spill fighters
Allan staff, who are celebrating a number of new contracts and
successful remedial clean-ups after oil spills.
national BT Facilities Services, with an option to extend for a
further year, and another major contract is in the pipeline.
been coming in too," says the company's Alan Scrafton, "but,
understandably, we've put these on hold until the political
situation is more stable."
and based a fleet of tankers there for deliveries, cross-
contamination uplifts and emergency spill response.
Cornwall, a tanker carrying around 30,000 litres of petrol got
separated from the recovery truck that was towing it and
turned over. Around 3,500 litres of the fuel was spilled, some of
it into a nearby watercourse. Adler and Allan's south-west team
moved the remaining fuel into a tanker.
carrying 13,000 litres of fuel crashed into a ditch. Pressure on
the valves caused the oil to leak into a nearby stream. Both
Rainham and Doncaster depots were heavily involved in the
response when a truck overturned on the A14 spilling 38,000
litres of ethanol.
on standby in case a drifting tug caused an oil spill in Torbay
the same area where the MV Napoli ran aground," adds Alan.
"We're also dealing with the ongoing effects of two oil spills in
watercourses for a major utility company."
but environmental services company Adler and Allan has
released a short guide aimed at people in the waste oil
industry and those who attend spills. Since 2010, many
chemicals, especially hydrocarbons have been reclassified,
with many oils and oil wastes now deemed dangerous goods
for transport by road.
the continued carriage of these oils by tank vehicles under
existing conditions," explains Alan Scrafton of Adler and
Allan. "However, the driver is now required to hold the
appropriate ADR Vocational Training Certificate renewed
every five years."
oils classed as dangerous goods, and all carriers will
eventually have to conform. The guidance states that drivers
should carry the relevant ADR VTC licence, photo ID and
transport documents; the truck needs to be appropriately
marked and placarded, the truck, driver and crew need the
right equipment on board, but the tank doesn't need to
comply with ADR 4.3, 6.8 and 7.4.
vehicle impoundment if they do not follow dangerous goods
carriage guidelines," warns Alan. "Prosecutions for those
misleading the authorities could be even more severe."
and recommendations to maintain best fuel
storage practice for all types of fuels.