Tradelinks FZCInternational Trading

International commodity trading · United Arab Emirates

Bitumen and commodities, sourced and shipped with two decades of judgement.

Tradelinks FZC is an international trading company managed by professionals with an experience of over two decades in trading of general commodities, drumming of bitumen products, quality control and shipping.

20+
Years in trading
4
Sourcing origins
6,000 mt
Typical breakbulk lot
3
Banking relationships

The company

Three things a bitumen buyer actually needs

Product at the right specification, packed so it survives the journey, and shipped so it clears the discharge port without sitting on demurrage. We handle all three.

Sourcing across four origins

Regular access to drummed and bulk bitumen from the Arabian Gulf, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt, through associates in each origin — including blending capability for grades that refineries do not produce.

Quality control, independently verified

Every shipment is monitored by SGS, Intertek, Geochem or an equivalent inspection house — for the product specification and for the condition of the drums at the time of loading.

Packing and shipping coordinated

Drums selected to suit the origin and the handling the cargo will take. Breakbulk or containerised, with the port-side coordination that direct-delivery cargo demands.

Products

What we trade

Bitumen in its principal grades and forms, alongside road construction materials, paraffin wax and cement.

Bitumen
  • Penetration grades 40/50 through 180/200
  • Cutback bitumens — MC-30, MC-3000, RC-70
  • Bitumen emulsions — anionic and cationic
  • Oxidised bitumen — grades 85/25 and 115/15
Drummed and bulk, new or reconditioned drums to suit the origin.
Road construction & general commodities
  • Road marking paints — thermoplastic and acrylic
  • Geotextiles
  • Gabions — boxes and mattresses
  • Guardrails and culverts
  • Paraffin wax — food grade, candle grade, industrial slack wax
  • Cement — OPC, sulphate resisting and oil well cement
Full grade-by-grade listing on the products page.

Sourcing

Where the product comes from

Each origin has its own strengths, its own seasonality and its own paperwork. Knowing which one suits a given order is most of the job.

Arabian Gulf

The largest producer of penetration bitumen in the region and our biggest source for drummed bitumen, with prompt shipment across various grades.

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Aramco produces 60/70 in bulk; our associates in Jeddah and Dammam blend and drum other grades, cutbacks and emulsions from it.

United Arab Emirates

Blending companies here work imported bulk 60/70 into different penetration grades, cutbacks and emulsions for re-export. We buy cutbacks and emulsions from the UAE regularly.

Egypt

The largest source of drummed and bulk bitumen in North Africa, with ports on both sides of the Suez canal and COMESA certificates of origin available.

Tell us the grade, the quantity and the discharge port.

We will come back with origin options, packing, a shipment mode and an indicative timeline.