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German speciality pump manufacturer Almatec, part of Dover company PSG, has launched its new ADX Series stainless-steel air-operated double-diaphragm (AODD) pumps for industrial applications.
The new pumps meet the mass requirements of an oscillating pump and meet ATEX requirements. They have been designed to replace legacy Almatec CHEMICOR AD Series pumps. Almatec says that the design…
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Some of the most successful organisations in the world are made up of the most diverse teams. This webinar features Ollie Folayan, Chair of the Association for BME Engineers, who will provide an update on why Diversity and Inclusion is so important & strategies that can be implemented within the tank storage sector.
Folayan has been involved with a number of successful community initiatives…
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Dover Precision Components, a US manufacturer of high-performance engineering parts, has moved into a new innovation laboratory in Houston, Texas.
The new laboratory, which covers an area of more than 1,110 square metres, brings together Dover’s research and product development teams, and will house its test rigs for hydrodynamic fluid film bearings and reciprocating compressor components,…
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Global speciality pumps and compressor firm Blackmer has launched its new MAGNES series sliding vane magnetic drive pumps.
The pumps, which are positive displacement rotary vane pumps, can adapt to various problematic situations, including unexpected dry runs, pumping fluids with solids, handling of fluids with entrained vapours and poor inlet conditions, and inflexible pump operating ranges The…
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German supply chain, logistics and transport firm GADOT Group has expanded the warehouse capacity at its chemical logistics facility at Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
The capacity increase of almost 25% will help GADOT to meet growing demand from existing and new customers. The warehouse, in Frankfurt’s port area, holds permits for the storage of classified and non-classified chemical materials,…
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Reynolds Training Services, which is based in Lincolnshire and provides training competence assessment and management for the bulk liquid and gas sector has had its Bulk Storage Operator Technician level 3 diploma course approved by the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE).
The diploma is part of a two-year apprenticeship scheme which includes process and occupational safety, human factors…
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Wibax CEO Jonas Wiklund explains the company’s acquisition of Baltic Tank and looks to the future of the business.
Swedish chemical supplier and trader Wibax grabbed headlines recently when it bought Baltic Tank, a chemical terminals operator in neighbouring Finland.
Prior to the acquisition of Baltic Tank, Wibax already had nine terminals in Sweden and another in Finland, with a total…
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TWTG says that its NEON valve and temperature sensors have now meet all explosion safety requirements for the US and Canada, having received FM Approval.
FM Approval was granted after approval from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for the for the LoRaWAN 915 MHz radio, which the NEON range uses.
NEON sensors, which were developed in collaboration with Vopak, are now certified for use…
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Swiss inspection specialist firm the ROSEN Group has introduced the new TBIT Ultra Service for the inspection of aboveground storage tanks.
The company says that its new technology can find, quantify and report defects as small as 10% wall loss, including pitting corrosion defects. Early detection and repair of such defects that worsen over time, like corrosion, allows tanks to remain in service…
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Peter Lidiak, vice president of regulatory affairs, International Liquid Terminals Association (ILTA), looks at the latest US standards.
[caption id="attachment_21629" align="alignleft" width="194"] Peter Lidiak, Peter Lidiak, ILTA vice president of regulatory affairs[/caption]
Security and safety are two core values of bulk liquid terminal operators. As part of the critical infrastructure…
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Registration is open for the first Gastech Virtual Summit, that will take place from September 7 to 11. The Summit will include strategic and technical content streamed online, enabling the Gas, LNG and Energy industry to connect and engage virtually to address the collective challenges and opportunities the industry faces.
The Gastech Virtual Summit 2020 will feature 200+ industry leaders who…
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US company Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine has launched a new intumescent coating for onshore passive fire protection.
FIRETEX M90/03 meets UL 1709 testing requirements for fire safety. Sherwin-Williams says that while other intumescent coatings on the market on meeting UL 1709 requirements when the same thickness of coat is applied everywhere, FIRETEX M90/03 has been approved for…
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Sarcos Robotics has selected US industrial inspection specialist MFE Rentals as the official rental and resale partner for its Guardian S remote visual inspection robot.
The all-terrain Guardian S is a robotic crawler for visual inspections designed for unstructured environments previously inaccessible to crawlers. It has a low profile, is slim and waterproof, and can maintain real-time two-way…
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BP’s Senior Vice President of digital science and engineering tells latest edition of the ADIPEC Energy Dialogue series oil and gas industry should use technology to reimagine global energy system
Companies urged to look outside industry for innovative new ideas and ways to use digital technologies to take industry forward
Abu Dhabi, UAE – 14 July 2020 – The global oil and gas industry…
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McNetiq, a Dutch-based firm which has patented magnetic steel anchor technology, has launched a new fall restraint product, with magnetic anchors for fall protection when working at height.
The McNetiq Fall Restraint is designed for workplaces constructed of steel without edge protection. The company says the product helps to meet the growing demand for certified anchoring options in industry.…
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The Engineering Equipment and Materials Users Association (EEMUA) has launched a new e-learning introductory course on process safety management for industrial sites.
The course is a new addition to EEMUA’s ‘for the industry, by the industry’ package, and is based on guidance already commonly used in process safety from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the Energy Institute,…
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Dutch-based tank storage firm Vopak has selected Terra Inspectioneering, part of Japanese firm Terra Drone Corporation, to carry out drone-based confined space inspections.
The inspections will be carried out to EEMUA-159 and API-653 international standards, across 11 Vopak sites in Belgium and the Netherlands. Terra will use its proprietary, collision-proof Terra UT drone for non-entry visual…
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German-based manufacturer AUMA has been awarded the contract to supply 2,756 electric actuators for the HES Hartel Tank Terminal in the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
AUMA will be the only actuator supplier for the project and says the order is its largest ever. The company will supply 2,482 SAEx multi-turn actuators, including 120 SAVEx variable speed actuators, and 274 SQEx part-turn…
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In the second of the new professional webinar series, held on 18th June 2020, Tank Storage Magazine spoke to three experts to find out how the global oil storage market has been affected by the current COVID-19 pandemic and what might happen next.
The webinar, entitled ‘How COVID-19 & the plummeting oil price has impacted the global storage market’, was moderated by Patrick Kulsen,…
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Spanish-based petroleum and storage company CLH has successfully renewed its quality, environmental, health and safety, and information security certification following auditing by the Spanish Association for Standardization and Certification (AENOR).
Since the previous audit, CLH Group has adapted from the OSHAS 18001 to the stricter ISO 45001 health and safety standard. The company passed the…
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