Heniff Transportation Systems

What Heniff Transportation Systems does

Heniff Transportation Systems, LLC is a privately held US-based liquid bulk transportation and logistics provider founded in 1998 by Bob Heniff and headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois. The company's core offering is asset-based transportation of bulk liquid chemicals and food-grade commodities in tanker trailers, with an integrated platform that spans long-haul, medium-haul, short-haul, and last-mile pickup-and-delivery services through approximately 100 terminal, transload, ISO depot, and maintenance locations across North America and Europe, supported by a fleet of roughly 2,000 power units and 5,700 trailers operated by approximately 2,000 professional drivers. Heniff is structured as a family of operating subsidiaries including Heniff Transportation Systems (chemical hauling), Heniff Food Grade (rebranded from Carry Transit in February 2025), Heniff Logistics (3PL in tank and general freight), Total Clean (tank cleaning), and Heniff Transportation Europe (bulk transport, ISO depot, and tank services in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany following the TechnoPort and Combo Group acquisitions in 2024).

Revenue is generated predominantly on a per-shipment transaction-fee basis across chemical hauling (chemical manufacturers), food grade transportation (food and pharmaceutical manufacturers), rail transloading (over 25,000 railcars annually across 28+ sites connecting to Class 1 railroads), ISO depot services, tank cleaning, and equipment maintenance, with a smaller managed-services revenue stream through Heniff Logistics. The company sells to enterprise chemical, food, and pharmaceutical accounts via dedicated field-sales teams and a Customer Experience Portal; customer references include Procter & Gamble and other world-leading food and chemical manufacturers. Heniff applies third-party telematics (PeopleNet, Samsara), routing systems (NaviGo, IDSC), safety technology (Bendix collision mitigation, roll stability, lane departure, video/radar), and Tableau/Salesforce analytics on top of operations, and holds multiple food safety and chemical handling certifications (FSSC/ISO 22000, ISO 9001, FDA registration, ACC Responsible Care, HACCP/HARPC) that gate access to regulated shipper accounts.

The go-to-market combines direct enterprise sales with a multi-channel driver recruitment operation (company drivers and owner operators compensated at 65-68% linehaul depending on equipment), supported by participation in industry associations (NTTC, American Chemistry Council, Women in Trucking, EPA SmartWay). The company has pursued aggressive M&A since its founding, completing acquisitions of EZ Alternative Transport (2016), Horizon Tank Lines, Miller Transporters (2018), Superior Bulk Logistics/Carry Transit (2019), Premier Bulk Systems (Canada, 2021), Jasa Transit food-grade (2021), Coal City Cob Company (2022), TechnoPort (Netherlands, 2024), and Combo Group (Netherlands, 2024), establishing a cross-continental platform with international operations only in the past 18 months.

Name

Heniff Transportation Systems

Legal name

Heniff Transportation Systems, LLC.

Website

https://heniff.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Heniff Transportation Systems is a privately held liquid bulk trucking and logistics provider founded in 1998, operating approximately 100 locations across North America and Europe with ~2,000 tractors and ~5,700 trailers. It transports bulk liquid chemicals, food-grade commodities, and pharmaceuticals for enterprise chemical, food, and pharmaceutical manufacturers, complemented by rail transloading, ISO depot, tank cleaning, and 3PL services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Oak Brook

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices14 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Chemical Transportation Services: Bulk liquid chemical transportation services including long haul, medium haul, short haul, and last-mile pickup and delivery. Revenue generated through transportation fees per shipment.
2. Food Grade Transportation: Specialized food grade, kosher, and pharmaceutical carrier services with stainless steel trailers for liquid and dry bulk distribution
3. ISO Depot Operations: ISO container storage, heating, testing, maintenance, repair, cleaning, stacking, lifting and transport services at port locations
4. Rail Transloading: Bulk transfer from rail to truck at strategic network locations, providing multi-modal supply chain efficiencies
5. Tank Cleaning Services: Tank cleaning services for chemical, food, and feed containers at multiple facilities
6. Equipment Maintenance: Maintenance services for tractors, trailers, and chassis including dry bulk, box containers and ISO/swap body containers
7. Third-Party Logistics (3PL): Heniff Logistics division providing 3PL services in both tank and general freight markets

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Heniff Transportation Systems provides bulk liquid transportation and logistics services for chemical, food-grade, and pharmaceutical customers across North America and Europe. The company operates a fleet of approximately 2,000 tractors and 5,700 trailers from nearly 100 terminal locations, offering chemical hauling, food-grade transport, rail transloading, ISO depot services, tank cleaning, fleet maintenance, and third-party logistics under the Heniff Logistics brand.

Product overview

Heniff Transportation Systems operates a diversified platform of liquid bulk transportation and logistics services. The core offering is chemical and food-grade tank trucking (Chemical Hauling and Heniff Food Grade), supported by integrated add-on services including rail transloading, ISO shipping/depot operations, tank cleaning (Total Clean), and equipment maintenance. The company has expanded internationally through Heniff Transportation Europe and offers third-party logistics through Heniff Logistics. With nearly 100 locations and approximately 2,000 tractors across North America and Europe, the platform provides end-to-end supply chain solutions combining asset-based transportation with managed services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Chemical Hauling

Quantifiable outcome

• 113 million miles traveled in 2025 with USDOT accident frequency of 0.16 incidents per million miles
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

AI capability4 records

Feature10 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• KIK CarriercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 February 2022Partnership with KIK Carrier to open operating terminal in Boucherville, Quebec for Premier Bulk Systems (Heniff company) expansion into Quebec market. Combined operations enhance cross-border chemical transportation capabilities.
• Thompson Truck CentersminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 22 December 2021Fleet-as-a-service model where Thompson provides sales, service, maintenance, and energy infrastructure for Nikola Tre BEV trucks. Thompson is Nikola's sales and service dealer network member providing turnkey solution for electric vehicle deployment.
• American Chemistry Council (ACC)coreOthersACC partner company since 2007 with full RCMS certification since 2010. Commitment to Responsible Care Principles and industry-leading safety standards for chemical logistics.
• Class 1 RailroadscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRelationships with multiple Class 1 rail carriers (CN, NS, CSX, KCS, BNSF, UP) at transload facilities providing competitive rail rates and multi-modal transportation capabilities.

Scale indicators16 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Ruan Transportation Management Systems: Dedicated and bulk transportation provider with strong chemical and food-grade tank truck capabilities and integrated managed transportation services. Comparable to Heniff in offering asset-based trucking alongside 3PL/dedicated solutions for industrial shippers.
• Groendyke Transport: Large U.S. tank truck carrier focused on bulk chemicals, petroleum, and specialty liquids with a comparable terminal network. Competes for the same blue-chip chemical manufacturer contracts and shares safety-regulatory driven customer acquisition approach.
• Slay Transportation: Family-owned bulk liquid chemical and food-grade tank carrier with national U.S. operations. Direct competitor for chemical manufacturer business with similar service profile and enterprise customer targeting.
• Kenan Advantage Group: Major North American carrier specializing in bulk transportation of chemicals, petroleum, food-grade, and specialty liquids with a similar multi-terminal, asset-based model. Competes head-to-head with Heniff for chemical manufacturers and offers comparable hazardous-materials and food-grade services.
• Foodliner: Specialized food-grade liquid bulk carrier operating stainless steel tank trailers across North America. Directly competes with Heniff Food Grade (formerly Carry Transit) in food manufacturer liquid and dry bulk transportation, including kosher and USP-certified service lines.
• Trimac Transportation: Canadian-headquartered bulk trucking and tank services operator with significant U.S. footprint. Direct competitor in liquid bulk chemical haulage and shares Heniff's cross-border, multi-service positioning; overlaps most directly in Canadian chemical shipper relationships.
• Boasso Global (Quality Distribution): One of the largest U.S. bulk liquid chemical and food-grade tank truck carriers with a network of terminals and ISO container services. Closest direct competitor to Heniff's chemical hauling and ISO depot operations across overlapping North American geographies and customer segments.

Broad incumbents

• Heartland Express: Large U.S. truckload carrier with refrigerated and dry van services competing for general freight capacity. Adjacent incumbent that shares enterprise sales motion and large-fleet operating model, though not specialized in hazardous chemical hauling.
• J.B. Hunt Transport Services: Multi-segment publicly-traded carrier with intermodal, dedicated contract services, and ICS (Integrated Capacity Solutions) brokerage. While not a tank truck pure-play, J.B. Hunt's dedicated chemical and industrial shipper contracts and 3PL brokerage compete for similar enterprise logistics budget at chemical manufacturers.
• Schneider National: Large publicly-traded multimodal carrier operating truckload, intermodal, and dedicated/bulk logistics services including chemical and specialty lanes. Broader incumbent with chemical bulk exposure but specializes less deeply in tank trucking than Heniff.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/henifftransport
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• Instagraminstagram.com/heniff

Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Subsidiaries7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A4 records

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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