Trans Ocean flexitank first
NewsBulk liquid logistics specialist Trans Ocean, part of the Hillebrand Group, has become the first company to fully comply with the Container ...
Flexitank market shows no sign of flagging
NewsRather than reducing demand, the current economic conditions are boosting the flexitank market as more shippers wake up to the advantages of...
TOLT plant receives HACCP certification
NewsTrans Ocean Liquid Technologies (TOLT)’s flexitank manufacturing plant in Malaysia has gained Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACC...
Flexitank market comes of age
NewsMore and more shippers of non-hazardous bulk liquids are waking up to the advantages offered by flexitanks....
A new approach to flexitank transport
NewsUK-based Quantum Solutions has developed a new container design that it claims will overcome the problems of sidewall damage and spillage as...
…another solution
NewsTrans-Rak International (TRI), which specialises in custom container designs for automobile transport, has come up with an alternative solut...
Trans Ocean goes kosher
NewsLeading flexitank manufacturer and operator Trans Ocean has gained Kosher certification for its range of flexitanks....
New flexitank for high solid liquids
NewsUS-based Grayhog Industries has been granted a patent on the Hog, a new type of single-trip flexitank aimed at the shipment of high viscosit...
Hoyer buys shares in InterBulk
NewsGerman bulk logistics service provider Hoyer GmbH has signed a share purchase agreement (SPA) with a number of shareholders in the InterBulk...
COA flexitank code
NewsThe Container Owners Association (COA) has published a Code of Practice for the manufacture, testing and operation of flexitanks carried in ...
De Rijke flexitanks
NewsNetherlands-based De Rijke has become the latest bulk liquids service provider to add flexitanks to its service offering, using flexitanks s...
Code for flexitanks endorsed
NewsAt a meeting during the Intermodal 2008 exhibition in Hamburg last month, the Container Owners Association formally endorsed the COA Code of...
Flexitank growth slows but remains brisk
NewsThe rate of expansion in the flexitank market may have slowed somewhat in 2008 but it is still a star performer in the bulk liquids transpor...
Quantum force
NewsHull-based Quantum Solutions (UK) Ltd, a company owned by industry veteran John Evans and Dale Botham, a former chief engineer at Sea Contai...
Towards flexitank standards
NewsOver the past twelve months, the Container Owners Association (COA) has been managing, via a series of meetings open to all flexitank manufa...