Asphalt tanker
Asphalt tanker ( English also asphalt Carrier ) or in particular in the German language bitumen tanker called sea and inland ships are specialized tanker , for transporting the liquid bitumen , pitch and related loading goods to be used.
history
During the industrial revolution , the consumption and industrial production of asphalt grew strongly, especially due to the increasing road construction, so that one began to deal with the transport of the asphalt component bitumen in bulk, initially using existing ships for the bitumen transport. However, new asphalt tankers were built early on, most of which transport from manufacturing countries such as Great Britain to the European continent. Asphalt tankers are usually not externally recognizable as such. Due to their high level of structural specialization, such as the heating devices for the cargo to be kept at a temperature of 120 to 150 degrees Celsius and the strong insulation of the tanks, the transport of other goods with these special ships is uneconomical.
Sample ships
The asphalt tanker Vibit was built in 1963 at the Swedish Götaverken shipyard in Gothenburg , served as Taibit from 1985 , as Rio Vista from 1989 and finally as Vista from 1992 . It was canceled on September 5, 1992 in Gadani Beach , Pakistan .
The tanker Ursula Valentin of the Duisburg shipping company Jaegers is mainly used to transport the pitch that is required for aluminum production. The load is kept at a temperature of 220 ° C. All pumping and heating devices are available twice .
The asphalt tanker TMS Eiltank 3 ( ex Bitumina 3 ) is a barge owned by the Jaegers shipping company. Built in 1963 in Erlenbach am Main. The product (bitumen) is kept at a temperature of 170 - 180 ° C while driving.
See also
literature
- Rolf Schönknecht, Uwe Laue: Ocean Freighters of World Shipping , Volume 2. Berlin, transpress Verlag, 1988. - ISBN 978-3-344-00282-4
- Alfred Dudszus, Alfred Köpcke: The big book of ship types . Weltbild Verlag, Augsburg 1995, ISBN 3-89350-831-7 (licensed edition by transpress, Berlin)
Individual evidence
- ↑ miramarshipindex.org.nz ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. The Vibit on Miramar Ship Index viewed May 28, 2009. - June 19, 2017 Page no longer available.
