ISO RELEASES GLOBAL STANDARD FOR OPERATING NATURAL GAS POWERED LORRIES
February 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLGLOBAL guidelines on how haulage firms can best check the safety and good repair of gas cylinders increasingly used to power lorries are now available from the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO). The Geneva-based body is selling a standard - ISO 19078:2006, 'gas cylinders - Inspection of the cylinder installation, and requalification of high pressure cylinders for the on-board storage of natural gas as a fuel for automotive vehicles'. It provides information and procedures for regular visual examinations of cylinders and their ...
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