One truck, two moves: how to count the empty kilometres you avoid
A method you can replay to count the unladen and empty-container kilometres a container swap avoids, with a worked example, a few lines of code and four traps.
Long Beach this fall: the Motor Carrier Conference and a year of drayage meetings
On October 29, 2026, the Harbor Trucking Association holds its Fall SoCal Motor Carrier Conference at 725 Harbor Plaza in Long Beach. For drayage carriers working the San Pedro Bay ports, it is one of the year’s main meeting points. This article puts it in the context of everything the association has organised over the …
Montréal’s three busiest weeks for logistics: from the ACQ dinner to the Port’s open house
Between the end of October and the middle of November 2026, the Montréal port and trucking community has something on almost every week. For a carrier that works the Port of Montréal or the intermodal yards around the city, this is the period to meet the people behind the terminals, the forwarders and the other …
Port events this fall: a calendar for truckers in Montréal, Philadelphia, Vancouver and Los Angeles
Most trucking companies that serve a container terminal know the gate, the yard and the dispatch screen very well. They know the people behind the port less well. Yet the people who decide gate hours, chassis rules, new terminals and appointment systems meet several times a year, in rooms that are often open to carriers. …
What is a container swap? Two legs, one truck visit
A container swap pairs one company’s drop with another’s pickup, so one truck visit moves two containers. How it works, measured at Termont, Montréal.
