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March/April 2013 Volume 9 issue 2 Horseshoe Media Ltd Marshall House 124 Middleton Road, Morden, Surrey SM4 6RW, UK www.tankstoragemag.com
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Facing cyber crime head on Software security failures can impact a terminal, personnel, the environment and the corporate image just as much as any other major incident
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news 1 Comment 2 Contents 4 Terminal news 26 Technical news 34 Incident update
features 37 New NACE standard introduces DNA-based corrosion detection 41 Transport LNG, turnaround times and Thames Oilport
Frits Eulderink, COO of Vopak, tells Tank Storage magazine what it is focusing on in 2013
44 A lot can happen in year Tank Storage Magazine looks at the key acquisitions that have taken place over the past 12 months 49 Iraq’s only privately owned storage site 51 Tank terminal update: Europe 55 European storage: geared up for growing trade
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What links Desert Storm, the Clinton-era federal budget deficit, Hurricane Katrina and the toppling of the Gaddafi regime in Libya?
March/April 2013 • TANK STORAGE