Transport of yellow phosphorus
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The company is located in Guangdong. A precision product requires yellow phosphorus as a raw material, and they plan to purchase 1 ton of it. The minimum order quantity from the supplier is 30 tons; the main issue is the difficulty of transportation, as specialized tank trucks are required, and the cost per ton is so high that no one is willing to handle such shipments. Buying 30 tons means it won’t be used up in the short term, and storing such a large amount poses a significant risk; moreover, the regulatory requirements and management costs are also unacceptable. It is said that the cause of the major explosion at Tianjin Port in 2015 was also the rupture of containers containing highly flammable nitrocellulose, which led to the leakage of solvents; the exposure of nitrocellulose to air caused it to catch fire and explode. Yellow phosphorus has similar spontaneous combustion properties, and specialized tank trucks may be used for its transportation, with it being placed in the tanks along with water. Tank trucks are usually quite large, capable of carrying 30 tons per shipment. Are there any smaller ones that can carry around 1 ton?
I would like to ask where I can buy bulk yellow phosphorus; could you provide some contact information?
All the large yellow phosphorus plants in Yunnan should have barrel-packed yellow phosphorus for sale! We have a dedicated barrel-making workshop when we do design work! The Jianglin Group I came into contact with recently deals in yellow phosphorus in barrel form; it can be looked up online. We all work in close contact with the workshops or technical engineering departments; sales is not really part of our responsibilities.
I used it before; each barrel weighed 300 kilograms. Later, it was **specified that it could only be transported by tank trucks. Perhaps you are using a small amount, and production is still ongoing; in that case, transportation still requires vehicles designed for hazardous materials. However, many small companies these days do not comply with the laws, and since no accidents have occurred, safety regulatory authorities pay less attention to them!
Thank you. It was purchased by another department; I’m just helping to inquire. They have already bought a tank truck for the shipment from Guizhou to Guangdong – the cost of the goods is 20,000 yuan per ton, and the shipping cost is 20,000 yuan