What Amazon Trucking & Distribution does

Amazon Trucking & Distribution is a privately held logistics and supply chain services provider headquartered in Compton, California (Rancho Dominguez area), operating in immediate proximity to the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Founded in 1989 originally as a single-truck operation serving the Los Angeles garment industry, the company pivoted to drayage and container delivery as the garment sector declined, and now operates as a regional 3PL with three integrated service lines: container drayage, regional and interstate trucking, and contract warehousing. Its core offering is delivered through a network of 80+ independent owner-operator drivers and a 125,000 sq. ft. warehouse facility under 24/7 surveillance, with supplementary services including order fulfillment, transloading, devanning, palletizing, export consolidation, and ship window and routing compliance management.

The company's technology stack is conventional logistics software rather than proprietary platform: EDI services for automated order exchange, real-time shipment status updates, and amended final invoicing; a Trinium-based customer portal for order management and login; RFID and barcode scanning with UCC128 label generation; and VCIS-compliant bill of lading creation. Specialized equipment — flatbed trailers, refrigerated containers, tri-axle chassis for overweight loads, and lowboy/drop-deck trailers — extends serviceability to specialty cargo such as steel, bundled lumber, and beverages. Geographic reach spans Southern California, the Inland Empire, Northern California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Oregon, Colorado, and Texas.

The business model is asset-light and transaction-based: revenue is generated per movement or per service (drayage, warehousing, fulfillment, trucking) with no publicly disclosed pricing tiers — services are quote-based given the custom nature of container logistics. The customer base is horizontal and unnamed, targeting import/export businesses, e-commerce/retail fulfillment customers, and specialized cargo shippers. The company is privately held with no disclosed investors, no funding rounds, no M&A activity, and no identified management team beyond general contact information, suggesting founder-owned operations with stable but modest scale (11-50 direct employees).

Name

Amazon Trucking & Distribution

Legal name

Amazon Trucking & Distribution

Website

https://amazontruckinganddistribution.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Amazon Trucking & Distribution is a privately held Compton, California-based drayage and logistics provider founded in 1989, serving import/export shippers at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach via 80+ independent owner-operator drivers and a 125,000 sq. ft. warehouse offering trucking, warehousing, fulfillment, and EDI-enabled order processing.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Logistics Services

NAICS

Truck Transportation (484), Freight Transportation Arrangement (48851), General Freight Trucking, Local (48411)

SIC

Trucking & Courier Services (No Air) (4210), Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731)

akta.pro primary industry

Drayage & Intermodal Truck Transfer (Port/Rail Ramp) (TLACACAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Intermodal Drayage Coordination & Port/Rail Ramp Transfers (TLACAEAH), Drayage & Intermodal Coordination (Non-Asset-Based) (TLAIANAL)

Keywords

• Drayage services
• Container trucking
• Warehousing storage
• Order fulfillment
• Logistics distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Compton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Drayage Services: Container delivery services for import and export containers to and from the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Services include pre-pull, secure storage, flatbed delivery, refrigerated container delivery, tri-axle chassis for overweight containers, and lowboy/drop-deck trailers.
2. Warehousing and Storage: 125,000 sq. foot warehouse providing short-term, long-term, overflow, and seasonal storage. Additional services include containerization, inventory management, RFID and barcode scanning.
3. Order Fulfillment: Complete fulfillment services including picking, sorting, packing, re-boxing, labeling, inspection, transloading, devanning, palletizing, block and brace, and re-work services.
4. Over-the-Road Trucking: Import and export trucking throughout Southern California, Inland Empire, Northern California, and interstate to Arizona, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Oregon, Colorado, and Texas.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Amazon Trucking & Distribution operates as a regional logistics provider based in Rancho Dominguez, CA, delivering container drayage to and from the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach via a network of 80+ independent owner-operator drivers. It complements drayage with regional and interstate trucking, a 125,000 sq. ft. secured warehouse, and order fulfillment services including picking, packing, transloading, and EDI-enabled order automation.

Product overview

Amazon Trucking & Distribution operates as a logistics and supply chain services provider with a modular offering centered around three core capabilities: (1) Container Delivery/Drayage Services for import/export containers via a network of 80+ independent owner-operators serving the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach; (2) Trucking Services covering regional and interstate routes with specialized equipment (flatbed, refrigerated, tri-axle, lowboy/drop-deck); and (3) Warehousing/Storage featuring a 125,000 sq. ft. secured facility. These core services are augmented by integrated add-on modules including Order Fulfillment, EDI Services, Warehouse Services (picking, packing, transloading, etc.), Inventory Management (RFID, barcode scanning), Export Consolidation, and Ship Window & Routing Compliance Management. The offering architecture follows a hub-and-spoke model where the warehouse serves as the central node, with trucking and drayage services connecting to port facilities and customer destinations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Container Delivery / Drayage Services Comprehensive drayage services for import and export containers to and from the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, including pre-pull, secure early-morning storage, flatbed delivery, refrigerated container delivery, tri-axle chassis for overweight containers, and lowboy/drop-deck trailers; delivered via a network of 80+ independent owner-operator drivers for businesses moving containers through the Ports of LA and Long Beach.
• Trucking Services Full-service over-the-road trucking covering import and export routes throughout Southern California, the Inland Empire, Northern California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Oregon, Colorado, and Texas, with specialized trailer types including flatbed, refrigerated, tri-axle chassis for overweight containers, and lowboy/drop-deck trailers for businesses requiring regional and interstate freight movement.
• Warehousing / Storage Full-service 125,000 sq. ft. warehouse in Rancho Dominguez, CA under 24/7 surveillance and monitored by 20+ cameras, offering short-term, long-term, overflow, and seasonal storage for businesses needing secure receiving, item checking, inspection, containerization, shrink wrapping, palletizing, expert boxing and skidding, RFID and barcode scanning, and export consolidation and stuffing (FCL, LTL, LCL).
• Order Fulfillment Order fulfillment and business logistics optimization, leveraging 25+ years of experience and the 125,000 sq. ft. warehouse to meet just-in-time requirements for businesses needing integrated picking, sorting, packing, re-boxing, labeling/re-labeling, inspection, transloading, devanning/vanning, palletizing, block & brace, and re-work services.
• EDI Services Electronic Data Interchange services that automate end-to-end order communication for business customers — accepting EDI orders, sending real-time updates during pickup, delivery, and return, and providing amended final invoices.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• NFI Industries: NFI is a large privately held 3PL offering dedicated trucking, intermodal drayage, warehousing, and fulfillment. Comparable to Amazon T&D on the bundled service stack (drayage + warehousing + fulfillment) but at national scale.
• Hub Group: Hub Group is a large publicly traded intermodal and logistics provider with significant drayage operations at LA/Long Beach. Comparable in core drayage but with a far broader national footprint and enterprise customer base.
• J.B. Hunt Transport: J.B. Hunt operates the largest US intermodal container network and is a significant drayage and trucking competitor at LA/Long Beach. Comparable on intermodal/drayage services but with national scale and dedicated capacity advantages.
• XPO (now RXO): RXO (spun off from XPO) is a major US trucking and brokerage operator with significant LA/Long Beach presence. Comparable on trucking and freight arrangement services, though with a much larger asset-based and digital brokerage footprint.

Direct peers

• ContainerPort Group: ContainerPort Group is a direct drayage and intermodal trucking peer operating at major US ports including LA/Long Beach. It offers comparable container drayage, chassis management, and intermodal services to BCOs and NVOCCs — directly overlapping Amazon T&D's core offering.
• IMC Companies: IMC Companies is one of the largest US drayage and intermodal operators with a strong presence at LA/Long Beach ports. Comparable on drayage core, asset-based owner-operator model, and port-adjacent warehousing services.
• Pacific Drayage Services: Pacific Drayage Services is a Southern California port drayage operator serving LA/Long Beach. Highly comparable as a regional direct drayage competitor with similar asset-light structure and customer base.
• Pasha Group: Pasha Group operates drayage, intermodal, and logistics services on the West Coast with deep LA/Long Beach ties. Comparable as a port-adjacent multi-service logistics provider serving BCOs and ocean carriers.

Emerging players

• Triple T Transport: Triple T Transport is a smaller regional drayage and intermodal operator on the West Coast. Comparable as an emerging asset-light drayage peer serving LA/Long Beach BCOs and NVOCCs.
• Global Drayage / Transmodal Group: Global Drayage is a regional port drayage and container transport operator on the West Coast. Comparable as a niche, asset-light drayage peer competing for similar BCO, NVOCC, and freight forwarder customers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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