Tired of flying drums to your remote site?  SEI Industries has a new idea:  The Bulk Aviation Transport Tank (BATT). This is the world’s first collapsible, double walled, aviation specific, baffled transportation fabric tank that enables users to safely transport bulk fuel to remote sites via aircraft. It can be sized to any aircraft and is ideal to transport fuel to remote camps for exploration or construction activities.The BATT will save remote site operators money, improve safety and is more environmentally friendly than traditional drum methods of aviation fuel transport, SEI says.

Some of the benefits include:

• BATT is designed specifically to fit inside each airframe and is lightweight, maximising the carrying capacity of the air frame
• BATT can be rolled up when empty allowing the aircraft to carry cargo, core samples or personnel on the return trip. The BATT makes flying back empty drums a thing of the past
• BATT eliminates continued handling of the drums which can result in damage and spills inside the aircraft
• BATT allows remote site operators to eliminate empty drums which are often abandoned because of the high cost associated with removing them. Fewer drums also mean fewer spills due to continued handling; this will help reduce the environmental foot print of fuel storage.

In Canada, only fuel drums are currently allowed to transport fuel without special permits. SEI is in the process of receiving a TDG Equivalency Certificate from Transport Canada allowing the BATT to be used without special permits for transporting dangerous goods (fuels).

SEI’s Arctic King collapsible fuel bladder tanks are ideal for transferring fuel from the BATT to static fuel storage tanks on the ground. Arctic King Tanks fold up for easy transport to remote sites. The Arctic King is the only bladder tank that meets Environment Canada’s Regulations’ and the Technical Requirements for Collapsible Fabric Storage Tanks (Bladders) published in 2009.