Name: Where California’s Port Trucking Industry Stands Now | Robert Loya
Uploaded: 2026-05-30T16:26:05.000Z
Description: Trucking companies that have served the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach for decades are closing. Family-owned operations that built their businesses one truck at a time are being squeezed by compressed freight rates and high diesel costs, and some in the industry say compliance has become a cost that not everyone is paying.

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Trucking companies that have served the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach for decades are closing. Family-owned operations that built their businesses one truck at a time are being squeezed by compressed freight rates and high diesel costs, and some in the industry say compliance has become a cost that not everyone is paying.

What is happening to the companies that tried to follow the rules is a different story from the one playing out in public.

Robert Loya, chief executive officer of the Harbor Trucking Association and a 30-year industry veteran, joined the show to walk through how California’s regulatory environment is playing out for the trucking companies that serve the ports, and what he believes is coming next.

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