For nearly a decade, the Department of Transportation has been re-testing UN packagings at it‘s Test Lab in Tobyhanna, PA. The re-testing process involves taking a UN certified packaging that is manufactured by a US manufacturer and subjecting it to the Design Type test for which it is marked. Concerns by industry have surfaced, as [...] Read Full Story
The delay of the European Union rule that would ban wood packing material with tree bark still attached will give nations more time to study its scientific validity. The EU issued its debarking rule last month, but has delayed implementation until Jan. 1, 2009. The EU created the rule as an extension of the International [...] Read Full Story
To those that think, “a drum is a drum” — we would like you to know that you could not be farther from the truth. Responsible for transporting the most dangerous goods throughout the world, steel drum variations go far beyond the tried and true “55 US gallon work horse.” There are carbon, stainless, aluminum [...] Read Full Story