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’