Eddystone, Essington and Ridley: totes in and out by the airport
Eddystone, Essington and Ridley hold riverfront terminals and airport-side warehouses between Chester and Philadelphia International. Chemical distribution is the local trade.
01What sits here
The strip is a mix of marine terminals along the river, airport logistics buildings and chemical distribution yards. It runs from Eddystone through Essington to Ridley Park, with ZIPs 19022, 19029, 19032, 19078 and 19094. It has no single large plant, which makes its tote volume a set of mid-sized lots.
| ZIP codes | Industries here | Agency to ask about empties |
|---|---|---|
| 19022, 19029, 19078, 19094, 19032 | marine terminals, airport logistics, chemical distribution | Pennsylvania DEP |
02Who has empties, who needs totes
Distribution yards send out empties of the products they handle, usually in lots of tens rather than hundreds. A lot from a chemical distributor often has an SDS on hand, which speeds a ticket. Airport-side warehouses send out packaging totes in mixed grades. Buyers are blenders in Camden County, across the Walt Whitman Bridge, and rinsed totes suit gardens in the city.
03Roads, rules and the move
I-95 and I-476 meet in the district, with PA 291 and US 13 serving the river. The airport sits on the district’s north edge. The state agency for empties is the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. Philadelphia County is a few miles away across Darby Creek.
04Next door
| Place | ZIP codes | Industries |
|---|---|---|
| Chester | 19013, 19016 | marine terminals, waste-to-energy, manufacturing |
05On the ground
Eddystone, Essington and Ridley Park share a thin strip of land between Darby Creek, the river and the airport. Roads here flood in a hard storm, so a ticket for a pickup in a wet week should carry a backup date. A buyer in Camden County, a bridge away, will want the retest date and the valve type before the haul.
06Weather, season and timing
Between the airport and the river, aircraft noise, security gates and a busy freight rail line shape the pickup. Sellers should tell the desk if the yard is inside a fenced airport-side facility and what identification a driver needs. Rail crossings can hold a truck for ten minutes, so a morning window with some slack beats a tight one.
07A ticket from here
- Put one of the ZIP codes from the first table on the ticket.
- Name the yard type and the products, then the count.
08Between two creeks and an airport
Darby Creek and Crum Creek mark the strip’s edges, I-95 and I-476 meet inside it and the airport fills its north side. Philadelphia County begins across the creek, so a tote can reach a Navy Yard tenant or a Northeast Philadelphia food maker without crossing a river.
?Questions on this page
What size are lots here?
Mid-sized: tens of totes more often than hundreds.
Which ZIPs does the page cover?
19022, 19029, 19032, 19078 and 19094.