Tank Cleaning magazine Spring 2016

SPRING 2016

Issue 1 Volume 3

GERMAN TANK CLEANING STA TION DIRECTORY IN SIDE

The year ahead

Can the industry weather the gathering storm?

Working at height Preventing accidents in the workplace

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60,000. That’s the average amount of different products that tank cleaning stations have in their product databases. This includes different types of food and chemical products. Before a tank is accepted for cleaning the tank cleaning station must be correctly informed about the product. Tank cleaning is no mean feat. It can be or can become a complex operation.

In fact, every week new molecules find their way in the product supply chains of the food and chemical industries. The tank cleaning station should be informed about these changes which is often not the case.

The tank cleaning landscape is constantly changing. Yet, tank cleaners are still cleaning tanks the way they have been doing for years i.e. using high-pressure pumps and spinners, cold or hot water and surface active agents such as detergents.

In this ever changing landscape the industry faces a growing list of challenges, such as meeting strict food safety standards and changing quality standards. Elsewhere down the industry supply chain, tank suppliers face a different hurdle. Sources close to the industry tell TCM that tank container manufacturers based in Europe and the US are facing strong competition from tank container specialists in China, who are producing the containers at cheaper prices. Nevertheless, these containers still need to be cleaned.

As well as the usual selection of technical features, this edition focuses specifically on tank cleaning stations in Germany. We have worked very closely with the DVTI (Deutscher Verband der Tankinnenreinigung) – the German trade association for professional certified tank cleaners – and together created a tank cleaning station directory.

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.

Liz Gyekye Editor

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Contents PAGE 1 News

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A formal introduction A look at Germany’s trade association for professional tank cleaners

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German tank cleaning directory Certified DVTI tank cleaning members directory

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The year ahead

Can the industry weather the gathering storm?

Working at height Preventing accidents in the workplace

Working at height How to reduce health and safety risks at work Front cover courtesy of Gröninger Cleaning Systems

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Company profile Staying ahead of the game

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NEWS

UWL unveils its own flexitank UWL, a US-based bulk liquid and chemical freight forwarder, has launched a new product for shipping non-hazardous bulk liquid cargo – the UWL FlexiTank The innovation is now available alongside the company’s existing third-party offerings, increasing the range of options for clients.

Chris Booij, global and Europe director of UWL FlexiTanks & Bulk Liquid Logistics, sees this as an important addition to the company’s growing breadth of services. He said: “With the expansion of our bulk liquid offerings with the new UWL FlexiTanks, we are able to provide competitive products and services for our growing, global customer base in the bulk liquid industry. Our unique structure as an asset-based forwarder allows us to offer cross-functional products and services to

UWL FlexiTanks & Bulk Liquid Logistics’ North America division, added:

and infrastructure staffed with seasoned logistics professionals that are able to

customers in order to minimise costs and maximise effectiveness and efficiency.”

Steve Williams, regional director for

“Operating as a global Non Vessel Owning Common Carrier (NVOCC), UWL offers a ready-built operating network

provide supply chain solutions to the chemical, food and logistics management industry on a worldwide basis.” z

UWL’s new proprietary solution for shipping non-hazardous bulk liquid cargo

Tanker firm expands fleet Suttons, a UK-based international logistics company, has taken delivery of a fleet of new food grade 20ft tank containers.

They have already gone into operation serving customers between North America and Europe.

Suttons, based in Widnes, located in the northwest England, is more widely known for its bulk chemical and gas logistics and supply chain services.

Steve Lonsdale, regional director for Suttons Americas, said: “Suttons is well known for its safety record and high standards of service, which makes the food and beverage sector a natural market for us. Our approach to safety, compliance, product quality and security are all essential attributes required for food and beverage transit.

“We are able to complement that ability with our knowledge and experience of intermodal bulk logistics and supply chain.” z

Sutton’s new food tank containers are in operation in North America and Europe

Quala opens new tank container cleaning facility Quala, a US-based bulk transportation cleaning specialist, has opened a new container cleaning facility in Hutchins, Texas.

The facility, which was opened earlier this year, will include four trailer cleaning bays on seven acres of land, servicing various types of containers, including ISO tank containers, Frac tanks, IBC’s and tank trailers.

“We’re excited to expand our footprint of existing facilities in the Dallas-Fort Worth area,” said Terry O’Brien, president

of Quala. “With this new location in Hutchins, we can now offer the Dallas-Ft. Worth market a premier facility that is significantly closer to Dallas than any other service provider.”

The new facility is conveniently located off a main interstate highway connection between Houston and Dallas, and will complement Quala’s existing cleaning facility in Ft. Worth. The facility will be one of two independently owned and operated tank washes in the region, both of which are under the Quala brand. z

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Hoyer signs new contract with oil giant Total Bulk logistics specialist Hoyer has taken over the task of delivering to more than 200 Total service stations in west and north Germany.

Under the terms of the new contract, Hoyer will provide fuel scheduling and stock management services. to Total. It builds on the Hoyer’s services for Total in Bremen, the Ruhr district and Emsland region, where it has been delivering since February.

Total operates Germany’s third biggest service station network, with nearly 1,200 stations. Hoyer is investing more than €3m in its own truck equipment in the context of Total’s logistics tender.

Stefan Küfner, central logistics director for Total Deutschland, said: “We are very satisfied with the smooth takeover of the supply by

Hoyer is planning to invest more than €3m in its own truck equipment as a result of the new Total contract

Hoyer, and expect to achieve a further increase in our safety standard in the logistics chain.”

Volker Schmitz, managing

director of the Hoyer Mineralöl-Logistik, said: “The collaboration strengthens our market position as a service

station supplier and partner for the petroleum industry, and also creates 45 new jobs.” z

Scully announces new CEO Scully Signal Company, a US-based fluid handling products manufacturing firm, has announced the appointment of Eric Kirleis as its CEO. Kirleis previously worked at Gefran Corporation, a family owned worldwide industrial sensor and controls manufacturing company in charge of their North American division. While at Gefran, Kirleis had full profit and loss responsibilities for the division and was instrumental in numerous business and new product development initiatives.

Kirleis holds an MBA from New York-based Cornell

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University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management.

“I’m excited to be joining Scully and honored to be leading such a historic and valuable brand. I plan to engage Scully’s customer base, strengthen Scully’s role in the marketplace and position the company for significant growth.”

Robert G. Scully, who has served as president and CEO since 1964, will remain chairman of the board. He said: “While I will continue in a strategic role in the company, I enthusiastically welcome Eric as our new leader and am confident in his abilities and a bright future for the company.” z

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NEWS

ITCO claims first with corporate responsibility code of practice launch The International Tank Container Organisation (ITCO) has claimed to have launched the tank container industry’s first corporate responsibility code of practice.

An ITCO corporate responsibility workgroup has defined 18 key priorities that are of specific importance for the tank container industry to reach a harmonious balance between economic, environmental, local and ethical/legal aspects in the tank container industry.

Following a transition period of up to two years all ITCO members will be asked to sign the corporate responsibility code of practice.

Separately, ITCO will promote and measure the implementation of the code, while the association will at the same time update the code as corporate responsibility becomes widespread in the industry.

The tank container sector – with some 450,000 tank containers in operation – puts special emphasis on health, safety, quality and protection of the environment, according to ITCO.

ITCO will ask all of its members to sign the industry’s first corporate responsibility code of practice

In a statement, ITCO added: “In an industry to a large extent dealing with hazardous goods, this is crucial for sustainable success. Furthermore the tank container industry is a global industry. The detailed understanding of local differences – legally and culturally – has always been at the heart of the industry. Respectively high standards of business practices do apply.”

In general companies within the tank container industry prove corporate responsibility activities through programmes, audits or certificates of Safety & Quality Assessment System (SQAS), International Organization for

NTTC beefs up tank corrosion tool

The development of a US-based online tool which helps to identify tank corrosion potential from various chemical cargoes is making steady progress, according to a tank truck lobby group that founded the innovation.

According to news outlet Bulk Transporter, the National Tank Truck Carriers’ Liquid Products Database is currently being expanded to identify the corrosion properties of as many blends as possible.

NTTC is asking carriers to suggest “proprietary blends” for future testing of corrosive properties by Battelle, the world’s largest non-profit research and development organisation.

John Cannon, vice-president of engineering for Wabash Tank Trailers, told Bulk Transporter: “All requests for testing will be prioritised by the Steering Committee [Liquid Products Database].

Currently, the lab testing backlog is minimal. So anything suggested today would probably get tested in the next quarter.

It’s economical – at no cost to the carrier who suggested it.

NTTC is underwriting it at this point. The requesting carrier must arrange for the chemical solution to be shipped to Battelle.” z

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Standardization (ISO), and many more.

“We at ITCO believe that welldefined, integrated and communicated CR activities are a necessity for a successful, sustainable business,” said Heike Clausen, president of ITCO. She added: “Therefore we developed the ITCO corporate responsibility code of practice as a minimum requirement that everybody in our diverse industry should commit to. However, we encourage all tank container companies to go beyond the code and look into their very specific business to identify corporate responsibility areas for improvement.” z

KAG launches cargo tank leasing programme US-based truck transporter firm Kenan Advantage Group (KAG) has launched a new tank leasing scheme for the transportation industry.

The scheme, which officially started on 1 March, 2016, offers specialised trailers to lease for petroleum, chemicals, dry bulk, liquid food, and merchant gases. The programme is based on flexible leasing options with medium or long-term leases.

KAG president Bruce Blaise said: “As North America’s largest tank truck transporter and

logistics provider, we have a fleet of over 6,200 power units and 9,700 specialised trailers.

Our surplus stock of tanks can save potential customers from committing hundreds of thousands of dollars on new or used trailers in order to fulfil capacity or storage needs.

Most importantly, our national footprint allows us to have trailers available across the country for quick delivery.”

The types of specialised trailers being offered through the programme on the petroleum

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Fruehauf unveils new lightweight trailer Commercial trailer manufacturer Fruehauf and lightweight metals company Alcoa have put a new series of tipping trailers into production.

The trailers are being made with Alcoa’s EndurAl aluminium alloy to give greater strength and durability while reducing the weight.

Endur-Al, which is 52% stronger than standard 5083 H111 aluminium alloy and 20-30% lighter than steel, will be used for the floor and sides of the large volume AgroMax for grain transports as well as OptiMum and OptiMax for public works.

Endur-Al was originally developed by Alcoa to withstand extreme environmental conditions. The metal for this application is made at Alcoa’s Fusina plant in Italy.

According to the company, its performance characteristics include extreme surface strength, high resistance to abrasion and corrosion, and superior workability, which have been proven under extensive testing to be uniquely suited for the construction of tipper trailer sides and

floors. “We chose Endur-Al because it is the strongest and most abrasion resistant aluminium solution on the market,” said Gérard Buard, commercial director of Fruehauf.

Fruehauf will build around 150 Endur-Al trailers in 2016 and should increase sales to reach 500 units per year in the three following years.

Bernd Schäfer, Alcoa Global Rolled Products’ Commercial, Global Commercial Transportation and Industrial vice president, said: “Aluminium tipper trailer designs weigh between 20% and 30% less than steel bodies of equivalent strength, stiffness and durability.

“This reduction in weight not only increases

payloads by about one tonne for the average trailer, but also improves fuel efficiency when the vehicles are not fully loaded. For the operator, this means significantly more revenue for each delivery as well as fuel cost savings.” z

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side include MC331 trucks, DOT407 crude, non-code aluminium asphalt, and noncode steel asphalt trucks.

With respect to chemicals and liquid food tankers, the company can provide MC307, non-code aluminium, and non-code stainless dry bulk 1,600-cubic-foot pneumatic. KAG also specialises in the merchant gas business and can offer tank leasing options to include CGA341, MC331, and MC338 tanks. z

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Tank cleaning in the heart of Europe next product patch to be loaded.

Additionally, the vessels have to be prepared for the following load to fulfil special requirements in order for the next product to be loaded and transported.

The products cleaned include chemical products, products defined as hazardous cargo during transportation,

A look at Germany’s trade association for professional certified tank cleaners The Deutscher Verband für Tankinnenreinigung (DVTI) is the German trade association for professional, certified tank cleaning stations. The organisation is located in Huerth, near Cologne.

The association was founded in 2004, with its purpose set at representing its members’ interests. DVTI 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). Silos and liquid tanks are cleaned by the association’s 93 members, who operate a total of 136 cleaning stations.

Within the logistics chain of liquids and powders, the vessels need to be cleaned after unloading to prepare them for the next load and to avoid product contamination by the

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and in separate cleaning bays also food and food-related products.

All these different product types require varying cleaning processes, customised to fit the nature of the product to be cleaned. DVTI’s members document the cleaning process by using the European Cleaning Document (ECD).

The authorisation for the use of the ECD is dependent on regular quality control

by CEFIC SQAS-Audit and a quality inspection to ensure all requirements are fulfilled. This quality inspection is carried out by national cleaning associations, based on the results of the SQAS-Audit. The written results of the SQAS Audit Report can also be used by the loading and transportation industry to check if their necessary quality demands can be fulfilled.

The ECD is owned and controlled by the European Federation of Tank Cleaning Organisations (EFTCO). EFTCO supervises its 18 European members, the national tank cleaning associations, to guarantee and follow the quality regulation by their members, the local tank cleaning stations. The ECD guarantees Europe-wide usage of a standardised documentation format and the use of EFTCO-Codes to record the cleaning process. This makes the ECD a standardised document, readable and understandable independent of language barriers.

DVTI strictly supervises the release of ECD formulas. As a result of this, by using a unique number system, the total number of ECDs and

cleaning stations who have issued the documentation is always traceable.

DVTI in numbers • Only two printing companies are authorised to supply ECD formulas and they are familiar with the security tools to protect ECDs from being forged • DVTI members ordered around 720,000 ECD documents per year from 2012 to 2015

The facts of history After DVTI’s foundation in 2004 by seven founding members, the total number of members increased steadily to a total of 93 members by 2016. KarlJosef Schürmann has been with the association from the very beginning, acting as founding member and an active member of the DVTI board, mostly as president of DVTI. Schürmann made a significant contribution to designing DVTI’s operational model and promoting its success. At the same time, he has been active as president and board member of EFTCO, and represents the interests of DVTI and EFTCO in talks with other associations and the loading industry. Earlier this year, however, Schürmann decided to resign from DVTI and the EFTCO board and to hand the responsibilities to others. Both associations owe him much and thank him for his tireless work.

DVTI members are historically either cleaning stations owned by tank and silo transport companies or independent cleaning stations not linked with the transportation business.

Some of DVTI’s members also provide additional services on the side, such as:

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TANK CLEANING IN GERMANY - Transportation with their own road tankers and silo trucks - Haulage of tank containers and transportation of IBCs - Equipment repairs - Depot and storage of tank containers and IBCs A complete list and location of DVTIs members and their services can be found on the DVTI website, and lists of cleaning stations in Germany or all European tank cleaning stations are available on the EFTCO website. The locations of German tank cleaning stations are affected by the current locations of the chemical and food industry and the significant logistics hubs, such as ports and rail terminals.

Focus on food DVTI members have had a significant influence on EFTCO Food Assessment, launched in 2013 to fulfil the quality demands of the food loading industry.

The EFTCO Food Assessment provides an opportunity for cleaning stations specialised in the cleaning of food products to undergo a special assessment procedure. The written report of the assessment results provides the food industry a clear overview on how to make their own quality evaluations on cleaning food product tanks in tank cleaning stations.

Cleaning food products and preparing the equipment for the next load must follow special requirements on hygienic standards. Cleaning stations who have successfully joined the EFTCO Food Assessment are allowed to use the EFTCO

ECD compliant cleaning process

Food Assessment logo. DVTI is promoting the EFTCO Food Assessment, which has seen several new members joining the association. The food loading industry has increased its requirements to have logistic service providers use the ECD as a uniform cleaning document. EFTCO has implemented several EFTCO Codes for food cleaning documentation to fulfil the demands of the food industry for proper cleaning documentation. The

contamination. Personal protection of the cleaners can also only be arranged properly if correct product declaration is guaranteed.

DVTI has set for itself the objective of promoting, safeguarding, and developing safety standards, workplace safety, environmental protection, and quality assurance in tank cleaning.

Annual meetings with its members promote exchange of information,

DVTI members are historically either cleaning stations owned by tank and silo transport firms or independent cleaning stations not linked with the transportation business implementation of the ECD also in the food industry and Food SQA has helped the market grow in Germany and Europe, and organised new members in the national associations to jointly improve quality and fulfil market quality demands.

Crucial communication DVTI works to improve communication between the loading industry, logistics and transport providers, and the cleaning stations. Within the logistics chain in tank and silo transport, tank and silo cleaning can be seen as the “end of transport”, as it is then when cleaning services are provided to clean the inside of a tank after the last unload. However, tank cleaning must also be seen as the “beginning of transport”, since the tanks and silos are simultaneously prepared for the following load according to the individual and specific demands of the product to be loaded. This requires correct communication with transport companies to declare the correct previous product for cleaning and to give a clear guidance for the preparation of tanks and silos for the following load and the specific requirements of the product to be loaded.

To avoid false or incorrect product declarations and missing information about preparation for the next load, DVTI has set as one of its future tasks to improve the level of services provided by all transport service providers to the loading industry. Additionally, correct product declaration is necessary for environmental protection to avoid

accompanied by seminars and training videos on, for example, safe entry into tanks. Moreover, DVTI sees itself as a partner of the shipping industry and its logistics partners, as well as the involved organisations.

Members of DVTI already cover a market share of more than 94% of the cleaning volume in Germany.

Undoubtedly 2016 and the following years will bring lots of challenges to EFTCO and all national members, and DVTI strongly believes that all improvements can only be realised on a European level with EFTCO as a strong association with the local knowledge and assistance of all EFTCO members. All interested cleaning stations are always welcome to contact DVTI to discuss the benefits of applying for membership.

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Anhalt Logistics GmbH & Co. KG Boschstraße 11 47167 Duisburg Neumühl Fr. Fleuren, C. www.anhalt.de Anhalt Logistics GmbH & Co. KG Tannenweg 1 25776 Rehm-Flehde-Bargen Hr. Anhalt, H. www.anhalt.de AWG Abfallwirtschaftsgesellschaft Wilhelmshaven GmbH Zum Entsorgungszentrum 1 26386 Wilhelmshaven Hr. Lonkwitz, H. www.awg-whv.de

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Rudolf Bauer GmbH & Co. KG Klaus-Conrad-Str. 18 92533 Wernberg-Köblitz Hr. Bauer, R. www.bauer-truckcenter.de

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Spedition Bäumle Dormagen GmbH Robert-Bosch-Str. 11 41541 Dormagen Hr. Maier, F. www.spedition-baeumle.de

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Spedition Bäumle GmbH Hauptstr. 76 79731 Murg Hr. Maier, F. www.spedition-baeumle.de

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Bay Logistik GmbH + Co. KG Schüttelgrabenring 3 71332 Waiblingen Hr. Jahnke, H. www.bay-logistik.de

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Bertschi GmbH Am Eifeltor 14 Container-Bahnhof Köln-Eifeltor 50997 Köln Hr. Holy,Ch. www.bertschi.com

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J. Brücken GmbH & Co. KG Donatusstr. 148 50260 Pulheim-Brauweiler Hr. Gollners, Oliver www.j-bruecken.de Bernburger Tankreinigung GmbH Am Dornbuschfeld 6 39443 Löbnitz Hr. Toben, M. www.btr-gmbh.com Büteführ und Sohn GmbH & Co. KG Obere Kaiserswerther Straße 64 47249 Duisburg Hr. Siewert, M. www.buetefuehr.de Chemion Logistik GmbH Kaiser-Wilhelm-Allee 20 51368 Leverkusen Hr. Kubischok.A. www.chemion.de cotac europe GmbH Wendenstr. 414 - 424 20537 Hamburg Hr. Smaga. A. www.cotac-group.com

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cotac europe GmbH Holländerstr. 1-7 68219 Mannheim Hr. Kerwer, D. www.cotac-group.com

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cotac europe GmbH Value Park Z 71 06258 Schopau Hr. Albrecht, L. www.cotac-group.com

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Czerwinski GmbH Engellaustr. 16-18 44575 Castrop-Rauxel Hr. Albrecht, P. www.czerwinski.biz

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Hr. Egbert, D. www.lanfer-logistik.de Hela GmbH Hermann Lanfer Im Spitzbusch 10 67227 Frankenthal Hr. Schmidt, V. www.lanfer-logistik.de Peter Hempt GmbH & Co. KG Langgewann 56 67547 Worms Hr. Finelli, E. www.hempt.de

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Henkel KGaA Henkelstr. 67 40589 Düsseldorf Hr. Walther, S. www.henkel.com

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Hinterberger GmbH & Co. KG Daimlerstr. 2 84503 Altötting Hr. Hinterberger, B. www.hinterberger-logistik.de

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Höcketstaller Spedition GmbH Rosenheimer Str. 18 83549 Eiselfing Hr. Fleidel www.hoecketstaller.com

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Containerwartung Berzeliusstr. 59 22113 Hamburg-Billbrook Hr. Ehrhardt, M www.tankclean.de

HTR Heilbronner Tankreinigung GmbH Karl-Wüst-Str. 4 74076 Heilbronn Hr. Weinreuter, D. www.htrgmbh.de HTS GmbH Handel-Transport-ServiceLKW-Waschanlage-Lagerung Nienburger Bruchweg 13 31582 Nienburg Hr. Hausotter, M. www.spedition-fischer.de IMPERIAL Chemical Transport GmbH Neue Hafenstr. 30 a 38239 Salzgitter-Beddingen Hr. Müller, R. www.imperial-international.com IMPERIAL Chemical Transport GmbH Porschestr. 17 31135 Hildesheim Hr. Wolpers, A. www.imperial-international.com InfraLeuna GmbH Am Haupttor, Bau 3031 06237 Leuna Hr. Kohte, J. www.infraleuna.de InfraServ GmbH & Co. Gendorf KG Industriepark Werk Gendorf 84508 Burgkirchen Hr. Hintermeier, R. www.infraserv.gendorf.de Höchst Infraserv GmbH & Co. Höchst KG Brüningstr. 50 65926 Frankfurt a.M. Hr. Hastenteufel, M. www.infraserv.com B. Joosten GmbH Spedition u. TruckService Werner-Heisenberg-Str. 18 46446 Emmerich Hr. Joosten, B. www.b-joosten.de Katoen Natie Ruhr Logistik GmbH Pawikerstr. 20 45896 Gelsenkirchen Hr. Sommer, M. www.katoennatie.com Kfz-Service Großenwiehe GmbH & Co. KG Gewerbegebiet Wiehekrug 2 24969 Großenwiehe Hr. Wittmann, M. www.kfz-grossenwiehe.de Sebastian Killisperger Transporte GmbH Gewerbestr. 4 86637 Wertingen-Geratshofen Hr. Killisperger R. www.killisperger-sebastian.de Klaeser Internationale Fachspedition und Fahrzeugbau GmbH Hohewardstr. 333 - 335 45699 Herten Hr. Neumann, N. www.klaeser.de

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Flüssigkeitstransporte OHG Fuldastr. 2 45768 Marl Hr. Kläsener, A. jun. www.klaesener-jr.de Hubert Kläsener oHG Fachspedition für Tankwagentransporte Alfred-Zingler-Str. 5 45881 Gelsenkirchen Hr. Winkel, Ch. www.spedition-klaesener.de Kobler, Tankreinigung und Umwelttechnik Im Vorderkehr 14 67112 Mutterstadt Hr. Kobler A. www.kobler-tankwagenreinigung.de Köppen GmbH Arnold-Dehnen-Str. 20 - 24 47138 Duisburg Hr. Köppen, H.-W. www.koeppen-du.de Lachmann GmbH TankwagenContainer- und Siloreinigung Am Schlütershof 23 47059 Duisburg Hr. Lachmann, K. www.tankwagenreinigung.de Lauterbach Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH Scheibenacker 1 95180 Berg Hr. Fiedler, M. www.lc-lauterbach.de Limpens & Souren GmbH Wilhelm-Tenhagen-Str. 11 46240 Bottrop Hr. Souren, J. www.limpens-souren.de LTR Langenfelder Tankreinigung GmbH Liebigstraße 8 Industriegebiet Langenfeld-Ost 40764 Langenfeld / Rhld.

Hr. Ehrhardt, B. www.tankclean.de LTR Tankreinigung Ludwigshafen GmbH Kreuzholzstraße 12 Gewerbegebiet Nachtweide 67069 Ludwigshafen Hr. Massott, M. www.tankclean.de Luible Logistik Netzwerk GmbH Rudolf-Diesel-Str. 20 89312 Günzburg Hr. Mick, R. www.spedition-luible.de

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Rudolf Pastuschka Transporte Industriestr. 52 67227 Frankenthal Hr. Pastuschka, M. www.pastuschka-transporte.de Petri GmbH & Co. KG Am alten Galgen 12 56410 Montabaur Hr. Nink-Petri, K. www.spedition-petri.de PS Truck Wash GmbH Dinklager Str. 17 a 49451 Holdorf Hr. Hilgendorf, U. www.ps-truckwash.de

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PTR Parsdorfer Tankwagenreinigung Posthalterring 11 85599 Parsdorf Hr. Michalak. S. www.ptr-reinigung.de

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Curt Richter SE Farbenstraße 6 06803 Bitterfeld Wolfen Hr. Kahlfuss, A. www.curt-richter.de Rinnen GmbH & Co. KG Gutenbergstr. 27 47443 Moers Hr. Pfeifer, R. www.rinnen.de Rinnen GmbH & Co. KG Hanns-Höbiger Straße 8 67133 Maxdorf Hr. Duric, F. www.rinnen.de Rinnen GmbH & Co. KG Schwarzer Weg 1 06237 Leuna Hr. Heinold, P. www.rinnen.de Spedition Roth GmbH & Co. KG Internationale Getränke-Fachspedition Dörflestr. 27 71543 Wüstenrot Hr. Roth, M www.spedition-roth.de Karl Schmidt Spedition GmbH & Co. KG Hans-Sachs-Str. 8-14 50390 Wesseling Hr. Olivera, G. www.schmidt-heilbronn.de Karl Schmidt Spedition GmbH & Co. KG Muldenstr. 24 67069 Ludwigshafen Hr. Rettig, S. www.schmidt-heilbronn.de Schmidt Karl Schmidt Spedition GmbH & Co. KG Bahnhofstr. 7 84556 Kastl Hr. Schönhuber, W. www.schmidt-heilbronn.de Karl Schmidt Spedition GmbH & Co. KG Uhlfelderstr. 14 60314 Frankfurt/Main Hr. Sieth, K www.schmidt-heilbronn.de Karl Schmidt Spedition GmbH & Co. KG Weberstraße 3 86462 Langweid-Foret Hr. Wackerl, H. www.schmidt-heilbronn.de Karl Schmidt Spedition GmbH & Co. KG Am Gläschen 3 04420 Großlehna Hr. Kampa, I. www.schmidt-heilbronn.de Karl Schmidt Spedition GmbH & Co. KG Industriestraße/Chemiepark 50354 Hürth Hr. Effern, H.-J. www.schmidt-heilbronn.de Karl Schmidt Spedition GmbH & Co. KG Rötelstr. 1 74076 Heilbronn Hr. Irouschek, R. www.schmidt-heilbronn.de

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Firmengruppe Steinkühler Märkische Allee 30 14979 Großbeeren Hr. Köbbe, M. www.steinkuehler-spedition.de STR Tank-Container-Reinigung GmbH Justus-von-Liebig-Str. 29 01987 Schwarzheide Hr. Reese, A. www.bertschi.com STR Tank-Container-Reinigung GmbH Bergener Ring 5 01458 Ottendorf-Okrilla Hr. Reese, A. www.bertschi.com

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Waschross GmbH & Co. KG i.G. Schmiedestr. 4 27419 Lengenbostel Hr. Weigand, S. www.weigand-transporte.de Weiss TKW Reinigungs GmbH Zwingenberger Str. 13 64673 Zwingenberg-Rodau Hr. Schäfer, O www.weiss-service-center.de Werther Logistik GmbH & Co. KG Dieselstr. 3 31319 Sehnde Hr. Werther, Th. www.werther-logistik.de Willi Wewer Int. Tanktransporte Neuendamm 1- 3 49661 Cloppenburg Hr. Herr Tegeler, M. www.tanktrans.de J. Wienken Varel GmbH Gewerbestr. 17 26316 Varel Hr. Wenzel, M. www.nutzfahrzeugservice.net Wilmar Edible Oils GmbH Nordstr. 40 26919 Brake Hr. Ammermann, B. www.wilmareurope.eu W.T.R. Willicher Tankwagenreinigungs GmbH Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Str. 11 a 47877 Willich Fr Giesing, B. www.wtr-willich.de XPO Transport Solution Germany GmbH Nikolaus-Otto-Str. 6 46282 Dorsten Hr. Anders, J. www.thier-spedition.de Wormser Qualitätslogistik Konrad-Wormser-Str. 1 91074 Herzogenaurach Hr. Bogumil, K. www.wormser.de

TTC Top Tank Cleaning GmbH Am Eifeltor 50997 Köln Hr. Razzuouki, A. www.ttc-koeln.de tws truck wash GmbH & Co. KG König-Georg-Deich 8 21107 Hamburg Hr. Radtke, K. www.tws-truckwash.eu

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The year ahead: Can the tank cleaning industry weather the gathering storm?

There are many issues those in the tank cleaning business face daily, which may in the worst case scenario lead to proven and established systems to be challenged. This, in turn, can force tank cleaning associations to act, considering the credentials of the member in question.

Illegal cleaning is still pervasive, and every instance of illegal cleaning comes out of the business of the legitimate cleaning stations. Drivers often ask for changes to be made to the last product declaration, to clean the tank by themselves, or to take control of a cleaned tank.

The present state of business in the road freight transport is still not looking good, and transport companies are searching vehemently for potential cost savings. One consequence of this situation is the current price level.

Yet proper cleaning cannot realistically be performed for a price of €100. Due to the transport companies’ desire to save money, many cleaning jobs are issued to third parties instead of officially sanctioned cleaning stations.

In the most egregious cases the drivers will attempt to clean the tanks by themselves. They are entering the tanks without the legally required permits, at the risk of their own lives. There have been far too many accidents in the past years, despite the work that has been put into persuading the drivers to use official cleaning stations.

But there is still more to do, as it seems to be an economic objective for transport companies to clean their tanks at their own sites without the required legal permits. An example of such a case is a European transport company that continuously cleaned its tanks illegally and without permits between 2006 and 2011.

During the following court case, the company declared that it had not been aware that a legal permit was needed for the cleaning of dangerous substances.

What makes this case particularly unbelievable is that the loading industry accepted the non-conforming cleaning documents for so many years.

The loading industry keeps asking for high quality services, with Safety Quality Assessment Systems (SQAS) and ECD (European Cleaning Document) documents as proof of quality cleaning, ensuring that the previously transported goods are removed

Proper cleaning cannot realistically be performed for a price of €100 from tanks down to the last molecule according to all laws and regulations.

The industry has a legitimate interest in ensuring that everything is carried out in a legal way. To guarantee this interest, a good working relationship with the cleaning service providers is necessary to avoid any complications. Yet the tank cleaning associations in Europe have not been successful in implementing such a system of transparency that could protect their members, who form the financial base of the national and international associations with their membership fees.

In 2008, a useful tool was launched to the market after an intense three-year

development period to remedy this issue.

This tool consisted of the first electronic cleaning order and the electronic cleaning document. Tank cleaning associations have invested notable efforts to demonstrate that tank cleaning should be seen as a legitimate step of the supply chain, and to this end the electronic documents have been made free to use at all cleaning stations in Europe.

The advantages for a fair and transparent relationship are obvious.

To adhere to the new cleaning quality rules, single cleaning stations will need to make serious investments into new systems to ensure they follow proper tank cleaning procedures. For instance, they will need more money for new investments in modern technology for SQAS, responsible care and membership fees for their national associations.

All in all, it will be interesting to see, in the future, how tank cleaning associations will be able to protect their own members. Watch this space! z

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This article was written by an industry expert close to the tank cleaning supply chain. For more information about the ECD system visit www.eftco.org

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QUALITY STANDARDS

International food shipments: Current EU and international developments

International tank cleaning association ENFIT argues that there should be no room for compromise when it comes to food safety

ENFIT has been working on developing and implementing international quality standards for cleaning and disinfecting food, feed and chemical transport containers since 2008.

Hans-Dieter Supply chain food safety Philipowski, president of is becoming increasingly ENFIT important for consumers and industries, as evidenced by recalls by renowned food companies. The risks of contamination during transportation from bacteria, viruses, fungi, mycotoxins, allergens and other pollutants, such as plastic particles and chemical contaminants, remain underestimated by those responsible. Contamination threatens more than people’s health; it also threatens the existence of companies.

ENFIT provides information about the latest developments and legal bases for food and feed transport and the cleaning/ disinfection of transport containers.

“Food safety is a hidden, often overlooked problem,” says Dr Margaret Chan, general director of UN agency WHO (World Health Organization). “Over 200 diseases are transmitted through food…. caused by micro-organisms, such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, prions, parasites, chemicals, radioactivity and also physical agents.”

WHO estimates that around two million people die every year of diseases transmitted by food and water. In 2013, more than 310,000 such cases of bacterial foodborne disease were reported from EU and European Economic Area (EEA) countries alone, and 322 of them ended fatally.

Contaminated food can have very serious long-term health consequences.

Apart from the risks from microorganisms and other contaminants, the risks due to

allergens have increased dramatically.

Under food information regulation LMIV 1169-2011, the most important allergens must be indicated.

Every day, more than 250,000 tonnes of foodstuffs are transported on Europe’s roads, railways and waterways as bulk solids, granules or liquids. Packaged, partially packaged and unpackaged, they are normally transported in temperaturecontrolled thermal or kit vehicles. Currently around 800 stationary cleaning stations in Europe carry out an average of 30,000 food and feed cleaning actions per day.

Food and feed business operators Food logistics providers, cleaning stations, manufacturers and lessors of food and feed transport containers are “food and feed business operators” under the (EG) 178-2002 food safety EU regulation.

‘Food and feed business operators’ bear the same responsibility as food producers themselves, but are often unaware of it. ENFIT aims to educate these market participants.

EU food safety regulations The following EU regulations are in force: • Food safety (EG) 178-2002; • Food hygiene regulation (EU) 852/853-2004; • First and recurring audit of food transport containers according to DIN 10 502-1/2; • Food information regulation (EU) LMIV 1169-2011; • Feed hygiene regulation (EU) 183-2005; • LFGB – food and feed law, 2014; and • Consumer Goods Act, BedGgstV-1992.

Only standardised and validated methods may be used to clean and disinfect food and feed transport containers.

A simple food container cleaning costs on average €120, while an aseptic, allergen-free cleaning/disinfection costs at least €450. This very large disparity means required services are not being carried out, due to competitive pressures.

Cleaning certificates attesting that: the tank is “clean according to the EFTCO definition,” means only that “a tank shall be described as clean when there are no visible traces or odour of the last

product or cleaning agent following an inspection from the man-lids”.

However, a shipping container can be only hygienically clean if all valves, floor drains, pipes, loading and vent pipes, filters, seals, fittings, pumps, hoses, etc. have been cleaned and disinfected.

By introducing the HQF certificate, the ENFIT Guideline food and quality cleaning certificate, also known as the high quality cleaning certificate (HQCC), international standards have been defined for the verifiable cleaning of food transport containers. Standardised cleaning processes, reproducible results and hygiene, consumer protection, food safety, food defence and the technical inspection of cleaning technology are therefore clearly important.

Verified cleaning stations receive the certificate and, depending on their performance, a corresponding seal of approval. The approval hierarchy starts with a basic cleaning quality seal. This then goes up to a ‘high’ cleaning quality seal or ‘excellent’ cleaning quality mark of approval.

Cleaning stations with a seal of approval must undergo a microbiological and detailed risk assessment.

Food and allergen traceability and DIN inspection

The first and recurring inspection for food and feed transport containers was introduced in 2015 by ENFIT with the implementation of inspection standard DIN 10 502-1 (a German food health and safety standard). Industry, logistics providers, cleaning stations and surveillance authorities can fully track inspection intervals, transport, cleaning and disinfection as well as the recent precursors and possible allergens using ENFIT standards and the ‘global bulkvision system’ and ‘bulkvision lable’ inspection label.

ENFIT cleaning certificates have also been recognised by the VCI (Association of chemical industry) and the ECTA (European Chemical Transport Association) since October 2015. z For more information:

This article was written by Hans-Dieter Philipowski, president of the International Association of Tank Cleaning ENFIT. Visit: www.enfit.eu

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Show me the money: Tank cleaning essentials Cargo owners and transporters are under pressure to save time and money in an ever-changing logistics environment.

But is this the be all and end all?

Tank cleaning is an essential step in the bulk supply chain. Because the transported cargo comes into direct physical contact with the transport equipment, it is essential that this transport tanker is clean. For the bulk transport industry, an efficient tank cleaning industry is essential.

But what makes for a good cleaning?

It depends on who you ask. In most cases the bill is paid by the transporter.

For them low-cost, quick cleaning is key.

In addition, cleaning that does not lead to their tanker being rejected at loading stations is also important. As time and costs are related, cleaning stations are often under pressure to push the limits of cleaning cycles. For water-soluble cargos, cycle times below one rotation of the sprayhead are frequently observed.

All of these factors put pressure on the cleaning station. On one hand the commercial agreements can cut cleaning times. On the other hand operational

pride can pressurise revenues.

If you ask a quality specialist in the shipping industry about the criteria of what makes good cleaning, you may get a different answer. In some cases they prescribe process steps or process parameters such as minimum water temperature used or detergents needed.

However, in many cases the industry does not really follow-up the actual process parameters and accepts the ‘Cleaning Certificate’ as a single document for cleaning. This behaviour can put a lot of pressure on the individual cleaning stations as it is factors such as price and speed that determine what cleaning station the transporter decides to do business with.

Essentially, not many transporters discuss with cleaning stations how they should be cleaned – they are concerned more about cost. Subsequently, if shippers do not pay sufficient attention to their own cleaning quality requirements upon acceptance of a tanker for

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SUPPLY CHAIN TRANSPARENCY By the by, there is pressure towards the cleaner from the driver to get the tank cleaned quickly because the driver is under time constraints. Yet, on the other hand, the transporter needs the tank to look clean without digging too much into his pockets.

Essentially, cleaning entrepreneurs need to be in control of quality and costs.

Process control

1. Pressure on transport costs by the industry forces the transporter to be keen on cost savings 2. Cleaning is a large cost component; get cleaning fast & economic.

3. Transporter has limited knowledge on such process control and cleaning procedures 4. This results in extreme price pressure on the cleaning industry.

5. This often results in shorter wash cycles and poorer quality.

6. Good stations are competing with poor quality stations 7. CleanSecure reconnects the cleaning with the quality demands of the cargo owner to ensure food safety CleanSecure’s transparency map

loading you can get a risky situation.

In such an environment it might be tempting to play the cost card and focus on the fastest and most economic methods of cleaning. However, this is a dead end view because the motto ‘cheap, cheaper, cheapest’ will eventually lead to the cleaning industry’s demise. Understanding of what is delivered in relation to the price is a basis for sustainable pricing.

For that reason it is beneficial for cleaning stations to have control over their cleaning processes and be transparent with the shipping industry for a variety of reasons, including cost control, process control and commercial benefits.

are often under time pressure to arrive to a loading appointment on time. In fact, CleanSecure frequently observes drivers halting the cleaning process for their tankers if they see that there is clean water in their outlets. Subsequently, the risk of poor cleaning is high if the inspection upon loading comprises of hardly anything more than a paper check of the

Cost control

A majority of food shippers don’t perform their own audits at cleaning stations frequently

Who is the best cleaner? The one with the least load rejections? Cleaners with such ‘best cleaner’ status in their companies often tend to conserve this status by imposing a strict time limit and making the effort on getting the tanks looking pristine. The status of ‘best cleaner’ can be easily lost by some load-rejects and that is painful.

However, the ‘best cleaner’ is not always the most beneficial to the company.

From a driver’s perspective, the ‘best cleaner’ is often the fastest one. Drivers

Cleaning Certificate. Many transporters are not even aware that their drivers speed up and abort cleaning processes.

But the cost for the transporter in case of rejects is often far higher than the pleasure of fast and economic cleaning. How often can these costs of kilometres returning to the cleaning station and lost production time be charged to the station? Often the cost of free ‘recleaning’ of the tanker is absorbed by the station but hardly calculated towards the benefit of short cleaning times.

How to be in control of the cleaning process? As stations have long opening hours, the entrepreneur is not always present during the cleaning. There is a dependency on the cleaners doing the actual job. How do you assure as entrepreneur a constant process?

Some modern technical cleaning installations come with process control technology including process recordings for traceability, analytics and cost control. For example, the latest generation cleaning systems of Netherlands-based Gröniger is equipped with their CleanGuard kit.

Other systems only have process control based on PLC process steering.

These systems allow the automation of the cleaning process with predefined and programmed cleaning steps. It can be programmed to halt if certain temperature rules are not met. Such systems can always be used in manual mode. If the cleaning process data is not recorded, the process is not traceable nor can it be analysed afterwards.

Many systems are operated manually by the cleaner. The pumps are manually started and valves sometimes operated by hand. Often the temperature in the water buffer can be read with thermometers, but in reality cleaners do not constantly walk to the water buffer tanks to check the temperature.

Absence of process monitoring or control does not imply that tanks have been poorly cleaned. An experienced cleaner can do a perfect job with such a manual installation. However, if process control is not in place, it is more difficult for a cleaning station to guarantee a constant process. In addition, it makes process optimisation more difficult and traceability impossible.

An innovation in the market, available for any brand independent systems, is the Progress Monitor by CleanSecure.

This technology provides the cleaner at the bay with visual instructions on an operator screen, records the actual

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SUPPLY CHAIN TRANSPARENCY The cleaning association ENFIT has underlined process control for tanker cleaning industry for a long period of time.

ENFIT is a smaller association than EFTCO with more focus on the food industry.

Why be in control?

From a driver’s perspective, the ‘best cleaner’ is often the fastest one.

process parameters and visualises the cleaning progress. The process data is recorded and available for traceability and analysis afterwards. This technology can be used as well in high-tech cleaning stations. It can also be used with basic systems with pumps and sprayheads.

It’s a cost-efficient system available for just a few euros per cleaning.

Commercial benefits and market developments Most cleaning stations recognise discussions with transporters who question if a cleaning session was really ‘that difficult’. In addition, commercial pricing is often based on bold figures.

What would it bring to the commercial discussions if a cleaning station could really see the actual times and efforts needed for each individual cleaning?

Entrepreneurs could decide to say no to cleanings which are not economical.

And entrepreneurs could win business if the reality shows them that a certain sharp price still contributes. In essence, follow your head instead of your heart.

In addition, the shippers have started to realise the importance of a professional industry. The food industry has pretty much been ignoring the tank cleaning part of its supply chain for the last decade.

The food industry too easily adopted the chemical industry standards.

A majority of food shippers don’t perform their own audits at cleaning stations frequently. This behaviour is remarkable. Nevertheless, there has been an increasing awareness on

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the importance of the tank cleaning processes due to the need for traceability and prevention of contamination, according to Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) principles. HACCP is a system that helps food business operators look at how they handle food and introduces procedures to make sure the food produced is safe to eat.

The industry quality standard IFS (International Featured Standard) has specified traceability of the cleaning process as a critical control point. In the new IFS Logistics standards coming later this year, this traceability will be further stressed whereas just a cleaning statement is considered insufficient.

The global fruit juice industry has identified tanker cleaning as a critical point and introduced the SGF-certification for tank cleaning stations. A knock-out criterion is the availability of process recording and traceability for each individual cleaning that needs to be done.

Also the cleaning industry itself starts to realise the importance of process control and traceability in order to be a professional partner to the industry.

With the EFTCO (European Federation of Tank Cleaning Organisations) Food certification initiative, the cleaning industry focuses its spotlight on the food industry more. In the EFTCO food certification process traceability is also an item and not without reason. It is now a challenge to EFTCO to really guard their good initial ambitions and not let it be another certificate on the wall. The internal pressure is high, but there are many prizes to win if the food industry takes care.

If there is so much interest in process control, why isn’t this more widespread?

First, one needs to address the availability of technology. Innovative technology makes process control and traceability possible. In previous years, this was simply unaffordable for most cleaning stations.

However, the shipping industry has for a long time been satisfied with untraceable tanker cleaning. Nevertheless, this attitude is changing but still needs an improved mental shift from industrial buyers. In theory, if the rise of transparency within the tanker cleaning industry leads to higher costs, one can question why cleaning is currently falling on the cheap side. The monitoring cost itself is minor and can hardly be an argument.

However, one often hears the reluctance of the supply chain to take responsibility. Traceability does not change responsibility. However, it is important to realise that legal responsibilities are more limited than most buyers are aware of by the CMR (Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road) convention (transporter) and the EFTCO conditions (cleaning stations).

And if things happen, a brand owner has consumer confidence to manage.

Quality-wise, a continuous process control can decrease the costs of periodic audits as audits can be done in a more focussed way through management by exception. Process monitoring is often a cost saver.

In the end it is about responsible care. It’s about vision of cleaning station entrepreneurs who want to be professional partners to the shipping industry. It’s about cleaning entrepreneurs who want to be in control of their own processes and be able to deliver a professional and constant product. It’s about an industry in progress towards a professional and sustainable future. z

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This article was written by Wilko Scholtens, founder of CleanSecure.

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Working at height

The tank container industry with some 450,000 tank containers in operation puts special emphasis on health, safety, quality and protection of the environment. However, the industry is full of risks

Working at height remains one of the prevalent causes of fatalities and major injuries. Common cases include falls from ladders and through fragile surfaces. In an industry to a large extent dealing with hazardous goods, it is important to protect workers’ safety.

Tanker cleaning involves the following: • Tanker cleaning is always carried out via accessing the top of the road/rail tanker, which, on average, stands about four metres tall on hard concrete ground – all of which constitutes a significant fall from height risk; • Tanker cleaning is carried out with high pressure steam or chemicals that makes all walk surfaces very slippery, increasing the fall from height risk; • Tanker cleaning is generally a piece work operation and therefore time is critical.

Loadtec Engineered Systems was set up almost 20 years ago primarily to sell loading arms, but increasingly, it is supplying total solutions that make a difference to the whole working environment and the safety aspect is increasingly important.

The law Each country has a specific health and safety law on working at height. However, the purpose of the UK’s Work at Height Regulations 2005 is to prevent death and injury caused by a fall from height. The regulations apply to employers who employ staff who work at height. It applies to tank container companies and the tank cleaning companies they use.

In a statement, the UK’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE) states: “Employers and those in control of any work at height activity must make sure work is properly planned, supervised and carried out by competent people. This includes using the right type of equipment for working at height.”

A quick browse through the HSE website reveals fines in the hundreds of thousands of pounds (even millions if an employee has died as a result) for companies that have violated these regulations, but what struck most is the heart-wrenching story of the scaffolder who died just weeks from his wedding.

What equipment?

There are two types of safety systems: passive or active. Active involves the operator undertaking tasks, before he can do the job he is there to do. These can be key interlocks; closing barriers; moving and positioning mobile access carts; or putting on harnesses and physically climbing up the tank. Changing weather conditions and the monotony of the repetitive tasks will soon have

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Loadtec’s large cage tanker solution – wide safety cages provide complete fall prevention where multiple hatches need to be accessed for cleaning

workers looking for easier ways to get the job done quicker.

Passive is where the operator walks up an easy staircase, presses a button and walks out onto the top of the tanker. No harnesses to put on, no slippery floor to walk on, no constraints, only a secure cage to surround the working area to prevent him falling. Time saved is about five or maybe ten minutes. Stress level is zero. He gets the job done quickly, safely and without someone having to watch him with the consequential associated costs.

Of course there are degrees of safety. The more money spent the safer it gets.

Below are various solutions Loadtec can offer for those working on the top of tanks and they range from the safest to the least safe solution and with costs to match: • Multi-Modal Access System – The safest and most expensive of the fall prevention systems Loadtec offers, this system is designed to provide operators with flexible and safe access on to tankers of varying heights and lengths. The unique feature is that each end of the elevating platform can be tilted to match the slope of a tanker top • Tanker Enclosure System – This allows the operator to have free access to the entire tanker top. This can mean walking along the top of a round barrel or ISO container with varying designs of walkway and manhole positions without reliance on the tanker walkways • Large Cage Tanker Solution – Wide safety cages provide complete fall prevention where multiple hatches need to be accessed for cleaning, this simple design can be easily configured to fit onto your existing structures or supplied with any platform and stair configuration • Mobile Access Carts – This cart can be moved around a loading bay easily by one person or longer distances with a tractor and suitable for areas with limited space Depending on the type of cleaning and the type of tanks employees are working on, there will be a safe solution to suit each situation. All in all, all companies should ensure that they employ the right solution to make tank cleaning as safe as possible. z

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This article was written by Alec Keeler, managing director of Loadtec Engineered Systems. Visit: www.loadtec.co.uk

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TECHNOLOGY

Tank cleaning management: A systems developer’s viewpoint Demand for qualified tank cleaning facilities around the world continues to grow. A major challenge is to develop a standard cleaning certificate system that is not open to fraud. What is the solution?

Security is a major issue today due to the fact that a certificate based on paper can be forged and that could lead to a tank being loaded without having been cleaned.

As follows, a dirty tank might contaminate the product that is loaded into it and this might render it completely useless.

While monetary loss is, of course, a major issue in this case, it could end up even worse if a tank was previously loaded with a product that can react strongly with what will be loaded next. Keeping people and equipment out of harms way is the major concern in this matter while also maintaining a fluent chain of information and logistics.

To maintain a level of high security EFTCO (European Federation of Tank Cleaning Organisations) is constantly trying to identify possible flaws and correct them. It also works with cleaning stations to maintain and improve safety and standards. While this is all good, sticking with a paperbased certificate system can only offer a certain level of security. Hence, an online system should be considered.

Currently, there are only a few companies in Sweden that do not approve of loading tanks that have been cleaned at non-EFTCO-certified stations.

Therefore, not many have to go to another cleaning station to get them re-cleaned.

Tackling the issue The system, which is yet to be named, is a web-based

tracking system that will feed information to all involved parties by letting each actor enter their latest status of the tank cleaning process.

Supply chain traceability The system will be made up of four actors: the cleaning station, the loading-/offloading station and the tank owner. First, it starts off with the tank owner adding their tanks onto the system with the tank number and number of compartments.

When the tank is loaded, the loading station enters its specific information about the product before the tank reaches its end destination.

At the loading stage of the process, the “receiving” person will also be able to check the history of the tank, including its latest cargos and cleanings.

This will ensure that the tank is fully documented and traceable throughout its journey to the delivery point and that no risky products have been put inside the tank prior to this load. Second, at the delivery stage the agent responsible will certify the tank has been unloaded and the status will be changed again.

As the tank will be needed for more transports, it will now go for cleaning where the cleaning station will clean it.

They will certify the cleaning by uploading a certificate to the system as well as setting the status of the tank to “clean”.

With the final step the tank will be loadable and can continue on to its next assignment.

Since the tank owner is also included in the chain they will be able to follow their assets as they go along, keeping

the bulk industry running.

As described above, the system is sealed from external inputs as it only accepts changes from certified businesses. The system is currently under ongoing development.

Companies are currently being invited to test out the system before it goes to market.

Since the market is spread all over Europe, to be effective it has to be implemented on each station to ensure information is kept and updated in real-time. z

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COMPANY PROFILE

Staying on top It’s a requirement to earth tank vehicles that contain hazardous/ flammable liquids prior to cleaning. Common practice is to ground the tank vehicle by a simple clamp connection to ground.

The first step in tank cleaning is always to attach the ground clamp to the vehicle’s chassis.

The problem is, how can you be sure that the proper ground is established and maintained? What if the worker forgets to ground the vehicle prior to cleaning, or if the ground connection is compromised grounding gets disconnected during the cleaning operation?

Workers shouldn’t let unsure earthing methods leave them guessing. There should never be any doubt that the tank vehicle has a proper bond to the cleaning bay!

This safety concern was raised by Austrian tank cleaning company UWEG, based in Wels. “We wanted to take the responsibility off of the worker’s shoulder and at the same time create a safer work environment for our colleagues,” says Alexandra Stadlbauer, technical manager of UWEG. Whilst being in the process of evaluating the right solution Scully Systems proposed their proven Groundhog system, featuring a dynamic self-proving circutry. Intrigued by Scully’s proposal, UWEG opted for the innovative system which continuously and automatically monitors the earthing connection during the entire

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loading operation. The Groundhog is designed to immediately shut down the cleaning operation if the earth tie is broken.

UWEG said it was impressed with its new system. The innovation does not allow the cleaning process to start before a proper static connection is established. In addition to this, it automatically stops the process if the ground connection is lost for any reason.

Patrick Mandic, UWEG’s project manager, explains: “By installing the Scully Groundhog we took another major step in our continuous improvement process, and made our colleagues safer with minimum effort to our existing set up.”

“Additionally, it was a very small investment. We received great support from Scully throughout the project and can confirm that we’re very happy with the first operational experience of our new Scully system.”

“Scully has been providing vehicle earth-proving equipment to the hazardous liquids industries worldwide for over thirty years and has been working with many tank cleaning facilities in North America to ensure superior safety. We find that European companies have many of the safety concerns and are looking for safe, efficient solutions,” says Mark Winker, Scully’s sales representative in Germany.

Scully Signal Company, founded in 1936, is an international engineering and manufacturing company that provides fluid handling safety equipment for loading racks, tank vehicles, railcars and storage tanks worldwide. z For more information:

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COMPANY PROFILE

Staying ahead of the game

With companies balancing their investments based on quality, cost, and quantity, CTW is helping its clients realise the best possible concept according to their needs

Car- & Truckwash (CTW) is a Belgian company that specialises in the washing of cars and trucks, and tank cleaning. The company has recently installed a new tank cleaning station in Lanaken, Belgium, for Gobo — a transport and logistics company.

The CTW Unit, which was designed to clean bulk, liquids, food and containers, was custom built for Gobo and features the following: • Two washing lanes with fullautomatic control options • A large loading platform located in the cleaning hall with security sensors • Accessories with hoists, washing heads, automatic hose reels and trolleys • New developed software from Lynx which enables Gobo to link its washing orders, forms and certificates directly to invoices CTW installed a new kind of cleaning unit with soundless high-pressure pumps for the project in Lanaken. Nowadays, noise prevention is an important issue within the tank cleaning sector. Hearing problems caused by noise at work are far too common. Under health and safety laws employers are required to prevent or reduce risks to health and safety from exposure to noise at work. CTW engineering assists its customers by offering a solution to limit noise, vibrations and leakages.

The firm’s new technology

included in its tank cleaning units has helped Gobo and will help new clients to achieve the following: • 50% less noise in the technical room • 50% less vibrations on the pipework • 50% less chance on leakages These advantages are the outcome of an innovative construction system within the high-pressure pump unit. The latest CTW system uses a flange connection

in a series of successful developments that CTW has worked on. Last year, the company installed a tank cleaning station for logistic transport provider Proliv based in Minsk, Belarus. The Belarus site’s installation included the implementation of one-lane equipment and five cleaning heads, as well other pieces of kit.

CTW is currently installing a new tank cleaning for Netherlands-based tank

and efficiently measured water supply.

Elsewhere, the company offers a wellconsidered automatic management system. Each programme is adjustable in combination with steam and water recuperation. Furthermore, the choice between three kinds of water supply is possible. This includes rain water, city water and pre-heated water.

The project in Lanaken is the latest

container specialist Cotac Group in Rotterdam. The site will have two food lanes and four container lanes. Three of the company’s new CTW HP units will be installed at the location.

The company has also signed a contract with Van Den Bosch Group, a Netherlands-based liquid transport provider, and is installing two-container washing lanes in Ghana, West Africa. z CTW’s soundless high-pressure pumps

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