Baton raises $10.5 M to develop ‘drop zones,’ where truckers can hand off freight
In the trucking industry, “dwell and detention” times are the opponents of effectiveness, motorists and revenues. More than 2 billion hours are lost each year due to stay– the time invested at a distribution backyard or facility– and detention– the gap in between when loading or dumping is supposed to begin and when […] Baton is establishing a network of drop zones, 24-hour facilities it has actually sub-leased from partners, that are located outside of hectic metropolitan. Baton’s pitch is that it eliminates hours squandered with dwell and detention as well as the time spent sitting in traffic. Baton has landed long-haul trucking companies as customers, including CRST, the private freight business that carries loads for some of the country’s largest retailers, consisting of Walmart. Baton has several drop zones in Los Angeles, with plans strategies open more in the city. …
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