A FLEXITANK OVERVIEW

Flexitanks are the result of a military project that aimed to create a more efficient solution to existing options for bulk liquid transportation. And as flexitanks have evolved with time and altered the shipping landscape, a simple comparison is enough to highlight the tremendous benefits of flexitanks.

• Cheap sea leg but expensive door to door delivery from bulk
• Survey costs
• Not available in ports without bulk facilities
• Require bulk facilities each end of leg
• Many pump transfers
• Storage costs if arrival not on time
• Numerous transfers increase risk of contamination to product

• Low weight of flexitank causes higher payloads and lower freight costs
• Available in remote areas
• Low positioning costs
• Easy load and discharge
• Foldable – significant reduction in storage cost when empty
• Always new, no risk of contamination

• Expensive equipment – high rental costs compared with flexitank
• Requires return load to be economic which is not always possible
• Not always available in remote areas
• Slow to position
• Costly to clean
• Requires a lot of space for stockpiling
• Inefficient cleaning can lead to contamination

• Higher cost of packaging compared with flexitank
• Lower payload in container, higher freight cost than flexitank
• Available in remote areas
• Requires specialized equipment for effective cleaning
• Require forklift for loading and unloading into container
• Take up a lot of storage space & high storage costs