Bulk Logistics Blog

From the foundation of your house to the ingredients in the foods you eat, many of the items you encounter every day started out as powder.  And many of those powders were shipped using dry bulk trailers and equipment.  If you ship bulk powder, read

As we approach the end of 2018, the truck driver shortage is continuing to worsen – with few signs of improvement any time soon.  Shippers continue to have products to transport, but there simply aren’t enough drivers to handle the loads. 

Of the many elements that make dry and liquid bulk transportation a whole different animal from regular old dry-van transport, perhaps none creates more of a headache for both shippers and carriers than the truck tank wash.  It is a necessary evil

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. 

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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