Next Trucking now offers a chassis management solution to reduce costs associated with the use of port chassis at the Los Angeles ports.
Universal Logistics Holdings has acquired drayage provider Roadrunner Intermodal from Roadrunner Transportation Systems.
With a background in logistics and e-commerce in both the U.S. and China, Lidia Yan recognized a market need for a simpler, technology-enabled marketplace to match freight with capacity. In 2015, she founded Next, a trucker-centric freight-matching app and marketplace. Since then, she has led the company to 500% revenue growth.
Loadsmart has raised an additional $19 million for its Smart Drayage initiative designed to improve the flow of freight through American ports.
In July, the Port Newark, New Jersey-based Best Transportation added a fully electric Class A tractor to its drayage arsenal.
In Southern California, Toyota and Kenworth unveiled a jointly developed fuel cell electric heavy-duty truck, the result of a collaboration with the California Air Resources Board and the Port of Los Angeles.
Volvo Group demonstrated its Eco-Drive technology on two connected freight corridors in Southern California to show how the technology integrates traffic signal data with vehicle dynamics to provide real-time speed recommendations.
Next, a technology company that connects shippers and carriers, has launched Relay, a new drayage service aimed at streamlining port trucking operations, and secured $97 million in new funding.
Toyota has unveiled the latest version of its Project Portal hydrogen fuel cell electric Class 8 truck, which it said boasts greater range and improvements to versatility and maneuverability.
A lawsuit filed on behalf of three truck drivers against XPO Logistics Cartage in California alleges that they did not receive proper wages and benefits due to being classified as independent contractors instead of employees.