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Tank Container 20′
- Chemical Products, e.g.:
- Flammables
- Oxidising agents
- Toxic substances
- Corrosives
- Foodstuffs, e.g.:
- Alcohols
- Fruit juices
- Edible oils
- Food additives
- Tanks must be filled to not less than 80 % of their capacity to avoid dangerous surge/swell during transport.
- Tanks must not be filled to 100 % of their capacity. Sufficient ullage space shall be left – which must be determined depending on the thermal expansion of the product to be carried.
- Certain dangerous products must be carried in tanks having no openings below the surface level of the liquid. Such tanks must be discharged through a syphon pipe by either pressure or pumping.
- National road/rail weight limitations have to be maintained when arranging land transports.
- For the cleaning of tanks and disposal of residues tariff rules apply. Tanks moving in a dedicated service are exempted from such rules until the dedication is terminated.
