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Insecticide Transport and Logistics

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insecticides spreading on farm
Tractor spraying wheat field with insecticides

Insects are one of the major pests you should be wary of on your farm. If you left them to it, they could completely devour your crops and leave you with nothing to eat or sell. Locusts are an example of such destructive insects. These insects eat almost all kinds of plants, and they can gather to form a swarm that is as big as 460 square miles in size. When they gather like this, their effects are always more devastating, as one locust eats its weight in plants every day..

Farmers from as far back as 4500 years ago have relied on insecticides to get rid of insect pests on their farms. These chemicals contain all kinds of compounds that work wonders in the control of these insects. Some of these chemicals scramble up the nerve, reproductive, or muscle system of insects. Others disrupt their energy metabolism.

The Need for a Fast Logistics Company for your Insecticide Shipping

However, one factor that could frustrate your efforts in combating insect pests is the lack of a reliable logistics company to ship your insecticides in time. The more the company delays, the more your plants pay for it. When you face a swarm of locusts, for instance, an hour delay could cost you all the season’s profit. This isn’t a risk worth taking. You need one of the best in the business, Total Connection Logistics, to handle your pesticide transportation.

Why Depend on Total Connection for your Insecticide Transportation?

  • When you contact us to ship your insecticide as soon as you sight the pests, we get your insecticides to you long before any major damage is done. Thanks to our ability to operate under tight deadlines, you can make urgent calls and we would be there for your farm.
  • Insecticides may contain hazardous materials, increasing the risk of transport. But all our employees have gone through rigorous training to handle such materials, bringing the risks back to zero for you.
  • Insects can feed on your plants round the clock. That’s why we make ourselves available to ship your insecticides round the clock as well. Contact us anytime.
  • With over two decades of transporting all kinds of agrochemicals, chances are that we have shipped any kind of pesticide you want at least a hundred times. We have perfected the insecticide shipping services so that your insecticide shipments are delivered to you in a stream of efficient processes.
  • We save you money.

About Total Connection Logistics

We are a third-party logistics and licensed freight forwarder, and shipping your agrochemical agricultural products is what we do. Thousands of establishments like yours in the agricultural and agrochemical industries have trusted us with shipping their products since 1994, and we’ve not let a single one of them down. Insecticides are often complex to ship because they usually contain hazardous materials, but we can get it done for you as soon as you ask.

Contact Total Connection today by filling the quote form below. We will help rid your farm of those destructive insects through efficient insecticide shipping.

Pesticide Shipping and Logistics

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Farmer spraying toxic pesticides in the vegetable garden

Pests can constitute a major nuisance to your farm. They carve out their homes and fill up their bellies by eating the crops you have invested time, money, and effort into growing. One particular insect that could cause you a lot of trouble, for example, is the Khapra beetle. This insect hardly dies, as it can go for long without food and is highly resistant to many insecticides. When Khapra beetles infest your grains, they leave you with 30% of what you had in unmarketable and inedible conditions. Thankfully, you can combat them with the use of pesticides and regain control of your farm from the reign of pests like rodents, insects, and birds.

Depending on your preferences, pesticides exist in liquid, gaseous, and solid forms. The liquid formulations of pesticides include emulsifiable concentrates, suspensions, aerosols, microencapsulated suspensions, and solutions. Granules, soluble granules, dust, soluble powders, tablets, wettable powders, dry flowables, pellets, and particulates are the solid formulations of pesticides. And when we talk about gaseous pesticides, we are talking about fumigants.

The Need for a Reliable Logistics Company for your Pesticide Transport

There’s no shortage of weapons to battle those annoying pests on your farm. But what could cripple your efforts in the fight against them is when you rely on an incompetent or a slow logistics company to ship pesticides for you. You need a company that not only has vast experience in shipping all kinds of pesticides but also cares about the success of your farm. You need Total Connection Logistics to handle your pesticide shipping.

Why Depend on Total Connection for your Pesticide Transportation?

  • With almost three decades of experience handling agrochemicals like pesticides, we know the best way to ship whatever pesticide you want.
  • Our flexibility allows us to handle your urgent and tight-deadline pesticide shipping.
  • Pesticides often contain hazardous chemicals. But because we train our employees and certify them to handle such materials, we lower your risks and bring your pesticides safely to you.
  • Our full-stack logistics management allows us to keep a close watch over your pesticide shipment till it gets to you.
  • You ride on the wings of a global shipping network, so the transport of your pesticide takes preeminence
  • We save you cost..

About Total Connection Logistics

Total Connection is a third-party logistics and licensed freight forwarder in the business of transporting agrochemicals and other agricultural products to you since 1994. The shipping of your tough-to-manage cargo, such as pesticides, is as easy as ABC for us. And we effortlessly invest our expertise in your supply chains around the world.

Contact Total Connection today and let us join you in your battle against the pests that so infest your farm by filling out the quote form below

Liquid Bulk Fertilizer Transport: An Exhaustive Guide

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Liquid Bulk fertilizer transport is stressful enough. There are a lot of processes, paperwork, and tracking to be done. But if you think that is stressful, try bulk liquid fertilizer transport when the fertilizer contains hazardous materials — and boy, many fertilizers do!. It’s another world of stress, with countless regulations and regulatory bodies brandishing their penalties like whips in the air for when you break a rule.

Your business doesn’t need the extra pressure. When you partner with a reliable agricultural logistics company like Total Connection, you can concentrate on your business without the constant yapping of regulations at your heels. The experienced logistics company will handle your liquid bulk fertilizer transport for you.

Here, you’ll learn everything about the liquid bulk transport of fertilizers that contain hazardous chemicals and the regulations that surround them. You’ll also learn how to transport your liquid bulk fertilizer. Then you’ll see how Total Connection takes these off of your shoulders.

Content

Part A

The Challenge of Shipping Liquid Bulk Fertilizers

Part B

HAZMAT Classifications for Fertilizers

Regulations for Shipping Fertilizers Containing Hazardous Materials

Part C

Important Steps in Liquid Bulk Fertilizer Transport

Part D

How Total Connection Eases Your Liquid Bulk Fertilizer Transport

The Challenge of Shipping Liquid Bulk Fertilizers

Plants require a lot of nutrients for healthy growth. Crops need potassium to help them grow roots that are deep and strong, for instance. Nitrogen boosts the development of plant stems and leaves, especially when the plants are in the mid-stages of their lifespan. And phosphate strengthens root, leave, and stem systems of plants, especially in young plants.

Aerial view of fertilizer spreading on a field.

Like these three, there are other nutrients that a plant should not do without. About 17 of them. But unfortunately, not all soils contain them all at once. Thanks to fertilizers, however, you can give the soil a boost in the nutrients it is deficient in. And thanks to bulk fertilizer transport as well, allowing you to spend less for more value and quantity.

However, bulk fertilizer transport comes with its challenges, with the major one arising from the unavoidable use of hazardous materials (HAZMAT) in many fertilizers. And if you were to get careless with these materials, all hell could break loose.

As a result, you must be extra careful and smart when dealing with bulk fertilizer shipping matters. A good place to start is to understand the hazardous classification of your fertilizer shipment, irrespective of whether you are a farmer or a fertilizer distributor.

HAZMAT Classifications for liquid chemical Fertilizers

Many fertilizers contain compounds that could be dangerous when they are not being used on the farm. Ammonium nitrate, for instance, is not only an important ingredient in fertilizers but also in explosives. “Why is a hazardous material used in making fertilizers,” you may ask. It is because ammonium nitrate is an inexpensive source of nitrogen. And since nitrogen is needed in large quantities on farms, it is hard to completely scrap the use of the potentially dangerous chemical.

Sulfur is another important component in many fertilizers, but it could be dangerous when mishandled. Because of the potential dangers that accompany the use of these chemicals in fertilizers, many regulations control and monitor the shipping of these hazardous chemicals.

The Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) of the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) classifies hazardous materials into nine major categories. Many fertilizers fall into some of the categories:

Hazardous Materials Classes Fertilizers May Belong To

Of the nine classes of hazardous materials, fertilizers may fit into seven of them.

●      Class 2: Gases

Some fertilizers contain sulfur. And under the wrong conditions, these fertilizers could emit some gases that are dangerous to the humans close by.

●      Class 3: Flammable Liquids

Not all liquid fertilizers can ignite, but those that can fall into this category.

●      Class 4: Flammable Solids

Apart from granular fertilizers, liquid Fertilizers that are combustible when wet fall into this category.

●      Class 5: Oxidizers and Peroxides

Ammonium nitrate is an oxidizer. The compound could also irritate your lungs and eyes when it comes in contact with them. It could even be a recipe for disaster when it spills in large quantities.

●      Class 6: Poisons

This class belongs to fertilizers that are poisonous when they get into your body.

●      Class 8: Corrosive

Some fertilizers are also considered corrosive.

●      Class 9: Miscellaneous Hazardous Materials

If you want to be sure of the hazard classifications of your shipment, refer to this Hazard Determination document provided by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Your fertilizer manufacturer or importer should also provide you with labels for hazard classes of your shipment.

Also, never ship fertilizer containing hazardous materials without providing the logistics company with your Safety Data Sheet (SDS). This way, everyone who is involved in the shipping is certain about what materials are being transported. The SDS contains details about the chemicals that make up the fertilizer. It also describes safety measures, such as cleanup procedures, fire-fighting techniques, and first aid measures, in case of accidents.

Regulations for Shipping Fertilizers Containing Hazardous Materials

A liquid bulk fertilizer chemical processing plant view from above.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) of the USDOT has a lot of regulations shippers of hazardous materials must adhere to. The body has a document where it describes how to comply with federal HMR. Although the document addresses the transport of hazardous materials by highway, it also applies to:

  • HAZMAT transport within and between states, and to foreign countries through aircraft, motor vehicles, rail cars, and vessels.
  • Any form of representation that suggests that an aircraft, container, motor vehicle, package, railcar, or vessel contains hazardous materials. Even in comic books.
  • The process of fabrication, maintenance, manufacture, marking, reconditioning, testing, or repairing of a container or package that is meant for use in the transportation of HAZMAT.

When you are transporting fertilizers containing hazardous materials (HM), there are responsibilities that FMCSA expects of you. These responsibilities are:

●      Shipping papers.

Carriers of HM are never to be without shipping papers during transport. The shipping papers contain all the details of the hazardous materials you are transporting according to HMR.

●      Marking and placarding your vehicle.

The shipper of your fertilizers should give you placards to attach to the outside of your transport vehicle. You must attach these placards where they are easily visible on your transport vehicle so that it effectively communicates its hazardous material content.

●      Loading and unloading responsibilities.

There are a lot of packaging responsibilities for HM, and you can find them in Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations from par 174 to 177. Here, the CFR gives requirements for transporting hazardous materials by air, highway, rail, and water. And in the 177.834-177.854 of part 177, it discusses the specific requirements for loading and unloading the materials.

●      Compatibility.

Compatibility addresses situations where the hazardous materials are being transported in multi-compartmented tanks in the transport vehicles. This is because some chemicals that are incompatible with one another and should never be transported in the same cargo. For instance, you must not transport cyanide and its mixtures, found in some fertilizers, with acids, irrespective of the hazard class.

●      Blocking and bracing.

This responsibility covers the proper containment of hazardous materials during transportation. It requires that the materials are well contained and secured to avoid leakages or spills because of inadequate blocking and bracing.

●      Incident reporting.

In the case of incidents, a carrier must immediately notify the Department as early as they can. Eight consequences of these incidents warrant reporting when they occur. Death, fire outbreak, serious injury, public evacuation, and spillage are some of these consequences. You are to report incidents to the DOT and/or CDC. However, this emergency report does not replace the formally written incident report the carrier is still responsible for providing.

●      Security plan.

A security plan cuts the amount of liability you may be exposed to if an illegal act involves your potentially dangerous fertilizer.

●      Employee training.

It is the responsibility of shippers and carriers to invest in the training of employees who would handle the hazardous materials. This training should include safety and security training, first aid training, and other important training sessions. This training should not only be limited to new employees, but it should also cover every other employee regularly.

●      Emergency response information.

You must include emergency response information in the employee training sessions. This information should contain who the employees are to contact. You may contact the National Response Center (NRC) for spills via telephone at (800) 424-8802. And for incidents that involve etiologic agents (infectious hazardous materials), report to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) at (800) 232-0124 instead of the NRC. Employees should memorize emergency response phone numbers.

Exceptions to Hazardous Fertilizer Transport

As you might have already guessed, the rules are voluminous. And with regulations such as this, exceptions litter the whole place.

There are exemptions from requirements on employee training, emergency response information, and some packaging requirements if you are a farmer transporting hazardous fertilizers (apart from Class 2 gases) within a 150-mile radius of your farm. But these exemptions only apply to when:

  • A farmer who is an intrastate private motor carrier transports the agricultural product
  • You are already transporting your agricultural product in compliance with the requirements of the state you’re transporting in, and you have been specifically authorized by a state statute that was in effect before the 1st of October, 1998.
  • The total amount of hazardous agricultural product being transported in a vehicle does not exceed
    • 7,300 kg (16,094 lbs) of ammonium nitrate fertilizer.
    • 1900 L (502 gallons) of liquid or gaseous agricultural products.
    • 2,300 kg (5,070 lbs) of solid agricultural products.

The HMR also lists some other exceptions relating to the Agricultural Operations Section. These exceptions concern you if

  • You are a private motor carrier who is transporting less than 220 L (58 gals) of formulated liquid agricultural products with proper transporting equipment. This transporting equipment includes several closures to a closed mixed system, which is fully equipped with positive dry disconnect devices from right before transit till the products get to their final destination.
  • The products are only nurse tanks of anhydrous ammonia.
  • Or trade materials.

Important Steps in Liquid Bulk Fertilizer Transport

The steps include how to get HAZMAT verified, how to label your containers and tankers properly, and general safe handling tips for liquid bulk fertilizers.

These processes are very important because liquid bulk transport of any hazardous material requires special attention. A little leak could contaminate water bodies, cause injuries to people, and lead to loss of lives and property.

But first, there is an alternative to liquid fertilizers that we just can’t ignore: dry or granular fertilizers. Apart from the obvious difference in the forms of the fertilizers, how are they different from each other? And what advantages do liquid fertilizers have over dry fertilizers?

Liquid Fertilizer vs Dry (Granular) Fertilizer

We base our comparison on the advantages one has over the other

The advantages of liquid fertilizers over granular fertilizers.

  • Liquid fertilizers are easy to apply, especially on large farms.
  • Plants and soils absorb liquid fertilizers faster than granular fertilizers, thanks to the liquid form of the fertilizers
  • Liquid fertilizers are better than dry fertilizers for starter and in-seasons applications.
  • You can easily blend liquid fertilizers with other crop protection products.
  • It is easier to attain a uniform application over a large farm with liquid fertilizers.
Farmer tending their crops with agrochemicals like pesticides, herbicides and fertilizer.

The advantages of Granular Fertilizers over Liquid fertilizers.

  • Because they are slowly absorbed into the soils and plants, their effects last longer. And you don’t need to apply them as often as you would need to apply liquid fertilizers.
  • There is no risk of them sinking into the ground when they are applied, unlike the way it is with liquid fertilizers that aren’t well prepared.
  • Better for intensive pre-plant applications than liquid fertilizers.

So which is better, liquid fertilizers or dry fertilizers? They are both good for various purposes, so one isn’t necessarily better than the other. And farmers often use the two kinds of fertilizers over several stages of their farming process.

But before you jump to a conclusion about whether to use liquid or dry fertilizers, consider which is better for bulk transport.

Liquid Bulk Fertilizer Transport vs Dry Bulk Fertilizer Transport?

Transporting your bulk fertilizer in liquid form beats dry from in the following ways:

●      Space and Cost Efficiency.

If a tanker could carry liquid or dry bulk fertilizer, it would carry more liquid fertilizer than dry fertilizer. And because you save more space with bulk liquid fertilizer shipping, you can transport more at once and save cost.

●      Greater control over your products.

Imagine your crops are in dire need of nutrients, and you need to revitalize them quickly. Dry fertilizers are already out of the question because of their delayed effectiveness. But liquid fertilizers can quickly help your crops back to health. Not just because of their liquid form, but also because liquid fertilizer tankers have features like in-transit heating systems that keep your fertilizers at an optimal temperature at delivery. This way, your fertilizer is ready for use as soon as it gets to you.

●      Ease of unloading.

You would have to depend on forklifts and heavy manual labor to unload your dry fertilizers from the truck. This is a waste of time, human labor, and money on extra employee wages. But when you opt for liquid bulk fertilizer transport, you unload with hoses into your container. You save time, rely on less manual labor, and save more on employee wages.

●      Damage Protection.

When your dry bulk transport truck drives under suboptimal conditions, your bags, skids, and totes of dry fertilizers are prone to damage and tear. This could lead to the loss of valuable products, making you get less for your money. But liquid bulk fertilizer tankers are built to withstand abnormal road conditions. This way, your products never waste during transit.

How to be HAZMAT Certified

Your employees who are in direct control of the transport and removal of your hazardous materials may need HAZMAT certification. There are several HAZMAT fields to get certified in, including management, training, or shipping. However, the USDOT itself is not in charge of the certification. There are HAZMAT schools where you could take the training and get certified.

The process of getting HAZMAT certified involves HAZMAT training, which often includes learning all HMR requirements. The certification is an optional process for employees, and you or your employees won’t get into trouble for not having them. However, anyone who handles your hazardous materials MUST go through HAZMAT training. This part is non-negotiable.

Proper Labelling of HAZMAT Containers and Tankers

There is a label that goes with each hazard classification. The labels are the same all over the world to avoid any confusion. And they must be placed on the bodies of the containers so that they can be visible from some distance away.

Without these labels, it would be hard to determine the amount of risk involved when an accident that involves a HAZMAT container occurs. And since the hazardous content could be anything from flammable, corrosive, radioactive, or even toxic, going about without these labels could incur some heavy penalties.

With tankers or any vehicle carrying potentially dangerous materials, they must always have hazard classification placards on them. The placards are like the labels. And they must be visible on all sides of the tanker.

Safe handling of Liquid Bulk Fertilizers

liquid bulk fertilizer tanker at sunset

Every employee that would handle these potentially dangerous chemicals at any point must be well trained. Your carriers must first be licensed to drive a tanker truck. Then they should be familiar with laws concerning the transport of hazardous materials. Also, your carriers should always have a copy of the SDS your shipper provides for the fertilizer you are transporting.

How Total Connection Eases Your Liquid Bulk Fertilizer Transport

All the rules and regulations surrounding bulk chemical transport could be hard to follow, especially for fertilizers containing hazardous materials. And the law is unforgiving when you break any of them. Keeping up with the regulation updates is another challenge on its own. And don’t forget the paperwork that comes with the entire process. Then comes the anticipation that comes with tracking your shipments. The processes are so demanding that if you created a department within your company or farm to handle them, it would be worth it.

But the good news is that you don’t have to do all those when you partner with a reliable and competent logistics company like Total Connection. We let you concentrate on your business and nothing more. We will handle the delivery for you and obey all the rules and regulations on your behalf.

Benefits of Shipping your Liquid Bulk Fertilizer with Total Connection

Here’s how Total Connection eases liquid bulk fertilizer transport for you.

●      Vast experience.

After 25 years in the business of shipping agricultural chemicals, we have all the experience it takes to handle your bulk liquid fertilizer transport smoothly. Whatever kind of liquid fertilizer you intend to ship, whether organic, HAZMAT, or any other kind, thousands of other clients have trusted us to ship it for them. So, yours wouldn’t be a problem.

●      Emergency on-demand coverage.

We are a private family-owned business. We don’t have unnecessary “delivery processing hierarchies“ that do nothing but slow down your delivery process. Instead, we deliver your bulk fertilizer as soon as you want it. Contact Total Connection anytime, 24/7, to make that last-minute shipment.

●      Cost-Efficient and Insured Delivery.

You don’t have to take up more liability than you need to. Our services are inexpensive and we always insure your products that are with us. So, even in an extremely rare case of an accident, you still have nothing to worry about.

●      Flexibility.

This is where we most pride ourselves in. We immerse ourselves into your business when you partner with us so that we can provide solutions that are best suited to you. We do last-minute reschedules, and offer you just the perfect quote for your business, just so that we don’t interrupt your supply chain.

Conclusion

Liquid bulk fertilizer transport is a complex process, but you don’t have to do it on your own. Relieve your business of the stress and pressure of bulk fertilizer transport by filling the quote form below.

Liquid Bulk Transport Company

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Do you need a reliable and cost-effective liquid bulk transport service to ship your bulk chemical product? Look no further.

In all our 25 years of excellent logistics service at Total Connection, one of the services we most pride ourselves in is our liquid bulk transport. Here, we lavish our combined century of experience on making sure that whatever chemicals you wish to transport arrive at their destinations safely and without a drop in the quality of your goods.

Our bulk chemical transport service covers varieties of products, such as sensitive chemical materials, dangerous HAZMAT goods, food-grade products and so much more. But that’s not all we offer you. We also have the right connections with many major chemical suppliers in different areas to help you streamline your business’ chemical supply chain.

Our Commitment to Safe Chemical Transport

We understand it is your priority to offer your customers the best and most satisfactory services that help them achieve whatever purpose they use the services for. At Total Connection, our topmost priority is to help you achieve this through the safe transport of your bulk chemicals.

For this reason, we have affiliated ourselves with a regulatory body with incredibly high standards as regards chemical distributions, the National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD). This shows our commitment to preserving lives, properties, and the reputation of your business through the safe transport and storage of your chemical products.

To ensure this high standard of safety, we have over 10,000 bulk liquid tanker carriers. And each has gone through a thorough screening process which comprises a 5-point carrier checklist. This checklist helps us to weed out substandard carriers while leaving the best ones with high-quality equipment to transport your chemicals.

Our 5-Point Checklist for Bulk Liquid Tanker Carriers

●      High industry credit worthiness.
Credit worthiness of a company is a strong sign of a stable bulk carrier’s infrastructure, so this is one of the first signs that we check.

●      Proven track record of safety and accident history.

We make sure that only transporters who have a clean history as regards accidents and safety can transport your chemicals.

●      Highly trained drivers with in-depth knowledge about handling and transporting sensitive hazardous materials.

Total Connection leaves no room for irresponsible driving, irrespective of whether we are transporting sparkling clean water or the most sensitive hazardous chemicals.

●      Updated equipment maintenance records.

Wouldn’t it be incompetent of us to tell you we couldn’t transport your products on time because we had some equipment breakdown? That is why we never let our carriers provide us with that same excuse. Instead, they provide us with up-to-date equipment maintenance records for all of their equipment.

●      Valid and reputable industry reference.

Even after a carrier scales through the four checklists above, they still need a reputable industry reference before we allow them to transport your liquid bulk chemicals.

We leave no stone unturned when it concerns the safety of your products. Total Connection fully commits to transporting your liquid bulk chemicals in the best conditions and as fast as possible.

What Liquid Bulk Transport Offerings Do Total Connection Have?

Here’s the short answer: Total Connection transports anything and everything that relates to chemicals. And as for the long answer? The liquid bulk transport that Total Connection offers fall into three major categories:

●      HAZMAT and Dangerous Chemical Transport

A high level of management standard is required for the transport of HAZMAT and dangerous chemicals. This is not surprising, as the effect they may have on the environment when they are mismanaged could be devastating. A chemical spill at a strategic highway could render the highway unusable. It could potentially lead to the loss of millions of dollars, as businesses that depend on the highway are unable to access it. Those unlucky enough to be caught at the scene of the accident may have to pay with their lives.

DOT Placards Displayed on the Rear of a Fuel Tanker

This is why regulatory bodies keep updating their regulations on the transport of hazardous chemicals to ensure that lives and properties remain safe. A violation of the regulations could land your business in a lot of trouble. To help you avoid these unnecessary but costly mistakes, Total Connection offers you its highly trained and deeply experienced team to handle your HAZMAT and dangerous chemical transports.

The HAZMAT chemicals Total Connection transports include:

  • Corrosive materials
  • Explosives
  • Flammable liquids
  • Flammable solids
  • Gases
  • Oxidizers and organic peroxides
  • Poisons
  • Radioactive materials

●      Temperature Controlled Chemical Transport

You need a reliable temperature-controlled chemical transport service for the transport of temperature-sensitive chemicals.

Total connection offers you two main options of temperature-controlled chemical transport. One is through the use of tanker trucks fully equipped with in-transit heat. This is very useful for the transport of chemical substances that need to get to their destination at the same or a higher temperature at which they were loaded.

The other method is through tanker steaming, which steams the chemical substance at regular intervals during transport. As you might imagine, products whose temperatures you want to raise at delivery go in here.

There is so much more to gain when you depend on the decades of experience Total Connection has for your temperature-controlled chemical transport.

●      Agricultural Chemical Transport

Agriculture without chemicals is almost impossible, especially agriculture on a large scale. Farmers rely on chemicals for crucial purposes, including growth development, storage, preservation, and more. Without these chemicals in place, hunger looms.

Entrust the transport of your bulk agricultural chemicals with the wrong company and your farm may suffer for it. A slight drop in the quality of the transported chemicals could plummet your productivity and harm your profitability. Don’t take this risk with just any kind of liquid bulk transport service. Go for a reliable one.

So, if you need a company that can help with your bulk agricultural chemical transport, your search ends here. Total Connection has had decades to build up experience, trust among other businesses like yours, and healthy collaboration with many leading suppliers of agricultural chemical supply. The ultimate goal is to maintain the quality of the chemicals during transport so that your farm reaps increased productivity and profitability.

What You Need to Know About Bulk Liquid Transport Equipment

An enormous amount of effort goes into bulk chemical transport. There are many processes involved, and it is usually not as simple as getting your pizza delivered to you. Without helping the transport company to the proper knowledge of the chemical you want to move, there could be some costly mix-ups. This could lead to a reduction in the quality of the chemicals, which may dent your productivity and profitability. And that is only the best-case scenario.

Things could get way worse when a spillage occurs, potentially leading to inconvenient issues with regulatory bodies, total loss of products, and many more. And in all these scenarios, there isn’t one that could cost you less than thousands of dollars at best.

That is why it is important that you at least have a little understanding of the bulk liquid you intend to transport. That little understanding of your products would go a long way in helping us know the best transport equipment. We will ask you some simple questions to help us extract the information we need without wasting your time.

Key Questions that Help Us Pick the Best Equipment for Your Products

  • What is the product you’re shipping?
  • What is the nature of the chemical? (Is it toxic? Flammable? Temperature-sensitive?)
  • What is the layout of the loading plant?
  • What is the layout of the delivery plant?
  • Does the receiver have the ability to offload without a pump?
  • What kind of tank is the product delivering into?
  • What is the maximum offloading pressure your receiver can handle?
  • Is there any safety equipment or requirement at the receiver’s facility we need to know about?

From experience, we know that answers to these questions help us simplify the transport process by about 60% and reduce the risk of any mix-ups or costly mistakes by 75%. There are some more questions like these, and you can contact us to get more.

How these Questions Help Us Determine the Equipment We Use for Your Bulk Chemical Transport

After you provide answers to those questions, we can filter through our thousands of equipment to reach those that are perfect for your chemical products.

Questions on temperature, for instance, help us determine the best way to transport your chemicals according to your temperature requirement. We have in-transit heat trailers with steam coils in them to maintain the temperature of your chemical. There are trailers with other heating options which make them suitable for products that can be cooler or hotter at delivery than they were at loading.

When we ask questions that involve volume, we simply want to know what trailer size to bring to the party. Excessively big trailers could agitate your chemicals during transport, and it could lead to the foaming of the products. Anything could go wrong from there, especially with some sensitive chemicals. But tight-fitting trailers reduce agitation, cutting out unnecessary risks. Some of our trailers have compartments in them, so you need not worry if your product volume is less than our smallest trailer.

When you find pumps or compressors in the questions, we only want to know the best equipment for unloading your chemicals. We wouldn’t unload corrosive liquids with a pump, for instance, as the liquid could ruin the metal in the pump. Similarly, air compressors for unloading flammable liquid could be dangerous, as the static electricity could cause little sparks. And you know what happens when sparks meet flammable liquids.

Liquid Bulk Transport Tailored to Your Specific Needs

Total Connection offers you the best mix of experience, expertise, and affordability for the transport of bulk chemicals tailored to your specific needs.

If you have an urgent liquid bulk transport shipment or need a quote, call us. Our ever-friendly bulk chemical experts are eager to help get a quote for your shipment. And if you’d prefer an email, fill out our comprehensive liquid bulk quick-quote form below.

We look forward to hearing from you and servicing your liquid bulk transportation needs.

In Transit Heat Trailer: Top 5 Benefits

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As a bulk chemical shipper if you are tasked with shipping a temperature sensitive product, one of the most efficient ways to move the chemical over the road is using an transit heat trailer.  The process is simple.  Using coils that are run through the trailer hot liquid is run from the engine through the network of pipes on the underbelly of the tank.

By using heat naturally produced by the engine, the product is maintained at the temperature specified by the shipper or receiver.  Amongst all of the ways to maintain the temperature of a shipment, an in transit heat trailer remains one of the most popular for these following reasons.

Readily Available Equipment

While tanker trucks come with many different specs and functionalities, in transit heat is relatively easy to locate in the world of tanker trucks.  Many carriers maintain a fleet equipped with plenty of trucks equipped with in transit heat to accommodate temperature sensitive material.  The abundance of resources makes these tanker trailers easy to locate which brings us to benefit number two of in transit heat trailers.

Cost Effective Options

It is generally inexpensive to ship a chemical using an in-transit heat trailer because it does not rely on any outside components or additives.  Customers usually pay only a modest flat fee in order to utilize the trucks functionality throughout the duration of the trip

Low failure rate

Even a Ferrrari breaks down once in a while, but rarely is a shipment moved where the heat in transit component of the trailer fails to maintain its temperature.  Due to the accessibility of this temperature controlled option it is very easy for a driver to test their equipment before a shipment ever leaves the origin.  There are very few moving parts to make it work so the occasion that the system fails on an in transit heat trailer is rare.

Be careful though…If you don’t use a reliable liquid bulk carrier for your chemical shipments there is always a larger chance of human error to occur.

Versatility

In transit heat trailers can be used to accommodate a wide range of temperature requirements from heating a product to maintaining its temperature, to full recovery scenarios if a product were to solidify during the move.  A lot of products ship with strict requirements especially during the winter months.  In transit heat allows you much more versatility in your chemical shipments.

No Risk of Contamination

While some heating methods depend on steam which could be harmful to products sensitive to moisture, the delivery system of in transit heat is separated from the shipment so much so that the risk of direct contamination is a non-issue.

These reasons amongst many others are why using in transit heat if you are shipping a temperature sensitive chemical is the best decision you can make for your chemical shipment.

If you are shipping a liquid bulk load and want to hear more about how an in transit heat trailer can satisfy your shipping requirements, be sure to fill out the liquid bulk quote form on this page and request an instant quote.  Total Connection has been a dependable liquid freight broker for over 28 years and our bulk liquid team has a combined 60 years of experience shipping chemicals of every kind over the road and across the entire continental US.

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Temperature Controlled Chemical Transport

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Unlike moving freight in dry vans, temperature controlled chemical transport is done slightly differently due to several factors.  These can be depending on factors such as the nature of the product, the climate, the specific lane being shipped and requirements the receiver may have while delivering temperature controlled chemical transport.

Temperature controlled chemical transport can mean that the temperature of a liquid bulk chemical in a tanker trailer is either heated, cooled or maintained from the original state that it was loaded.

Many shippers will choose to ship temperature controlled chemicals in a liquid bulk tanker for many reasons including cost efficiency vs. tote shipping and ease of unloading a chemical tanker.

Methods of Temperature Controlled Chemical Transport

In Transit heat for tanker trucks

One of the ways to maintain or manipulate the temperature of a chemical substance during transport by tanker truck.  It is useful when a chemical substance needs to arrive at the destination at a temperature at or above the temperature at which it was loaded.

Why In-Transit Heat is useful

In transit heat is useful for substances prone to solidify at cooler temperatures.  A challenge that many temperature controlled chemical transport shippers face, especially in the winter months.  It is advantageous to other methods of transport because the equipment is so readily available.

How does In Transit Heat Work

In transit heat is delivered to the product through a network of coils that run through the bottom of a tank truck.  Antifreeze heated by the engine circulates through the coils near product in the tank providing a warm “blanket” to maintain the temperature.

In this instance, the actual heat provided depends on the temperature at which the engine is operating and can not be manipulated on a per case basis.

Steaming the Tanker

Another method of moving a temperature controlled chemical transport shipment is be steaming a product at regular intervals during the chemical tanker movement.  It is useful for products that need to arrive at a temperature much higher than that of which it was shipped.

Many shippers and receivers will opt to steaming trailers when there is any sort of unexpected delay that requires a carrier to remain loaded with a temperature sensitive liquid chemical longer than anticipated.

Why is Steaming A Tanker useful

It is useful because it allows for much faster heating of a large volume of liquids.  Steaming a trailer allows a solidified product to be salvaged after hardening in a trailer while in most cases maintaining the integrity of the loaded product.

How Steaming a Tanker Work

Steaming works by a liquid bulk tank driver bringing the loaded tanker to a station that provides steaming as a service.  Hot steam is run through a network of coils that surround the outside of the truck.  As searing hot steam is run through, the internal temperature of the product is monitored until it reaches the desired temperature.  From there the freight is delivered quickly before the heat dissipates or the steam is maintained until further direction is given from the shipper.

Time

Sometimes the most efficient method of cooling a tanker truck is good old-fashioned father time.  The natural insulation in the tanker truck allows hot products to be cooled to the desired temperature before delivery.

Of course with time accuracy is lost and actual temperatures are a little more unpredictable than the other methods of temperature controlled chemical transport.

If you need transporting a chemical that has strict temperature requirements, don’t let that integrity of it and the relationship with your customer to chance.  Hire a reliable liquid bulk carrier familiar with every option of temperature manipulation to move your chemical freight safely and on time.

Total connection is an experienced liquid bulk freight broker with over 30 years of experience in every industry.  Request a free liquid bulk quote today and one of our chemical experts will reach out right away and give you a cost-effective quote for the safe handling and on-time transport of your liquid chemical shipment.

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