Roeder Cartage Company

What Roeder Cartage Company does

Roeder Cartage Company, Inc. is a privately held, for-profit trucking carrier headquartered at 1979 North Dixie Highway, Lima, Ohio, founded in 1974 and operating with 51-100 employees. The company specializes in bulk liquid logistics, transporting liquid cargo across all 48 contiguous U.S. states and Canada using an owned fleet of 90 Freightliner tractors, 155 tank trailers, and 32 van trailers. Its service is positioned for shippers in chemical, food and beverage, fuel, and industrial liquid sectors that require hazmat-compliant handling, and the company markets its 99% one-way loads, steady weekly mileage, and FMCSA-compliant CSA and Safety Management Scores as core operational differentiators.

The company's go-to-market is sales-led and direct: shippers engage via two phone lines ((419) 221-1600 and (800) 421-8202) or the company website, with no publicly disclosed pricing or rate cards. Customer acquisition is complemented by a content-marketing program (a blog active through June 2026 covering driver careers, safety, and shipper education) and a maintained Facebook presence. A dedicated recruiting portal ('Join Our Team') and the affiliated North Dixie Truck and Trailer, Inc. parts and maintenance facility at a second Lima address support in-house driver and equipment servicing.

Roeder Cartage generates revenue on a transaction-fee basis through freight charges per load, with safety meetings held twice per year at each terminal and a hazmat-certified driver workforce underpinning compliance. The company is WBENC-certified as a Women-Owned Business Enterprise (held since 2006) and BBB accredited, both of which it uses as shipper-facing credibility signals. Founder Calvin Roeder is identified as owner; no institutional investors, funding rounds, or M&A activity are disclosed in the available source material.

Name

Roeder Cartage Company

Legal name

Roeder Cartage Company, Inc.

Website

https://roedercartage.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1974

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Roeder Cartage Company is a privately held Lima, Ohio-based bulk liquid trucking carrier founded in 1974, operating 90 tractors and 155 tank trailers across 48 states and Canada to serve chemical, fuel, and industrial liquid shippers with hazmat-certified drivers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Bulk Liquid Logistics Services

NAICS

Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance (484230), General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload (484121)

SIC

Trucking (No Local) (4213), Trucking & Courier Services (No Air) (4210)

akta.pro primary industry

Liquid Bulk / Tanker Freight Brokerage (TLADAMAL)

Keywords

• Bulk liquid transport
• Tank trailer services
• Hazmat trucking
• Freight transportation
• Liquid logistics services

Headquarters

HQ city

Lima

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Bulk Liquid Freight Transportation: Roeder Cartage Company generates revenue by providing bulk liquid logistics and transportation services. The company hauls liquid cargo across all 48 states and Canada, operating a fleet of 90 Freightliner tractors, 155 tank trailers, and 32 van trailers. Revenue is earned through freight charges per load, with steady miles each week and 99% one-way loads minimizing deadhead/backhaul time. The company also offers career opportunities in driving, dispatching, safety management, and maintenance.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Roeder Cartage Company provides bulk liquid freight transportation and logistics services using a fleet of 90 Freightliner tractors, 155 tank trailers, and 32 van trailers. The company specializes in transporting bulk liquid cargo with hazmat-certified drivers across all 48 contiguous U.S. states and Canada, offering local and overnight runs with 99% one-way loads.

Product overview

Roeder Cartage Company is a bulk liquid logistics service provider operating a single integrated transportation platform. The core offering consists of bulk liquid freight transportation using a fleet of 90 Freightliner tractors, 155 tank trailers, and 32 van trailers, with hazmat-certified drivers providing local and overnight runs across all 48 states and Canada.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bulk Liquid Freight Transportation
• Dry Van Freight Transportation

Quantifiable outcome

• 99% one-way loads — minimizes deadhead and maximizes driver pay efficiency
• +1 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Miller Pipeline: Pipeline construction and services company with adjacent energy-infrastructure exposure. Not a direct competitor but a thematic peer serving overlapping hazmat/industrial customer base and subject to similar regulatory and insurance dynamics.

Direct peers

• Trimac Transportation: North American bulk carrier with a tanker fleet serving chemicals, fuel, and dry bulk. Directly comparable on commodity mix and hazmat capability; larger but operating a similar asset-based carrier model.
• Groendyke Transport: Family-owned bulk liquid and dry bulk carrier operating a similarly specialized tank trailer fleet across North America. Closest comparable on business model (asset-based, family/employee-oriented culture) and commodity focus (bulk liquid hazmat).
• Superior Carriers: Bulk liquid carrier (operating as part of Kenan Advantage Group) specializing in chemical and food-grade transport. Direct overlap on commodity focus and hazmat tanker operations, though typically larger lane volume per customer.
• Transport Service Company: Specialized bulk liquid and chemical transporter with a comparable asset-based, hazmat-certified driver model. Similar mid-market positioning with focus on chemical and industrial liquid customers.
• Action Resources: Alabama-based hazmat and bulk liquid carrier operating tankers across the Southeast and beyond. Comparable specialized bulk liquid model with similar mid-sized carrier profile.

Broad incumbents

• Kenan Advantage Group: Largest US bulk liquid transporter, operating thousands of tractors across chemical, food, and fuel segments. Overlapping commodity mix and hazmat expertise, but at a scale an order of magnitude larger than RCC.
• Ruan Transport: Large diversified carrier with dedicated bulk, food-grade, and industrial liquid operations. Comparable commodity focus in bulk liquid but with a broader service portfolio and significantly larger fleet.
• Heartland Express: Publicly traded asset-based truckload carrier of similar revenue scale to RCC, though focused on dry van rather than bulk liquid. Comparable in fleet size and privately disciplined cost culture, useful for benchmark valuation.
• Quality Distribution / Quality Carriers: One of the largest North American bulk liquid chemical carriers (now part of Boasso Global). Directly comparable commodity focus (liquid bulk tanker) but at meaningfully larger scale and broader terminal network.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/RoederCartage

Compliance2 records

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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