Bulk Logistics Blog

Shippers ship, receivers receive, and carriers carry.  Simple, right? 

Well, not always.  Bulk liquid logistics is a complicated business that can create opportunities for misunderstanding and finger-pointing if and when a problem arises. 

In this

Look around you.  Chances are that much of what you see – from the paint on the wall to the adhesive under your carpet – began inside a liquid bulk tank.  In our previous article, we introduced you to these tanks along with some of the other equipment

Bulk liquid transport —especially when it involves hazardous chemicals— carries more risk than other types of transportation. Have an accident with a trailer full of groceries and you lose two pallets of Cheerios. In contrast, a tanker truck collision

Hauling dry bulk freight is a specialty that requires knowledge and careful execution – particularly during the loading and unloading stage. Make a mistake and you could be looking at major financial losses if loads become tainted.  But what exactly

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