Pro-Road Global manufactures and exports bitumen in four grade families: penetration, viscosity, PG modified, and cutback and liquid asphalt.

Each family covers specific grade codes.

• Penetration grades: PEN 40/50, PEN 60/70, PEN 85/100, PEN 120/150.
• Viscosity-graded asphalt cement: AC-20, AC-30.
• PG modified binders.
• Cutback and liquid asphalt: MC-30, MC-70, RC-250.

Every grade is made in Pro-Road’s own plants and shipped by container to your discharge port. Sea transit takes 3 days to Colón and 7 days to Callao. Your quote confirms the sailing schedule and door-to-site timing for your order.

Grade families

Which bitumen grades does Pro-Road supply?

Pro-Road supplies penetration grades, viscosity-graded asphalt cement, PG modified binders, and cutback and liquid asphalt products. Grade codes that link through open that grade’s datasheet.

Which penetration grades does Pro-Road make?

Pro-Road makes four penetration grades, classified by how far a standard needle sinks into the binder. A harder grade takes heat and heavy traffic. A softer grade takes cold and wide temperature swings. Pro-Road also supplies CAP grades for Brazil and CA grades for Chile and Paraguay.

• PEN 40/50 penetration grade bitumen, the hardest of the four
• PEN 60/70 penetration grade bitumen, the most widely specified grade
• PEN 85/100 penetration grade bitumen, for cooler and high-altitude paving
• PEN 120/150 penetration grade bitumen, the softest of the four

How the grading itself works is covered on our penetration grading guide.

Which viscosity grades does Pro-Road make?

Pro-Road makes AC-20 and AC-30 asphalt cement, graded by how the binder flows when hot. Many Latin American and Caribbean specifications call for AC grading. Product pages also cover AC-10, AC-20, AC-30 and AC-40. Our viscosity grading guide explains the system.

What are PG modified binders?

PG modified binders are asphalt cements blended with polymer to widen their service range. They are ordered for heavy-traffic wearing courses and demanding surface layers. The full range sits on our performance grade and polymer modified bitumen page.

What cutback and liquid asphalt products does Pro-Road supply?

Pro-Road supplies MC-30 and MC-70 medium-curing cutbacks and RC-250 rapid-curing liquid asphalt. MC-30 and MC-70 prime a granular base before the first bound layer goes down. RC-250 cures faster and suits tack coats and prime coats needing quick return to traffic. Cutbacks and liquid asphalt stay liquid at ambient temperature, so they ship in 200 kg drums or in an isotainer.

For cold-applied surface work, Pro-Road also supplies bitumen emulsions and sealants.

Are asphalt and asphalt cement the same thing?

Asphalt and asphalt cement are related but different terms. Asphalt is the general word, and it names both the binder and the finished paving mix. Asphalt cement is the binder itself, graded by penetration or viscosity, and it ships solid in big bags.

Datasheets

Where are the bitumen datasheets?

The datasheets are on our technical datasheets page. Each sheet gives the tested properties of one product line. The four penetration grades have their own sheets in English and Spanish.

Every container ships with the technical datasheet for the grade supplied. The commercial invoice, the packing list and the bill of lading travel with it.

Markets

Which markets does Pro-Road supply bitumen to?

Pro-Road supplies bitumen across Latin America and the Caribbean. Each market page carries the discharge ports for that country. It also names the grades its specifications use and the documentation its projects ask for.

Brazil, the ABC Islands and the Eastern Caribbean are served through several ports. Each of those market pages lists the full port set with its own figure. Your quote confirms the schedule for your destination port.

Markets outside this table are quoted case by case. Our markets we serve page covers the wider export network.

Delivery

How does bitumen ship?

Bitumen ships by container to the discharge port named in your quote. Penetration-grade bitumen and asphalt cement ship in big bags of 1000 to 1300 kg, or in drums. Cutbacks such as MC-70 are liquid at ambient temperature and ship in 200 kg steel drums or in an isotainer.

The minimum order is 24 MT, one full 40-foot container. Big bags are stored on level, drained ground, kept off the surface on pallets or dunnage. They are covered against prolonged sun and rain.

Melting

How do you melt bitumen from big bags?

You melt bitumen by heating the whole bag in a melting unit. Each bag drops in exactly as it arrives from the plant. Indirect heat keeps the binder at the unit wall at a safe, even temperature. Controlled, even heating protects the binder from overheating damage.

Pro-Road’s ASMELT bitumen melter and decanter is built for this process. Bags load onto a receiving platform inside the unit and are lifted by crane. Once melted, the binder is pumped out to a distributor truck or the mixing plant. If you already run a melting unit, the big-bag format loads straight into it.

Why Pro-Road

Why buy bitumen from Pro-Road Global?

You should buy from Pro-Road Global because it controls quality, price and logistics from plant to port:

Commercial terms

What commercial terms does Pro-Road offer?

Pro-Road supplies on CIF or CFR terms to the named discharge port. Your quote states the incoterm, freight and delivery window. Standard payment is in advance, and qualifying buyers can request 50% in advance with 50% against the bill of lading. Approval depends on the company profile and credit record.

Pro-Road accepts third-party inspection by SGS, Bureau Veritas or a similar body at your request. The inspection is quoted and billed separately. Our bitumen price page explains what moves the cost of a container.

Ready to order bitumen?

Tell us your grades, quantities, discharge port and delivery timeline through our contact page or email info@proroadglobal.com. Pro-Road Global will respond with availability and freight for your port.