4 BULKDISTRIBUTOR Tank Containers
May/June 2020
ITCO Guidance on working on top of tank
containers is aimed at assisting in the
risk assessment process and selection of
equipment and safe working
ITCO publishes tank top guidance
‘
Guidance for Working on Top of a Tank Container’ is a new
publication from the International Tank Container
Organisation (ITCO), intended for companies engaging in
activities that require personnel to work on the top of a tank
container.
The guidance assists in the risk assessment process and the selection
of equipment and safe working, prior to accessing the tank top.
Procedures should be reviewed to determine if a process change
could be introduced that would allow tasks to be undertaken at
ground level, the publication states. Appropriate safety standards and
procedures should be in place, in order to minimise the risk of a fall.
Personnel should be trained and qualified in safety and the functions
that they are required to undertake.
The Guidance can be downloaded from the ITCO website.
Separately, ITCO has launched an animated video highlighting issues
The additional space at Wilhelmshaven is designed to store hazardous goods
containers, as is the case with the current storage facility
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At last October’s ITCO members meeting in Amsterdam, the
Environmental Work Group agreed that ITCO should produce such a
video aimed at promoting the environmental benefits of tank
containers over flexitanks.
Members are being encouraged to use the video as a tool to
highlight the benefits of tank containers to their customers and other
relevant parties.
ITCO is also notifying relevant organisations are interested in
sustainable shipping and reducing plastic waste, together with
industry media.
‘Plastic waste and the use of Flexibags and ISO Tank Containers’, can
be viewed on Youtube.
www.itco.org
Rhenus expands container store
Logistics group Rhenus Midgard is expanding its current
container store at the JadeWeserPort Freight Village.
Building work began at the beginning of April and is due to
be completed this summer.
The Freight Village is located right next to the container terminal in
Wilhelmshaven. The original storage area was opened in July 2017.
Thanks to the high usage rate, the storage space is now being
extended by one third to some 4,000 sqm.
“We’re growing with our customers; they’ll have more storage
space at the Freight Village in Wilhelmshaven in future,” said
A new video looks to promote the environmental benefits of tank containers over flexitanks
Matthias Schrell, managing director of Rhenus Midgard
Wilhelmshaven. “The area forms one element in the services that
we provide for containers. They not only include storage, but also
stripping and stuffing, the containerisation of project loads as well
as freight forwarding and customs clearance.”
The additional space is designed to store hazardous goods
containers, just like the current storage facility. Customers using the
site not only include freight forwarders and shipping companies, but
also firms in the chemical and food industries.
New hub for Albatross
Albatross Tank-Leasing has appointed Lindenau Full Tank
Services (LFTS) Oberhausen as its central European
operations hub.
Recently bought by CIMC Enric Holdings, the LFTS Oberhausen
site, near Duisburg, Germany, will support the local customer base
by offering a full service and maintenance package for Albatross’s
T75 cryogenic fleet.
Albatross recently added 10 new T75 20ft units to its fleet. These
and other tanks are being made available for lease or as part of the
company’s Strategic Move package which includes fleet
management and movement control. Albatross says it can now offer
one of the largest T75 cryogenic fleets, a combination of 20ft units
for shipping liquefied oxygen 1078, nitrogen 1977, argon 1951,
nitrous oxide 2201, ethylene 1038, LNG 1972 and ethane 1961,
and 40ft LNG tanks available in a variety of specifications for local
and international transport.
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Albatross says it can now offer one of the largest T75 cryogenic fleets