On discharge, the tank is met by our own team at the terminal — not a subcontracted agent working from a checklist.
Every tank is physically inspected: seals verified against the manifest, valve condition checked, and any external damage from the ocean leg documented with photos before custody changes hands.
Once cleared, the tank is transferred onto a road chassis and dwell time at the terminal starts being measured against a target window.
Most carriers treat the transfer between ship and truck as a paperwork formality — cargo is “transferred” the moment a document is signed, whether or not anyone actually looked at the tank. That gap is where damage goes unnoticed, seals get mismatched, and tanks sit at a terminal racking up demurrage with no one accountable for the delay.
AchilleX exists because this is the one link in the chain everyone else glosses over. We inspect physically, log every handoff, and treat dwell time as a number we're responsible for — not an externality.