Advocating for global harmonised chemical management system in the GCC

摘要

Chemical manufacturing in the Arabian Gulf has seen a dramatic growth over the last decade,driving great economic development and stimulating the creation of further downstream industries.As downstream production continues to grow,the quantities of dangerous goods being transported by road increases.While individual efforts across the GCC are currently in place to regulate the transport of dangerous goods,adopting a common regulation that unifies all efforts will help create a true harmonised system across the GCC.Since 2009,GPCA has been successfully driving the improvement of standards through voluntary initiatives such as Responsible Care and Gulf SQAS,but to achieve the step change requiredboth inside and outside the fence,robust and consistent regulations need to be adopted across the region.Collaboration between government,industry and the regulators will be of paramount