Inbound Logistics | January 2023

INBRIEF

>TECHNOLOGY

appointment pickup and 90% of the contiguous U.S. population for standard pickup. > Ryder System unveiled a new drop-and-hook trailer service, which leverages available capacity through COOP by Ryder, the company’s peer-to-peer truck- and trailer-sharing platform. Shippers can find a solution for sourcing a fleet of dry or refrigerated trailers, leveraging both Ryder’s freight brokerage

> Locus, a technology company providing last- mile logistics solutions, launched Delivery Linked

Checkout (DLC), an integrated capability

designed to help retailers deliver orders on customer-

preferred timelines. Part of the Dispatch

Management Platform, DLC o‰ers available slots upon checkout for end consumers—accounting for available capacity, logistics costs, and business constraints, so retailers can satisfy customer expectations while maintaining profitability.

> Dayton Freight Lines, a provider of regional less- than-truckload (LTL) transportation services, relocated their Gallipolis location to a new facility in Bidwell, Ohio, to increase capacity and improve service to shippers in southeast Ohio.

team and a pool of underutilized trailers

available through COOP and Ryder’s network of 45,000 carriers.

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