NTtank and IMT promote “smart” cooperation
NTtank (Nantong Tank Container Co., Ltd), is the world’s second-largest ISO tank manufacturer present in China and professionals in building various types of ISO tank containers at an annual capacity of 10,000 units.
According to the latest ITCO tank container fleet survey, NTtank manufactured 8,500 units in 2018, an 85 per cent utilisation rate. Its main customers include lessors such as Eurotainer, Exsif Worldwide, Seaco, Trifleet, Raffles, CS Leasing, GEM, TWS, among others. Also, operators such as Stolt, Hoyer, ITT, Suttons, Newport, Den Hartogh, Bertschi, and Sinochem, among others.
IMT (Intermodal Telematics BV), was founded in 2013 and is by far the biggest supplier of telematics technology for the tank container sector. So far more than 40,000 sensors have been installed on tank containers worldwide. The Netherlands-based company offers smart sensor technology and a software platform with which operators, container manufacturers, lessors and shippers obtain the insights to improve their product quality, efficiency and safety. The company provides generic as well as tailor-made telematics hardware and software solutions. The sensors operate in explosive atmospheres and are all ATEX certified.
With 12 hardware engineers, 35 software engineers and in-house assembly line, IMT assures every customer the best top edge product with the highest quality. The company’s sensors and platform improve operating efficiencies, secure quality of the cargo and provide track history of all relevant data of each container, including: location, temperature, pressure, full-empty, heating and load- unload data. This data monitoring and retrieval lead to the transparency of transport, safety, quality and integrity control, flexibility and efficiency as well as management by exception.
NTtank established its cooperation relationship with IMT by choosing IMT’s so-called ‘Pre-Kit’ to install on all their tank containers and at no extra cost for new-builds. In addition, NTtank will become the exclusive sales agent in China (excluding tank container manufacturers) of IMT’s complete telematics solution.
The IMT Pre-Kit includes a digital thermometer (Type WT17-Ex) and a bracket for the easy installation of the Communication and Location Terminal (CLT). Installing the Pre-Kit is actually the preparation required to change tank containers into smart tanks in just five minutes, at any given moment. With the Pre-Kit installed, the temperature of the tank container can be checked in ºC and ºF with an accuracy of 0.3°C with no calibration ever needed. IMT holds a patent on this non-calibration technology.
At the same time, a customer can upgrade its tank container at any time into a ‘smart’ tank container in less than five minutes by installing the Communication and Location Terminal (CLT17-Ex) on the CLT-bracket and paying an activation fee for the WT17-Ex digital thermometer.
Dethmer Drenth, Managing Director and founder of IMT, explains that installation of the CLT is very straightforward to do, by screwing it with two bolts onto the CLT bracket which will be pre-installed by NTtank on every new tank container.
Jie Huang, General Manager of NTtank, explains why the company choose IMT as a partner to transition to smart tank containers: “To make a tank container become a ‘smart’ tank container is a trend for the future tank container industry. We are devoting ourselves to develop more advanced, safer and smarter tank containers. IMT is a world-leading smart equipment supplier. We choose IMT to be our partner and to cooperate with each other to help our customers and friends to upgrade their tank containers into smarter tanks based on both companies’ excellent products and worldwide service”.
For more information visit www.nttank.com
3rd December 2019
