. As soon as a process is not running well, you and your customer are essentially losing money.

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I then managed to make sure this firm specialised in cleaning tank containers and road tankers instead of cargo ones.

Once established, what was your strategy?

The main goal from the start was to gather all the services needed for the tank industry in one place and ensure that the customer got the best value. I also wanted to make sure that we were able to expand the number of cleanings done per year and extend the volumes. With the higher volumes that we got we were able to further develop the company to a level where we could buy Vopak’s cleaning stations in Sweden in 2007. It

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was truly David buying Goliath when we bought this tank cleaning company, and the start of our real expansion.

By 2009, we got the opportunity to further expand our volumes and cleaning stations with the acquisition of all of Haanpaa’s cleaning stations in Sweden. Fast forward to today and we have recently bought our eighth cleaning station in Sweden. This has enabled us to offer our full service range in the Stockholm region, where we only cleaned road tankers before.

You have been active on the acquisition front. What are your expansion plans?

We are currently very active in our search for new acquisitions, focusing on central

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Tankclean Sweden is a very large player in the tank cleaning market of Sweden, Norway and Denmark

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BIG INTERVIEW Europe as our prioritised area. The plan is to firmly establish Tankclean as one of the leading global players in the tank cleaning industry. Our global focus will have the same service and quality levels that our Swedish stations have.

How are you finding life at your new Arsta terminal, which you moved to in February?

The business has been really good so far and we are very satisfied with the performance of the terminal so far.

Location wise, the station is perfectly based in the Stockholm region and is positioned in the intermodal terminal.

It is also easily accessible by both truck and train. Our full service, which includes workshop and repairs, has been well received by our clients.

We are happy about this.

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Do you see any new trends 5 happening in the industry?

We have had a lot of interest from both leasing companies and transporters about our full-service concept. This has enabled them to gather more business at fewer locations. Time and cost savings are key factors in today’s world. If you combine this with very high quality requirements from end clients, this really puts high pressure on the industry to raise its game.

I understand that you are launching your online business. What are the challenges associated with this?

The technology is already here. It has enabled progressive clients to be

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Tankclean Sweden’s Gothenburg-based tank cleaning operations

The plan is to firmly establish Tankclean as one of the leading global players in the tank cleaning industry helped with their day-to-day business.

For example, it has helped them to see the status of their tanks being cleaned in real-time. Some clients adapt very quickly to technological changes. We see very clearly how this puts them in the front seat against their competitors. The main challenge with developing the online business has been to make it efficiently detailed.

Too many business systems aim to cover absolutely all possible and impossible scenarios. This makes the systems very inconvenient to work with. As a result, these systems are not being used to their full potential.

How do you adhere to all the standards out there?

We have always put a lot of effort into our environmental and quality work. We have also recently hired a quality, health, safety and environment (QHSE) manager.

We are able to work more proactively and cooperate well with the authorities and industry, which helps to bring standards forward and lets us adhere to them as a way of doing great business.

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What sets you out from your counterparts?

We really love our company and the business surrounding it. We like to get inside our customers heads and run our business from that perspective. We are very strongly focused on our customers’ needs and we like to be service orientated.

At all levels we try to exceed our customer’s expectations every time.

We are constantly looking at the bigger picture, understanding that it consists of many small details. All of these details need to be well managed.

For example, all drivers are given a chance to rest, sit down, take a shower or enjoy a free coffee. This ensures that they are perfectly fit for the next task in their normally tight schedules.

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What challenges do you face?

There are a lot of things outside the company’s control that can be really challenging when you are trying to meet the client’s requirements or wishes. For example, the government can set new regulations to bump up energy costs or water treatment costs.

This cost comes directly to us and we then have to pass this on to our clients.

However, our clients would have a set budget from the company’s they work for to adhere to. This is a hurdle we both have to cross. Although we face challenges from this issue, we try and meet our clients in the middle and try our best to be as responsive and cooperative as possible. z

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TANK CLEANING IN FINLAND

A fine Finnish

A look at Finland’s trade association for certified tank cleaners The Finnish Tank Cleaning Association (FINTCA) is the Finnish trade association for professional, certified tank cleaning stations. The association was founded in 2012 and has six full-time members. Its main aim is to help members to organise tank cleaning in a safe and environmental manner. FINTCA members are professional operators of tank cleaning stations, specialising in the cleaning of liquid and powder transportation vessels, such as road tanker trucks, tank containers, rail tanker cars, and smaller units like intermediate bulk containers (IBCs). Essentially, the organisation is a non-profit association committed to offering an environmental-friendly and trustworthy service to its members.

FINTCA is working together with interested parties on matters of safety, environment, education and technical improvements to develop a better understanding and practice in tank cleaning.

Benefits of ECD FINTCA’s members document the cleaning process by using the European Cleaning Document (ECD). The ECD is owned and operated by the European Federation of Tank Cleaning Organisations (EFTCO).The multilingual-formatted

document is used by cleaning companies to record their cleaning process. The ECD has a unique numbering system to help with traceability. EFTCO supervises its 18 European members, the national tank cleaning associations, to guarantee and follow the quality regulation by their members. The ECD has also been developed in cooperation with the European Chemical Transport Association (ECTA) and the European Chemical Industrial Council (Cefic), in order to satisfy the needs of cleaning stations, transport companies and chemical, feed and food manufacturing companies.

Tank Cleaning is an essential part of the supply chain. It is important

FINTCA has six full-time members that this service is carried out by professional and reliable partners.

This is one of the main objectives of FINTCA and this is what the European Cleaning Document (ECD) stands for.

The majority of the cleaning stations are well equipped with modern highpressure technology and sophisticated wastewater treatment and scrubber systems. The wastewater treatment

system of a tank cleaning station can include a chemical installation, a tertiary purification (flotation), a sand filtration and an activated carbon filtration. All these items are needed to help members reach high-quality disposal standards.

The ECD document is still unfamiliar to some big industrial players in Finland. It is FINCTA’s main target to get everybody to accept the ECD as a valid cleaning document.

The document is accepted across Europe and uses multilinguistic EFTCO Codes, which provides a documentation of progressive tank cleaning and equipment accessories.

All cleaning stations, which are members of FINTCA related national associations use the standardised ECD for the documentation of cleaning.

The ECD is commonly accepted as proof that a tank cleaning station has carried out a high-quality level clean, in respect of all legal, safety and environmental requirements. The ECD contains important information for all partners in the supply chain and is accessible to most countries in Europe, as the cleaning codes are published in several different European languages. z For more information:

Contact: tom.mohn@moonway.fi Visit: www.eftco.org

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OPINION

A fatal problem The potential for serious injury or fatality whilst cleaning a tank is well known In spite of efforts by trade associations, tank cleaning firms and logistic companies, workers continue to be killed by nitrogen widely used for product transfer and cargo protection in the tank container industry.

In fact, in August 2016 a fatal accident occurred at a Central European tank cleaning station. An employee had geared up for entering a tank, which had last held highly dangerous isocyanate.

The staff member prepared himself to enter the tank with a special tool to remove the bottom valve to make the tank easier to clean later. He was wearing a full protection suit when he entered the tank. The tank had a label attached to it. On this label it showed that nitrogen had been used within the tank and still had some remaining in it.

There were no safety protocols on how to enter the tank. There were also no measures available on oxygen concentrations within the tank. It appears that this man entered the tank without a permit and without informing his

Be prepared at all times, take care of your personal safety and the safety of the personnel working in your company colleagues. The worker was later found dead in the tank. He had suffocated.

Confined spaces put workers at risk of serious injury and illness from hazards such as poor atmospheric quality.

European Federation of Tank Cleaning Organisations (EFTCO), which supervises 18 European members and its national tank cleaning stations, provides its members with information and practices to ensure that such unfortunate incidents are prevented from happening in other cleaning stations in Europe.

Here are some tips provided by industry experts for cleaning station operators, with the following minimum safeguards to protect themselves and their personnel as well as possible: 1. Check in your risk analysis if cleaning such highly dangerous products is really necessary 2. Are station staff educated and have the required health tests been carried out?

3. Is a safety representative named and available?

4. Is the tank that has to be entered earthed?

5. Has the tank been already cleaned?

6. Is the equipment (ladder, rope etc.) for entering a tank in a suitable condition?

7. Has the oxygen concentration been measured?

8. Has the measurement been carried out by a trained and experienced individual with verified technical knowledge?

9. Has a tank entry permit been printed out?

10. Is the measured oxygen concentration marked in the permit?

11. Is the name of the supervisor who gave the order to enter the tank marked in the permit?

12. Is the name of the person entering the tank and the name of the accompanying safety assistant marked in the permit?

13. Is a ventilation system available?

14. Is the necessary personal protection equipment (PPE) available and used?

15. Is a sufficient number of personnel trained in first aid available?

16. Is rescue equipment available and ready to use?

17. Has an emergency drill to rescue people from the tank been issued?

18. Is an emergency telephone number known and available?

This list is long and indicates how many aspects have to be considered before an employee is able to enter a tank. Mistakes mostly happen out of pure carelessness.

Be prepared at all times, take care of your personal safety and the safety of the personnel working in your company. Avoid costly mistakes. Accidents do not happen only in countries far away from Europe.

Each incident must be reported (as sad as it is) to the relevant national tank cleaning stations to help other operators learn from your mistakes (if you make one). This will help not only you, but others as well. Every fatal accident is an accident too many. z

For more information:

This article was written by a tank cleaning industry expert. Visit: www.eftco.org

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COMPANY PROFILE

Creating a flow in the tank cleaning business Easy-to-use online tools help tank cleaning operators to cut costs and simplify management processes Tank cleaning is looked upon by some as an industrial, very down-toearth activity, not at all connected to common buzzwords like digitalisation and complex business management processes. This could not be more wrong.

Tank cleaning is very much a complex business, which requires competence and knowledge across many boundaries. Few IT related businesses pay any attention to this complex arena. But Katakumo is a company that does. Uniquely, the company has people with knowledge and experience in washing tanks involved in the software development process.

One reason that might keep tank cleaning businesses from evolving in efficiency, productivity, or profitability might be the lack of progress and innovation in software tools that support the tank cleaning business.

The industry needs tools that increase productivity in the washing bay, as well as in the office where invoicing, registry, and control is handled.

Katakumo develops and markets an internet-based software service, Tankmin, to help tank cleaning businesses comply with EU legislation and be in control of what has been cleaned, heated, repaired, or is in storage. The software keeps track of what has been done, what is planned, and which operator is assigned to an order, and also integrates with the business’ financial system. The service has been developed over three years of continuous discussions and feedback with tank cleaning companies and their experts. The driving force in

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Katakumo’s efforts has been a desire to help its customers move away from the old way of working, running local servers and using old technology. There is a definite need for an easy-to-use tool for tank cleaning companies that does not create additional work for them.

The product Katakumo was founded in 2013 by three experienced professionals coming from the consultancy, telecom, and software development industries in Sweden. They had been doing consultancy work with IT tools for tank cleaning companies for a couple of years and could see the need for a company that gave its heart and ambition to this business sector. One of the founders had been working as a cleaner for several years in a tank cleaning

There are always details to be improved, so this work never stops company in Sweden and he was also involved in managing and developing the IT in these companies. He then decided to study software development and became a full-time developer, but his heart has stayed with the tank cleaning business.

The mission of Katakumo is to develop software services that help companies,

not only in the tank cleaning business, to become more efficient and profitable. The vision with Tankmin is that it will change the tank cleaning business radically and connect actors in the business segment in an easier and more convenient way.

An early adopter of Tankmin, and a major contributor to the software’s development and improvement, is Tankclean Sweden. Anna Nordbäck from Tankclean Sweden has been the primary contact in introducing and improving Tankmin. She has also brought many good ideas to the professionals at Tankclean Sweden. She says that one of the company’s earlier main problems was that it was using an outdated system that was inflexible and relied on old standards and software. Even if the license cost for the old software programme was cheaper, the total cost of ownership (TCO) was much higher. This was due to needing to buy and maintain a server for the system. It was also due to the high amount of consultancy hours needed to get the system to do what they wanted and be up and running at specific times.

Nordbäck thinks that the main benefit of Tankmin is its ease of use. She has found the software to be accessible and adaptable to the company’s specific needs. The responsiveness of the team at Katakumo has been very satisfactory, she says.

The most used functionality at Tankclean Sweden is registering and printing work orders and ECD documentation. The parts of Tankmin that Nordbäck and her colleagues

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COMPANY PROFILE appreciate the most is the ‘Portal’ and all of the functionality around orders.

“The Portal allows for an easier and more convenient way of interacting with our customers and it gives us a great overview and follow-up on what is to be done and what has been done,” Nordbäck says.

Ease of use Michael Wallenius, CEO at Katakumo, says that the aim of Tankmin is to make the tank cleaning business more efficient by using a software tool capable of performing several tasks without the company needing to set up a server in-house, or maintain or configure any software or computer settings. What is needed from the end user is simply the ability to run a web browser on any desktop computer, laptop, or tablet. This makes the hardware requirements extremely low.

Benefits with a service like this are: • Allowing a business to cooperate and share data, such as the status on an order, or pre-book a wash with customers over the internet

• Create predictability and planning into the business, e.g. via the Portal and the booking capability • Katakumo implements whatever features needed by the business • Printing ECDs and work orders can easily be steered to chosen printers via settings Functionality supported by Tankmin: • Display existing and performed orders in a list format. There are a number of different lists that show the contents of the application • Register new and change existing orders (cleaning, pump and hose, heating, storing and repair) • Print ECD and work orders • Print standard reports and order implementation of unique reports • Store MSDS documentation and make them searchable • Store details on washing programmes and link them to products • Set and change pricing for all customers or a specific customer.

Change pricing with a percentage number or a monetary value.

Tankmin is designed and developed to be user friendly. Katakumo continuously

Katakumo’s booking forms

works on improving the interface to make it more intuitive and easy to use. There are always details to be improved, so this work never stops. Since easy to use is subjective, the customer is invited to participate in the development process. z

For more information:

This article was written by Michael Wallenius, CEO at Katakumo. Visit: www.katakumo.com

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CASE STUDY

A small footprint is key for refineries

Strengthening safety commitments

By Liz Gyekye

The old and traditional way of manual cleaning of tanks is now looking obsolete thanks to a new system, which is helping an oil giant to adhere to its motto – goal zero

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When an oil and gas giant needed a new tank cleaning system for its site in Alberta, Canada, the company turned to Danish tank cleaning technology expert Oreco and US-headquartered environmental services firm Orion Tank Solutions (OTS) for help. Now reducing its tank cleaning safety risk by a significant amount, the new innovative technology provided by Oreco and operated by Orion has removed more than 200 hours per day of confined space entry.

This giant has been operating in Canada for more than 100 years and employs more than 8,000 people across Canada exploring for oil and gas, has an input in the oil and gas supply chain, and delivers to more than 1,200 retail stations across Canada.

Therefore, when it came to selecting new technology for its Alberta-based tanks, this operator needed a robust tank cleaning system that could consistently, safely, and cost effectively clean its tanks.

The oil giant is using an innovative no-man entry, automated tank cleaning system called MoClean-ATS to clean its tanks. The system can be used for a large range of petroleum and petrochemical product applications and combines

automated single nozzle sweepers (SNS) and vacuum truck operation.

Old system vs. new system Darren Clark, chief operating officer from OTS, says Orion did a lot of research before it decided to purchase the MoClean-ATS system from Oreco. “We studied the different options available to operators in Canada and found the Canadian tank cleaning market was fairly rudimentary and young. It is not as mature as the US, European and Middle East markets,” he explains.

Clark says that there were not many references to cleaning tanks in Canada when the firm started its research five years ago. The tanks were cleaned manually by crews of contractor personnel. Traditionally, he says that a tank cleaning operation would involve around 20 to 30 people entering a storage tank/refining tank to clean it manually.

This would involve shovels, buckets, and water cannons being used in an environment which required breathing apparatus. Personnel were not able to spend long periods of time in a tank because of its hazardous environment.

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CASE STUDY “There was a high level of exposure and human health risk to both the tank owner and the contractor cleaning the tank,” Clark says. “Our approach was to minimise that risk. While we still have some risks in terms of confined spaces and exposure to a dangerous environment, we are able to eliminate more than 90% of dangerous entry into the tank with the MoCleanATS system. We have taken a 30-man operation and reduced it down to six.”

Commenting on the process, Søren Hansen, regional sales and marketing manager at Oreco, explains: “The MoClean-ATS system cleans the tank via cleaning nozzles operating the tank interiors using low-pressure, high flows of recirculated media or wash water. They are installed in the tank via existing openings or especially cold-tapped holes.”

At the bottom of the tank, a suitable suction point is created from where the sludge can be pumped out. “Due to the nature of the sludge (oil, water, and solids) inside the tank, it will be necessary to re-liquefy the sludge in order to pump it out of the tank. With the use of Oreco’s special nozzles and the injection of a suitable media into the sludge, the sludge will dissolve and reliquefy and can therefore be pumped out of the tank. In the MoClean-ATS, the solids and water will be retained and the oil pumped back to a tank of the tank owner’s choice.

Diverting waste from landfill In the past, oil tank owners may have chosen to simply dispose of the sludge in a landfill suitable for sludge disposal. Hansen

maintains: “In essence, this means to divert a possible disposal problem – not solving it.

Using the MoClean-ATS means that about 90% of the sludge can be recovered as oil. In conclusion, the tank owner will encounter reduced disposal costs and have an income from the recovered oil.”

Hansen says that the MoClean-ATS is addressing the need of tank cleaning companies to have a versatile, highly effective, and reliable technology useable for many different tank cleaning operations. At the same time it meets

‘Each tank is its own living thing’ Darren Clark, COO at Orion Tank Solutions

the needs of the tank owners, wanting their tanks cleaned fast in a predictable way using a technology living up to the highest safety standards in the industry.

Diverting waste from landfill is not the only challenge the system has tackled.

Clark says: “Tanks from the Canadian oil sands sector are very difficult to clean.

The oil produced in Canada is heavy oil and contains very large amounts of asphaltenes, catalysts and sand. It is a very sticky, heavy product. Therefore, automated technology is important.”

Since introducing this technology to Canada, Clark says that the MoCleanATS system has allowed the company to reduce risk by up to 90% in terms of injuries and exposure. He adds: “We have been able to successfully clean

tanks without any health and safety incidents by using our technology.

“By being able to circulate fluid through the process, we are able to use a wide range of chemistry. We can use different viscosities, densities and temperatures of fluid. Thus, we can alter the chemistry of the fluid to suit the type of product that we are cleaning or the type of solids that remain in the tank.

“Each tank is its own living thing.

Having that flexibility to choose your cleaning fluid, you increase the efficiency and quality of the cleaning. The major benefit for a tank operator is having that tank in operation faster avoiding investment in further storage capacity.”

So, it looks like the trend from manual tank cleaning to non-manual cleaning is here to stay. The low oil prices are also a current trend impacting on the tank cleaning industry in a positive light. Clark says that the low oil prices are forcing procurement teams to look at cost-saving alternatives. “This is a healthy thing for the industry because they are concerned about costs and, more importantly, safety. That is the number one priority at Orion Tank Solutions - safety. There is a cost to the brand owner’s social license if someone gets hurt cleaning a tank. We want everyone to go home every night to their family. OTS’ motto is ‘it’s only sensible to be this safe’. ” The MoClean-ATS system has already proved a success in Canada. Oreco is constructing a second unit for Orion and another unit for Argentina. Southeast Asia is also expected to ask for the system soon. Watch this space! z

MoClean ATS modules rigged in for operation

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COMPANY PROFILE

Age doesn’t matter A Belgian tank cleaning specialist provides solutions for both new and old installations Car- & Truckwash (CTW) is a Belgian company that specialises in the washing of cars and trucks and tank cleaning.

With its experience, CTW supports all its customers with the renovation and construction of new cleaning stations from start to finish. CTW develops tank cleaning facilities for sectors that include: • Chemicals • Food • Containers • Container heating • Railway carriages • IBCs • Process /CIP Recently, CTW has installed a brand new tank cleaning station with two washing lanes for food products. This cleaning installation was built for a huge tank cleaning operator in the Netherlands, Cotac Rotterdam. In addition, Cotac has made a request to CTW for the installation of another new cleaning station. This second tank cleaning installation, designed for the chemical sector, is custom-built for Cotac and features: • Two washing lanes for the cleaning of four containers • Six washing heads per washing lane, among them two jumbo heads • A large loading platform with a length of 12m, built according to all safety standards • Four hydraulic fall traps • Automatic and manual valves • Washing lane accessories, such as automatic hose reels, trolleys, hoists driven by compressed air for the insertion of washing heads into the container • Steam injection next to the washing heads • Fully automatic control options • Software enabling Cotac to link its washing orders, forms and certificates CTW has built the technical installation inside a 20ft container that is placed next to the washing lane. The installation consists of nine dosing pumps, one manual hand cleaning unit, two steam heat exchangers, and two CTW tank

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Cotac’s Rotterdam tank cleaning installation

CTW hopes that this unit will open new doors to existing and new customers cleaning units with soundless high-pressure pumps. A pre-built technical installation in a container requires less space and is easy to transport. The whole installation is being prepared and tested by CTW. Using this kind of installation can provide for fast and efficient tank cleaning.

New projects After the tank cleaning projects earlier this year for Gobo (Lanaken) and Van Den Bosch (Ghana), more and more customers in the sector have found their way to CTW. The company has signed a new contract with Eikelenboom in Ardooie, Belgium. Eikelenboom is, with more than 50 years of experience, a specialist in tank transport of liquid food products.

Eikelenboom had already worked with CTW in the past on a renovated tank cleaning station and wanted to work with the company again as it was impressed by this renovation. As part of the new

contract, Eikelenboom has been provided with a new tank cleaning system, which includes two food washing lanes.

This food tank cleaning station will be custom-built and equipped with the CTW tank cleaning unit (100 bar and 215l/m). This complete unit is suitable for expanding an existing tank cleaning installation. CTW engineering assists its customers by offering a solution to limit noise, vibrations, and leakages.

At the end of September, the first CTW Latex cleaning unit will be delivered to Cotac Antwerp in Belgium. This unit will be operated with two washing lanes and three washing heads in total. Next to the washing pump, a membrane pump will circulate the cleaning fluid to the unit through a filter. All necessary measurements and controls are present.

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For more information:

This article was written by Iben Schellekens, marketing officer at CTW Cleaning.

Visit: www.ctwcleaning.com

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