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intermediate bulk container

 

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  • Cheap freight on sea leg
  • Can carry hazardous cargoes
  • Can move large volumes in one go
  • Can carry wide range of products


 

  

  • High financing costs
  • Need bulk facilities each end of leg
  • Many pump transfers in and out and survey costs
  • Not available in smaller ports without bulk facilities
  • Costs & inconvenience if arrival late or early
  • Good for commodities not for specialities
  • Cheap sea leg but door to door delivery from bulk expensive
  • Numerous transfers increase risk of contamination
     

for tank containers
tank container

  • Can carry hazardous cargoes
  • Convenient to use
  • Can be heated
  • Can carry wide range of products
  • Economic if return cargo available
  • No need for costly intermediate storage
   against tank containers
  • Not always available especially in remote areas
  • Can be slow to position
  • Expensive equipment so high rental and demurrage costs
  • Need return load to be economic, not always easy or possible
  • Costly to clean
  • Inefficient cleaning can lead to contamination
  • Lots of space needed for stockpiling
  • Need nitrogen blanket for air sensitive products.
     

for ibc

ibc liners

(NUMBER EQUIVALENT TO
ONE FLEXITANK)
  • Easy to handle
  • Convenient if no bulk facilities available
  • Can be used as storage
  • Resale values but not always


  

against ibc

  • High cost of packing compared with flexitanks
  • Transportation costs in containers
  • 15% higher than flexitanks
  • High labour costs for handling, filling & loading
  • Need forklift for loading container
  • Use a lot of space when empty and full
  • High empty return costs from overseas prohibit re-use
  • Re-sale value getting less
  • Specialised equipment needed for effective cleaning
  • Can give disposal problems in some countries
     


metal and plastic drums
(NUMBER EQUIVALENT TO ONE FLEXITANK)
  • Low contamination risk with new drums
  • No bulk storage needed
  • Can be used as storage
  • Readily available
  • Can go in refrigerated boxes
  • Resale value but less and less
  • Good for small users

 

  

  • High cost of packing compared with flexitanks
  • Low payload in container so freight costs 44% higher than flexitanks
  • Expensive handling, filling, loading and unloading
  • Disposal can be costly with low or negative resale value
  • Disposal can give environmental problems
  • Take up storage space empty and full
  • Awkward to handle full and empty
  • Costly to clean and recondition