How All Chemical Ensures Product Safety During Liquid Transport
For liquid transport trucking companies, safety is at the top of the importance list. That’s why we at All Chemical are always planning, training, and crafting protocols for maximum safety of the many products we transport. Safety is at the forefront of our minds at each stage of a haul: from the moment we receive an order, assign the truck driver, plan the route, and start loading, all the way to the delivery of the product.

As you might imagine, there are countless factors you need to consider when ensuring safety during liquid transport. In the end, they come down to three things:

• Your tank
• Your seals
• Temperature control

Choosing the Right Tank for Liquid Transport

Your first step when ensuring safety is the vessel you’re using to transport the liquid product. Different products require different containment protocols, and it’s of crucial importance to know the chemical properties of each product. What type of product is it?

• HAZMAT products
• Non-hazardous materials
• Kosher materials

Whatever your load, you’ll need complete familiarity with the product’s requirements in order to ship it in a tanker whose specifications will get the job done.

Liquid chemicals are often transported in tankers. Tankers are designed to handle the unique challenges associated with transporting liquids, including the need for secure containment and stability during transit. A tanker is used to transport varying types of liquid products.

In addition, All Chemical also has a small fleet of fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP) trailers. These trailers are constructed using fiberglass, and are known for its strength, durability, and lightweight properties.

Our dispatchers choose the best piece of equipment for the job based on specific demands of the job, the nature of the cargo (including weight and corrosion), and any regulatory consideration or specialized applications.

The most common container is the ISO container (or intermodal container), which comes in a variety of sizes, though 20-foot or 40-foot lengths are the ones most shippers tend to use. These containers are standardized for convenience, safety, and cost-effectiveness, and they require proper handling and storage. They’re mandatory when shipping HAZMAT materials, due to their capacity for safety and secondary containment.

Other options exist, though, and sometimes a product requires a different type of tank. For example, the Flexibag container available to shippers can be the best choice for certain hauls. Thanks to their versatile technology and straightforward construction, these tankers can offer cost savings and greater availability than ISO containers in some circumstances.

Seals and Closure Systems

Next on the safety checklist: the seals and closure systems. These matter not just at the start of a haul, but at every stage, from transloading to transport to offloading. Product viscosity or problems with tank hoses and seals can lead to leakage and breaches of secondary containment—a liquid transporter’s nightmare!

• Inspections and compliance scores tell the story of a company’s professionalism and commitment to safety, and we work to ensure that our tankers, facilities, trucks and truck drivers all adhere to our high safety standards.
• Transloading puts a company’s safety standards to the test, as products must be transferred from one container to another without jeopardizing the product, the team managing the haul, or the surrounding community and environment. That’s why few companies offer transloading services, but our Lakewood facility does (with our fully contained, in-house transload stations).
• Proper kosher seals for trailers are required to transport liquid, food-grade, and other types of kosher products. We also ensure all hoses, valves and recovery lines are bagged for additional security. Knowing the significance of regulations for Kosher-certified transportation, we made sure our kosher fleet and service offerings fully met and exceeded all requirements set out by trusted rabbinic agencies.

Staying on Top of Temperature Control

As if all of that weren’t enough, you also need to manage the temperature control requirements for each product you’re hauling. Getting these protocols wrong can spell disaster:

• Secondary containment issues
• Loss or spoiling of product
• Lengthy shipping delays
• Equipment malfunction or damage
• Transloading gone awry

There’s a reason we at All Chemical are trusted by power, water, pharmaceutical, and Fortune 500 companies—as well as governmental agencies and even nuclear power plants—to safely handle liquid transportation all over the United States and Canada.

When the time comes that you need a product transported, give us a call. We’ve got the knowledge and expertise that will help you breathe easy, knowing your haul is in good hands.

From Weather Emergencies to Equipment Failures: Why Companies Need Alternative Resources at the Ready for Their Tank Wash and Tank Steam Services It’s every fluid logistics carrier’s worst nightmare. You lined up an on-the-go tank wash or tank steam, but weather or traffic emergencies diverted your route, and now you’re deep in unfamiliar territory, still needing services. Or the facility you picked saddled you with long wait times. Or maybe they notified you last-minute that its equipment is out of commission.

Companies deserve more resources to meet these unpredictable dilemmas. Our 45+ years in liquid chemical transportation have taught us that stellar service and success in this industry isn’t a solo job: it’s a team effort. So why wait? Partner with All Chem for your tank steaming and tank washing and get the support you need!

Facing Unforeseen Challenges on the Road? From start to finish on a fluid logistics job, every link in the chain needs attention. When a longer haul means pit stops in unfamiliar territory, companies get tied up trying to find the services they need from a provider they can trust, so they can get their load to its destination without issue.

With our tank washing and tank steaming services, we help you tackle any number of these challenges:

• Your route changes because of traffic pile ups or construction
• Your current facility can’t handle a new order, but you still want to transport it
• You’re rerouted due to inclement weather
• Your customer needs a Kosher wash with quick turnaround
• You need a facility with great customer support and rapid response times
• Your current facility’s wait times are prohibitively long
• The servicing equipment you need always seems to be down at your current facility

No matter your pain point, we’re here to help. Our Lakewood, NJ headquarters situates us perfectly for serving companies’ hauling loads through the Northeast Corridor. We’re a trusted name in the industry, bringing an unparalleled level of customer service and an unwavering commitment to safety in everything we do, from tank steaming to storage, transloading to washing. We make it our mission to be prepared down to the smallest detail in fluid logistics, and we follow through. (But don’t take our word for it: check out what our satisfied customers have to say!

Inside Our Tank Steaming Services

Tank steaming at All Chem is a breeze! Because we own and operate two steam boilers capable of steaming any tanker or ISO/intermodal container and can boast more than 50 tank steam stations, we have the capacity and redundancy to heat equipment without delaying your fluid logistics project timeline. Our tank steaming professionals customize services to your order, with an array of offerings:

• Low- or high-pressure steams
• Steam-regulating capabilities
• Hot water heating (a rare offering for most wash racks!)
• Capacity to steam multiple containers simultaneously
• 24/7/365 on-call boiler maintenance
• 24/7/365 product monitoring at fixed intervals

Inside Our Tank Wash Services

For tank washes, we offer a broad selection of services. Our three wash rack bays and new, improved wastewater processing plant complete our state-of-the-art facility, enabling us to serve customers with a wide range of fluid logistics needs:

• Standard chemical tank washing
• Diesel tank washing
• Specialized washing services (for oil-based, heavy products)
• Kosher washes

In fact, we are one of the few New Jersey facilities with full Kosher certification, offering both “re-kosherization” tank washing and other Kosher-grade washes (standard, tank upgrade, and Kosher-for-Passover maintenance washes). Our Kosher washes (for tanks already in Kosher service) comprise a thorough cleaning process to meet the highest certification standards. For re-kosherization washes, we can take tanks in non-Kosher service and process them to bring them up to the strict regulatory requirements for any piece of Kosher-certified equipment.

With all of our tank steam and tank wash services, we streamline the experience for each customer. Based on your route, you’ll find the benefit of coupling product steaming with tank and container washing to give you the highest convenience factors.

So, if you need a tank wash or tank steam in the Northeast, call All Chemical’s Operations Team today to schedule. We’ll take care of all your fluid logistics so you can keep your business moving.

All Chem Now Offers Bonded Carrier and Warehouse Services All Chem is kicking off the new year with an exciting announcement: We are officially approved as a Bonded Carrier and Warehouse through U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)! That means we now offer chemical transportation and storage for shipments not yet released by customs for our customers, in addition to our already impressive array of amenities and chemical transportation services.

What Is a Bonded Warehouse?

To put it simply, a bonded warehouse is a specialized storage space where companies can store their goods while all of the paperwork and procedures of the customs process are finished.

As we at All Chem know, regulations are crucial to safely conducting business in this industry. We’re big proponents of going above and beyond regulation requirements, never cutting corners where safety is concerned. From what we have seen—those regulatory processes can sometimes take a while! That’s why bonded warehouses can be such an important link in the chemical transportation chain.

Imagine you’re an international company, looking to transport a bulk liquid load from your headquarters facility in one country all the way to your distributors in another. Once the shipment arrives on our shores, the merchandise needs to be customs released in order to make final delivery. Duties and fees must be paid, taxes assessed, and paperwork processed. If it isn’t fully released by the time the container has arrived to port, it could take time to finalize clearance. Meanwhile, your ISO container needs somewhere to go!

In this situation, a bonded warehouse provides the solution. These government- or privately-owned facilities serve as “duty-free” holding zones where companies can store their loads until they’ve dotted all the I’s and crossed the T’s.

All Chem Gets It Done

We’ve always been passionate about giving our customers a “one-stop-shop” experience. From chemical transportation, loading or transloading, equipment servicing, storing, washing, steaming, and more, we handle every stage of the job so customers don’t fall prey to multi-vendor syndrome. The last thing we want is a customer struggling to manage multiple invoices and carriers just to get one shipment delivered!

We want to offer our ISO container customers access to a secure bonded warehouse, so their chemical transportation experience is as streamlined as possible. Our ISO container depot is already a full-service, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-compliant facility, with rigorous safety protocols and extensive storage capacity. We knew that a bonded warehouse status would be yet another feather in that cap!

That’s why in 2024, our team saw an opportunity and contacted CBP to start the application process to become a Bonded Carrier and warehouse. We gathered all the paperwork, collated data, vetted all employees who would be tasked with handling the bonded ISO containers, and outfitted our facility with the necessary equipment and signage to comply with all CBP and Partner Government Agency (PGA) regulations.

When CBP came for the walkthrough site visit, let’s just say we passed with flying colors! As of December 12, 2024, CBP authorized All Chemical Transport Corp. as a Bonded Carrier, with a Class 3 (Public) and Class 4 (Bonded Yard) bonded warehouse.

“This is a great step for us at All Chem,” said Anthony Coruccini, our COO. “We’re proud to have another service offering we can make available to our customers.”

So, if you’re looking for a “one-stop-shop” chemical transportation bonded carrier you can trust to haul and store your loads and make the trans-national customs process navigable, turn to us at All Chemical. We’re covering all your bases for you, so you can rest easy!

2024: A Year of Chemical Distribution Success at All Chemical Ever have a year that brings the unexpected?

Here at All Chemical, we certainly have. We didn’t know in January that 2024 would see our chemical logistics network expand through another location. We couldn’t have anticipated the pricing pressures from shippers, the marketplace changes, and the regulation uncertainties we’d face.

But as we reach the end of 2024 and look to the future, there’s one thing we can predict. In season and out of season, we’ll still be here, holding true to our customer-centric, safety-first values and commitment to service excellence that make us the trusted choice in chemical distribution.

All Chemical’s Biggest Achievements with Chemical Logistics in 2024

It’s official! All Chemical’s new terminal outside of Houston, Texas opened this year, jumpstarting our already growing presence in the state’s chemical logistics scene. We expanded our customer base in the greater Houston area, and built out our on-site dispatch support and a team of local truck drivers.

Plus, the Texas terminal means greater diversification for the All Chemical family. Adding this new location to our roster establishes another area to support our customers and expand our reach within the chemical distribution and transportation industry.

Finally, we’re proud of how well we weathered the industry’s storms this year. Despite considerable pricing and shipping pressures, we kept to our core service commitments as a company. As a result, we were able to continue growth and market share throughout the year, finishing strong and primed for whatever 2025 might bring.

All Chemical’s Biggest Chemical Distribution & Logistics Challenges in 2024

The distribution of chemicals always brings challenges no matter the year, and 2024 was no exception.

2024 brought significant uncertainty with governmental regulations around chemical logistics, given the presidential election (as well as certain regulatory goals within our home state of NJ). We weathered these storms, relying on our established history of innovation and our team’s capacity to pivot and troubleshoot. Our team is our strength!

All Chemical’s Biggest Innovations in 2024

Our company has a reputation for pioneering innovation in our industry, as we implement new technologies, make creative pivots, and launch inventive problem-solving strategies. In 2024, we made significant investments in upgraded camera systems on our power units, which allow dual-side blind-spot recording on our tankers. Already, this has proved useful on several occasions, illuminating unloading discrepancies, resolving motorist complaints, and facilitating accident investigations.

Against this backdrop of chemical logistics innovation, we are fortunate to work with a strong group of customers. With that comes expectations of exceptional customer service and an ability to deliver. As we consistently invest in cutting-edge equipment and champion innovative technologies, we continue to empower our team to deliver exceptional service—even in changing post-Covid market conditions, where the industry is still processing excess capacity and shippers have more options for moving their shipments than in the recent past.

Our Takeaway for the Year Ahead

Here at All Chemical, 2024 reinvigorated our commitment to our customers and solidified our confidence in our team with chemical distribution. As we adapt to the changes to come, we’ve cultivated a superior service model over decades, and that remains our key differentiator. Our customers know there’s nothing we cannot, will not, or do not do for them. Grounded in that foundation of service excellence, we have a strong position to continue growth into 2025 and beyond.

Contact us today to partner with us for your future chemical distribution needs!

Navigating Environmental and Seasonal Challenges in Chemical Transport “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds”—that unofficial motto of the US Postal Service could easily apply to the chemical logistics team here at All Chemical! After all, chemical transportation comes with just as many—if not more—challenges due to environmental and seasonal factors.

And during our decades in the chemical transport business, we’ve honed our preparedness for them all.

How All Chemical Faces the Environmental Challenges of Chemical Transport

As a national company, we provide chemical logistics services to customers across the Northeast corridor, the continental US, and even into Canada. That means we’re familiar with the way chemical transport challenges change from place to place. With terminals in New Jersey, Delaware, North Carolina, and (most recently) Texas, our dedicated teams of certified truck drivers and support staff have the knowledge and experience to respond and adapt to these changes.

Our company protocols enable us to navigate several of the environmental challenges found in the chemical logistics industry:

• Having the infrastructure in place and using maintained equipment to avoid spills and leaks
• Taking the utmost care and following proper procedures when disposing of chemical waste
• Staying current on regulatory compliance rules and complying with state and federal agencies when transporting and disposing of chemicals.
• Educating our staff through ongoing training on the risk of accidents and environmental disasters and how to avoid them.

Here is how we enable our staff to handle these environmental challenges: first, through rigorous training for our truck drivers, credentialed through the Smith System driver safety program and CDL-certified with Transportation Worker Identification Credentials (TWIC) and Hazardous Materials Endorsements (HME). Our team’s expertise means we’ve foreseen and prepared for all eventualities, tailoring our chemical logistics to the challenges of the environment.

Then, there are our local teams of on-call employees, ready to respond 24/7/365 if emergency strikes. At each of our terminals, we operate with on-the-ground support and an established network of strategically allocated services and equipment. On the road, we even have partners nationwide for any tank washing and steaming services a chemical logistics job might call for.

How All Chemical Faces the Seasonal Challenges of Chemical Transport

As if environmental challenges weren’t enough, seasonal realities present their own set of challenges for chemical logistics—and here, too, we’re already steps ahead. Our emergency protocols and proactive strategies make us prepared to face any number of seasonal issues:

• Outfitting our trucks for the hazards of winter driving
• Monitoring risk levels for forest fires each summer
• Creatively adapting strategies to transport chemicals with temperature sensitivity
• Maintaining solar panels for backup power in the event of an outage
• Keeping detailed plans of action for extreme weather events like floods, hurricanes, and fires, as well as chemical storage plans in case of emergency
• Using advanced insulation techniques to protect products from seasonal temperature fluctuations

In our industry, we’ve learned it’s smartest to “expect the unexpected.” When it comes to chemical logistics, we plan for weather- and season-related delays:

• Summer increases in construction and rising demands for water and power
• Severe weather events leading to decreased visibility and unsafe road conditions
• Late spring and early summer graduations, leading to higher numbers of inexperienced drivers on the roads
• Winter snowstorms and black-ice accidents

Whatever the season, you name it, we’ve prepared for it! We support our truck drivers and customers alike with 24/7 dispatch at the ready, helping keep drivers and products safe on the roads.

Contact us today and partner with a company whose risk mitigation game can’t be beat!

Announcing All Chemical’s New Texas Terminal Exciting news! All Chemical is expanding our chemical logistics operation to a new terminal in Channelview, Texas (a suburb of Houston)—the latest addition to our growing roster of terminals!

We can now boast of thriving local chemical logistics hubs in New Jersey, Delaware, North Carolina, and Texas; and we’re thrilled to tell you all about this latest chapter of our company’s forty-plus-year story.

Founder and owner Steve Quadrel had this to say about the new location, “When I started All Chemical in 1978, it was me and my truck. Over 45 years later, we have terminals in four states and employ over 130 drivers. It’s an exciting time to expand our services in Texas.”

Chemical Transportation: Why Texas?

As a trusted trans-national chemical logistics company with growing numbers of satisfied customers in the Houston area and beyond, it was an important opportunity for us to open a new terminal in the region. With business booming for us in the Northeast corridor, we knew the time had come to share our chemical transportation expertise and services from a local foundation.

Until now, the Texas-based chemical logistics work we’ve done has been entirely built from the outside in. We send in a driver, who completes an in-state haul, and then heads back out to cover work in other states. This new terminal opens a whole new landscape of possibilities for us as a company—and for the customers we serve.

And the theme of those possibilities? Local, local, local! We can hire local drivers, use local trucks, domicile locally, preload, stage hauls with a local foundation—you name it. Working locally means we benefit the community, our team, and our valued customers, all in one fell swoop. Everyone wins!

The Texas Terminal Scoop
Curious about the new location? We’ll keep you in the loop as our expansion plans come to fruition over the coming months. Fresh from the construction successes of our Lakewood terminal, we’re excited to see the Texas construction unfold.

As we outfit our new building to the exacting safety standards we’re known for, we’re proud to offer a wide array of chemical transportation service amenities:

• Transportation services
• Storage services
• On-site dispatch support
• A dedicated team of vetted local drivers

True to our reputation as a company that consistently stays ahead of the curve, we’ve already got our sights set on future expansion for steaming services at our new Texas terminal. What we’re saying is, don’t be surprised if you soon hear of a steaming sequel to our expansion story!

Another added benefit to this expansion is immediate access to a local truck repair shop for fleet testing, repairs, and preventative maintenance. This partnership will not only benefit our drivers in the area, it will also increase our customer service support.

As COO Anthony Coruccini steers the chemical logistics business end of the project, and our Director of Safety Don Wrege handles compliance and staffing, we’re already pursuing multiple leads in the area as our customer base grows. Soon, the Houston area will be home to plenty of new customers just as enthusiastic about the All Chemical service treatment as we are about providing it.

Anthony Coruccini said about the new location, “The expansion is exciting – we have a budding reputation in the area. A number of our existing relationships also have large-scale operations in the Houston area, so it was organic in growing an operation out of that area. Being able to partner with a long-standing and reputable repair shop also makes the transition that much easier.”

We’ve already seen the chemical transportation magic happen in and around our Lakewood headquarters. Now, it’s time for the magic to come to Houston.

Contact us today to experience the All Chemical difference for yourself when you have chemical logistics needs in the Houston, Texas area.

HAZMAT Storage & Transport: The Ultimate Guide When it comes to HAZMAT storage and transport, we at All Chemical are as knowledgeable as it gets. We take chemical hazards seriously. You see, as a company led by our values, we care about our employees, our customers, and the communities we serve. And for us, that means keeping our safety standards high as a HAZMAT carrier.

Nowhere is this more important than the storage and transport of hazardous chemicals.

Storing and Transporting Hazardous Chemicals

There’s a reason HAZMAT symbols and chemical hazard labels show up in so many movies and TV shows right before something explodes! When handled correctly, we will safely transport these materials to their final destination, minus the drama. Hazardous chemicals are just that—hazardous. To store and transport these vital materials, countless regulations and rules must be followed with the highest degree of precision.

These regulations govern many areas of consideration:

• Temperature control of materials
• Containment protocols
• Primary and secondary hazards
• Shipping, packing, handling, and transloading protocols
• Emergency training and preparedness
• HAZMAT endorsements for drivers
• Properly maintained HAZMAT storage containers
• Chemical hazard labels, placards, and marking

Numerous state and national organizations have codified regulations surrounding chemical transport, especially where it comes to HAZMAT storage and loads: from the Department of Environmental Protection’s Discharges of Petroleum and Other Hazardous Substances (DPHS) Program, to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) Hazardous Materials Rules, and more. Only carriers with impeccable safety standards achieve compliance ratings like ours.

That’s because at All Chemical, our thoroughly vetted and certified team of professionals are well versed in every detail of these regulations. Our impressive stock of ISO containers cover all our customers’ HAZMAT storage containers and transport bases. We are a trusted provider for power, water, and pharmaceutical companies (including nuclear power plants), as well as governmental agencies and Fortune 500 companies, precisely because of our stellar track record with handling hazardous materials safely and well.

Because of how serious HAZMAT transport and storage is, carriers must walk the safety walk, not just talk the talk. This means:

• Maintaining a robust security program and comprehensive training (as we do, with the Smith5Keys driver training system)
• Upholding high inspections standards and practices
• Staying abreast of all industry safety regulations and training team members in emergency preparedness
• Maintaining a thorough system of communication (with written records) between drivers and customers throughout transportation
• Achieving and maintaining a high CSA (Compliance, Safety, Accountability) score
• Establishing a safety-first culture in the company at large

Knowing our reputation for safety, compliance, and complete trustworthiness, it won’t surprise you to learn that All Chemical has been in the business of ticking all these boxes from the start.

So, if you’re lost researching HAZMAT storage containers, protocols, and chemical hazard labels, give us a call! With more than four decades of experience in the liquid bulk chemical transportation industry, we’re prepared down to the smallest detail. You can count on us to haul and store your loads with the utmost precision and care.