Trucking news and briefs for Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022:
ISO tanks, such as those hauled by G&W, are built to transport bulk liquids.
Wind Point Managing Director Konrad Salaber noted that G&W's locations in Charleston, South Carolina, and Savannah, Georgia, bolster Quantix's presence in the Southeast. Based in The Woodlands, Texas, Quantix was formerly known as A&R Logistics.
G&W represents the eighth acquisition for Quantix under Wind Point's ownership. Wind Point is an active investor in transportation, logistics and route-based businesses with select prior investments including Dicom Transportation, STG Logistics, American Trailer Rental Group, Valicor Environmental Services, Smart Care, and D&H United.
Kodiak Robotics will transport IKEA products between the IKEA distribution center in Baytown, Texas, and the IKEA store in Frisco, Texas — an approximately 400-mile lane.
The cooperation, which began on Aug. 8, includes a Kodiak autonomous heavy-duty truck transporting IKEA products seven days a week between the IKEA distribution center in Baytown and the IKEA store in Frisco.
The main purpose, Kodiak said, is to get a better understanding of how Kodiak’s autonomous driving technology contributes to increased road safety and better working conditions for truck drivers on longer distances. The self-driving truck has a professional safety truck driver behind the wheel who picks up a loaded trailer at the distribution center each morning and oversees the autonomous delivery to the store by late afternoon.
