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5. LPG transport accidents
Despite all the safety precautions in place for LPG transport, accidents can still happen.
When it comes to transporting LPG, since it is used in particular for heating homes, demand for LPG is at its highest during the winter period. Indeed, in this period of economic crisis, customers tend to wait until the last moment to have their supplies delivered, and the number of partial deliveries (i.e. without "filling up", corresponding to 85% of the tank's capacity to leave a sufficient gas phase to cope with temperature changes) is growing, which increases the number of deliveries to be made.
The vast majority of LPG tanker customers are located in rural areas. Indeed, LPG is particularly well represented in areas not served by the natural gas network. To make deliveries to end-customers, the driver often has to use departmental and communal...
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Bibliography
Websites
AFNOR (standards) http://www.afnor.org/
Bison futé (traffic restrictions) http://www.bison-fute.gouv.fr/
CFBP http://www.cfbp.fr
Légifrance...
Events
Annual congress of the European LPG Association (AEGPL), usually in May http://www.aegpl.eu/
Standards and norms
- Gaseous fuels – Characteristics of commercial butane - NF M 40-001 -
- Gaseous fuels – Characteristics of commercial propane - NF M 40-002 -
- Automotive fuels – LPG – Requirements and test methods - NF EN 589 -
Regulations
Arrêté du 29 mai 2009 modifié, relatif aux transports de marchandises dangereuses par voies terrestres, dit " arrêté TMD " (consolidated version as of 1 January 2014)
ADR, European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (2013 edition)
RID, Regulations concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by...
Directory
LPG suppliers (non-exhaustive list)
ANTARGAZ http://www.antargaz.fr/
BUTAGAZ http://www.butagaz.fr/index.aspx
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