Pacific Tank Lines

What Pacific Tank Lines does

Pacific Tank Lines, Inc. is a privately held, regional petroleum cargo carrier founded in 2001 in Riverside, California. The company provides full-service transportation and delivery of petroleum products — gasoline, diesel, and other fuel cargoes — for major oil companies operating in the Western United States, with named enterprise customers including Chevron North America, Shell/Motiva, Shell Oil, and SOPUS. Its service offering rests on a network of 8+ owned/operated terminals (Riverside HQ plus Colton, Long Beach, Huntington Beach, Van Nuys, San Diego, Sylmar, Bakersfield, Fresno, Las Vegas, and a Doraville, Georgia yard), a tanker fleet of "quality trucks" marketed as lower-carbon, professional licensed drivers, and an Independent Contractor program that brings owner-operators under the PTL brand with prompt payment, direct deposit, and load tracking.

The business model is a transaction-fee, quote-based carrier service billed via multi-year transportation contracts with enterprise petroleum shippers; pricing is not publicly disclosed. Customer acquisition relies on direct enterprise field sales, a website quote request flow, and inbound phone inquiries, supplemented by reputational signals from over 8 client awards and four truck driving championships. The company has no public financial disclosures, no disclosed funding rounds, no parent company, and no institutional investors in the source material, suggesting founder/operator ownership. Headcount is reported in the 251–500 range, consistent with a mid-sized regional fleet operator rather than a national logistics platform. Non-customer-facing differentiators include a dedicated Senior Safety Manager, a published Business Disruption Plan with crisis communication protocols, and a long-running partnership with the Fuel Relief Fund supporting humanitarian fuel logistics during major disasters from Hurricane Katrina (2005) through Ecuador (2016).

From a technology standpoint, Pacific Tank Lines is a traditional asset-heavy trucking operation. The "platform" is its physical terminal network and tanker fleet, augmented by a safety management system and a documented business disruption protocol; no proprietary software products, APIs, AI/ML systems, or app offerings are referenced. The website (copyright 2017) provides contact, quote, employment, and employee-services functionality but shows no signs of digital platform investment beyond a WordPress marketing presence. Operating geographies span California, Nevada, and now Georgia, with the bulk of activity concentrated in the Western US.

Name

Pacific Tank Lines

Legal name

Pacific Tank Lines, Inc.

Website

https://pacifictanklines.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Pacific Tank Lines is a privately held petroleum cargo carrier founded in 2001 in Riverside, California. It transports gasoline and diesel for major oil companies across the Western United States using a fleet of tank trucks operated from 8+ regional terminals and an independent contractor driver program.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Petroleum Transportation Services

akta.pro primary industry

Tanker (Liquid Bulk) TL Carriers (TLADADAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Refined Products Tank Farms & Terminals (TLAGAKAB)

Keywords

• Petroleum transportation services
• Tanker trucking services
• Bulk fuel logistics
• Petroleum cargo carrier
• Fuel distribution hauling

Headquarters

HQ city

Riverside

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices11 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Petroleum Transportation Services: Full-service petroleum carrier providing transportation and delivery of petroleum products for major oil companies in the Western United States. Revenue is generated through transportation service contracts with petroleum industry clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Pacific Tank Lines is a full-service petroleum carrier that provides transportation and delivery of petroleum products (gasoline, diesel, and other petroleum cargo) for major oil companies across the Western United States. The company operates a fleet of modern tank trucks and an Independent Contractor driver program from a network of 6+ satellite terminals in California and Nevada.

Product overview

Pacific Tank Lines is a full-service petroleum carrier providing transportation and delivery of petroleum products across the Western United States. The company operates a fleet of tank trucks from 6+ satellite terminals (Colton, Huntington Beach, Long Beach, Van Nuys, San Diego, Las Vegas, Bakersfield, Fresno) and employs professional drivers who deliver for major oil companies. The core offering is petroleum cargo transportation services, supported by an innovative fleet with environmental considerations, terminal infrastructure for regional coverage, and an independent contractor program for driver recruitment. Founded in 2001 in Riverside, CA, the company emphasizes safety, customer service, and reliability as its primary operational values.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Petroleum Cargo Transportation Services Full-service petroleum carrier providing safe transportation and delivery of petroleum products (gasoline, diesel, and other petroleum cargo) for major oil companies across the Western United States.
• Independent Contractor Program Program for independent truck drivers offering profitable rates, prompt payment, direct deposit, and easy-to-read load tracking, used to recruit owner-operator capacity to support Pacific Tank Lines' petroleum transportation services.

Quantifiable outcome

• Traveling 2,000,000 miles without preventable motor vehicle crash - Chevron recognition 2009
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Fuel Relief FundcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2005Pacific Tank Lines partners with Fuel Relief Fund, a non-profit organization that works with United Nations response efforts. The partnership provides humanitarian aid transportation during natural disasters including Hurricane Katrina (2005), Haiti Earthquake (2010), Japan Earthquake & Tsunami (2011), Turkey Earthquake (2011), Hurricane Sandy (2012), Super Typhoon Haiyan (2013), Nepal Earthquake (2015), and Ecuador Earthquake (2016).
• Major Oil Companies (Western United States)coreOthersPacific Tank Lines delivers petroleum products for most of the major oil companies in the Western United States, including Chevron North America, Shell/Motiva, and Shell Oil. These partnerships have resulted in multiple Carrier of the Year awards and ongoing transportation contracts.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Trimac Transportation: North American bulk trucking services company focused on chemicals, petroleum, and specialty products. Established incumbent with comparable liquid bulk offering but significantly larger scale and broader geographic reach.
• Kenan Advantage Group: North America's largest tank truck carrier transporting bulk chemicals, petroleum, and food-grade products. Large incumbent with overlapping bulk liquid capabilities across a broader geographic footprint.
• Quality Carriers: Largest US bulk tank truck carrier and a subsidiary of Quality Distribution, offering nationwide chemical and food-grade transport. Provides overlapping capabilities as a much larger incumbent in the same tanker category.
• Ruan Transport: National dedicated and bulk transportation provider offering tanker services alongside dry van and flatbed. Overlaps with Pacific Tank Lines in petroleum bulk transport but operates across a much wider service portfolio.

Direct peers

• Groendyke Transport: US bulk tank truck carrier transporting chemicals, petroleum, and food-grade liquids across North America. Highly comparable mid-sized tanker carrier with similar asset-based model serving blue-chip industrial customers.
• Miller Transporters: Bulk liquid carrier transporting chemicals, petroleum, and specialty products across the US. Closely comparable asset-based tanker model serving similar industrial end markets.
• Highway Transport: Specialty bulk carrier focused on petroleum and chemical transport with a comparable terminal-and-fleet operating model. Direct overlap in liquid bulk service offering and customer base.
• Sun Coast Resources: Privately held petroleum transporter operating across the Western and Southern US. Closest comparable in geographic focus, petroleum-only service mix, and founder/family ownership profile.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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