Bitumen New Steel Drum
Drummed Bitumen
Drummed Bitumen has been the most common type of packaging. Qualities of the drums have been improving during these years. Customarily, bitumen has been packaged and exported in a new steel drum. Drum bitumen capacity ranges from 150 Kg to 200 Kg. The most commonly used drum packaging capacity by nearly all bitumen consumers in the globe is 180 Kg. 180 Kg drums are used more widely by bitumen consumers as they are the most beneficial to them. Bitumen importers can save on costs by using 180 Kg drums. The areas of savings are associated but not limited to, drum production cost, handling, and shipping related expenses.
Standard size bitumen containers
20 feet or 40 feet Container for Bitumen Drums
20 feet containers are the standard size when it comes to transporting Drum bitumen. They are the most economical container size available in the market today. When it comes to carrying bitumen in 40 feet containers the cost is nearly double that of 20 feet containers. However; the capacity of 40 feet containers is 135 drums, which are only 25 drums more for the bigger sized container. This is not economical in almost every instance, as the Terminal Handling Charge THC of a 40 feet container alone is also higher. More containers equal more work, higher shipping rates and more port charges both the loading port and the discharge port. Drum bitumen clients are advised to use the standard 180 Kg drums to ensure savings on shipping expenses.
Standard Bitumen Drum Specification
New Cold Rolled Steel
Specification | 180 kg Bitumen Drum | 150 KG bitumen Drum | 200 KG bitumen Drum |
Height (mm) | 980 | 860 | 980 |
Diameter (mm) | 500 | 500 | 500 |
Body Thickness (mm) | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
Top/Base Thickness (mm) | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
Net Weight (kg) +/-2.5 | 182 | 150 | 210 |
Gross Weight (kg) +/-2.5 | 192 | 158 | 220 |
Empty Drum Weight (kg) +/-1 | 9.5 | 8.5 | 10 |
Bitumen Penetration Grade
New Steel Drum 180 Kg/ Cost-effective
The quality of packing is an important factor in the export of bitumen (Asphalt, Tar). Datis Export Group tries to supply new steel drums without pores. We have direct contracts for drum factories with the raw material as the best quality and uses steel sheets of a reputed steel company in order to make steel drums
Steel Drum Specification -for 180 Kg
No | Description | VALUE |
1 | PLATE THICKNESS (BODY) | 0.6 ± 0.02 MM |
2 | PLATE THICKNESS (TOP & BOTTOM) | 0.6 ± 0.02 MM |
3 | HEIGHT | 100 ± 2 CM |
4 | DIAMETER | 50 ± 2 CM |
5 | LID HOLE POSITION | CENTER |
6 | LID HOLE DIAMETER | 10 ± 1 CM |
7 | BODY CORRUGATIONS | 16 |
8 | NET FILLING CAPACITY | 182 ± 3 KG |
9 | GROSS WEIGHT | 192 ± 3 KG |
10 | DRUM TARE WEIGHT | 9.5 ± 1 KG (INCLUSIVE OF LID CAP) |
11 | COLOR | GLOSSY BLACK |
12 | WORKMANSHIP | DRUMS SUPPLIED WILL BE OF GOOD WORKMANSHIP AND ARE SUFFICIENTLY LEAK-PROOF WHEN FILLED WITH HOT BITUMEN |
13 | MATERIAL | DIN 1623 ST12 NEW COLD ROLLED A GRADE STEEL |
14 | QUALITY STANDARD | ISIRI |
Jey Oil Refining Co.
Jey Oil
Jay Oil Refining Co. Owns one of the largest bitumen production units in the middle east, which is producing various types of high-quality bitumen in the world. 70% of Jey Oil Refining products are exporting globally.
Key Oil bitumen is known to different Asian and African countries as monthly shipments. The refinery has four separate bitumen production units which are producing blown bitumen by two units, bitumen emulsion & cutback bitumen.
Production of all types of bitumen in accordance with international standards
- Penetration Grade (ASTM)
- Viscosity Grade (VG)
- Performance Grade (PG)
- Customized bitumen
Bitumen Packing Comparison
Bitumen Packing: Bulk, Steel Drum, and Poly Bag
You can see the comparison table for THREE types of Bitumen packing:
| BULK SHIPMENTS | Steel Drums | Poly Bags |
Shipping Method | Special Bitumen Vessels – Heated Cargo | Standard Shipping Containers 18MT-20MT per Container | Standard Shipping Container 20mt per container |
Shipping | Limited availability, cyclical supply | Excellent | Excellent |
Shipping Cost | Expensive, freights vary with demand, difficult to budget for long term projects. | Affordable | Affordable |
Storage | Extremely capital intensive in bulk terminals, high operating costs, major overheads | Standard Warehouses or directly on site | Standard Warehouses or directly on site |
Handling | Bulk road tankers to deliver directly on site. | Forklifts, 5-6 drums/mt. | 3.5ton Fork lifts can handle 2 x 1mt bags at a time. All bags double slinged and self-stabilizing. Can go straight from container to Melter in one move. Highly efficient handling. |
Ground Transport | Expensive Bitumen Tankers – cargo continuously heated. | Standard trailers, can visit remote locations in smaller flat beds as well. | Standard trailers, can visit remote locations in smaller flat beds as well. |
Wastage | Certain revolving %age will always remain in the vessel, terminal tank and road tanker. A direct loss. | 3-5% is always left in the drum and is wasted. | Inner lining is completely consumable. 100% of transported cargo is consumed. |
Decanting / Melting | Product is always in liquid state, easy and immediate decanting. | Each drum has to be cut open (often manually). This is an arduous and inefficient task. Messy and often product is left behind in the drum. | Simple. Outer bag is cut away and the inner lining and cargo is melted in one go. |
Environmental Impact | Large carbon footprint for entire supply chain as energy is used to keep the cargo heated throughout. | Very Poor as a steel drum has to be produced for just 160 – 180kg of bitumen. A 1000mt project results in 5000+ empty drums to be disposed of. The used drums will have bitumen residue that will inevitably pollute the ground and storage/scrap | Inner lining is 100% consumable and outer lining is 100% recyclable. |
Other Points | Expensive, large carbon footprint and huge capital needs to be invested into a distribution chain that should be obsolete by now. | Old drums could cross contaminate the bitumen. | Triple layered technology and an outer woven polypropylene bag ensures chance of leakage is negated. |
FOB Prices for Bitumen 60/70 Grade- Jey oil Embossed/ per MT
Bitumen-Bulk
$165
Bitumen Penetration Grade 60/70
Status: High-Quality
Standard: ASTM D5
Packing: BULK
Delivery: FOB-BND Port
Payment Terms: TT
Bitumen-Steel Drum
$247
Bitumen Penetration Grade 60/70
Status: High-Quality
Standard: ASTM D5
Packing: New Steel Drum
Delivery: FOB-BND Port
Payment Terms: TT
We hope you find brief information about the Bitumen New Steel Drums. In this article.
Datis Export Group supplies all types of bitumens such as Penetration Grade, Viscosity Grade, Performance Grade, and Oxidized bitumen.
We supply Bitumen as the FOB price in the port of loading (BND port) and manage to export to any destination port as the CIF Incoterms with Container ship or Bulk Vessel.
Order Procedures
CIF offer
Letter of Intent-LOI in the first level
For CIF offer, our sales team should determine all details such as the product cost, transit to the port of loading, loading of the vessel (or stuffing), customs duties, etc.
We require to obtain accurate information on the inquiry as Letter of Intent-LOI at the first level. Please mail us LOI to our Sales Team.