Logis retrenches

Flexitank design, manufacture and services are evolving rapidly in a very competitive market. Despite the low entry threshold, customer concerns about quality favour the established players

The process of establishing the flexitank as a viable, quality option for the deepsea transport of non-hazardous liquids continues apace, assisted by the emergence of a new generation of single-trip systems

Global bulk liquid logistics service provider Logis and Kintetsu Flexi Pak Inc (KFI), a specialist flexitank operator headquartered in Houston, Texas, have merged their global operations.

Despite difficult trading conditions in its first year of operation, tank container/flexitank operator LOGIS has made significant progress in its attempts to bring a new approach to the market

The big news in the flexitank sector in 2000 has been the emergence of a new generation of single-trip systems based on polyethylene (PE)-based materials. The new flexitanks are competitively priced, recyclable, easily handled and resistant to oxygen permeation and moisture migration. The latter property makes them attractive for the carriage of foodgrade products – not least wine in bulk, an increasingly important market for flexitanks.

LOGIS, the new ISO container and flexitank operator established earlier this year (see WorldCargo News February 2000 p31), has launched a new, patented flexitank design known as the Klean tank…