Bulk Logistics Blog

In our previous blog post, we introduced our new Dry Bulk Freight 101 eBook with a look at dry bulk equipment.  In this article, we’ll look at what’s included in the second part of that eBook – the processes involved in dry bulk trucking. 

Right now, you’re probably surrounded by items made of plastic—phones, pens, eyeglasses, yogurt cups, you name it. Practically every ounce of that plastic started as a load of resin pellets or powder transported in dry bulk tanks. 

When it comes to using rail for dry bulk transportation, I like to envision the process as an oval.  The product travels from production to the distribution point and back again in a repeating cycle.  There are the same number of railcars going out

When you see a liquid bulk trailer on the highway, it’s easy to overlook the amount of work that goes into making the transportation of that load possible.  Liquid bulk transportation companies – including the shippers themselves, for-hire carriers,

Shippers ship, carriers haul and that’s what makes our economy go ‘round, right?  Well, yes…and no.  This formula is forgetting a special someone smack dab between the two: me. 

To say that people within the transportation industry were pessimistic as 2017 rolled over into 2018 would be an understatement.  The driver shortage, extremely tight capacity, and enforcement of the ELD mandate are just a few of the items that

In any dry bulk shipping project, countless small particles are combined to form one giant load within a dry bulk tank.  The same can be said for the process of dry bulk shipping.  There are countless procedural steps that will collectively determine

When you partner with the right freight brokerage company, you add an established network of reliable carriers to your transportation toolbox.  Align with the wrong broker, however, and your seemingly reliable network can quickly turn into a shipping

Transportation management system (TMS) software enables companies to perform a wide range of operational functions – e.g., routing, tracking and tracing, routing guide creation, reporting – from one computer or mobile device screen.  It also aids

In the world of liquid bulk shipping, everything is ‘big’ – the loads, the tanks, the miles, and the costs.  One more thing is big relative to other shipments: the risks. So you would think every operational element would be examined, re-examined and