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Bridging The Gap
Eckstein Trade & Transport
Eckstein Trade & Transport "ET&T" is a Certified Woman-Owned Small Business and Texas HUB.
ET&T specializes in U.S. Inland Barge Freight logistics (dry & liquid), vessel charters (inland & offshore) and various type of Ocean Freight services. We also provide: Stevedoring Services, Warehousing, Liquid Storage, Sourcing and Transportation of Physical Commodities (specializing in aggregates).
ET&T also specializes in aggregate supply and transportation, providing clients with a fully delivered solution.
ET&T helps companies in the trading & transportation industries diversify their supply chain and material sourcing needs. The ET&T Team can source and transport materials to project sites via barge, or truck.
Need Transportation, or Aggregate Supply? We deliver.
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ET&T is a CERTIFIED WOMAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS.
IF IT FLOATS, WE CAN FIND IT.
Services We Provide
U.S. Inland Barge Freight
ET&T has an extensive domestic network within the U.S. Inland Barge Industry that enables ET&T to provide the following transportation services: Dry & Liquid Bulk and break bulk Solutions. Charter vessels (fully-found and bareboat) or book full-service affreightment. And more...
Aggregate Sourcing
ET&T has an extensive domestic network within the U.S. and in other countries that enables ET&T to source materials and provide delivered solutions for products via truck and barge. Materials include Rip rap, bedding stone, bull rock, gravel, concrete products, sand, fly ash, and various other aggregates and materials...
Industries We Serve
Eckstein Trade & Transport "ET&T" specializes in transportation & material sourcing within the Maritime Industry. ET&T also has strong networks in overlapping industries such as:
Steel / Metals
ET&T provides transportation and logistics services for Steel and Metal products such as Scrap Metal, Iron Ore, Pig Iron, Ferro Alloys, Structural Steel, Fabricated Steel, Steel Pipe, Hot Rolled Coils, Cold Rolled Coils, Steel Plate, Rebar, HBI, Aluminum, Zinc, Copper, etc.
Oil & Gas
ET&T provides transportation and logistics services for most Petrochemicals including Acetone, Methanol, Ethanol, Glycols (MEG, DEG, PG), Styrene Monomer, Palm Oil, Veg Oil, Caustic Soda, etc.
Petrochemicals
ET&T provides logistics services for the Petrochemicals Industry. ET&T provides transportation and logistics services for most Petrochemicals including Acetone, Methanol, Ethanol, Glycols (MEG, DEG, PG), Styrene Monomer, Palm Oil, Veg Oil, Caustic Soda, etc.
Aggregates
ET&T provides logistics services for the Aggregates Industry. ET&T provides transportation and logistics services for various forms of Aggregates including Crushed Rock, Rip-Rap, Sand, Gravel, Ballast Stone, Limestone, Granite, Trap Rock, etc.
About The Founder
Eckstein Trade & Transport LLC "ET&T" was formed in 2022 by Kasey Eckstein. Kasey is the third generation of her family to work in the Maritime Industry. She is a change agent with close to a decade of industry experience working in various roles and specializing in Maritime Transportation. Kasey's experience working for major operators such as Marquette Transportation and Ingram Barge Company gave her the knowledge and network needed to help her clients diversify their workforce today.
Eckstein's career in the maritime industry began in 2014 when she started selling barge freight at Marquette Transportation. Marquette is a company that Kasey's grandfather, Ray Eckstein, founded and she realized that she was given many opportunities that other women in the industry were not. In 2017, Kasey founded WIMOs Association, which is an organization for Women In Maritime Operations. WIMOs provides ET&T with the network necessary for helping companies find female talent in all areas of the Maritime Industry. In 2019, Kasey took a break from her career to travel solo around the world. She visited 15 countries in 5-months and that experience furthered her desire to increase diversity in the industry that she knows and loves.
Kasey currently sits on the Advisory Board for Breakbulk Americas, was a 2021 recipient of Marine Log Magazine's Top Women in Maritime, was the youngest Director to ever sit on the board of the Mississippi Valley Trade & Transport Council and she was a recipient of the Inland Marine Expo's 40 Under 40 award in 2018.
Eckstein Family History:
Kasey Eckstein's family has been operating in the barge industry since the 50's. In 1958, Kasey's grandfather, Ray Eckstein, founded Wisconsin Barge Lines, a switch boat operation that he transformed into a bulk commodity carrier. Throughout the 60s, Wisconsin Barge flourished under the helm of Ray Eckstein, whose fleet of tugboats and hopper barges couriered a steady flow of commerce from port to port. When he later sold the company, Ray was asked to stay behind the wheel of the operation, which he did until the late 70s.
In 1978, Ray christened his new transportation company Marquette Transportation. Marquette is still in operation today as one of the largest barge lines in the U.S. and it is where Kasey Eckstein got her start in Maritime in 2014. Kasey has since worked for other operators, such as Ingram Barge Line, which is the largest barge line in the world.