The annual COSTHA (Council on Safe Transportation of Hazardous Articles) conference was held in March, in Long Beach, CA, and featured Bob Richard, Deputy Associate Administrator, and Ryan Posten, Director, Office of HazMat Enforcement, both of US DOT PHMSA. Richard gave an upbeat and insightful look into the new approach that PHMSA is using [...] Read Full Story
Companies engaged in the business of transportation, chemical manufacturing or packaging lead the first-quarter fines of 2009 by DOT. A total of $470,000 in fines was issued during these three months with individual fines ranging from $500 to $385,400! A single incident that resulted in multiple deaths comprised the unusually large $385,400. The company was [...] Read Full Story
Stemming from our expertise in steel drum manufacturing, the expansion of our stainless steel wine barrel applications requires that we be knowledgeable about, and up to date with, particular winemaking methods. Therefore, this past March, in collaboration with Las Positas College in Livermore, CA, Jason Snow (Skolnik’s Director of Wine Sales) and Dean Ricker (Skolnik’s [...] Read Full Story