The outsourced ISO tank desk for teams without one.
Send us the enquiry. We route it to the right operator for the lane and cargo, and answer as one all-in rate.
Twenty years in tank containers. Every rate is reviewed by a person before it leaves the desk.
From your forwarded email
“fwd: need a tank ex nhava sheva to antwerp, solvent, 3x, mid-march — what's the rate?”
- Origin
- Nhava Sheva (INNSA)
- Destination
- Antwerp (BEANR)
- Cargo
- Solvent (non-DG)
- Tank type
- 20ft / 24kl
- Quantity
- 3 tanks
- Target loading
- 12 Mar 2026
Missing details
We can start without these. The more we have, the better the rate.
A tank enquiry lands, and you do not know who to ask.
Rate platforms are built around dry containers and air lanes. Tank type, cleaning, previous cargo and detention live in a comment box, if at all.
Each tank container operator is strong on particular regions, ports and cargo, and each prices the same lane very differently.
Sent to operators who do not run that lane, the enquiry returns slowly and high — with no market reference to push against.
No tank type, no previous cargo, no cleaning or free-time detail — so operators either ignore it or price defensively.
One screen. Two comparable offers on your exact cargo.
Numbers aligned, exclusions named, validity dated. Anything an operator did not price is labelled, not hidden.
Nhava Sheva (INNSA) → Antwerp (BEANR)
Solvent, non-DG · 20ft / 24kl · 3 tanks
| Line item | Option A | Option B |
|---|---|---|
| All-in rate | USD 2,450 | USD 2,180 |
| Valid to | 19 Mar 2026 | 19 Mar 2026 |
| Transit time | 24 days | 27 days |
| Equipment availability | Confirmed | Subject to confirmation |
| Free time | 10 days | 7 days |
| Detention | USD 25 / day | USD 30 / day |
| Cleaning | Included, one | Not quoted |
| Heating | Not required | Not quoted |
Reviewer note · Option B is USD 270 lower. Cleaning is not quoted and equipment is subject to confirmation; Option A is firm on both. Reviewed by the desk before release.
Routed by lane and cargo
Your enquiry reaches only operators known to be strong on that lane and that cargo, approved by the desk. Never blasted to everyone.
Motion you can see
Sample statusesReceived
enquiry logged, specification read back
In review
tank suitability checked by the desk
With operators
4 operators approached · 12 Mar 2026 14:00 SGT
Offers ready
2 all-in offers, valid to 19 Mar 2026
You see how many operators were approached and when we chase — never their names.
Tank containers are the whole product here.
The details that decide a tank rate are first-class fields on every enquiry, not notes in a comment box.
First-class on every enquiry
- Previous cargo
- Cleaning standard
- Heating
- Food-grade suitability
- Free time
- Detention and demurrage
- Equipment availability
- Validity
On a dry-freight platform, all of this collapses into one open comment box — which is exactly why tank enquiries come back defensive or not at all.
From a forwarded email to a decision you can stand behind.
The first all-in offer follows within one working day. The wait you can see is the operators' — never a silent one.
- 01
Send an enquiry
Origin, destination, cargo, volume, loading date, email. No signup, no pricing wall.
- 02
Read the specification back
The desk returns your enquiry number, the specification as it understood it, and the missing details.
- 03
Review by the desk
Tank suitability is checked and the operators approved for that lane and cargo are selected. Nothing reaches an operator first.
- 04
With operators
The RFQ goes out complete. Status shows how many operators were approached, when, and when we chase.
- 05
Offers ready
Replies are normalised into one comparable picture: all-in rates, each with its validity date.
- 06
Accept one offer
You accept an all-in rate. The desk records the win and confirms the booking with the operator.
TANKVIA quotes as principal at an all-in rate. The operator is named on your booking confirmation.
For teams who meet tank enquiries occasionally, not daily.
without a tank desk
You handle dry and air with confidence, but tank enquiries are rare enough that no one on the team owns them. Hand them over and quote your client with a straight face.
moving occasional tank loads
A few tank movements a quarter does not justify operator relationships or a dedicated hire. Get a real market rate without building the desk yourself.
Run by twenty years in tank containers, not by a rate platform.
Two decades of routing tank containers sit behind every enquiry. The desk exists because a tank rate deserves someone who knows which operator actually runs the lane — and who reads every reply before it reaches you.
One quotation desk. One all-in number. A name on the booking.
What the desk never does
- Blast your enquiry to every operator at once.
- Show a rate no operator has actually committed to.
- Bury an exclusion to make an offer look cheaper.
- Leave you guessing where an enquiry stands.
Forward us the enquiry you don't know who to ask.
Send the lane and the cargo. We'll read it back, route it, and return one all-in rate you can put in front of your client.