COA Publishes Updated Flexitank Code of Practice

Friday 18 December 2009: The Container Owners Association has published Version 2 of its Recommended Code of Practice for Flexitanks.

Click HERE to download Version 2 of the Flexitank Code, which will be adopted by the COA from 1 January 2010.


 COA Flexitank Meeting: 19 November 2009

Interim Report published
Presentations now available

Thursday 2 December 2009: As part of its programme to introduce a globally-recognised Flexitank Code of Practice, the Container Owners Association organised a
1-day COA Flexitank Meeting in Rotterdam on Thursday 19 November.

Interim Report (COA Members only): click HERE

Conference Agenda: Final Conference Programme, click HERE

Participants List: click HERE

Download the Presentations

COA Members can download the Presentations made at the Conference.
(To download the file, click on the Name of the Speaker)

1. Introduction to the COA and the Flexitank Code of Practice

Patrick Hicks
COA Secretariat

2. Why is a Flexitank Code of Practice needed?

Gerrit Uitbeijerse
Manager, Centre Dry Cargo
Maersk Line

Stef Capelle
Environmental Manager
ECT Rotterdam Container Terminal

Andrew Watson
Director
Braid Logistics

Yvonne de Jong
Global Buyer Logistics
Purac

3. Rail Impact Testing of the Flexitank/Container Combination

Burkhard Struebing
Lloyd's Register, Germany

Peter Hartwig
Tuev Sued Rail, Germany

4. Materials Testing

Andrew Watson
Director
Braid Logistics

5. Safety

Mike Compton
Chairman, International Safety Panel
ICHCA International

Capt Hans-Joachim Grasshoff
Special Cargo Manager
Hapag-Lloyd
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COA Flexitank Code of Practice:
Videos show why it is needed

Monday 24 August 2009 - The Container Owners Association has published its Code of Practice for the manufacture, testing and operation of flexitanks carried in shipping containers. The Code, which will be formally adopted by the COA from 1 January 2010, will permit flexitank manufacturers and operators to test their products according to criteria acceptable to container operators and to other container owners.

Two videos vividly underline the forces that occur on containerships - and why shipping lines need to ensure that the flexitanks they carry pass impact testing criteria:

Click HERE to see Video 1
Click HERE to see Video 2 (Members only)


COA Flexitank Rail Impact Testing:
Special Rates for COA Members

Monday 24 August 2009: Following the publication of the Container Owners Association’s Flexitank Code of Practice in May 2009, a number of flexitank companies are now undertaking Rail Impact Tests for Flexitank/Container Combinations.

This rail impact test is an essential part of the Code and must be witnessed by a COA-approved Classification Society.

The Rail Impact Test can be undertaken either at the TüV Süd Rail testing facility in Görlitz, Germany; or at the AAR testing facility in Pueblo, Colorado, USA.

The COA has negotiated special rates for COA Members planning to undertake rail impact testing at the Tüv Süd facility in Görlitz.

For further information about the rates for testing, members should contact Peter Hartwig at Tüv Süd, email: peter.hartwig@tuev-sued.de

Special rates are also available at the Bon-Apart Hotel in Görlitz. Further information about the hotel, the COA room rates and booking arrangements from: secretary@containerownersassociation.org  

Click HERE to download a copy of the TüV Süd Rail presentation made in December 2008

Further information from: secretary@containerownersassociation.org