Tanktainer stands for Tank Container – A Tanktainer is specialised container, used for the transport/storage of liquids, gases and powders as bulk cargo.
In Kenya and Africa, portable petrol station are popularly known as TANKTAINERS, which come complete with tanks of various capacities housed in a shipping container, with a dispenser pump, piping systems and electrical wiring/power connections.
Containers Kenya’s Tanktainers are ideal for company filling stations, commercial petrol stations in both urban and upcountry areas or in a fuel storage facility.
At Containers Kenya, our Tanktainer vessels are made of stainless steel surrounded by an insulation and a protective layer of usually polyurethane and aluminium. They are designed and manufactured to international safety and performance standards (ISO standards & IMO Standard) and are certified for storage and transport of both hazardous and non-hazardous products.
As of January 2018, the global fleet of tanktainers was estimated to stand at 552,000 units, with most of these tanktainers owned by operators and leasing companies.
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USES & BENEFITS OF TANKTAINERS
Reliability: Tanktainers are internationally approved and certified to ISO standards, ensuring that they meet global safety standards. They are inspected before and after each use and are tested by international safety verification companies every 2.5 years.
Efficient: Tanktainers have a carrying capacity of over 24,000 liters, which is a significant improvement over traditional bulk liquid transport of drums in standard containers which has a carrying capacity of only 15,000 litres.
Cost-Effective: Due to their intermodal design, Tanktainers can be easily transferred across rail, road and shipping and as such the cost of both shipping and handling is significantly reduced.
Sustainable: Tanktainers are built to last and have an estimated useful life of 15-20 years. This means that they can be re-used numerous times and this reduces costly environmental packaging waste such as drums and plastic containers which are not re-usable.