AchilleX / Process / The Handoff
Step 03 of 05 — Our core specialty

The Handoff

The tank is discharged, physically inspected and transferred to a road chassis. This is the one point in the journey we built the company around.

What happens

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.

Why it matters

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.

What gets checked at every handoff
  • Seal numbers matched against the shipping manifest
  • Valve and fitting condition, checked for leaks or damage
  • External tank condition, photographed before custody transfer
  • Dwell time started and tracked against the target window
  • Chain-of-custody documentation signed by both sides
At a glance
Avg. port dwell
< 8 hours
Inspection
100% of tanks, on-site
Custody log
Photographed & timestamped
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