At the annual conference of COSTHA (Council on Safe Transportation of Hazardous Articles, the top regulators from PHMSA shared their visions for expanding the safety of hazmat transportation within the US and abroad. Theodore (Ted) Willke, Administrator for Hazardous Materials, spoke of “elegant and smart solutions” being implemented to make the world safer. His four-part [...] Read Full Story
Following a joint Transportation Forum held in Beijing in December 2008, an agreement was shaped to help ensure the safe transport of Chinese materials across all modes of transportation – from seaports and aviation to rail and highway. On March 30th, 2009, US Secretary of Transportation, Ray LaHood, joined China’s Minister of Transport, Li Shenglin, [...] Read Full Story
The California wine culture is respected internationally as a significant contributor to fine-wine production. In order to gain further knowledge about our wine customers and the numerous ways in which they use our stainless steel wine barrels, Dean Ricker and I, Wine Barrel Specialists at Skolnik, recently spent an educational and hands-on week by visiting [...] Read Full Story