Bulk Distributor Mar/Apr20

B ULK D ISTRIBUTOR www.bulk-distributor.com March/April 2020 Est. 1990 Your single information source for bulk and semi-bulk logistics Tank Containers • Flexitanks • IBCs • Drums • FIBCs • Bulk Liners • Road Tankers • Loading/Bagging • Bulk Logistics • Cleaning & Repair Depots • Components IN THIS ISSUE COVID-19 1 Bulk Liners & Flexitanks 3 Industrial Packaging 5 Tank Containers 8 Dry Bulk Transport 11 Equipment Leasing 12 Logistics 13 Ports, Storage, Warehousing 19 FEATURES IN THE NEXT ISSUE Tank containers Components Cleaning & repair depots Software & asset management COVID-19 SPECIAL To advertise or contribute please email [email protected] or [email protected] A crisis for the world, a headache for logistics A Control Fills Eliminate Spills Terminals & Tank Trucks Static Ground-Proving & Overrll Prevention Solutions from the Industry Leader www.scully.com long with all businesses, logistics is grappling with the Covid-19 pandemic and the likely ramifications for the world economy. Governments in many countries are set to print money in order to stave off a drastic contraction in their economies. The longer term issues for the world economy certainly look bleak, but right now the logistics industry is focused on providing as much help as it can to maintain the integrity of essential supply chains. The European Flexible Intermediate Bulk Container Association (EFIBCA) and Eurojute requested international and regional bodies, such as the European Commission and all European governments and regulators, to recognise flexible and plastic industrial packaging manufacturers as ‘essential’ when drafting orders for lockdown, border closures and transport restrictions. EFIBCA and Eurojute said their members make essential industrial flexible/plastic packaging products, Continued on page 2 → Railcars Storage Tanks EFIBCA and Eurojute want industrial packaging to be designated ‘essential’