- Home
- 1. Introduction and Purpose
- 2. Production Information and Product Characteristics
- 3. Health Aspects
- 4. Environmental Aspects
- 5. Design and construction of transport and storage equipment
- 6. Transport, Loading and Storage Operations
- 6.1. Training
- 6.2. Operating Instructions and Regulations
- 6.3. Inspections
- 6.4. Loading Operations for Rail and Road Transport
- 6.5. Unloading Operations for Rail and Road Transport
- 6.6. Vapour Control
- 6.7. Previous Cargoes and Cleanliness
- 6.8. Blanketing
- 6.9 Road Specific Operations
- 6.10 Intermodal Transport
- 6.11 Ferries Selection
- 6.12 Rail Specific Operations
- 6.13 Operations Common to Barges and Dea
- 6.14 Barge Specific Operations
- 6.15 Sea Specific Operations
- 6.16 Tank Storage Operation
- 6.17 Customer Collection
- 7. Emergency procedures
- 8. Personal protection, first aid and medical treatment
- 9. Styrene: REACH Consortium
- Appendices
- Bibliography
6. Transport, Storage and Handling Operations
6.12. RAIL Specific Operations
6.12.1. Transport responsibilities
The appropriate railway authorities are responsible for the safe transport of styrene by rail from the dispatch siding to the final reception siding. The selection of route, intermediate stopping locations and cessation of traffic due to severe weather conditions are matters to be decided by the railway authorities or the railway company owner of the rail network.6.12.2. Rail Operators
Rail operators should preferably have a Quality system like ISO 9000 in place and participate in SQAS-Rail. (See Appendix 1).
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