Source: TransporteXXI.com   Heraldo.es y España Centro

The Eurocontainer Group has been awarded a contract to supply 1,000 specially designed containers for the transport of bitumen for the multinational company Puma Energy.

The containers are manufactured at the Group’s production facilities in Zaragoza, Spain, and transported by rail in shipments of 72 units to the ports of Algeciras and Cádiz. There, each container is loaded at the refinery with 30 cubic metres of bitumen before being shipped to various destinations across Africa.

Transport operations are coordinated by the shipping agency MDT Cádiz Ship & Cargo Agents.

These containers have been specifically engineered to withstand the loading of liquid bitumen at high temperatures. After filling, the bitumen is allowed to cool for approximately 24 hours until it solidifies, at which point it can be transported as a non-hazardous cargo, since the only hazard is its temperature while in its liquid state.

Once at its destination in Africa, the bitumen is reheated using diesel-fired burners until it returns to its liquid state and is ready for use.

This project also highlights the integration of Multitank into the Eurocontainer Group following the acquisition of the assets of the former Ebrotank. Through this addition, Eurocontainer expanded its product portfolio to include specialised tank containers for the transport of specific products, with the majority of production destined for export to the European Union, as well as Asia, South America and Africa.