New IBC totes delivered in Texas
Texas is first or second among states in most tote-filling industries. In 2025 it had the most chemical manufacturing jobs (90,310) and the most meat and poultry jobs (44,780), and was second in food manufacturing (112,088), beverages (24,154), plastics (40,945), paints and coatings (6,381) and lubricant blending (989) (BLS QCEW 2025; BLS QCEW 2025; BLS QCEW 2025). Warehousing employed 175,579, second only to California.
The Houston area is the centre of it. The metro had 42,669 chemical jobs, 2.2 times the national share, and Port Houston's public terminals handled 4,303,345 TEUs and 54,491,066 short tons of cargo in 2025, a record year for containers (Port Houston). Chemical makers along the Ship Channel at La Porte, Baytown and Pasadena fill rated totes and steel IBCs for export and for the rest of the country. Beaumont and Port Arthur add another 3,781 chemical jobs.
Delivery to Texas
Dallas County had 44,657 warehousing jobs, third among US counties, with Tarrant (19,462) beside it and Harris (23,802) around Houston. I-35 joins Dallas and Fort Worth with Austin, San Antonio and Laredo; I-45 runs from Dallas to Houston, and I-10 from Beaumont through Houston and San Antonio to El Paso. West Texas and Panhandle sites are long runs and are best grouped into full loads.
What Texas buyers usually ask for
Gulf Coast chemical shippers usually need totes that are already rated for their densest product, and many need steel IBCs for flammables. Send the SDS and your customer's spec. Plants inside a refinery or chemical complex often require gate passes, driver safety training and a set delivery window; tell us before the load is booked.
- UN-rated chemical totesFor Gulf Coast chemical makers and distributors shipping regulated liquids.UN code: 31HA1/Y · Packing groups: II and III · Specific gravity: 1.6 or 1.9 · Retest: every 2.5 years
- Carbon steel and metal IBCsFor flammable solvents, fuels and blends.Build: Carbon steel shell · UN code: 31A · Approval: often UL 142 · For: Class I flammables
- Food-grade new IBC totesFor meat, beverage and food plants.Bottle resin: 21 CFR 177.1520 · Prior contents: None · Gaskets: EPDM or Viton · Sizes: 275, 330 gal
- New 330 gallon IBC toteFor high-volume fills where the most liquid per position counts.Capacity: 330 gal / 1,250 L · Footprint: 48 x 40 in · Height: 53 to 54 in · Tare: about 155 lb
Not sure which tote? Start from the product. A regulated liquid needs a UN-rated tote marked for its specific gravity.
Anything people eat or drink needs a food-contact bottle; a Class I flammable needs a steel IBC.
Quote totes delivered in Texas
Give the delivery ZIP in Texas, the product you will fill, how many totes and how often, and whether the site has a dock or needs a liftgate. If your plant books receiving slots, name the window and any site rules for drivers.