4 Gen Logistics

What 4 Gen Logistics does

4 Gen Logistics is a fourth-generation, family-owned port drayage company headquartered in Rialto, California, with operations tracing back to 1943 (previously operating as Duncan & Son Lines). The company runs container drayage between Southern California's Port of Long Beach and Port of Los Angeles and Inland Empire distribution centers, employing 51–100 people across two operating facilities at Rialto (2298 W Stonehurst Dr) and Long Beach / San Pedro (960 New Dock St, with a Wilmington night-shift terminal at 2400 Pacific Coast Hwy).

The company's asset base is centered on a fully zero-emission drayage fleet — 64 to 79 Class 8 ZEVs comprising Volvo VNR and Kenworth T680E battery-electric trucks plus Nikola hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. Supporting infrastructure includes 44+ hyper-fast 350kW chargers split between Port of Long Beach (30 chargers, one of the largest heavy-duty vehicle charging depots in North American ports) and Rialto (14 chargers). The fleet achieved 100% zero-emission operations in January 2025, ten years ahead of California Air Resources Board's 2035 drayage ZEV mandate, and received the EPA SmartWay Excellence Award in 2025.

The business operates a sales-led, direct B2B drayage model: pricing is transaction-fee (e.g., $45 per port move Long Beach day shift, $55 night shift, $20 hazmat surcharge) with separate Rialto subscription-style weekly-pay driver contracts at $22–$23/hour plus $300–$500 weekly bonuses. Customers are unnamed port shippers, logistics intermediaries, and ESG-mandated shippers; however, the input explicitly notes that "customers want zero-emissions delivery but are unwilling to pay premium rates for it," implying pricing pressure on the sustainability premium. Capital expenditure on electrification is partially offset by grants from CARB, MSRC, the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, and Electrify America's $25 million 'Green City' initiative. Leadership includes CEO David Duncan and VP of Sales / National Sales Manager Keith Jones; the company is privately held with no institutional investors disclosed.

Name

4 Gen Logistics

Legal name

4 Gen Logistics

Website

https://drive4gen.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1943

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

4 Gen Logistics is a fourth-generation, family-owned port drayage company based in Rialto, California, operating zero-emission Class 8 truck drayage between the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles and Inland Empire distribution centers for Southern California shippers and logistics intermediaries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Port Drayage & Freight Transportation

NAICS

Specialized Freight Trucking (4842)

SIC

Trucking & Courier Services (No Air) (4210)

akta.pro primary industry

Intermodal Drayage & Container Haulage (Asset-Based) (TLAIAMAC)

Keywords

• Port drayage services
• Zero-emission trucking
• Freight transportation
• Intermodal logistics
• Electric fleet operations

Headquarters

HQ city

Rialto

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Port Drayage Services: Freight transportation services moving containers in and out of ports (Long Beach, Los Angeles) and Inland Empire locations. Revenue generated through per-move or hourly billing for trucking services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

4 Gen Logistics is a fourth-generation, family-owned port drayage company that provides container freight transportation services moving cargo between the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles and Inland Empire distribution centers. The company operates a 100% zero-emission fleet of battery-electric and hydrogen fuel cell Class 8 trucks, supported by 44+ hyper-fast 350kW chargers across its Rialto and Port of Long Beach facilities.

Product overview

4 Gen Logistics is a fourth-generation, family-owned port drayage company that has transitioned to operate a 100% zero-emission fleet as of January 2025. The company offers port drayage services using battery-electric trucks (Volvo VNR, Kenworth T680E) and hydrogen fuel cell trucks (Nikola), supported by large-scale hyper-fast charging infrastructure at Port of Long Beach and Rialto, CA facilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• First large fleet in North America to operate entirely with zero-emission vehicles (achieved January 2025)
• +3 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Electrify AmericacoreTechnology or Integration · 22 October 2024Collaboration to deploy hyper-fast 350kW chargers at Port of Long Beach (30 chargers) and Rialto facilities. Electrify America provided charging infrastructure as part of their $25 million 'Green City' investment focused on Medium and Heavy Duty electrification projects in Long Beach and Wilmington, Los Angeles. First phase includes 44 chargers across both locations.
• California Air Resources Board (CARB)coreOthers · 1 August 2024CARB provided grant awards supporting 4Gen's zero-emission fleet transition. Company achieved 100% ZEV fleet ten years ahead of CARB's 2035 mandate requiring all drayage trucks to be zero-emission.
• Ports of Long Beach and Los AngelescoreOthers · 1 August 2024Ports provided grant awards supporting charging infrastructure deployment. 4Gen operates drayage services from these major ports, with the Port of Long Beach directly supporting the transition to zero-emission drayage trucks.
• Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee (MSRC)minorOthers · 1 August 2024MSRC provided grant awards supporting the electrification infrastructure projects at Port of Long Beach and Rialto facilities.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• NFI Industries: Large asset-based 3PL with dedicated drayage and intermodal container haulage services across U.S. ports including Southern California; broader portfolio (warehousing, dedicated truckload, brokerage) but directly overlaps on port drayage.
• J.B. Hunt Transport Services: Largest U.S. intermodal operator with significant drayage activity at West Coast ports; broader asset portfolio (intermodal, dedicated, ICS brokerage) but competes directly for port drayage volume and intermodal shipper contracts.
• Schneider National: Large multi-mode trucking and intermodal provider with port drayage and intermodal container services; broader national footprint with overlapping drayage capabilities at major U.S. ports.
• Hub Group: Public intermodal and logistics provider with asset-based drayage operations supporting intermodal containers at major West Coast ports; broader multi-mode portfolio but directly comparable on asset-based container haulage.

Regional players

• Pasha Automotive Services: Asset-based port-centric logistics operator providing vehicle processing and drayage-style services primarily at West Coast and Gulf ports; comparable asset-based, port-anchored model but with a different commodity focus (vehicles vs. containers) and regional concentration outside California.

Direct peers

• Total Transportation Services Inc. (TTSI): Southern California-based port drayage operator and early ZEV drayage adopter with a comparable battery-electric Class 8 fleet and port charging footprint; directly competes for the same container haulage customers out of Long Beach/Los Angeles.
• Pacific 9 Transportation: Port drayage and intermodal container haulage specialist serving West Coast ports including Long Beach/Los Angeles; directly comparable on asset-based intermodal drayage model and Southern California port customer base.
• ITS ConGlobal: Terminal, drayage, and intermodal services provider with operations at major U.S. ports including Southern California; competes for similar drayage and container handling contracts from Long Beach/Los Angeles.
• California Cartage Company: Long Beach-headquartered intermodal drayage and trucking operator providing container haulage between Southern California ports and inland warehouses; same geographic footprint, asset-based model, and drayage customer profile.

Emerging players

• WattEV: Public-access heavy-duty truck charging network operator building shared ZEV charging depots at California ports and along freight corridors; comparable technology and infrastructure focus but operates a shared charging platform rather than an asset-based drayage fleet.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/4GenTrucking
• Facebookfacebook.com/4genlogistics
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/4-gen-logistics-llc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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