Tank containers are safe, reliable, and are a cost effective transport medium for moving bulk liquids around the world. Tank containers are designed, tested, and approved for the safe, economical and efficient transportation of a broad range of liquid products.
Economy: Lower transportation cost per liter compared to drums, IBC’s, and flexibags (limited to non dangerous cargos) for most routes.
Drums | Parcel Tankers | Tank Containers |
| Cost Effectiveness | ||
| Costly to buy, handle, store, dispose | Transportation, terminal, Storage high costs | Cost effective fill, ship and unload |
| Efficiency in use | ||
| Rarely reused or reusable, costly disposal | Large minimum cargo size - 200 to 500 tons | Minimal handling, flexible pipeline |
| Safety | ||
| Susceptable to leakage and damage | Risks of contamination from pipelines, pumps and storage | Optimum safety, robust primary package |
| Convenience | ||
| Multiple handling and labeling, costly | Restricted destination choice, not door to door | Totally intermodal road, rail, sea, door to door |
| Storage | ||
| Large storage area requirement | Compatitble tank storage, costly | Immediate, low cost, secure storage |
Lower inventory cost: Isotanks require less inventory cost since they are directly loaded from plant with no waiting time by utilizing regular sea line services. Compared to drums: No previous storage for filling and container stuffing needed. Compared to flexibags: No previous bag fitting needed. Compared to tanker vessels: No need for shipping and receiving of big inventories, also shipments are not subject to tanker vessel availability with long waiting times.
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