Transporting chemicals and other hazmat liquids is critical to the wellbeing of our economy and lifestyle in North America. It can, however, pose a significant challenge… from temperature and pressure sensitivities to the toxic nature of the materials that must be transported. Polar Tank began producing food grade trailers 73 years ago in Holdingford, Minnesota. As it mastered the engineering and manufacturing process, the company began building chemical trailers. Since that time, Polar has continued to innovate and improve its trailers to meet the needs of its customers and the chemical transportation industry. • Intelligent design drives customer success. When building anything of exceptional value, the end user must always be top of mind. Polar designs its trailers to give customers an edge against the competition and realize greater profitability. Efficiency, safety and durability are the fundamental cornerstones of every Polar trailer. • Efficiency Polar produces the lightest chemical is optimized to ensure chemicals stay trailer in mass production, maximizing payloads and minimizing tare weights. Temperature maintenance within acceptable parameters. (Overcapacity on driver shortage continued on page 18) The National Newspaper of the Liquid and Dry Bulk Transportation Industry www.TankTransport.com [email protected] 1-800-537-1320 Fax: 817-348-0289 www.twitter.com/tanktransporter www.facebook.com/transporttrader http://www.tanktransport-digital.com/tanktransport/2017_product_service_directory_and_buyers_guide Since 1986 AUGUST 2017 COMING IN SEPTEMBER ACIDS / CHEMICALS ADVERTISING DEADLINE: AUG 21st VIEW AND DOWNLOAD OUR 2017 PRODUCT SERVICE DIRECTORY AND BUYERS GUIDE\" PRST STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID Dallas, TX PERMIT No. 2874 TANK TRANSPORT TRADER 1011 W. 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(Hazmat trucking continued on page 17) (Rules on hazmat shipping continued on page 16) Numerous rules regulate hazmat shipping Depending on whether you ship domestically within the U.S. or import or export internationally, regulations for shipping hazardous materials and dangerous goods have a variety of similarities and differences. Domestically, The Hazardous Material Transportation Act ( HMTA) was published in 1975. Created to provide adequate protection against the risks to life and property inherent in the transportation of hazardous material in commerce, the act is broken down into four key areas of compliance and enforcement found in The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Title 49: • Procedures and/or Policies: 49 CFR Parts 101, 106, and 107 • Material Designations: 49 CFR Part 172 • Packaging Requirements: 49 CFR Parts 173, 178, 179, and 180 • Operational Rules: 49 CFR Parts 171, 173, 174, 175, 176, and 177 Without opening the Pandora’s box of hazardous materials (hazmat) regulations found in part 100-177 of CFR49, let’s look at the definition found in §171.8: Hazardous material means a substance or material that the Secretary of Transportation has determined is capable of posing an unreasonable risk to health, safety, and property when transported in commerce, and has designated as hazardous under section 5103 of Federal hazardous materials transportation law (49 U.S.C. 5103). Is driver shortage creating overcapacity? The industry driver shortage narrative is helping to destroy the truckload market’s economics by attracting more drivers and fleets to our industry. It plays well in truck driving schools and recruiting ads, but it creates more danger than good. By attracting more drivers and fleets into our industry, we are creating more capacity at a time when the market needs less of it. Trucking companies can have unseated trucks (i.e. not enough drivers to drive the trucks that the carrier owns), which is a driver shortage. But that is the carrier’s problem, not the market’s. There are plenty of carriers that have unseated trucks and it can bankrupt them if it becomes perpetual. The National Newspaper of the Liquid and Dry Bulk Transportation Industry Since 1986 COMING IN NOVEMBER 2019 MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR EQUIPMENT MUST BE KEPT UP TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS FOR THE TRANSPORTERS OF LIQUID AND DRY BULK PRODUCTS. www.twitter.com/tanktransporter www.facebook.com/transporttrader ADVERTISING DEADLINE: OCT 23RD www.TankTransport.com [email protected] 1-800-537-1320 Fax: 817-348-0289 OCTOBER 2019 2020 PRODUCT SERVICE DIRECTORY AND BUYERS GUIDE–COMING FEBRUARY 2020! TANK TRUCK SERVICE FACILITIES • TANK CLEANING FACILITIES • TANK TRUCK BUYERS GUIDE • WASTE PUMPER BUYERS GUIDE ADVERTISING DEADLINE: DECEMBER 6, 2019 Confidence comes standard with Polar chemical trailers (Polar chemical trailers continued on page 14)
Sand Sa 05 Polyethyl Pe 04 Lime Li 06 Cement Ce 07 Flour Fl 08 Proppant Pr 11 Polysty Ps 10 Potash Pa 13 Polypro Pp 14 Sugar Sg 09 Starch St 12 Offering market-leading product in every dry bulk segment and a reputation for enduring performance measured in decades. With Heil Trailer, you don’t have to struggle to solve the equation—our quality and durability are always constant. Heil Trailer Dry Bulk. Your solution for success. | Heil Trailer Dry Bulk Heil Trailer is part of the EnTrans International family of brands. En Trans International, LLC En Trans International, LLC To learn more, contact Heil Trailer at 1-800-400-6913. SOLUTIONS BUILT FOR YOU. heiltrailer.com Multiple elements. One solution. HEIL1262_All Dry Bulk_TankTrans_11x14_041819.indd 1 4/18/19 4:54 PM
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877-963-4966 dixonvalve.com • • ©2019 Dixon Valve & Coupling, LLC. All rights reserved. Uncommon Excellence Uncommon Excellence Uncommon Excellence Uncommon Excellence Uncommon Excellence Uncommon Excellence Uncommon • • • • • • 877-963-4966 dixonvalve.com • • ©2019 Dixon Valve & Coupling, LLC. All rights reserved. Are unreliable overfill system stealing your profits? FloTech overfill protection products can help! • Most reliable overfill system available • API compatible • Sockets use a patented detachable nose ring that permits replacement without disconnecting wiring • Red tip indicates a genuine FloTech overfill sensor • Used in trans-loading between mobile tanks or remote fixed storage tanks and a cargo tank and also for pump-out applications Dixon Bayco_Tank Transport_FloTech_Oct 2019.indd 1 9/20/2019 12:02:24 PM Gary N. Hightower Publisher Of: 800-537-1320 Cell: 817-845-6301 [email protected] Jack Flanders Editor Cell: 512-667-6223 [email protected] Sherry Unger Regional Sales Mgr. Cell: 817-690-5541 [email protected] Neal R. Hightower Publisher-Etrucking.com Internet Marketing 817-945-1305 [email protected] TANK TRANSPORT TRADER A GNH Enterprises, Inc. company 1011 W. Bluff St. Fort Worth, Texas 76102 800-537-1320 817-338-0822 Fax: 817-348-0289 [email protected] www.tanktransport.com www.etrucking.com Concentrating on industry leaders in the liquid and dry bulk industry, no other publication offers a more direct route to that audience than Tank Transport Trader. We reach additional industries that are not primarily carriers but do buy and use tank related products such as the construction, farming, oilfield, mining, chemical, and environmental industries. We also offer an annual Product/Service Directory and Buyer’s Guide publication as well as product advertising on our web site at www.etrucking.com. Qualified persons can apply for a free subscription by filling out a subscription form located in this issue or via our web site at http://www.transport.com/subscribe.aspx. Disclaimer: Tank Transport Trader cannot assure the quality, benefits or terms of the goods and services which are advertised in the publication. Therefore, Tank Transport Trader, GNH Enterprises Inc., the publisher, and each of their agents, employees and personnel (together referred to as “TTT”) disclaim all responsibility for the content of any advertising herein, and all representations or warranties mad in such advertising are those of the advertisers only. TTT is not liable to any advertisers herein for misprints in advertising or for failure to place advertising herein in a timely fashion, except that in any of such events, the limit f liability shall be the amount of the publication charge for such advertising. TTT expressly disclaims all warranties concerning the accuracy and/or timeliness of any advertising herein and neither assumes nor authorizes any other person to assume for it any liability in connection with such advertising or failure to place appropriate advertising, except as herein stated. Under no circumstances will TTT be responsible for incidental or consequential damages arising from failure to publish timely, failure to publish at all, inconvenience, loss, loss of use or other damages, its liability being limited, as above stated, to the publication charge for such advertising, TTT reserves the right to refuse to print or publish in any form material that it deems inappropriate for any reason, No representative or employee of TTT may enter into a contract or agreement contrary to this disclaimer. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part, graphically or electronically, of any part of this publication without the written permission of the publisher is prohibited. Tank Transport Trader is a dba of GNH Enterprises, Inc. 12 TANK TRANSPORT TRADER I OCTOBER 2019 www.TankTransport.com
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The term includes hazardous substances, hazardous wastes, marine pollutants, elevated temperature materials, materials designated as hazardous in the Hazardous Materials Table (see 49 CFR 172.101), and materials that meet the defining criteria for hazard classes and divisions in part 173 of this subchapter. A few key terms worth noting: property, hazardous substances, and when transported in commerce. We’ll come back to those later. 1. The Definition of Dangerous Goods Now let’s look at the international definitions of dangerous goods. For international transportation by air, we have the definition provided by the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) Technical Instructions for the Safe Transportation of Dangerous Goods by Air, and the UN model regulations: “Dangerous goods are articles or substances that are capable of posing a risk to health, safety, property or the environment.’’ For the international transportation by vessel, the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) regulatory definition found in the IMDG Code (International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code) is: “Dangerous goods mean the substances, materials and articles covered by the IMDG Code.’’ Now, for the average shipper, both hazmat and dangerous goods (DGs) terms are fairly interchangeable. However, with the definition of a hazardous material, the legality of the regulatory wording in the U.S. is very specific when it comes to property and being transported in commerce. We also see the exclusion of the term “environment’’ in the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) definition. The DOT’s jurisdiction over dangerous goods overlaps with the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) jurisdiction. The term “hazardous substances’’ is an EPA term, and these substances are only regulated for transport if they are shipped in packages that exceed the reportable quantities listed in Appendix A to the table of hazardous materials found in §172.101. Under 40 CFR 302.6, the EPA requires persons in charge of facilities (including transport vehicles, vessels and aircraft) to report any release of a hazardous substance to the DOT’s National Response Center if the quantity is equal to or greater than its reportable quantity. They must do so as soon as they have knowledge of the release. “Property’’ is another important term especially pertaining to the ownership and possible responsibility involving a hazmat incident. It involves not only the goods being shipped as property, but could also involve where the goods are actually located at any point during transit. Imagine a consignment of dangerous goods arriving in the U.S. and a serious incident occurs before the importer actually receives the goods. Was there damage to someone’s property such as a building or the actual transport unit container or trailer? Who is responsible? The shipper? The carrier or the owner of the goods? Remember the initial purpose of the hazmat transportation act was all about safety. This is where the regulatory requirements of a shipper relating to the use of hazardous materials terminology such as the correct UN identification numbers, proper shipping names, classification, 24-hour emergency response telephone, and other information are used. The shipping papers are also where ownership is controlled and serves as the contract of carriage in business, and it is where an understanding of the correct Incoterms 2010 is vital. The last term we need to clarify is the use of “when transported in commerce.’’ What happens when you purchase some solvent or oil-based paint at the hardware store? Do you need labels, placards or shipping papers? No. This is where the manufacturer would need to ensure compliance with the Federal Trade Commission and the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the applicable regulatory references in CFR Title 16 -- Commercial Practices in place to protect the end user. We’ve all seen the scary warning labels for proper storage, usage and disposal of the chemicals we keep under the sink. 2. Providing Hazmat Training The key connection here is with the term, When Transported in Commerce, and how it applies to the hazmat employer. After all, the employer, not the employee, offers the material for transport and is obviously in commerce. The hazmat employer is also responsible for training all the hazmat employees. The training requirements are very specific and must ensure hazmat employees receive adequate training in the following four areas: 1. A general awareness of the hazard communication system. 2. Safety and how to properly handle the hazardous materials and the need to provide emergency response information. OSHA training can be used to fulfill this if applicable. 3. Security awareness and how to develop and maintain a possible security plan, if necessary. 4. Function-specific training as it applies to their particular products and modes of transport both domestically and possibly internationally. The alternative use of dangerous goods training can be substituted. For air transport that means training on the ICAO/IATA regulatory requirements; for vessel shipments, that means training according to the IMDG Code. Compliance with our domestic federal law is mandatory, even for foreign shippers. Although international law is recognized, each country or state may have variations that the shipper must comply with. Guess which country has the most variations? Yup, the U.S. While hazardous materials and dangerous goods are somewhat similar, they are also very different depending on what is shipped, from where they originated, and where they are going. (Polar chemical trailers continued from page 14) (Rules on hazmat shipping continued from page 1) manufacturing process improvements. It was a leader in building subframes with 3/16-inch high-strength stainless steel rather than carbon steel, which resulted in lighter yet more durable trailers. Polar then used its expertise in high- strength stainless steel fabrication to jointly develop stainless steel air ride suspension towers. Design improvements made over the last five years include: • Lowered overall height and center of gravity for improved fuel economy, better road stability and driver preference • Bolt-on supports for easier replacement and repairs • Redesigned spill dam area, providing larger work area • Redesigned bumpers to be compliant to both U.S. and Canadian requirements, making it easier to operate in both countries • Precision and quality that enhance the bottom line. When building anything of exceptional quality, exactitude is key. Polar chemical trailers are built at two state-of-the-art factories. The original plant in Holdingford has been expanded, upgraded and rebuilt several times. In 2014, a second production facility was opened in Juarez, Mexico, more than doubling Polar’s production capacity of stainless steel trailers. Both Polar plants are equipped with state-of- the-art-manufacturing equipment and processes to deliver the best-quality, longest-life trailers. Investments include: • CNC laser cutting of all sheet materials and piece parts, which provides more accuracy for better weld fit-ups and better material utilization with aggressive program nesting • Laser seam welders and keyhole plasma welders, enabling smaller heat-affected zones and fewer metallurgical alterations during welding for greater durability and corrosion-resistance • Robotic welding of subframes, barrel welding • Pipe benders versus welded piping configurations • Vessel head manufacturing for highest quality and flexibility Polar’s chemical trailers have been proven over billions of miles and continue to deliver industry- exclusive manufacturing and design advantages. The company’s mission-specific engineering is a commitment to meet the needs of the chemical transportation industry throughout North America. 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Hazmat truckers are drivers who transport hazardous materials from place to place. The Institute of Hazardous Materials Management (IHMM) defines a hazardous material as “any item or agent that has the potential to cause harm to humans, animals, or the environment, either by itself or through interaction with other factors.” This includes items like: • Explosives • Corrosive materials • Gases • Flammable or combustible liquids and solids • Radioactive materials • Poisons • Oxidizing substances Hazmat truckers are typically experienced drivers who have proper training in handling and delivering toxic items. These truckers must not only transport the material, but they also need to carefully monitor their routes and practice proper safety at all times. Some hazardous materials are time sensitive, so hazmat truckers sometimes must adjust their routes based on traffic and road conditions to make sure their goods get to the destination in time. 1. How do you become a hazmat truck driver? Since hazmat trucking is much more dangerous than hauling standard goods, a regular commercial driver’s license (CDL_ isn’t enough to be able to haul hazardous materials. So, truckers must obtain a hazmat endorsement (code H) before they are certified to haul hazmat. To do this, drivers must complete an application and pass a hazmat knowledge test. Since there is a high demand for hazmat truckers, many companies are willing to pay for drivers to become hazmat certified. Sometimes, however, there’s another step in the process. Many hazardous materials are transported in tankers, and drivers must obtain a tanker endorsement (Code N), which requires a separate knowledge test. Fortunately, truckers have the option to earn their hazmat and tanker endorsements at the same time and obtain an “X” endorsement. 2. Benefits of hazmat trucking One of the biggest benefits of hazmat trucking is the salary. As of 2018, the average base pay for a hazmat tanker driver was around $50,000. By getting their hazmat or tanker CDL endorsements, truckers have the ability to make even more money in the trucking profession. In fact, hazmat transportation is one of the highest-paying careers in the trucking industry. Aside from the salary, the job outlook for hazmat truck drivers is promising. The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts a 17-percent employment growth by 2026, which is much faster than the average for other occupations. Truckers with hazmat and tanker endorsements have a wide variety of options when finding a trucking job. Even better, having the endorsements often helps drivers stand apart from others when applying for jobs. 3. Tips for Success in Hazmat Trucking Being a hazmat truck driver is not a walk in the park, and it takes a lot of attention to detail. First and foremost, it’s important to know the laws, regulations and safety risks that come with being a hazmat truck driver. Roads and highways can be just as dangerous as the goods you’re transporting, so it’s crucial for hazmat truckers to be fully aware of the task at hand. From there, having a successful hazmat truck driving career is all about dedication to the job. As the saying goes, you get what you give. Truckers with an eagerness to continuously learn and practice safe driving techniques should have no problem having a rewarding and lucrative hazmat trucking career. (from AllTruckJobs.com) (Hazmat trucking continued from page 1) Rail volume down again U.S. rail volumes were down yet again in late September amid expectations that lower volumes will translate into adequate rail capacity for the remainder of this year. Year-to-date U.S. rail volumes totaled 19.7 million carloads and intermodal units for the week ending September 21, a 3.8 percent drop compared with the same period in 2018, according to data from the Association of American Railroads (AAR). Of this total, the U.S. operations of freight railroads moved 3.6 percent fewer carloads – or 9.6 million carloads. U.S. rail operations also hauled 4 percent fewer intermodal units, at 10.1 million intermodal containers and trailers. On a weekly basis, total U.S. rail traffic fell 6.8 percent to 528,670 carloads and intermodal units. Looking at North American rail volume overall, year-to-date total traffic equaled 26.2 million carloads and intermodal units. Of that, North American carloads fell 2.5 percent to 13.5 million carloads, while the continent’s intermodal units fell 2.9 percent to 13.4 million intermodal containers and trailers. Investment firm Cowen recently surveyed rail shippers in the third quarter, and the results reflect the ongoing theme of macroeconomic uncertainty coupled with cautious resilience. Among those who answered the survey, 39 percent of shippers said they were concerned about rail capacity. While this is up from a response of 38 percent in the second quarter, the third quarter figure is the second-lowest since the third quarter of 2017, Cowen said. A competitive truck market continues to weigh on rail volumes, as well as uncertainty over U.S. trade actions and the country’s economic health, the company said in a Sept. 25 research note. The areas most vulnerable to rail capacity constraints are for track and for equipment such as boxcars, gondolas and center beams, according to survey participants. Participants are less concerned about available capacity for locomotives, hopper cars, tank cars and containers, the Cowen survey said. Meanwhile, when the Cowen survey asked shippers about their rail equipment needs, about 53 percent of shippers said they might or will order rail cars sometime in the next 12 months, which is up from 49 percent in the second-quarter survey. “Rail car demand appears to be holding up at the modest levels we saw last quarter despite continued rail traffic declines and ongoing Precision Scheduled Railroading (PSR) implementation. Barring a recession, orders are unlikely to fall below replacement demand of 10,000-12,000 units per quarter for the balance of the year,” the research note said. NTTC submits petition Through outside counsel, National Tank Truck Carriers (NTTC) has submitted a petition to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) requesting that an exemption the federal agency granted to Groendyke Transportation Inc. be broadened to encompass the entire tank truck industry. The exemption allows the company to use rear-mounted lights that flash when the truck slows. “This exemption request is a simple, common sense way to reduce accidents in our industry,’’ NTTC said in a press release. “When Groendyke installed these lights on its trucks, rear-end collisions dropped by 33.7 percent and highway-rail grade crossing rear-end crashes were entirely eliminated. Research conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration also indicates that lights like these improve safety in the general vehicle population.’’ NTTC officials said that “with such a dramatic reduction in collisions, it’s clear these brake lights should be available to the entire industry. Groendyke Transportation’s pioneering safety practices have presented a simple and highly effective method to improve safety that NTTC believes should be accessible to the entire tank truck industry.’’ Further information may be obtained by contacting Zachery Moore, NTTC’s manager of communications, at 703-838-8857. www.TankTransport.com OCTOBER 2019 I TANK TRANSPORT TRADER 17
A market can have a capacity shortage, in which the market doesn’t have enough trucks available for dispatch at a moment in time. That is a market problem. Capacity shortages are good for carriers and drivers alike. Rates go up when there is a shortage of capacity. Carriers, in turn, gain more volume, which encourages them to add trucks. Once the available pool of drivers is dried up for the new trucks, carriers increase wages and incentives to attract drivers to drive for their fleet. A capacity shortage is what happened in 2018. Driver wages and incentives shot up, as carriers fought aggressively for new drivers. As wages increased, new drivers joined the industry and a number of new fleets also began operations. They were told the shortage is perpetual and they should join the industry. Some new entrants decided to bypass joining a fleet altogether and joined the industry as an owner-operator. The thinking was that if there is a perpetual driver shortage, then carriers will always have pricing power. Fast forward a year later and the situation is quite different. There is a glut of capacity on the road. Carriers have lost their pricing power. The market is oversupplied. The primary reason: There are too many drivers sitting in trucks available for dispatch. Further, the fact that there are many carriers supportive of efforts to reduce standards for new drivers is counter-intuitive from a supply/demand perspective. It may not be popular to say, but stronger regulations and standards can ultimately result in increased margins and driver pay for incumbent carriers. The only way to correct the capacity situation is either more freight volume or fewer drivers. Volumes are a function of economic demand, which is largely out of the industry’s control. The only thing the industry can control is the amount of capacity it adds or subtracts, and since drivers are truly the capacity constraint, the industry needs fewer drivers right now. Certainly, the recent bankruptcies may lower the number of fleets, but it doesn’t mean that drivers end up leaving the industry. They very well may start their own trucking company with a truck bought at their former employer’s bankruptcy auction, or they may go join another fleet that is still in operation. According to the new for-hire tractor count ticker inside of FreightWaves SONAR (TCFH.USA), the for-hire trucking industry has added 26,500 more trucks available for dispatch since November 2018. This works out to a growth of 1.8 percent. The industry would be better served with fewer drivers. And who could make this happen? The Federal government. Safety regulations like hair testing and the drug and alcohol clearinghouse might clean out a large percent of the driver population, which would create a massive capacity shortage. According to the Trucking Alliance, as many as 300,000 of all truck drivers on the road would currently fail a hair test. Truck drivers two would fail these tests are hired by fleets that don’t have stringent background and underwriting requirements. In an effort to prevent a driver shortage in their fleet, the owners put these drivers behind the wheel, without regard to anyone’s safety, reputation, or risk of criminal negligence if the owner had knowledge that an addict was behind the wheel. With opioid addiction on the rise around the country, the opportunity to purge it from our industry – while gaining pricing power – is something anyone who operates cleanly should support. For fleets that have a history of hiring drivers with a drug addiction or alcohol incidents while on duty, a driver shortage would be the least of their concerns. For everyone else, when carriers, drivers, safety advocates and the general public are aligned, there shouldn’t be a shortage of support. (from FreightWaves) Oil cuts may benefit U.S., UK North Sea U.S. shale won’t be the only beneficiary of higher oil prices if the commitment of OPEC and its Russia-led allies to extend their oil production cuts into March 2020 manages to draw down excess global inventories and prop up prices. The UK North Sea as well could profit, as higher Brent Crude prices, possibly returning above $70 a barrel, could yield more cash flow to operators and the supply chain, industry experts said. Yet, they warned that containing costs as much as possible would be crucial to the North Sea remaining competitive in new investments with other, more attractive, oil and gas basins in the world. Although OPEC’s decision to roll over the cuts was widely expected, the nine-month extension to the end of March 2020 – instead of the original idea to roll over until the end of this year – suggests that the cartel is concerned that demand will weaken, while non-OPEC supply, especially U.S. production, will grow at a robust pace. OPEC’s extension was largely factored into the market ahead of time, but a further price upside could come from a possible resolution of the trade dispute between the U.S. and China, which could remove a key uncertainty over global economic and oil demand outlooks. It’s nearly impossible to forecast where oil prices will be – even in the short term – in view of the tense geopolitical picture, but the North Sea oil industry would profit in the short term if Brent prices returned in the $70-80 range, said Marc Gronwald, senior lecturer in energy economics at Aberdeen University. If the industry wants to avoid the next bust cycle, and if it wants to keep skittish investors who have just jumped back into the game by throwing cash at North Sea assets, the industry shouldn’t let costs run out of control with higher prices, even though cost inflation looks “unavoidable,” according to Gronwald. UK North Sea operators could potentially get $348 million a year for very $1-rise in oil prices, said Paul de Leeuw, director of Robert Gordon University’s Oil and Gas Institute. Yet, he cautioned that the industry needs to pull off a careful balancing act between keeping costs down on the one hand, and ensuring wide enough margins for supply chain contractors, on the other. Production and operating costs of oil and gas field operators in the UK North Sea increased by about 2 percent in 2017, according to the UK Oil and Gas Authority (OGA). Still, total operating expenditure of North Sea oil and gas companies was 28 percent lower than costs in 2014 before oil prices collapsed. Earlier this year, OGA said that oil production in the UK rose by 8.0 percent on the year to 1.09 million barrels per day (bpd) in 2018 – the highest UK oil production rate since 2011. Despite this production increase, the UK North Sea needs to attract a steady stream of investment if it wants to keep production and the supply chain from collapsing, industry association Oil & Gas UK said in its key Business Outlook 2019 report this year. Total capital investment has dropped by two thirds since 2014, but Oil & Gas UK sees investment stabilizing this year and next, with a potential for a slight increase this year. The UK North Sea would need around $253 billion in investment between this year and 2035 in order “to add a generation of productive life to the basin,” the association said. But the area needs to ensure that it is as competitive as possible in order to attract investment at a time in which U.S. shale is attracting “the majority of available capital,” according to Oil & Gas UK. While European supermajors Shell, BP and Total continue to view the UK North Sea as one of their core assets and production growth areas, U.S. majors have been selling North Sea stakes as many of them are now focused on U.S. shale. Marathon Oil said in February that it would be exiting the UK North Sea as it continues to focus on high-return U.S. shale oil operations. In April, ConocoPhillips sold its UK oil and gas business to Chrysaor Holdings for $2.675 billion in a deal that Wood Mackenzie described as “another story of the changing corporate landscape in the North Sea – for the first time, a non major is the number one producer in the UK.” In May, Chevron sold its North Sea assets – except for a non-operated stake in the Clair field – for $2 billion to Ithaca Energy, which now becomes the UK’s fifth-largest producer. The line-up of operators in the UK North Sea may be changing, but industry experts say that operators shouldn’t be tempted to let costs run wild even if Brent returns in the $70-80 range. (from Oilprice.com) (Overcapacity on driver shortage continued from page 1) 18 TANK TRANSPORT TRADER I OCTOBER 2019 www.TankTransport.com
NEW PRODUCTS - MANUFACTURING- INDUSTRY NEWS Dixon Bayco Expanding In June, Dixon’s Bayco division moved to a 40,000-square-foot building in West Chester, Ohio. The building is a purpose-built manufacturing and design facility with an electronic clean-room lab, engineering test labs for pressure and flow testing, manufacturing space for CNC manufacturing and electronic assembly and testing, design space, and room for training. Dixon Bayco is proud to be expanding its U.S. manufacturing operations and looks forward to continuing its goal to supply long term reliability and quality products. FloTech™ Overfill Detection products, in addition to many others, are one of many products manufactured at the new facility. Dixon Bayco is proud to be the only manufacturer to offer the following FloTech™ features: • Five-year warranty on both probes and monitors. • The option of an integral monitor/socket configuration for improved reliability. • The option of both plug-and-play or wired systems. • Option of stainless guaranteed for life sockets or the industry-standard hard-coated aluminum. • Comprehensive support including local stock overfill training and 24/7 365 Technical Support. US Container and Extreme Tank Cleaning open tank wash in Newark US Container Depot, LLC, in a partnership with Extreme Tank Cleaning, LLC, has opened a commercial tank wash in Newark, N.J., company officials said. The facility will serve the tank container and liquid bulk tank-trailer community in the New Jersey area. “Whether private or commercial, there have not been enough tank wash facilities in northern New Jersey for years,’’ said Kevin Jackson, president of US Container Depot. “The added capacity, along with the high-pressure wash system to reduce cleaning time, should significantly improve the turn times for tank containers and tank trailers. We have partnered with an experienced and qualified service provider in Extreme Tank Cleaning. Joe Bamber, owner of Extreme Tank Cleaning, brings more than 10 years of experience in the tank cleaning industry and the necessary supervision to ensure the high level quality and service we are known for.” The tank wash facility will have two tank wash bays and, in addition to standard washing protocol, will utilize a high-pressure pump to increase cleaning capabilities. The high-pressure cleaning system reduces time and waste water, company officials said. In addition, the facility will have a three-bay shop for tank container preparation and maintenance and will be capable of storing about 300 empty tank containers in the yard. While, the yard and facility will primarily cater to the tank container community, there will be limited capacity to wash outside tank trailers based on availability. US Container Depot and Extreme Tank Cleaning hosted an open house at the facility in October. US Container Depot is a service provider to the ISO tank container industry with facilities located in Newark; Savannah, Ga.; and Jacksonville, Fla. It offers customers a single source for transportation, drayage, storage, heating, cleaning, and maintenance of tank containers, according to a company press release. Kinderhook acquires Chemtron Kinderhook Industries LLC of New York said it has acquired Avon, Ohio- based Chemtron Corp. from Cleveland-based CapitalWorks. Chemtron represents Kinderhook’s eighth environmental services platform since inception. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Chemtron is a hazardous and non-hazardous waste management provider serving the Midwest. According to Kinderhook, Chemtron’s value proposition lies in its ability to provide a diverse range of disposal solutions to hazardous and non-hazardous waste generators. Through its hazardous and non- hazardous waste processing facilities, Chemtron treats, processes and directs for end disposal a diverse range of wastes on behalf of waste generators. The company has two RCRA Part B treatment, storage and disposal facilities, two 10-day facilities, a non-hazardous waste processing facility and a railcar and ISO container processing facility. “We are thrilled to be partnering with Kinderhook, who shares our vision for the future of Chemtron,” said Rob Swords, Chemtron’s chief executive. “Chemtron will continue its legacy of providing best-in-class service to its customers with a focus on safety and compliance.” Rob Michalik, managing director at Kinderhook, said: “Chemtron represents an extremely unique set of assets in the sector. The company’s diverse processing capabilities and ability to accept a wide range of waste streams is an enormous advantage in the marketplace as clients are increasingly focused on diversion and reuse of their waste.” Corwynne Carruthers, managing director of Kinderhook, said the company has made great strides to optimize processes to quickly and efficiently handle waste. These recent improvements, along with additional support from Kinderhook’s broad base of resources, will increase customer satisfaction, fostering key operational relationships, Carruthers said. As part of the transaction, Kinderhook announced it will be adding Brandon Velek, chairman of Canada-based Circon, and Ken Wunderlich, formerly chief financial officer of EQ. Both of the operating partners will join the board of directors. Each of these board members has more than 20 years of industry experience in hazardous and non-hazardous waste management. Kirkland and Ellis LLP, Chicago, served as legal counsel to Kinderhook. Financing for the transaction was provided by Dallas-based Comerica Bank. Cleveland-based Benesch,Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff served as legal counsel to CapitalWorks. BrownGibbons Lang and Co., which is also headquartered in Cleveland, served as financial adviser to Chemtron Corp. Executive Dennis Perna dies Dennis A. Perna, executive vice president and chief financial officer of K-Limited Carrier Ltd., died Sept 22. He was 63. Perna was an active member of the Ohio Trucking Association, National Tank Truck Carriers, the American Trucking Association, and the Toledo Trucking Association. Perna was born Feb. 19, 1956, in Lorain, Ohio. He is survived by his wife of more than 33 years, Shelley (Richards) Perna; daughters, Sara (Nathan) Ehmann, Amy (Luke) Brubaker, and Kate (Brent) Easton; son, Kyle (Kristina) Perna; grandchildren, Addyson, Easton, Jaxon, Mollie, Wyatt, Sadie, Lorelai, and Avery; sister, Marge (Scott) Townsend; brothers, Vince (Cindy) and Tom (Joan) Perna; and many nieces and nephews. A funeral mass for Perna was held Sept. 26 in Sylvania, Ohio. Family members are requesting that in lieu of flowers, friends consider making a donation to the Toledo Trucking Scholarship Fund, K – LTD, 131 Matzinger Road, Toledo, Ohio, 43612. Why are tank trucks cylindrical? While driving around a city, motorists routinely see oil and water tank trucks. Although those tankers come in different sizes, one commonality is that all liquid-carrying tankers are cylindrical in shape. Wouldn’t a rectangular tank be able to carry more volume than a cylindrical one? Also, it seems like a rectangle-shaped tanker would be easier to manufacture on a large scale. With that in mind, why do these trucks carry cylindrical (or elliptical) tankers? A vehicle that’s specially designed to carry liquefied loads, such as water, oil or gases is referred to as a tank truck (or tanker truck). Some of these tank trucks, especially the pretty large ones, are quite similar to railroad tank cars that you’ve likely seen chugging along on railway lines. There are many variants of tank trucks, depending on the type of liquid that needs to be transported. Tank trucks can be large or small, pressurized or non-pressurized, insulated or non- insulated and so on. Most, if not all, tank trucks that carry liquids are of a cylindrical/ elliptical shape. Why is that? 1. No weak spots Firstly, a cylindrical container doesn’t have weak spots that need reinforcing, which would translate to using more material to build the tanker. In contrast, a rectangle or square has corners and flat sides, which create weak points for pressure. In other words, a rectangle- shaped container would fail faster than a cylindrical one upon experiencing a great deal of pressure. That’s the same reason why windows in commercial airplanes have rounded corners rather than being perfectly rectangular orsquare-shaped. Spherical shapes are the best for housing liquids, as a sphere lets you store the maximum volume for a given surface area. However, spheres are not easy to transport, so the next best choice becomes a ‘long’ sphere, i.e., a cylinder or ellipse. 2. Stability The stability of the vehicle, especially one carrying liquids like oils and liquefied flammable gases, is of paramount importance. As such, you want to choose a shape whose center of gravity is as close to the ground as possible. Rectangles and squares are poor choices in this regard, as the center of gravity of a rectangular tanker would be at a greater height than that of a cylindrical tanker. (Cylindrical tank trucks continued on page 25) www.TankTransport.com OCTOBER 2019 I TANK TRANSPORT TRADER 19
Spartan acquires Royal Truck Body Spartan Motors of Charlotte, Mich., has acquired Royal Truck Body, company officials announced recently. Royal will join Spartan’s Specialty Chassis and Vehicles (SCV) business unit, but will continue to go to market under the Royal Truck Body name. Spartan employs about 2,300 workers at facilities in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Nebraska, South Dakota, Indiana, Wisconsin, Missouri, and Mexico. The company reported sales of $707 million in 2017. It was started in 1975 as a direct result of the bankruptcy of Diamond Reo. The acquisition of Royal Truck Body is the latest action driven by Spartan’s strategic plan and will result in the achievement of three of the plan’s key goals: EBITDA margin growth, increased revenue, and geographic expansion by way of delivering on the promise of a coast-to-coast manufacturing and distribution footprint, according to Spartan. “This is an exciting day for Spartan,” said Daryl Adams, president and chief executive of Spartan Motors. “Our acquisition of Royal Truck Body marks the continued execution of our strategic plan and delivers on the promise of nationwide expansion to the benefit of our customers, suppliers, team members, and our shareholders.” The purchase of Royal expands Spartan Motors’ manufacturing operations into Southern California, Northern California and additional West Coast markets, advancing its U.S. footprint strategy with six additional operating facilities located in California, Arizona and Texas. Spartan will utilize Royal’s existing production facility in Carson, Calif., and its five other locations throughout the Sun Belt to build and distribute commercial trucks more efficiently and cost effectively few years. While the industry’s 15-year performance still looks good, a closer look at the past five years to West Coast customers across its business units. Spartan expects the transaction to be “accretive to earnings’’ on an annualized basis in 2020, company officials said. “As we welcome Royal to the Spartan family and work to grow our combined business, we see many opportunities to further our value proposition of additional expansion into the trades, fleet, and last mile delivery categories nationwide. Our long-term strategy is to broaden our geographic footprint with increased capabilities for each regional location to offer a comprehensive suite of products and services,” Adams said. Royal manufactures and assembles truck body options for various trades, service utility truck bodies, stake body trucks, service vans, contractor trucks, and across the country while much of its population has equipped itself with new homes, consumer durables, dump trucks that complement Spartan’s vocational solutions across GVWR Class 1 through Class 7. Royal’s product set builds on the momentum of Spartan’s recent General Truck Body acquisition, allowing Spartan’s expanded West Coast operations to support tradespeople and fleets of all sizes. “I’m thrilled that Spartan represents such a close fit with our company values and culture, including hard work, accountability and customer satisfaction,” said Dudley DeZonia, former president of Royal Truck Body. “Spartan has a compelling vision and success story, and I am confident the future will be incredibly bright for Spartan and the Royal Truck Body brand.” Chemical trends starting to shift Chemical companies have been riding high, but the trends that have underpinned that performance are shifting. Companies should reflect carefully on their strengths as they move into this new territory. Whenever over the past decade we have examined the chemical industry’s capital-markets performance, a very similar picture has emerged. On the basis of total returns to shareholders (TRS), the chemical sector has, over the long term, outperformed not only the overall market but also most of its customer industries and raw-material suppliers. Within chemicals, the commodity and specialty sub-sectors show similar performance, while diversified companies have trailed. There have been variations on the theme over time, with petrochemical players’ performance more affected by the naphtha-ethane spread and the commodity cycle, while specialty players have been more affected by end-market growth and mergers-and-acquisitions activity, but the variations have not changed the overall sunny picture. The impetus behind this strong performance has been the chemical industry’s ability to significantly increase earnings on a base of total revenues and invested capital that has grown more slowly, at a rate tracking close to global GDP growth. This ability has been underpinned by the following factors. First, the chemical industry has increased its productivity over time and has distinguished itself by holding onto the resulting profitability gains, unlike many other industries that also raised productivity but simply competed the gains away. How did the chemical sector achieve this? Looked at overall, the sector appears fragmented, but two decades of portfolio restructuring have created a highly concentrated industry structure in many segments. That has put those chemical companies in a strong bargaining position relative to customers and suppliers. Next, the chemical industry has benefited tremendously from China’s economic growth of the past two decades. China’s capacity could not be built fast enough to meet domestic demand, so chemicals had to be imported. This allowed West European and North American players to grow while their home markets were experiencing near stagnation. Last, we must keep in mind that the chemical industry has an intrinsically sound business model: its products enable the “world of things.” Without some support from the chemical industry, hardly any of what we touch, of the buildings we live in, the food we eat, and the healthcare we receive could exist. The industry as a whole is therefore positioned to profit from a wide range of trends, from sustainability to e-mobility, from commodity demand surges to major changes in consumer behavior. Along with these strong fundamentals, there have been a number of positive developments that have benefited specific segments of the industry, and helped the industry’s overall capital-markets performance. The most notable have been the availability of stranded gas in the Middle East and shale gas in North America, and the upward trend in many agricultural-commodity prices. But this golden era may be coming to an end. Some important indicators have changed over the past is less favorable: not only have chemicals lagged the total stock market since 2011 in TRS performance but the industry’s return on invested capital (ROIC) performance has flattened, and for some chemical subsectors, decreased. This slowdown in financial performance reflects important changes in the chemical industry’s fundamentals. First, the industry is finding it increasingly difficult to hold onto the benefits of its productivity-improvement efforts. Paradoxically, this is happening just when advanced analytics and digital approaches are creating a new wave of opportunities to accelerate productivity gains. Why is the industry having these difficulties? There are signs that one of the cornerstones of the industry’s performance – its concentrated industry structure – may be weakening. How is this showing? The level of competitiveness appears to be significantly increasing in many segments because of the number of new entrants, mostly Chinese, and related to this, overcapacity is increasingly a challenge in many product areas. A second factor is slowing growth in global demand. The GDP growth rate in the all-important Chinese market has fallen and may decline further. Even more important is that China’s per capita chemical consumption is reaching the threshold where it is decoupling from GDP growth and is projected to lag behind that growth in the future. China has moved from its investment stage build-up for infrastructure autos, and other possessions – to an economy more characterized by services and “upgrades,” which provide much less demand for chemicals. A middle-class car that a Chinese buyer trades up to does not necessarily contain more polymers than an entry-level model. Looked at globally, we estimate that the last decade’s 3.6 percent growth rate for petrochemicals may go down by between 0.5 and 2.0 percentage points over the next ten years, depending on assumptions for regional GDP growth. For an industry with an estimated capacity creep somewhere between 1 and 2 percent annually, this could be a dramatic shift. Other sectors are likely to see similar reductions in growth rates – although the growth in overall chemical demand will continue to outpace GDP. In agrochemicals, for example, changes in diet as well as the potential to tap enormous productivity reserves in the existing food chain could suppress overall chemical demand. There are also signs of longer-term shifts. We think the specialties moeal is increasingly under threat. A long-standing belief in the industry is that moving portfolios downstream and to a higher specialties content is a reliable way to help solve the challenges of growth and value creation. But we are increasingly skeptical. (Chemical trends continued on page 22) 20 TANK TRANSPORT TRADER I OCTOBER 2019 www.TankTransport.com
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Bluff St. Fort Worth, TX 76102-1810 CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED FREE SUBSCRIPTION UPDATE FORM In order to continue receiving T please check a box in the boxes below and mail, fax or email this form to: 1011 W FORT WORTH, TX 76102-1810 Continue sending me T No. Discontinue sending T I am interested in the Liquid W Please send me your W Directory! www sales@tanktr 1-800-537-1320 www www Since NOVEMBER 2017 COMING IN DECEMBER ADVERTISING DEADLINE: NOV 21ST 2018 PRODUCT SERVICE DIRECTORY AND BUYERS GUIDE COMING FEBRUARY 2018 FEA PRST STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID Dallas, TX PERMIT No. 2874 TANK TRANSPORT TRADER 1011 W. Bluff St. Fort Worth, TX 76102-1810 CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED FREE SUBSCRIPTION UPDATE FORM In order to continue receiving T please check a box in the boxes below and mail, fax or email this form to: 1011 W FORT WORTH, TX 76102-1810 Continue sending me T No. Discontinue sending T I am interested in the Liquid W Please send me your W Directory! SEPTIC AND LIQUID W Distribution at WWETT www.twitter.com/tanktransporter www.facebook.com/transporttrader ADVERTISING DEADLINE: JAN 15TH SUPPLIERS TO THE LIQUID AND DR www sales@tanktr 1-800-537-1320 F JANUARY 2018 LIQUID AND DRY BULK DIGITAL MARKETING GARY HIGHTOWER I [email protected] Phone: 1-800-537-1320 Cell: 817-845-6301 I I Target potential buyers when they visit http://tanktransport.com/ 97% of the first time visitorsto a website will NOT take action. 92% Programatic Retargeting performs the same as or better then search. BRING 70% BACK with site retargeting. They are also more likely to convert. SITE RE-TARGETING KEYWORD/SEARCH RETARGETING People looking on Google can be retargeted at a very specific keyword level for a fraction of the cost of adwords. Device ID’s and IP Addresses store search behavior allowing savvy businesses to retarget consumers using very Specific Keywords. • When they are reading about their favorite team • When they are playing a game • When they are checking the weather GEO-FENCING Location, Location, Location. Geo-Fencing is a term used to describe precisely tageting customers at a specific location. This could be a Zip Code, Street or down to an address. Track engagement by Geo-Fence. Target Tank Transport’s subscribers at their work location, using address-level geo-fence technology. WHEN WILL MY DIGITAL ADS BE SEEN? “I’m at the doctor’s office for a consultation browsing on my phone while I wait - I was just looking at cars this weekend and I am served an ad for a Dealership I haven’t yet visited!” These Ads Can Be Served: Email, Weather, Traffic, Gaming, Entertainment, Sports, News, Finance, Shopping, Fitness DIGITAL PROGRAMMATIC STRATEGY Unlimited Changes to all Keywords and Geo Fencing Tactics Programmatic Strategy: To create brand awareness, encourage website traffic and increase enrollment. To promote core values and summer camps. DOMINANT: 250,000 Impressions -Call for Pricing COMPETITIVE: 125,000 Impressions -Call for Pricing 24/7 Realtime Online Reporting Link - Ability To Adjust Focus within 48 hours - Keyword Retargeting - Geo Fencing Key Areas - Competitive Conquesting: - Geo Targeting - Site Retargeting
MILK & LIQUID FOOD LIQUID & DRY BULK FOOD GRADE CLASSIFIED MARKETPLACE Call 1-800-537-1320 / [email protected] Snapshot Ads: Picture with 36 words $130.00 (includes one month website adv.) / Classifieds: $1.50 per word (paper only) / Bold Type: $5 line / Logo insertion: $30 Do you have excess equipment , parts or services you wish to sell? Advertise it here! All snapshot and classified ads run for one month. Advertise unlimited listings on www.TankTransport.com along with (2) two snapshot ads per month in the classified marketplace for only $320.00 per month. 2013 Tremcar food grade 6500 Gal., Air ride Alum wheels. 1-800-826-5377. [email protected]. Superior Tank. Bryon Kovalaske. 1998 Walker 6200 Gallon, Airride, Alum Wheels, Great Water Tanker Semo Tank/Baker Equipment Co. 800-264-8348. [email protected]. 1992 Brenner 5000 Gallon, 10 Gal. barrel & heads, cabinet, springride, hyd lines to frontRandy Cissell. Semo Tank/Baker Equipment Co. 800-264-8348. [email protected]. 2014 Polar 7,500 Gal. / 2 Comp. Farm Pick Up 2.5” Pump, Air Ride, Spray Balls Manifolded Very Clean! Tri Tank Corp. Kurt Neidlinger Jr. (315) 558-1398 or Mark Richardson (315) 345-6113 [email protected] Full Inventory: www.tritank.com 2008 Walker 6,200 Gal. / 1 Comp. Sanitary Transport – In Stock Air Ride, Alum. Wheels, Electric Pump, Stainless Rear Cabinet Tri Tank Corp. Kurt Neidlinger Jr. (315) 558-1398 or Mark Richardson (315) 345-6113 [email protected] Full Inventory: www.tritank.com (3) 2020 Polar 8,400 Gal. / 1 Comp. – In Stock Disc Brakes, “Standfast” Fall Protection, Tire Inflation, CIP System. Ready To Go To Work! Tri Tank Corp. Kurt Neidlinger Jr. (315) 558-1398 or Mark Richardson (315) 345-6113 [email protected] Full Inventory: www.tritank.com The universe of specialties is not well defined and as a result is hard to quantify, but we think it is getting smaller. Innovation to develop new differentiated—and thus specialty—products has become a game of inches. With the exception of innovative crop protection, we would be hard pressed to name a single chemical blockbuster developed in the last ten years. Even in application development, the segments where consumers are willing to pay for leading- edge solutions are not getting bigger, since the fastest-growing markets (China and India) have only a limited appetite for premium grades. Expanding in application development will compensate for only part of the margin erosion in the upstream core business. Digital innovations may further hasten this trend increasing e-commerce driven by distributors or platforms such as Alibaba could even accelerate this commoditization of specialty companies’ product and service offerings. In certain areas, such as agrochemicals, that have more of a B2C character, Internet platforms may become as disruptive as we have seen in other consumer spaces. Our skepticism about specialties is reinforced by our research, which shows that segment profitability already appears to be much more dependent on industry structure (in effect, the number of players) than on the technology content of companies’ offerings. But that industry structure is changing fast as many new—in particular, Chinese – players enter the game. 1. Next, the global playing field is leveling off again, and so potentially shutting off another growth avenue. Chemical production has historically tended to be local – produced in the region where it is consumed. But the last 10 years have seen a departure from that pattern: Significant imbalances in raw- material prices (the cost of stranded and shale gas versus oil), labor costs (China versus developed economies), or just regional mismatches in supply and demand (China growth) resulted in a significant internationalization of the chemical industry and related growth opportunities for many players. However, given the context of oil prices moving to lower levels since 2014 and Chinese labor costs rising, it is fair to speculate that this development might go into reverse in the coming years. 2. As if all of these shifts were not enough to deal with, the global chemical industry must also recognize that it has to operate in an environment that is increasingly nationalistic. The trade and investment policies of a number of emerging-market countries have always been somewhat protective (and may have become even more so recently), and the incoming US administration appears to embrace a similar attitude. As Brexit and other developments underline, a similar trend can even be observed in Europe. 3. In parallel with this resurgence of nationalism, state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are taking an increasing share in the industry. SOEs’ share dropped sharply during the 1980s and ’90s, when many governments sold their stakes in national oil companies, many of which owned significant chemical activities. With the rise of China and other developing countries, this trend has reversed. SOEs, however, often are held accountable to different standards than private and listed players—financially, strategically, and otherwise. They also tend to have much deeper pockets than publicly traded companies, which may find it difficult to compete when it comes to the development of new technologies. 4. This list would not be complete without a mention of the debate around the circular economy. This is mostly relevant for plastics, but since plastics consume the majority of petrochemical products, this has the potential for industry-wide impact. We estimate that roughly two-thirds of all plastic ends up in a landfill or the environment at large. Because plastic waste degrades slowly, it accumulates, and it is not unlikely that the chemical industry will become subject to regulation and pressure from customers to do more regarding recycling and demand reduction. Given the rather low growth rates projected for the sector, as previously discussed, such regulation could potentially result in a scenario in which the need for conventionally produced material would not only stop growing but even (though not in the short term) could shrink. If just a few of these shifts gain substantial momentum, the chemical industry will face a decade very different from, and much tougher than, the last one. (from McKinsey and Co.) (Chemical trends continued from page 20) 22 TANK TRANSPORT TRADER I OCTOBER 2019 www.TankTransport.com
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ASPHALT New Polar Aluminum Asphalt Tank, 7500 Gal.., Aluminum Subframe, Front Pump off line, Lightweight, Aluminum 22.5 wheels, Intraxx AANT23K A/R Suspension. Joe Frankenfield. 800-232-6535 [email protected] New Polar Asphalt Trailers, 7500 Gal., Aluminum tank, Air ride suspension, Aluminum wheels. 1-800-826-5377. [email protected]. Superior Tank. Bryon Kovalaske. 2011 Dragon Tri axle, 10,500 Gal., 2 Comp, B/L, V/R, Scully 701-355-5717. [email protected]. For Lease, Lease Purchase or Sale 4 Comptank FRP acid trailers, 5680 Gal., Good condition, Current inspections, ready to go. 580-504-2027. CHEMICAL (3) New 2020 BRENNER “CHEMICAL” DOT 407, 7000 Gal., Insulated, Straight round, T316SS, Steam/Intransit, Air ride, 11R22.5, Aluminum wheels. Phil Klein. Stuart Tank Sales Corp. Cell: (815) 751-6431. www.stuarttank.com. New Brenner DOT 407 trailers 7000 Gal., Air ride suspension rear discharge Aluminum wheels. 1-800-826-5377. [email protected]. Superior Tank. Bryon Kovalaske. New Polar Stainless Steel Tank. 7000 Gal., DOT 407, HEAT 150 PSI. 1 Compartment, Dump Valve, Aluminum 22.5 wheels, Auto lift axle, Stainless Steel to ground, W-3 Weld Finish inside, Intraxx AANT23K A/R Suspension. Joe Frankenfield. 800-232-6535. [email protected]. PETROLUEM New Polar Stainless Tank, 8000 Gal., One compartment, 22.5 wheels, Tri-axle suspension set, Hendrickson Intraax AAL25K. Joe Frankenfield. 800-232-6535. [email protected]. 2006 Bulk, 7000 Gal., D/C, 316 S/S, DOT 407. Unit 4416, Leaf spring susp, Aluminum disc wheels.1-800-826-5377. superiortank@yahoo. com. Superior Tank. Bryon Kovalaske. (3) 2020 Heil 12,500 Gal., / 5 Comp., Petroleums, Disc brakes, Tri axle, Lift axle kit available. In Stock, Ready to Go! Tri Tank Corp. Kurt Neidlinger Jr. (315) 558-1398 or Mark Richardson (315) 345-6113. [email protected] Full Inventory: www.tritank.com 2019 LBT DOT 406, three compartments 4000- 2500-3000, all double heads, Double taper petroleum tanks, air ride on disc brakes, man- folded discharge lines. Contact Rob Reusink (402) 212-5293. or Steve Thayer. (330) 334-6752. Phil Klein. Stuart Tank Sales Corp. Cell: (815) 751-6431. www.stuarttank.com. 2019 LBT DOT 406, 9200 X 1 Single compartment petroleum tank, Double taper and straight frames available, Air ride suspension, S-cam and Disc brake packages available. In stock for immediate delivery. Contact Rob Reusink (402) 212-5293 or Steve Thayer (330) 334-6752. 1999 Heil 9,550 Gal.. / 5 Comp. Petroleum – In Stock, Air Ride, Aluminum. Wheels, Pump-off Line, New Paint. Tri Tank Corp. Kurt Neidlinger Jr. (315) 558-1398 or Mark Richardson (315) 345-6113 [email protected] Full Inventory: www.tritank.com PETROLUEM (1) 2020 LBT 12,500 Gal. / 5 Comp. Petroleum Disc Brakes, Tri Axle, Lift Axle Kit Available. In Stock, Ready to Go! Tri Tank Corp. Kurt Neidlinger Jr. (315) 558-1398 or Mark Richardson (315) 345-6113 [email protected] Full Inventory: www.tritank.com 1-2020 Model Heil 9200 4 Compartment Double taper, DBH 3 & 4, Full Tray. Plenty of Options. Coming August. Call or Email For Full Specs. 513-874-4880. Walter Gowsell. [email protected]. Visit our website for our complete inventory. www.tristatetrailer.com. Trailer Sales, Cincinnati, OH 2012 LBT 11,000 Gal. / 5 Comp. Petroleum – In Stock Manifold, Air Ride, Room For 3rd Axle, Pump Off Line Tri Tank Corp. Kurt Neidlinger Jr. (315) 558-1398 or Mark Richardson (315) 345-6113 [email protected] Full Inventory: www.tritank.com PNEUMATIC 3-2020 model 1040L lightweight for cement and 6-2019 model Super Sanders. Call or email for full specs. Walter Gowsell. [email protected]. Visit our website for a full listing of our inventory, www.tristatetrailer.com Tri-State Trailer Sales, Inc. IV Cincinnati, OH. 513-874-4880 TRANSPORTS CLASSIFIED MARKETPLACE Ads run in both the printed version, digital version and as a separate listing on www.TankTransport.com Call 1-800-537-1320 / [email protected] Snapshot Ads: Picture with 36 words $130.00 (includes one month website adv.) / Classifieds: $1.50 per word (paper only) / Bold Type: $5 line / Logo insertion: $30 Do you have excess equipment , parts or services you wish to sell? Advertise it here! All snapshot and classified ads run for one month. Advertise unlimited listings on www.TankTransport.com along with (2) two snapshot ads per month in the classified marketplace for only $320.00 per month. PNEUMATIC 2013 MAC 1050 Cube Pneumatic, Air ride, Aluminum Wheels, 5” Bottom Drop Tee’s. Was in sand service. Randy Cissell. Semo Tank/Baker Equipment Co. 800-264-8348. [email protected]. (4) New 2020 J&L “VACUUM/PNEUMATIC” 1585cu, cooler, 8”&10” Hose tubes, Full length Walkway, (2) 5” Fill lines, Air ride, 455/55R22.5 tires, Aluminum wheels. Phil Klein. Stuart Tank Sales Corp. Cell: (815) 751-6431. www.stuarttank.com. VACUUM 2003 Brenner, Stainless Steel Vac Tanker, 412 Code, S/S Sub-frame, Tri-axle, 6300 Gal., Air ride, $55,000. United Tank Trailer [email protected] [email protected] Contact Chad 734-552-2805 MISCELLANEOUS 2020 Timpte Hopper Bottom, Air ride, (4) Aluminum Wheels, Ag Hoppers, 66” Sides. Randy Cissell. Semo Tank/Baker Equipment Co. 800-264-8348. [email protected]. 24 TANK TRANSPORT TRADER I OCTOBER 2019 www.TankTransport.com
Allegheny Coupling ........................ Page 7 Amston Trailer Sales ................... Page 13 Betts .................................................. Page 4 Civacon ............................................. Page 5 Classifieds ............................ Page 24 & 25 Classifieds (food grade) .............. Page 22 Dixon Bayco ................................... Page 12 E.D. Etnyre .................................... Page 12 Girard Equipment Inc. ................. Page 9 Heil Trailer ....................................... Page 2 Hale Trailer ...................................... Page 8 Kerley & Sears ................................ Page 6 Mac Trailer ..................................... Page 11 Midwest Meter ................................ Page 7 Phoenix Industries ....................... Page 13 Polar Tank Trailer .......................... Page 3 R.A. Ross .......................................... Page 4 Regal Plastic .................................... Page 8 Republic Pneumatics .................. Page 10 Ridewell Suspensions .................. Page 14 RMC Engineeering ........................ Page 5 Salco ................................................ Page 15 Semo Tank...................................... Page 10 Southeastern Pneu ........................ Page 6 STE ............................................................. 13 Stephens Tank Products ............. Page 26 Stuart Tank .................................... Page 26 Subscription Form........................ Page 23 Superior Tank ................................ Page 14 Transcourt Tank Leasing ........... Page 27 Werts Welding ........................ Back Cover Westmor .......................................... Page 23 Youngs Tank..................................... Page 5 PNEUMATIC 2013 MAC 1050 Cube Pneumatic, Air ride, Aluminum Wheels, 5” Bottom Drop Tee’s. Was in sand service. Randy Cissell. Semo Tank/Baker Equipment Co. 800-264-8348. [email protected]. (4) New 2020 J&L “VACUUM/PNEUMATIC” 1585cu, cooler, 8”&10” Hose tubes, Full length Walkway, (2) 5” Fill lines, Air ride, 455/55R22.5 tires, Aluminum wheels. Phil Klein. Stuart Tank Sales Corp. Cell: (815) 751-6431. www.stuarttank.com. VACUUM 2003 Brenner, Stainless Steel Vac Tanker, 412 Code, S/S Sub-frame, Tri-axle, 6300 Gal., Air ride, $55,000. United Tank Trailer [email protected] [email protected] Contact Chad 734-552-2805 MISCELLANEOUS 2020 Timpte Hopper Bottom, Air ride, (4) Aluminum Wheels, Ag Hoppers, 66” Sides. Randy Cissell. Semo Tank/Baker Equipment Co. 800-264-8348. [email protected]. Cargo summit set for November The deadline to register for the upcoming Cargo Tank Risk Management Committee’s (CTRMC) 19th Cargo Tank Safety Summit is Oct. 8, organizers said. The event will be held Nov. 8 at Solvay Americas Inc. at 3737 Buffalo Speedway in Houston, Texas. There is still time to register, the committee said. The cargo summit is free and open to anyone interested in cargo tank safety. The agenda will include presentations, debates, group discussions and networking opportunities. Subject matter will include new tank technologies, ways to enhance worker safety, ways to handle pressurized tanks, static electricity, and hazardous cargo tanks. Some of companies expected to be represented are Dow, Solvay Etc. and fleets such as Kenan Advantage, Trimac, Transport Service and Consignee/Customers. Since its inception in 2010, the CTRMC has helped professionals in the bulk-liquid industry interact with each other on safety challenges. Invited to attend are all cargo tank carriers (chemical and food grade) as well as tank-wash facilities, consignees, manufacturers, shippers, and tank maintenance personnel. “We especially aim to draw on the expertise of field workers such as drivers, wash rack operators, repair and inspection technicians, and loaders, all of whom are invited,’’ organizers said in a press release. Further information may be obtained by contacting John O’Connell at 816-807-2339. INDEX OF ADVERTISERS (Cylindrical tank trucks continued from page 19) 3. Sloshing liquid There’s also the problem of sloshing of the liquid. When a truck accelerates or slows down, the liquid in the tanker is bound to slosh around (i.e., move to and fro) within the tanker in accordance with the law of inertia. Remember, an object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion keeps moving until acted upon by an unbalanced external force. This sloshing effect is referred to as ‘surge’ in industry lingo. In order to prevent or minimize the effect of this surge, many tankers have sheets of metal inside them that reduce the front-to-back surging. This is one of the reasons that good tanker drivers gradually slow down their trucks while maneuvering a turn or coming to a halt. Although a sphere is the best shape to counter surging, that’s not an easy shape to transport. Thus, cylindrical -- the next best -- is preferred. A cylinder, as you can imagine, is more favorable when it comes to extracting the liquid contents of the tanker, as it lets the liquid funnel down to the bottom of the tank. A rectangle, on other hand, wouldn’t be a great choice in this regard. This is the same reason why most bathroom sinks are NOT rectangular. Lastly, rectangular tankers would be more difficult to clean than cylindrical ones, as traces of liquid would get stuck in the corners, making them harder to sanitize. 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