Bulk Transloading

Our bulk transloading services help polymer producers and distributors reduce transportation costs while efficiently moving resin from railcar to truck, storage, or packaging operations. Our services provide considerable savings to companies that manufacturer or distribute resins. Product can be transported to us in large quantities and then separated into smaller volumes for packaging and distribution back to manufacturers or their customers.

Bulk Resin Transloading

Our bulk transloading services help polymer producers and distributors reduce transportation costs while efficiently moving resin from railcar to truck, storage, or packaging operations.

Our services provide considerable savings to companies that manufacturer or distribute resins. Product can be transported to us in large quantities and then separated into smaller volumes for packaging and distribution back to manufacturers or their customers.


Polymer resin is being transloaded from this hopper car at ASW Global.

Benefits Include

  • Reduced Costs - Bulk transport via rail offers valuable savings
  • Greater Efficiency - Quick, safe transfer from rail to truck
  • Product Integrity - Dedicated handling processes to help reduce the risk of contamination during transfer

Rail Capabilities

  • 172 hopper cars
  • Daily switches serviced by Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway
  • Rail to truck
  • Rail to silo for packaging
  • Railcar storage
These hopper cars are used to support ASW's polymer (resin) bulk transloading services.
A tanker is weighed on the truck scale at ASW Global.

Weight Verification

  • On-site certified truck scale
  • Increased accuracy calculating outbound freight levels
  • Optimized, efficient process with quicker turnarounds
  • Increased safety
  • Billing accuracy, reducing costs due to incorrect measurements

Value-Added Services

Beyond transloading, we provide complementary services that help clients manage inventory, prepare material for distribution, and maintain supply chain flexibility.

  • Blending
  • Specialty Packaging
  • Warehouse storage
  • Emergency & crisis response
team track for transloading and railcar storage
A tanker positions itself to receive polymer (resin) from a hopper car at ASW Global.

Supporting Plastics Supply Chains

  • Resin producers
  • Compounders
  • Resin distributors
  • Processors
  • Plastics manufacturers
  • Packaging and industrial-material manufacturers

Benefits Include

Polymer resin is being transloaded from this hopper car at ASW Global.
  • Reduced Costs - Bulk transport via rail offers valuable savings
  • Greater Efficiency - Quick, safe transfer from rail to truck
  • Product Integrity - Dedicated handling processes to help reduce the risk of contamination during transfer

Rail Capabilities

These hopper cars are used to support ASW's polymer (resin) bulk transloading services.
  • 172 hopper cars
  • Daily switches serviced by Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway
  • Rail to truck
  • Rail to silo for packaging
  • Railcar storage

Weight Verification

A tanker is weighed on the truck scale at ASW Global.
  • On-site certified truck scale
  • Increased accuracy calculating outbound freight levels
  • Optimized, efficient process with quicker turnarounds
  • Increased safety
  • Billing accuracy, reducing costs due to incorrect measurements

Value-Added Services

team track for transloading and railcar storage

Beyond transloading, we provide complementary services that help clients manage inventory, prepare material for distribution, and maintain supply chain flexibility.

  • Blending
  • Specialty Packaging
  • Warehouse storage
  • Emergency & crisis response

Supporting Resin Supply Chains

A tanker positions itself to receive polymer (resin) from a hopper car at ASW Global.
  • Resin producers
  • Compounders
  • Resin distributors
  • Processors
  • Plastics manufacturers
  • Packaging and industrial-material manufacturers
Polymer resin is being transloaded from this hopper car at ASW Global.

Benefits Include

  • Reduced Costs - Bulk transport via rail offers valuable savings
  • Greater Efficiency - Quick, safe transfer from rail to truck
  • Product Integrity - Dedicated handling processes to help reduce the risk of contamination during transfer

Rail Capabilities

  • 172 hopper cars
  • Daily switches serviced by Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway
  • Rail to truck
  • Rail to silo for packaging
  • Railcar storage
These hopper cars are used to support ASW's polymer (resin) bulk transloading services.
A tanker is weighed on the truck scale at ASW Global.

Weight Verification

  • On-site certified truck scale
  • Increased accuracy calculating outbound freight levels
  • Optimized, efficient process with quicker turnarounds
  • Increased safety
  • Billing accuracy, reducing costs due to incorrect measurements

Value-Added Services

Beyond transloading, we provide complementary services that help clients manage inventory, prepare material for distribution, and maintain supply chain flexibility.

  • Blending
  • Specialty packaging
  • Warehouse storage
  • Emergency & crisis response
team track for transloading and railcar storage
A tanker positions itself to receive polymer (resin) from a hopper car at ASW Global.

Select Industries Served

  • Polymer/Plastics
  • Specialty Chemical
  • Automotive
  • Building & Construction
  • Consumer Durable Goods

Let's Optimize Your Bulk Resin Transloading Needs

Connect with our team to discuss supporting your bulk resin movement strategy.

Let's Optimize Your Bulk Resin Transloading Needs

Connect with our team to discuss supporting your bulk resin movement strategy.

Let's Optimize Your Bulk Resin Transloading Needs

Connect with our team to discuss supporting your bulk resin movement strategy.

Let's Optimize Your Bulk Resin Transloading Needs

Connect with our team to discuss supporting your bulk resin movement strategy.

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Advantages of Transloading

The Importance of Pellet Control

Emergency Services Case Study

ASW has a rail spur on site to transload, store, and transport dry bulk plastic resin.
ASW understands the importance of pellet control, which is preventing plastic resin loss throughout the supply chain.
ASW provides emergency next-day transloading services for a resin distributor.
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Advantages of Transloading

ASW has a rail spur on site to transload, store, and transport dry bulk plastic resin.
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The Importance of Pellet Control

ASW understands the importance of pellet control, which is preventing plastic resin loss throughout the supply chain.
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Emergency Services Case Study

ASW provides emergency next-day transloading services for a resin distributor.