LYNGBY, Denmark — In just eight years, worldwide coating manufacturer Hempel has painted 20,000 mining containers for Intermodal Solutions Group (ISG). The milestone 20,000th coating was completed in January 2020. ISG is a global supplier of container rotation systems and container solutions for the mining, grain and ship-loading industries. During the eight-year partnership with Hempel more than 1.5 million liters of paint has been used to protect the containers against the abrasive and corrosive materials they carry as well as the external environment.
ISG’s patented maritime and mining containers are have a patented tippler operating system that rotates and tips the container to empty out the material being carried. This means they generally only need to be loaded and unloaded once to transport copper/nickel concentrate, iron ore, minerals and other commodities from source to ship. Previously, material was loaded and unloaded several times during transit to the final destination.