Valedictory letter from the editor
20 Dec 2024The UN’s work in the world of dangerous goods is just a tiny part of its...
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NOS: A foreign country
13 Dec 2024“Fings ain’t what they used to be,” wrote Lionel Bart in the musical of...
30 Years Ago: December 1994
2 Dec 2024HCB prepared to celebrate its 15th anniversary with an opening comment from...
Late letter from the editor
22 Nov 2024Alert readers will have spotted that, although this issue of HCB dropped...
Learning by Training: End of a trading era
8 Nov 2024Let’s face it earlier rather than too late. After more than 50 years of...
30 Years Ago: November 1994
1 Nov 2024Readers who remain confused about the conflicting requirements for portable...
NOS: Fire! Fire!
1 Nov 2024We are all being told very often about the hazards that lithium batteries pose....
Tall Tales of Hazmat: Call of duty
11 Oct 2024Let us suppose a customer asks you to provide incident safety guidance. This is...
Learning by Training: Functionality or dysfunctionality?
4 Oct 2024by Arend van Campen We are living in a society which finds itself in a death...
30 Years Ago: October 1994
1 Oct 2024This month has seen the annual VCA Dangerous Goods Seminar; HCB’s October...
Trentennial letter from the editor
27 Sep 2024When I first took up my desk at HCB, thirty years ago this month, I thought I...
NOS: It’s a dog’s life
20 Sep 2024When there’s an incident involving lithium batteries – and such incidents...
Tall Tales of Hazmat: Tunnel Vision
6 Sep 2024Is there a light at the end of a tunnel or is it a train coming the other way?...
30 Years Ago: September 1994
2 Sep 2024One of the biggest trade shows of this year has been Gastech 2024, which took...
Responsive Letter from the Editor
16 Aug 2024In my years here at HCB, there have been several major accidents that have...
30 Years Ago: August 1994
1 Aug 2024The mid-1990s were a time when the world at large took great strides to clean...
Learning by Training: Radical uncertainty
26 Jul 2024Perhaps you will agree that doing business in a society that is being disturbed...
NOS: It’ll all end in tears
12 Jul 2024We begin this month with a rather horrific tale from India, where in early May...
Tall Tales of Hazmat: When holistic spells danger
5 Jul 2024It is quite common and useful to combine the radioactive sources Americium and...
30 Years Ago: July 1994
28 Jun 2024The July 1994 issue of HCB led with our annual review of the tank container...
Learning by Training: Conditions for optimal performance
21 Jun 2024When we observe how disinformation is used to manipulate reality and distort...