Is capacity tight? Are rates still high or have they come back down to earth? Is rail operating as normal or is it playing catch up after the winter? As we head into spring, we’d like to share what we’ve learned about the bulk transportation
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Whether your title is purchasing manager, traffic manager, operations manager, or any variation of these terms, you’re likely tasked with two primary freight procurement goals. You need your company’s freight to reach its destination safely and at a
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When a roadway becomes blocked or is otherwise impassable due to weather or other circumstances, the result is upset motorists and relatively minor supply chain disruptions. When railroad or waterway service becomes disrupted, however, the stakes
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If you’re in the business of shipping chemicals, there’s more than one way to get your products from point A to point B. While the big stainless-steel bulk tanker trucks certainly remain a cornerstone of the industry, many shippers also turn to dry
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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