SERVICES

Gruber offers all services related to the transport of liquid chemicals in tank containers from a single source. This includes the provision of equipment (including rental), high-quality tank cleaning, competent workshop service for tank containers and a container depot. The appropriate equipment ensures reliable services for the chemical industry. Specific requirements of the different product categories must be met with the corresponding equipment in perfect condition at all times.

RENTING EQUIPMENT – FOR MORE FLEXIBILITY

To provide our customers with additional flexibility at the loading points through additional tank space, we also rent out our tank containers and other equipment according to your needs – also on a medium and long-term basis. Our tank containers and other equipment are available at short notice and can absorb bottlenecks in your production or unloading at manageable additional costs. We operate around 750 own tank containers and a total of 2,250 tank containers in our partner network.

Rental of the following equipment:

  • Tank-container (Single compartment tanks from 17.500 liter up to 35.000 liter, also 2, 3 and 4 multi-compartment tanks)
  • Road tankers (3 and 4 compartments)
  • Chassis (in different variations, also tipper chassis and flat bed trailers)
  • Bunds according to Water Resources Act (WHG) and Ordinance on Installations for the Handling of Substances Hazardous to Water (AwSV)
  • IBCs
  • Pumps
  • Loading / discharge hose equipment

TANK CLEANING – A NEAT AFFAIR

We carry out high-quality and environmentally friendly internal tank cleaning of containers, road tankers and swap bodies in our state-of-the-art cleaning facilities. Gruber is a member of EFTCO and DVTI and thus authorised to provide the ECD – also electronically.

Our tank cleaning facility:

  • Open 24 hours (Mon 05:00 – Sat 6:00 / fortnightly Sat until 12)
  • 5 cleaning lanes with 12 high-pressure heads for chemical products and hazardous substances of all classes, one special cleaning lane for adhesive products
  • Chemical/physical treatment plant for reconditioning the rinse water used
  • Special drying to avoid condensation
  • Tank inertisation (N2)
  • Exterior washing system
  • Electronic database with cleaning and safety instructions for more than 26000 different products
  • Operating permit according to the Federal Immission Control Act (BImSchG)
  • SQAS assessed
  • Kosher certification for tank cleaning by Rabbi
  • Steam, hot water and electric heating
  • Capabilities for heating with steam (7 bar), electrical (32 Amp) or with hot water
  • 27 heating stations, 2 cooling stations
  • Proper and professional disposal of product residues

WORKSHOP – RELIABLY COMPETENT

In the company’s own tank container workshop, Gruber not only looks after its own fleet of containers, but also offers other tank container operators a competent maintenance and repair service.

Our workshop service

  • Inspection, maintenance and repair work of tank containers
  • Periodic testing of tank containers in cooperation with international classification societies
  • Tightness tests
  • Pressure & vacuum testing
  • Container service with comprehensive range of spare parts available

In addition, Gruber operates its own truck / vehicle workshop for its own fleet.

DEPOT

In our container depot we offer storage space for 500 tank containers.