TransContainer said it had shipped successfully bulk non-hazardous cargoes in flexitanks. The cargo (lingvosulfanat, waste production in the pulp and paper industry) was shipped in the specialized containers from the Nizovka station of North Railroad to the destination station - Chernikovka of Kuibyshev Railroad. Transportation became possible after a series of successful tests of flexitanks the company conducted in late 2009, early 2010, the press service of TransContainer said.
Flexitank is a flexible polymer container of capacity of up to 24.000 liters, intended for the carriage of liquid cargo in the 20-foot containers. The flexitank requires no additional equipment or special skills. Flexitank is loaded into a standard 20-foot container in 30 minutes. Flexitanks weight with fasteners is just 140 kg, 0.7% of the cargo load weight.
TransContainer, a subsidiary of RZD (Russian Railways), was registered on March 4, 2006 on the basis of a RZD’s branch - Center for Containerized Cargo Shipment, TransContainer. TransContainer Company is a leading rail container operator in Russia, providing a broad range of services for container shipments and logistics services. As of now the company operates the largest in Russia, CIS and Baltic cars fleet: over 24.000 flatcars, some 60.000 containers of various sizes, as well as more than 840 units of trucks, tractor-trailers.
Flexitank is a flexible polymer container of capacity of up to 24.000 liters, intended for the carriage of liquid cargo in the 20-foot containers. The flexitank requires no additional equipment or special skills. Flexitank is loaded into a standard 20-foot container in 30 minutes. Flexitanks weight with fasteners is just 140 kg, 0.7% of the cargo load weight.
TransContainer, a subsidiary of RZD (Russian Railways), was registered on March 4, 2006 on the basis of a RZD’s branch - Center for Containerized Cargo Shipment, TransContainer. TransContainer Company is a leading rail container operator in Russia, providing a broad range of services for container shipments and logistics services. As of now the company operates the largest in Russia, CIS and Baltic cars fleet: over 24.000 flatcars, some 60.000 containers of various sizes, as well as more than 840 units of trucks, tractor-trailers.