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31/12/2021

As 2021 comes to a close tonight we wish all our friends a Happy, Safe and Prosperous New Year in 2022!

25/11/2021

The importance in the methods used to store and handle incompatible materials. It is one the key initiating event leading to the formation and ignition of highly flammable Hydrogen gas that killed 4 workers.

On May 3, 2019, operators at the AB Specialty Silicones, LLC (AB Specialty) manufacturing facility in Waukegan, Illinois were performing a batch operation that involved manually adding and mixing chemicals in a tank inside the production building. During the operation, an operator pumped an incorrec...

20/11/2021

https://www.chemproconsulting.com/single-post/port-of-beirut-ammonium-nitrate-explosion

Port of Beirut Ammonium Nitrate Explosion

On 4 August 2020, a large amount of ammonium nitrate stored at the Port of Beirut in the capital city of Lebanon exploded, causing at least 218 deaths, 7,000 injuries, and US$15 billion in property damage, and leaving an estimated 300,000 people homeless. A cargo of 2,750 tonnes of the substance had been stored in a warehouse without proper safety measures for the previous six years, after having been confiscated by the Lebanese authorities from the abandoned ship MV Rhosus.

The following video provides a very good insight to the circumstances surrounding the incident. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s54_MF2XPk&feature=emb_logo

On 4 August 2020, a large amount of ammonium nitrate stored at the Port of Beirut in the capital city of Lebanon exploded, causing at least 218 deaths, 7,000 injuries, and US$15 billion in property damage, and leaving an estimated 300,000 people homeless. A cargo of 2,750 tonnes of the substance had...

15/11/2021

Xanthate is the common name for chemical reagents used in mining industry for separating valuable minerals, such as gold, copper, lead or zinc minerals, from non-valuable minerals, such as limestone or quartz. Common xanthate products are sodium ethyl xanthate (S*X), sodium isopropyl xanthate (SIPX), sodium isobutyl xanthate (SIBX) and potassium amyl xanthate (PAX).

October 2021 - a container vessel suffered a severe fire incident after damaged containers caught fire on board the vessel near Canada. While the Canadian Coast Guard said the vessel was carrying more than 52,000 kilograms of xanthates, which included potassium amylxanthate (PAX), the cause of the fire remains unknown at this point.

Download the Xanthate fact sheet to understand its properties and hazards.

https://www.chemproconsulting.com/single-post/xanthate

17/10/2018

We have a full house for our 17-19 Oct 2018 IMDG Course. Watch for our 2019 courses.
1) 27 Feb - 1st Mar
2) 15th -17th May
3) 31st - 2nd Aug
4) 16th - 18th Oct

12/01/2018

ChemPro Consulting International had just completed our Jan 2018 IMDG Code Course. We are glad to announce that we have a full house of happy participants! Great run today! Sign up early for our March intake (21st - 23rd March 2018)

27/02/2017

This happened a day after the Fire in Tuas. Like the Tuas plant, it is also a waste recycling facility. Waste recycling facilities face considerable risks due to the different spectrum, varied quantities and composition of chemicals handled.
Chempro can help identify the critical control points so that the risks can be minimized.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/chullora-fire-waste-recycling-centre-causes-black-smoke-plume/news-story/38015a59c7a31154082514bb598de57a

A thick black cloud is spreading across Sydney’s west from a massive fire raging inside a waste recycling facility in Chullora.

31/10/2016

IMDG Amendment 38-16 is now out. We have gotten hold of the new publication and Chempro Consulting International will based our upcoming course (scheduled 15 - 17 Feb 2017) on this new amendment.

The summary of the changes can be found here:http://www.imo.org/en/Publications/Documents/Attachments/IK200E_changes.pdf

Sign up and be the first to be trained in this new amendment.

12/08/2016

We are moving!!

28/07/2015

ChemPro Consulting had just completed our July 2015 IMDG Code Course. We are happy that it was fruitful for our participants. Thank you once again for investing the time to attend our course!!