May/June 2016
Tank Containers
SA JV for Van Den Bosch
V
an den Bosch has concluded a joint venture with South African company Aspen
International under which two new sites have been opened, in Cape Town and Dubai.
The new company - Aspen International – will offer transport solutions to and from South Africa. The
main focus is on shipping liquid bulk products (food grade and chemicals) in tank containers in cooperation with Van den Bosch DMCC in Dubai. Moreover, the business includes shipping in flexitanks,
palletised dry goods in 6m and 12m general purpose containers, as well as perishable goods in reefer
tanks and containers.
Aspen International has built up a good reputation in the reefer market in South Africa, providing an
outsourced logistics and freight forwarding. “It’s a deliberate choice to keep using the name Aspen
International,” said of Van den Bosch director Peter van den Bosch. “With the new hubs in Cape Town
and Dubai, we want to build on the solid base which owner Gary van Niekerk and his partners have built
over the past 18 years.”
For Aspen International, the joint venture offers the opportunity to expand its services into tank
container transport. “The co-operation will mean a one stop shop with access to a wide range of
transport solutions, all under one roof for our clients,” added van Niekerk.
www.vandenbosch.com
www.aspen.co.za.
Austrian Army
selects WEW
refuelling
system
E
xtensive testing and evaluation of the market for fuel
dispensing systems by the Austrian Bundesheer has
resulted in WEW’s Fuel Dispensing Rack (FDR) being selected
to meet its requirement for the army’s mobile refuelling units.
WEW will provide 20 units over the next 12 months in two batches
following the award of this multi-million euro contract, which was
subject to a tough competitive tendering process. The Austrian
Bundesheer will be using the units, also called Containertankanlage
10m³ (CTA 10m³), to transport, store and dispense both diesel and
kerosene.
As part of the contract WEW designed not only the tank, fitted
inside an ISO frame, but also the fuel pumping system, which gives
the Austrian’s a complete ‘drop & go’ solution.
“The contract is a confirmation of our engineering skills and ability
to provide our customers with a solution which matches their needs
for a deployable refuelling system,” said Dr Ulrich Bernhardt, chief
executive of WEW GmbH
He added: “The evaluation carried out by the Austrian Bundesheer
was very extensive so it is extremely pleasing that our systems came
through the process so well and that we have won the contract
based on the merit of our solution.”
During of the evaluation the Austrian authorities assessed how the
units would fit into the country’s equipment inventory and the
effectiveness of the hookarm loading system.
The 10,000 litre, 20 ft long units are fitted with an integral
pumping system, which enables them to dispense fuel within
minutes of arrival. The FDRs are designed to be intermodal and are
able to be deployed using the DROPS (Demountable Rack Offload
and Pickup System) or EPLS (enhanced pallet load system), which
makes them highly flexible, they can also be transported by road, rail
or if required by sea as they are fitted with all the standard ISO
locking features.
WEW has supplied FDRs to a number of NATO countries most
notably the German Bundeswehr, which has been a lead customer
for many of the company’s solutions, and the UK’s armed forces
which bought units for deployment to Afghanistan. Earlier this year,
WEW provided the Lower Austria Fire Services with a joint aviation
fuel and land vehicle fuelling system.
The Bundesheer also uses WEW water dispensing racks, which it
bought from the German Bundeswehr which at the time had surplus
stock.
www.wew.de
The Austrian Bundesheer will take 20 WEW Fuel Dispensing Rack over the next 12 months
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