drayage

Some free money from California to buy down the cost of electric trucks remains, but you better hurry to apply.

“We are pleased with this settlement as it creates a common understanding in close cooperation and coordination with the authority on the future handling of demurrage and detention charges in the U.S.,” Hapag-Lloyd said.

Embark Trucks and BYD demonstrated what using electricity rather than diesel looked like in drayage with an autonomous truck.

KlearNow has launched KlearNow Drayage, a marketplace for importers and drayage operators.

Freightliner powertrain parts thefts threaten the livelihood of drivers stranded with little hope of getting a replacement part.

Drayage trucks in California with engines made before 2010 will have to be shut down at the end of the year on the road to zero-emissions vehicles.

While drayage has faced demand surges, they have often been the relatively short-lived consequences of labor strikes or steamship company shutdowns. The impact of the pandemic has been much greater, and it is here to stay.

FreightWaves founder and CEO Craig Fuller writes about the impact of Chinese lockdowns on global supply chains and the U.S. trucking industry.

GTI Transport Solutions announced Thursday the acquisition of container transport provider Foxconn Logistics.

The Louisiana Senate approved a bill that would allow a tandem of 20-foot containers to be hauled on many of the state’s roads, with the goal of easing port congestion.

Companies that have historically treated drayage and other inland transportation services as an afterthought will need to shift this mindset in order to survive in the current maritime environment.

The average percentage of ocean carrier invoices with missing or wrong information jumped from a historical average of 18% to over 45% in 2021.

Companies rely on a wide variety of partners to handle their invoice auditing, including brokers and third-party freight pay companies. This approach can be risky, as these folks are not typically invoice audit experts, increasing the chance that inconsistencies and other issues will slip through the cracks.

Harbor Trucking Association CEO Matt Schrap chats with FreightWaves rail and intermodal market expert Mike Baudendistel about the challenges that the West Coast drayage community faced in 2021 and what stakeholders need to do to overcome those challenges this year.

“Right now it seems like everyone is flying blind, then playing hot potato by giving it to the next party,” Kempisty said.

Port X Logistics adds warehousing and transportation provider Denver Express to its portfolio.

A small COVID outbreak is curtailing industrial operations in the Chinese city of Ningbo and the port could soon feel the ripple effects.

“We are a data company that happens to be applying our data points to solving problems in supply chain,” says Dray Alliance co-founder and CEO Steve Wen.

EDRAY’s global shippers reportedly have seen a 40% increase in drayage productivity, five times less rehandling and 25% less emissions.

COVID exposed underlying chinks in the supply chain, especially at the ports. The White House has lit a fire under the industry’s feet to improve the container shipping system.