Oiltanking Ghent safeguards Management of Change

Oiltanking Ghent is a tank storage facility for petroleum products in the ports of Ghent, with one million cubic meters of storage capacity it serves all the major oil companies and traders. Annually some 2000 ships dock to load and unload and around ninety modifications are performed. This is mainly piping, e.g. changing connections or installing valves.

Aircraft Fuel Supply (AFS) is responsible for coordinating the supply of JET A-1 jet fuel, and its storage and distribution at Schiphol Airport. It is a joint venture of five oil companies, an airline company and a bank. The company considers safety a high priority and scored high marks (a 4+ out of 5) during independently conducted HRO (High Reliability Organizations) audits. AFS passed the audits successfully during the final inspection by the Province of North Holland.

Since April 2011 AkzoNobel employees in the methane chloride plant at its site in Frankfurt are working with an electronic shiftbook, ShiftCliq, part of Unite, iBanx HSE. The reason for the change was the desire to work more efficiently, among others by means of a more structured changing of the shift, the possibility to create and retrieve more reports and a link between the shiftbook and SAP. 

As of January 2011, all SABIC facilities in Bergen op Zoom and Raamsdonksveer have introduced the PermitCliq electronic permit to work system from iBanx. Part of an ongoing program to improve safety performance, this move was prompted by a successful pilot project at the LEXAN finishing plant.