Recently, a simple yet grand delivery ceremony was successfully held at the modern production base of Shandong LUYI Heavy Industry — the first batch of customized LUYI 3-axle Oil Tanker Semi-trailers completed all acceptance procedures and officially set off for Algeria, soon to be delivered to SNTF, a well-known local energy logistics company. The 3-axle Oil Tanker Semi-trailers delivered this time are core products carefully developed by LUYI Heavy Industry to meet the needs of the North African market. From R&D and design to production and manufacturing, every link is deeply aligned with Algeria’s energy transportation scenarios and road access standards, marking a solid step in LUYI Heavy Industry’s layout in the North African energy equipment market.
According to the person in charge of the International Trade Department of LUYI Heavy Industry, the cooperation with SNTF began at the Algerian International Construction Machinery Exhibition in early 2024. At that time, SNTF was looking for suitable transportation equipment to expand its regional energy distribution network, and the 3-axle Oil Tanker Semi-trailers exhibited by LUYI Heavy Industry quickly attracted SNTF’s attention with flexible configurations, reliable performance and high cost-effectiveness. In the following six months, the technical team of LUYI Heavy Industry went to Algeria three times to conduct on-the-spot investigations on local road conditions, climate environment and energy transportation needs, and finally customized the 3-axle Oil Tanker Semi-trailers tailored to local conditions.
The most prominent advantage of the 3-axle Oil Tanker Semi-trailers lies in the precise adaptation to Algeria’s localized needs. Algeria has a vast territory, with coastal plains in the north and deep into the Sahara Desert in the south. The complex and diverse road conditions put forward extremely high requirements for the stability and adaptability of transportation equipment. To this end, LUYI Heavy Industry has equipped the 3-axle Oil Tanker Semi-trailers with a reinforced chassis, adopting a 3-axle balanced load-bearing design to effectively disperse the vehicle load and reduce the impact of complex road conditions on the body structure. At the same time, the 3-axle Oil Tanker Semi-trailers are equipped with wear-resistant and puncture-resistant off-road tires, whose tread depth and carcass strength have been specially strengthened, enabling the 3-axle Oil Tanker Semi-trailers to easily cope with gravel roads on the edge of the desert and bumpy roads in rural areas, ensuring stability and safety during transportation.
In terms of safety configuration, the 3-axle Oil Tanker Semi-trailers strictly abide by international dangerous goods transportation standards and local Algerian regulations. As a special equipment for transporting flammable and explosive dangerous goods such as petroleum and diesel, safety is the core requirement of the 3-axle Oil Tanker Semi-trailers. LUYI Heavy Industry has created a fully sealed tank body for the 3-axle Oil Tanker Semi-trailers. The tank body is made of high-strength corrosion-resistant manganese steel, processed by an integrated forming process. The welded joints have passed double inspections of X-ray flaw detection and water pressure testing to ensure no leakage risks. The top of the tank is equipped with an oil spill prevention device. When the oil is filled to the rated volume, the device will automatically trigger an alarm and cut off the filling process to avoid safety accidents caused by oil spillage.
In addition, the 3-axle Oil Tanker Semi-trailers are equipped with a complete anti-static system. The tank body and the chassis are connected by a special wire, and an anti-static grounding alarm device is also equipped. When the grounding is poor or the wire is broken, the system will immediately issue an acousto-optic alarm to remind the operator to deal with it in time, eliminating the safety risks caused by electrostatic sparks from the source.
In terms of economy and practicality, the 3-axle Oil Tanker Semi-trailers also perform excellently. SNTF is mainly responsible for short-distance distribution tasks from small and medium-sized refineries in Algeria to rural gas stations and industrial parks, and is sensitive to transportation efficiency and operating costs. According to this demand, LUYI Heavy Industry has set the tank volume of the 3-axle Oil Tanker Semi-trailers at 4500 liters. This volume can not only meet the transportation demand of a single distribution, but also avoid the decline in vehicle flexibility due to the oversized tank, facilitating quick turning and parking in narrow rural roads and inside gas stations. At the same time, the 3-axle Oil Tanker Semi-trailers adopt a lightweight design concept. On the premise of ensuring the body strength, the 3-axle Oil Tanker Semi-trailers effectively reduce the vehicle weight by optimizing the tank structure and selecting high-strength lightweight materials. Equipped with an energy-saving diesel engine, the fuel consumption per 100 kilometers is reduced by about 8% compared with similar products, which greatly reduces the operating costs of SNTF.
To improve the operation efficiency of the 3-axle Oil Tanker Semi-trailers, LUYI Heavy Industry has also equipped them with an intelligent on-board system. The cab of the 3-axle Oil Tanker Semi-trailers is equipped with a high-definition LCD screen, which can display key data such as the liquid level, temperature and pressure of the oil in the tank in real time. At the same time, the 3-axle Oil Tanker Semi-trailers integrate GPS positioning function and vehicle status monitoring system. SNTF’s dispatch center can grasp the driving trajectory, operation status and oil transportation situation of the 3-axle Oil Tanker Semi-trailers in real time through the background system, realizing full visual management of the transportation process, facilitating reasonable scheduling plans and improving transportation efficiency.
At the delivery ceremony, the representative of SNTF personally boarded the 3-axle Oil Tanker Semi-trailers for a test drive and spoke highly of the performance of the 3-axle Oil Tanker Semi-trailers. “We have inspected similar products from many countries and finally chose the 3-axle Oil Tanker Semi-trailers of LUYI Heavy Industry, just because the 3-axle Oil Tanker Semi-trailers best understand our needs,” said the representative of SNTF. “Whether it is the adaptability to complex road conditions, strict safety configuration, or economical operating costs, the 3-axle Oil Tanker Semi-trailers fully meet our expectations and even exceed them. We believe that the 3-axle Oil Tanker Semi-trailers can help us further improve energy distribution efficiency and expand our business scope.”
The person in charge of LUYI Heavy Industry stated that the successful delivery of the 3-axle Oil Tanker Semi-trailers is not only a simple product transaction, but also the beginning of deepening cooperation between LUYI Heavy Industry and Algerian clients. To ensure the stable operation of the 3-axle Oil Tanker Semi-trailers in Algeria, LUYI Heavy Industry has cooperated with local auto maintenance companies to establish a complete after-sales service network to provide SNTF with fast spare parts supply and technical support. At the same time, LUYI Heavy Industry has also sent a professional technical team to Algeria to provide SNTF’s operators with training on the operation, maintenance and fault diagnosis of the 3-axle Oil Tanker Semi-trailers, ensuring that clients can proficiently master the use skills of the 3-axle Oil Tanker Semi-trailers and give full play to the performance advantages of the products.
