Learning by Training: Singularity
11 May 2021As a small business owner, I am feeling the impact of the Covid restrictions...
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NOS: If it’s not one thing…
7 May 2021The Covid-19 pandemic, and the global response to it, has put dangerous goods...
30 Years Ago: May 1991
30 Apr 2021Thirty years ago, IMO was under pressure to move forward with programmes to...
Sustainable letter from the editor
28 Apr 2021The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has undoubtedly had an impact on many logistics...
From the Porch Swing: Welcome back?
22 Apr 2021I can’t remember exactly why, but I was wearing a tie and jacket over my...
NOS: Twin Peaks revisited
16 Apr 2021When scouring the interweb for stories of interest for us here on the Back...
Learning by Training: Tank storage sustainability
8 Apr 2021Charles Darwin said that only useful lifeforms are preserved. The Tank Storage...
30 Years Ago: April 1991
31 Mar 2021Thirty years ago, the big talk was about pollution. With the Exxon...
The polls are open!
25 Mar 2021For hundreds of years – possibly millennia, even – people have struggled to...
Learning by Training: Systemic governance
11 Mar 2021Socrates said: “I know that I don’t know”. I believe that this quote...
Not otherwise specified: Fire in the hole
5 Mar 2021Consternation spread around the New York borough of Queens last month after...
30 Years Ago: March 1991
27 Feb 2021Sometimes, when reviewing a copy of HCB from three decades ago, it is easy to...
Confession from the editor
26 Feb 2021I have a confession to make. Don’t tell anyone, but every month I have a...
Learning by Training: Business perspectives?
16 Feb 2021When a gift shop owner committed suicide because he was ordered to close his...
Not otherwise specified: Tabby cat
9 Feb 2021With the new year upon us, here on the Back Page we recently spent a happy...
30 Years Ago: February 1991
1 Feb 2021By 1991, the regulations governing the transport of dangerous goods around the...
Editor’s optimistic letter
28 Jan 2021Speaking to leaders in the industry, as I often do, I have been quite surprised...
Learning by Training: 2020 passed by
13 Jan 2021A moment of reflection when I look back and wonder what happened to our...
Whew! from the Porch Swing
5 Jan 2021What a year! 2020 was quite something different than the usual, wasn’t it? As...
30 Years Ago: January 1991
31 Dec 2020January 1991 had a big impact on the dangerous goods transport business. After...
Editor’s lockdown letter
30 Dec 2020It is traditional, as the year turns, for columns such as this to look ahead...
