Deal Snapshot
Customers Receive Maximum ROI Through Nantong Tank Container Co., Ltd and ChemLINE® 784
Nantong Tank Container Co. (NTtank), one of the world's major ISO tank manufacturers, has specified ChemLINE® 784/32 in over 1,000 tank containers since 2009, and brought application in-house in 2021 to deliver customers savings of $10,000 to $70,000 per unit.
Overview
A major manufacturer needed a lining that paired protection with payload.
Nantong Tank Container Co., Ltd (NTtank) is one of the world's major tank container manufacturers, with annual capacity over 12,000 units across standard and specialized tanks. NTtank built its reputation on providing customers tanks and services of the highest quality and reliability, consistent with sound commercial practices and economic consideration.
True to that standard, NTtank has offered its customers ISO tanks lined with ChemLINE® since early 2009, a relationship that has since grown into more than 1,000 tank containers specified with the ChemLINE® 784/32 system.
Taking Application In-House
From outsourced lining to a turnkey, in-house operation.
In 2021, Advanced Polymer Coatings approached NTtank about lining their ISO tanks with ChemLINE® themselves rather than outsourcing the work. The idea was met with unanimous agreement, allowing NTtank to pass savings along to customers through turnkey ChemLINE®-applied tanks and strengthen its competitive position in the marketplace.
Coming off a series of successful projects, the initiative now delivers NTtank's customers a seamless, start-to-finish operation spanning convenience, protection, cost, and time savings.
- Coating system ChemLINE® 784
- Application In-house at NTtank, since 2021
- Manufacturer NTtank, Nantong, Jiangsu, China (est. 2007)
- Annual capacity 12,000+ tank units
A History of Success
Real savings, repeat business, and a stronger competitive position.
By bringing ChemLINE® application in-house, NTtank eliminated the cost and delay of lining tanks elsewhere and shipping them back to China. The result is a lining solution that pairs strong corrosion resistance with meaningful weight savings, letting customers carry more cargo per shipment while protecting against aggressive chemicals.
- 1,000+ tank containers specified with ChemLINE® 784
- In-house application eliminates shipping tanks back to China
- Customers average at least $10,000 per unit in savings
- Up to $60,000–$70,000 saved per unit vs. PTFE/PFA linings
The Outcome
A partnership reshaping how ISO tanks are bought and leased.
The NTtank and ChemLINE® partnership has changed the economics of ISO tank ownership for both ends of the market, end users get profitable, pure cargo capacity, while leasing companies gain maximum cost savings on the highest-quality tanks and lining systems available.
ChemLINE® from Advanced Polymer Coatings is a great lining suitable for many different corrosive cargoes. It not only meets the requirements of anti-corrosion for the tank vessels, but it can also save the tank tare weight to benefit our customers to allow carriage of more cargoes. It is a very safe and cost-saving lining.