Bitumen (asphalt) is one of the most demanding bulk liquids to ship: it must be kept hot, loaded safely, and sealed against leakage inside a standard container. In this article we take a look at how a high-temperature bitumen flexitank performs during real loading at a terminal — and why more bitumen traders are moving away from drums.
Filmed at a Working Loading Terminal
The footage was captured at an automated bitumen filling station. Hot bitumen is delivered through a sealed loading head directly into the flexitank below, while flexible ducts extract fumes away from the work area. Several units are prepared in sequence, making the process fast and repeatable.
What Makes a Bitumen Flexitank Different
A standard flexitank cannot handle asphalt. A bitumen flexitank uses a specially formulated, heat-resistant inner film engineered to remain stable at high temperatures.
- High temperature resistance — designed for bitumen loaded at up to 120 °C.
- Load and go — the container can move once loading is complete, with no cooling-down waiting time.
- Multi-layer heat-resistant film — sealed and pressure-tested before it leaves the factory.
- Maximum payload — a single 20ft container replaces hundreds of drums, cutting handling and packaging cost.
Why Bitumen Traders Switch from Drums
Drums are expensive to buy, fill, handle and dispose of, and they waste a large amount of space inside a container. A flexitank turns the same container into one large, fully utilized tank:
- More product shipped per container
- Less manual handling and lower labor cost
- No drum cleaning, return or disposal
- Simpler, faster discharge at destination
Built for a Demanding Cargo
Bitumen leaves no room for shortcuts. Every high-temperature flexitank is sealed and pressure-tested before shipment, and the construction is matched to the temperature and handling conditions of hot asphalt transport. The result is practical equipment that does the job — without the drama.
Key details: 20ft high-temperature bitumen flexitank · up to 120 °C · load and go · 7–10 day lead time · FOB Qingdao. Contact our team for specifications and factory-direct pricing.