Drayage primarily refers to the process of transporting goods over short distances. Read more about how the drayage process can benefit shippers in the blog below.
These are specialized carriers that handle drayage moves. They operate in-and-out of rail terminals and ports in a particular metro area — standard full truckload carriers are not allowed to enter intermodal facilities. Compared to the full truckload market, the drayage carrier base is much small...
Fleet 101: What Are Well-to-Wheel Emissions? Alternatively, on diesel hybrids the battery can be charged using a generator driven by the internal combustion engine (ICE). This solution is most suited to stop-start applications like refuse trucks, drayage trucks, and buses. Because the battery ...
However, they are also used when goods are loaded or unloaded from other modes of transport such as open trucks or large crates used to pack and transport goods. Several factors are to be considered while stuffing or destuffing cargo. Here we have taken shipping cargo by sea, as the contex...
Use cases for closed environments, such as port/drayage trucks and yard hoppers, are also likely to be adopted early. Some countries have recently introduced regulations about autonomous driving, with Germany issuing particularly robust guidelines. That said, many other countries lack overarching, ...
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Trucking/Drayage: The trucking community on the East Coast is bracing for high levels of congestion based on imminent vessel bunching, chassis shortages, and terminal pickup and empty return appointment availability. West Coast market conditions will be contingent upon how clogged the railroads get, ...
Intermodal trucking - often referred to asdrayage- involves trucks moving intermodal containers to and from rail ramps, making the door-to-door connection possible for intermodal freight. Without intermodal trucking, shippers would find it difficult to connect their loads with trains in most cases, ...
NFIhas a dedicated and drayage fleet of more than 4,000 vehicles, for which it operates electric trucks, near-zero-emissions CNG trucks, and electric yard tractors. It recently received its first battery-electric Freightliner eCascadia and will get electric Volvo trucks next year as part of the...
government relations connections, vessel discharge, drayage, and warehousing operations across North America. Her strategic management and operational efforts have contributed to over $1.1 billion in annual sales for the company, and proactively redirecte...