Shipping
- Product arrives via deep tank vessel from the Far East. Vessel tanks range in sizes (generally 500-1000 wet metric tons).
- Vessels tanks are constructed of either stainless steel or mild steel lined with paraffin wax.
- Vessel voyage time to the U.S. East Coast is approximately 60 days after loading from the Far East.
- Flexitanks
- ISO containers
- Product is shipped to customers in insulated stainless steel tank trucks, totes and 55 gallon open head drums with bung and vent
- Breakbulk continues to be the preferred mode
- However, container service is on the rise providing point-to-point service as well as just-in-time distribution through regional warehouses
