Gaylords in Eddystone, Essington and Ridley

The northern end of Delaware County lies in the shadow of the airport. Essington and Tinicum hold the freight sheds, air cargo and hotels around Philadelphia International; Eddystone and Ridley Park run along the river to the south and west with terminals and chemical distribution.

The mix of cargo is the interesting part. Air freight is high-value and arrives in tidy crates; marine freight is bulk and arrives in whatever the shipper had. Chemical distributors in the middle bring in drums and boxes and ship them out again in smaller lots. All three streams leave empties.

Our research lists marine terminals, airport logistics and chemical distribution for this area. We have no sourced figures for individual operators here and give none.

Interstate 95 and Route 291 connect the area to Center City, the Southwest Philadelphia produce market and the Chester waterfront. The area is within minutes of the produce market by road.

This page covers 19022, 19029, 19078, 19094 and 19032. The industries to expect there, from our market research: marine terminals, airport logistics and chemical distribution.

Air cargo peaks with holiday freight; marine follows ships. Chemical distributors are steady.

• Buy. Distributors who repack in bulk boxes and want used Grade A or B.
• Sell. Cargo handlers with palletized empties.
• Recycle. Damp or crushed board from freight sheds.

If a stack came from air freight, mention it. Those boxes are usually the cleanest.

• Air cargo. Freight flown on cargo or passenger aircraft, usually packed in tidy crates and unit load devices.
• Distributor. A business that buys chemicals in bulk, repacks them into smaller lots and ships them on, a main source of empties here.
• Drop trailer. A trailer left at a dock for loading or unloading at the receiver's pace, useful for a large stack of boxes.

• Whether the stack came from air freight or marine freight.
• The ZIP and building type.
• The count, footprint and grade.
• Whether the boxes are on a pallet or loose.