Re: Asphalt Vessels 2

[No007Spy]

Can someone help me and let me know what size of vessel one would need to haul accross oceans 5,000 tons of asphalt ?
Is this product solid or liquid ?

Thank you.

 

[tobbe]

Heated to 200 deg C it is a liguid. The type of vessel you will need is refered to as Bitumen tanker. The vessel cargo capacity is measured in DWT, i.e you need a ship with a capacity of 5.000 DWT or greater, or two smaller. Tarbit Shipping and Theodora Tankers BV are two ship owners in the same group specialized in these type of vessel:

http://www.theodora.nl/

http://www.tarbit.se/

A google search on Bitumen tankers could give you more info.


T.