There are many transportation methods of asphalt, including barrel transportation, flexible packaging transportation, canned transportation, etc.
Barrel transportation is a common transportation mode, which is to load asphalt into large barrels. Barrels are common oil barrels. Each barrel can contain about 160kg asphalt. This transportation mode is simple and convenient, but it needs to fill barrels and drag barrels.
Flexible packaging asphalt is a way of short-distance transportation. The asphalt is packed in plastic film bags and sealed with kraft paper. This mode of transportation is also relatively simple, which can be met by general transportation vehicles. However, due to the flexible packaging, the bag may be easily broken.
At present, asphalt tank transportation is also more used. Bulk asphalt is loaded into asphalt tank to make the asphalt in liquid state. When the road is far away, the temperature of asphalt will decrease and the viscosity of asphalt will decrease. It needs to be heated after reaching the destination. This transportation mode is fast and convenient for asphalt loading and unloading, but special transportation equipment is required.