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For the past 20 years, terminal management software has not changed. And this was for good reason, the software did what it needed to do. But we have now embarked on a new era of bulk liquids terminal management software, starting for the refined products sector. The legacy terminal management software model: Product feature releases  very sporadically, if ever. This is positive to operations continuity but extremely detrimental to long-term R&D and further efficiency gains v

A single operating system for all assets and movements. In the past... Historically, bulk liquids terminals have had paper-based and or messy digital data. The reason for this stems from a few obstacles: Unwillingness to move to software systems Point solution software systems (for example only handling truck rack control for a multi-modal terminal) Pipeline, rail, marine and truck movements being managed separately Inventory being tracked in spreadsheets and/or in a truck-fo

All Your Movements, Stakeholders, and Data in One Place It all started in 1988 in sunny Tucson, Arizona. Les Dearman began integrating software with measurement preset computers to allow for remote control of devices, load authorization, digital transactions, and central reporting. Many know Les as the “godfather of terminal automation” as folks often mention to me at the ILTA conference each year. Fast forward to 2020, when the Houston-based investor group I work for acquire

Automating Ethanol and biofuels logisitics at scale Headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, Green Plains is one of the largest ethanol producers in the United States. A leading ag-tech company, Green Plains has 1 billion gallons of production capacity of low carbon bio-fuels.  Green Plains became a Dearman customer in 2024 when the company needed to quickly replace their metering and measurement software. Dearman stepped in and converted over all 12 sites in less than 1 year — matc

Built on 35 years of experience... V5 TAS helps midstream, downstream, and bulk liquids storage operators to lower costs, improve measuremen