Bulk Logistics Blog

Have you ever called a popular restaurant trying to make a reservation for just a few hours later?  You’re typically not going to have a lot of luck.  Seating is likely already spoken for by people who had the foresight to book in advance. 

The same

Looking back, 2018 was certainly a hectic year in the trucking industry. We had the trucking shortage (“had” may be a bit too optimistic), the frenzy around the ELD mandate, and tales of driverless trucks hitting the nation’s highways. But, away from the

“Happy Holidays to you and yours – and good luck being a shipper of choice again next year!”

While this may seem like an odd way to greet your fellow shippers this holiday season, it’s just as appropriate as it was a year ago. Because, while the capacity

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 vans

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. 

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 is

In our previous blog post, we introduced our new Dry Bulk Freight 101eBook 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. 

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 for

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, and

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.