UK Sampling Gauges’ founder Reg Kimonides explains how modern sampling methods can vastly improve product analysis In order to establish the quality of their products and ensure this complies with or even exceeds industry regulations and specifications, terminal owners need to take multiple samples from within the tanks. At the start of his career Reg Kimonides, founder of UK Sampling Gauges, used old style cork- and-can to take samples from a ship’s cargo. ‘This style of sampling is outdated and extremely messy. Not only this, but more important to note, the sample taken is not representative,’ Kimonides says. This […]
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EN 14620: Raising The Standard
Dave Ward at Wardz Consulting looks at the revision of EN 14620 and what it means for the tank storage sector EN 14620 is the European Standard that deals with all aspects of the design, construction, testing and commissioning of vertical, cylindrical, tanks for the storage of refrigerated liquified gases (RLG’s). The development history extends back 70 years and the time-line is shown in Figure 02. A full revision of EN14620 was commissioned by CEN (European Committee for Standardisation), in 2015 it is currently managed by Technical Committee CEN TC265/ Working Group10, which Dave Ward convenes. The aim of the […]
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February 26, 2026
