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The use of flexitanks offers an economic and logistics alternative to the conventional
systems used in the transportation of bulk liquids. Being portable and highly
mobile, the flexitank converts a 20 foot dry van container into a bulk liquid
transport unit that will allow an increase volume of product delivered per transportation
dollar spent.
The main advantages of using tank containers:
- With flexitanks, the bulk liquid cargo is transported at dry box rates instead
of tankcontainer rates;
- One way transportation costs;
- The use of flexitanks offers better utilization of dry box containers. Approximately
40% more product can be shipped by using flexitanks over shipping product in drums;
- The use of flexitanks reduces or eliminates costs associated with product packaging,
filling, storage, handling and inventory control;
- The flexitank is returned /disposed of by DMA at no additional cost to the shipper.
What types of products can be shipped in a flexitanks?
Food Grade (examples):
- Wine;
- Edible oils;
- Food additives;
- Water;
- Fruit juice concentrates;
- pharmaceuticals;
- mineral oils;
- vegetable oils.
Non Food Grade (examples):
- lubricating oils;
- additives;
- transformer oils;
- plasticisers;
- synthetic resins;
- detergents;
- silicates;
- emulsions;
- salt solutions;
- glycerin;
- printing inks;
- drilling mud;
- base oils;
- glycols;
- polyols;
- alkylates;
- white oils;
- herbicides;
- fertilizers;
- coconut oil;
- natural latex;
- synthetic latex;
- rust inhibitors.
DMA responds to the technical requirements generated by the users product:
- flexitanks are sized to maximize payload while insuring container and road weight
limits are not exceeded;
- multi-use and single trip flexitanks are available;
- flexitanks can be insulated against both heat and cold;
- load integrity / containment is increased through the use of a secondary liner;
- containers are stabilized for shipment on the railroad;
- DMA technicians inspect and prepare each container for flexitank installation;
- DMA technicians fit the flexitank into container;
- DMA technicians provide loading assistance;
- DMA can contract with local trucking operators for transport of the container
from the pier to the load site.
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