Gaylord boxes on both banks of the Delaware
We cover eleven counties on both banks of the Delaware, five in Pennsylvania, five in New Jersey and New Castle County in Delaware, and each page carries the ZIPs, the industries and the sourced facts for its own ground.
Eleven counties, one river
The Delaware is not a border for freight. A truck leaves a Pureland dock in Gloucester County, crosses the Commodore Barry Bridge and is on Interstate 95 in Chester within minutes. A grower in Cumberland County sells at an auction whose buyers drive in from three states. A resin plant in Bristol and a warehouse in Burlington share a bridge. So we treat both banks, and the Delaware shore below them, as one market.
Each county below has its own page, and most have town and district pages under them. We wrote each from its own list of ZIP codes, the industries that fill or empty bulk boxes there, and facts we could source. Where a place has no sourced fact, the page says what its industry list suggests and no more.
The counties
| County | State | What fills and empties gaylords there |
|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia County | Pennsylvania | Port and marine terminals, produce market, logistics, life sciences, food processing |
| Delaware County | Pennsylvania | Refining, natural gas liquids, marine terminals, chemical distribution |
| Montgomery County | Pennsylvania | Pharmaceutical manufacturing and research, specialty chemicals, food |
| Bucks County | Pennsylvania | Chemicals, emulsion polymers, logistics, data centers, farms |
| Chester County | Pennsylvania | Mushrooms, food packing, pharmaceutical, nurseries |
| Gloucester County | New Jersey | Refining, food distribution, cold storage, logistics, farming |
| Camden County | New Jersey | Food manufacturing, port terminals, logistics, chemical distribution |
| Burlington County | New Jersey | Logistics, food distribution, light manufacturing, farming |
| Salem County | New Jersey | Chemical manufacturing, fluoropolymers, farming |
| Cumberland County | New Jersey | Produce auction, vegetable and melon farming, glass, food processing |
| New Castle County | Delaware | Refining, specialty chemicals, port and cold storage, fruit import |
Towns and districts
| Place | County | What stands out |
|---|---|---|
| South Philadelphia and the Navy Yard | Philadelphia | Navy Yard campus, former refinery land, and the produce market next door in Southwest Philadelphia |
| Port Richmond and Tioga | Philadelphia | A 116-acre marine terminal and the warehouses behind it |
| Northeast Philadelphia | Philadelphia | Food makers and distribution in industrial pockets |
| Trainer and Marcus Hook | Delaware, PA | Refinery, jet fuel and liquids storage |
| Chester | Delaware, PA | Terminals, waste-to-energy, manufacturing |
| Eddystone, Essington and Ridley | Delaware, PA | Airport logistics and chemical distribution |
| West Point and Lansdale | Montgomery | Vaccine and drug plants, food makers |
| Norristown and Conshohocken | Montgomery | Steel processing, specialty chemicals |
| Bristol and Falls Township | Bucks | Dow plant and the Fairless warehouse build-out |
| Bensalem | Bucks | Food manufacturing and distribution |
| Kennett Square | Chester | The mushroom belt |
| Coatesville and Downingtown | Chester | Steel, fabrication and farms |
| Logan and Swedesboro | Gloucester, NJ | Pureland food distribution hub |
| Paulsboro and Gibbstown | Gloucester, NJ | Refining, asphalt, marine terminals |
| Camden | Camden, NJ | Port, soup and scrap |
| Pennsauken and Route 130 | Camden, NJ | Distribution and trucking corridor |
| Gloucester City | Camden, NJ | Refrigerated fruit terminal |
| Burlington and Riverside | Burlington, NJ | River logistics parks |
| Deepwater and Pennsville | Salem, NJ | Fluoropolymer plants at the bridge |
| Vineland and Bridgeton | Cumberland, NJ | Produce auction and farms |
| Wilmington and the port | New Castle, DE | Banana port and chemical headquarters |
| New Castle and Delaware City | New Castle, DE | Refinery and surfactant plant |
| Newark and Bear | New Castle, DE | University labs, food and chemicals |
How to use these pages
- Find your county and then your district; the ZIP lists show where each page ends.
- Read the "What the record shows" panel to see what we could source and what we could not.
- Send a request from the page; the quote form is on every page of the site.
If your ZIP is not listed, send the request anyway. We reply by email and say plainly if it falls outside what we do.
What every area page carries
- A ZIP list, so you can see at once whether your building is on the page.
- The industries that fill or empty bulk boxes there, from our market research.
- Sourced local facts where we found them, each with its source on the page.
- Seasons and timing, because a box wanted in July is not wanted in January.
- Which of buy, sell or recycle the place most often needs, and what to say in a request from it.
Pages for places with no sourced fact say only what their industry list suggests, and they say that this is all it is.
Why counties and towns both
A county page describes a market. A town page describes a stretch of road. The first helps a buyer decide whether we cover them; the second helps a seller describe a stack. We write both from the same research and keep them from repeating each other, so a county page points to its towns for the detail.
Questions people ask
Which areas do you cover?
Eleven counties on both banks of the Delaware: five in Pennsylvania, five in New Jersey and New Castle County in Delaware.
Do you list a yard or an address?
No. We state no street address, phone number or yard location. Requests go through the form and we reply by email.
Why separate pages for towns?
Because a refinery town, a produce auction and a warehouse district handle boxes in different ways.