Intermodal & Drayage

Photo collage of people, panels, and trucks at DrayTech 2023 in California

DrayTECH 2023: 3 Key Takeaways

Every year, the Harbor Trucking Association hosts its DrayTech event, bringing the technology and trucking companies that operate in the drayage space together for a full day of panels, discussions, show & tell, networking, and entertainment.    DrayTech 2023 took place last week in San Pedro at a new venue, The Double Tree Hotel, which offered …

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drayage driver with container at terminal

Driver Retention: The Cost of Drivers Leaving Goes Both Ways

Your Drivers Want to Stay, But Without the Right Tools, They Just Might Bolt. When it comes to trucking companies and their drivers, it’s in everyone’s best interests to keep already-employed drivers right where they are. Yet, despite all the costs associated with changing jobs, many drivers are willing to do so if they don’t …

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Envase TMS: The Key to Driver Visibility for Small Drayage Carriers

The independent owner/operator – a driver who is running their own small trucking company from the road – has one crucial advantage: If you and your truck are the whole company, you always know where you are. That is something every trucking company, regardless of size, has to achieve. Driver visibility — knowing where drivers …

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Drayage truck arriving at terminal for port appointment

Unload the payload: Simple steps to help mitigate the madness of port appointments

The road to hell is paved with good intentions. This adage seems to sum up the quandary that key port stakeholders, namely the Marine Terminal Operators (MTOs) and truckers, are facing in regard to mandated terminal appointments. Nearly 10 years ago the Ports of LA and Long Beach began requiring truckers make time/date-specific appointments prior …

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Power of the Platform: Solutions for the $10 Billion Demurrage Problem

Transport bottlenecks are far too common at a time when supply chains are beset with massive congestion. When cargo moves slow and delays result, that also burdens both shippers and carriers with the very real problem of rising penalty fees and demurrage costs. Higher e-commerce related shipping tied to the Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in …

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Bypass Distribution Center Congestion with an Envase TMS

Envase TMS Solutions automate distribution center processes so you can do more turns in less time (with less hassle) Every carrier and driver wants to complete as many turns, as quickly as possible, every day. The Envase platform is designed to enable just that… with its power based in large part on automating and simplifying …

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