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.