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The impact of this decision was immediately compounded by
another decision by Deltech: authorising the containers to be fi lled
several days earlier than necessary, resulting in the containers sitting
stagnant in the hot New Orleans sun (at ambient temperatures that
reasonably should have been anticipated to have exceeded the
recommended 30degC) for several days longer than necessary.
“These two decisions most directly led to the auto-
polymerisation,” the judge declared. “While it is true that other
factors contributed, these decisions were by far the most critical.
Deltech therefore bears signifi cant responsibility for the losses
fl owing from the explosion.”
In proportioning the 45 percent responsibility to Stolt, the judge
declared that the company’s actions “were a signifi cant contributor
to the conditions that allowed for additional heating of the DVB and
thus the conditions that led to auto-polymerisation”.
The court absolved MSC, vessel owner Conti and operator NSB of
all responsibility.
MSC’s stowage plan was deemed to be consistent with industry
practice and reasonable under normal circumstances. In addition, the
actions of personnel at NOT prior to loading were also routine and
consistent with its own prior practice as well as industry practice.
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eschaco, Inc. (USA) celebrated 40 years of company history
in New York and Houston with many invited guests.
Jörg Conrad, CEO and owner of the Leschaco Group, had to
cancel his participation at short notice. In his place, his son
Constantin Conrad offi cially opened the two anniversary events with
a speech.
On behalf of his father and his attending mother Elke and sister
Charlotte, he welcomed the many guests who have accompanied
Leschaco, Inc over the past 40 years.
Mark Malambri, the American operation’s managing director, also
addressed participating guests and thanked them for coming as well
as for the decades of co-operation.
In New York, the ceremony took place on board the Manhattan II.
L-r: Mark Malambri, Elke Conrad and Constantin Conrad
Guests enjoyed an evening tour on the Hudson River. In Houston,
the company’s anniversary was celebrated at The Houston Club atop
One Shell Plaza, from where the guests could enjoy a breath-taking
view of the evening city.
Leschaco, Inc was founded on 13 June 1978. Already in those
years Leschaco was an internationally active logistics service
provider, which faced up to the special requirements of the
shipments of chemical goods. Thanks to its decades of experience,
Leschaco, Inc can today provide customers with services in sea and
air freight, project logistics and tank container operations as well as
dangerous goods regulations, US customs brokerage and letters of
credit, and offer these in individual and effective logistics service
packages door-to-door.
Leschaco has some 100 employees in America and locations in
Charleston, Chicago, Houston, Jersey City, Los Angeles and Miami.
At the end of his speech, Constantin Conrad took a look into the
future. The USA is the largest economy in the world and it is
booming: in the second quarter of this year, growth amounted to
4.1 percent. This is twice as much as in the fi rst quarter of 2018.
“In order to strengthen and expand the position and importance
of Leschaco, Inc, we will continue to invest in our company in the
USA, its employees and its business relationships - for the benefi t of
our customers,” he concluded.
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Hoover Ferguson
H
oover Ferguson has signed a three-year contract plus
options with Transocean Ltd, for the supply of cargo
carrying units (CCUs) to the deepwater drilling contractor’s rig
fl eet in the North Sea.
“We are very pleased to receive this contract award, and to
support Transocean’s North Sea operations from our bases across
Norway,” said Kjetil Skaaren, Norway country manager for Hoover
Ferguson. “Our fl eet of offshore containers, baskets, frames and
tanks offered a competitive and innovative logistics solution and we
look forward to continuing to build our partnership with
Transocean.”
Transocean operates along the entire Norwegian coast and will be
supported by Hoover Ferguson’s bases in Mongstad, Florø,
Kristiansund, Hammerfest and Sandnessjøen.
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Precision. It’s inherent in all our processes – design,
development, manufacturing and measurement.
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Successful and profitable tank operation relies upon the
technical integrity of each and every component.
We ensure precision throughout so that you can rely
on the performance of our valves and your tanks.
A
s Bulk Distributor went to press, Eurotainer announced
that it had selected Australian manufacturer Omni Tanker
to supply composite tank containers to the leasing company.
New 20ft tanks have already been delivered to Eurotainer which
said Omni Tanker was chosen due to its years of expertise in
composites and superior composite technology.
A fuller report will appear in the January/February issue of BD.
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