Tank Containers
January/February 2016
BULKDISTRIBUTOR
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Multimodal
ITCO launches Corporate
specialist makes Responsibility code
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investment
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aving made an investment of almost €3 million in new
equipment during 2015, Dutch dry bulk intermodal
specialist Broekema Bulk bv is about to invest a further €1.2
million to enhance its fleet.
Specialising in the food & non-food sectors, the Nederweert(Netherlands) based company increased its fleet to 300-plus silo tank
containers and 40 road silo tankers last year. This included 35x 30ft
LAG lightweight sugar containers for the food fleet together with
new lightweight 30ft tipping chassis which are also manufactured by
LAG. There were also some additional 61cbm LAG road silo tankers
introduced as part of Broekema Bulk’s ongoing replacement policy.
Broekema’s sugar tanks with Combilift handling unit
They will now increase the fleet in 2016 with an additional 15x
30ft LAG silo tank containers for additional bulk sugar movements
plus 33ft LAG tipping chassis and two 40ft LAG tipping chassis
together with 10 new LAG 61cbm road silos.
The LAG aluminium lightweight tipping chassis are fitted with
several safety features for unloading as well as having discharge
manifolds on the side of the chassis. The lightweight sugar tank
containers have a tare weight of 2,000kg.
www.broekemabulk.nl
Big expansion
for Van den
Bosch
V
an den Bosch Transporten is expanding its container fleet
with 500 new 20ft tank containers. The first 50 units were
supplied at the back end of last year.
The new tanks will be used for the transport of liquid bulk
products between Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Since
September 2015 these activities have been co-ordinated by the new
van den Bosch office in Dubai.
In recent years the company’s container fleet has grown
considerably as a result of growing demand for intermodal
transport. In the meantime the logistics service provider has over
4,000 bulk containers for transporting of liquid and dry bulk
products.
The new tanks have a capacity of 26,000 litres, chosen for to offer
increased payloads. They also incorporate heating pipes which make
it possible to heat the product if and when required.
The new tanks are produced by Welfit Oddy in South Africa. This
production location is well-situated for Van den Bosch as the
number of transports from South Africa is increasing rapidly.
www.vandenbosch.com
TCO has today launched the first Corporate Responsibility
Code of Practice for the tank container industry as a whole.
Investigating the industry specific CR activities of its members and
using the criteria of the Global Reporting Initiative as a starting
point, an ITCO CR Workgroup defined 18 key priorities that are of
specific importance for the tank container industry to reach a
harmonious balance between economi