Dry Cargo Hatch Sealing Tape

Dry Cargo is self-adhesive and provides excellent strength and flexibility for all-weather operations.

PTR Holland is national agent and distrubitor of  Dry Cargo tape for the Netherlands.

According to rules and regulations, metal hatch covers on cargo vessels are expected to be water-tight without the aid of further appliances. In practice hatch joints can leak for a number of reasons with resulting cargo damage.

As a safeguard and as an exercise in good housekeeping, many shipowners around the world carry hatch sealing tape on their ships.

Dry Cargo is an internationally recognised and accepted heavy-duty, all-wheather hatch sealing tape with proven results since its introduction in the early 1970s. It consists of 20 metre rolls of bitumen compound coated onto polythene film and interleaved with release paper.
Dry Cargo hatch sealing tape product

Product data

Extreme weather conditions can cause leakage of your hatch covers, which will lead to the damage of cargo being transported.The Hatch Cover Tape keeps moisture out, and ensures a weather and fume tight hatch seal. Hatch Cover Tape is design by specialists with 20 years of tape experience, to seal out the elements on hatch cover rims. Hatch Cover Tape tape has an extraordinary strength, adhesion and is extremely flexible. It can be easily recognized by it’s blue top layer of modified PE material. A material which gives the highest protection under extreme conditions.

All Hatch Cover Tape is tested under practical environment and extreme standards. Hatch Cover Tape can be installed between -45 and 40 °C, and can withstand -15 to 70 °C. Rolls are 20 meter of self-adhesive SBS bitumen rubber compound, coated to a modified blue PE liner and with a release PE Liner. Shelf life is 24 months when properly stored.