Drayage, the short-haul movement of containers between ports and nearby warehouses, is one of the most practical entry points for electrification. Routes are predictable, daily mileage is manageable, and charging infrastructure is increasingly accessible. Unlike diesel, electric trucks can offer more predictable energy costs, while diesel price can fluctuate with oil markets and geopolitical shocks. The technology, infrastructure models, and economics are beginning to align.
The transition is already underway. Companies moving now are gaining operational experience and insight as the market develops. The question isn’t whether electric drayage will scale – it’s who will help shape how it gets done.
EDA connects global brands, cargo owners, fleet operators, infrastructure providers, and other stakeholders across the value chain. Members share real-world insights and emerging opportunities from early deployments that help companies integrate electric drayage into existing operations.
More than 45 companies are already collaborating, including HP, Microsoft, Nike, Kimberly-Clark, and Reckitt, alongside logistics and infrastructure partners such as Maersk, DP World, AIT Logistics, C.H. Robinson, Forum Mobility, and Macquarie Asset Management.
Early progress incudes:
With falling battery costs, growing policy support, and strong industry momentum, the conditions for scaling electric drayage are becoming increasingly favorable. The EDA is helping turn early progress into a model that can be replicated across ports worldwide.
EDA is a voluntary, pre-competitive initiative. Participants make independent commercial and operational decisions.
“We are fragmented. And that's why spaces like this, the EDA, The Climate Pledge, are so incredibly important. Because collaboration is the most powerful tool we have. It is It's how we solve real problems, and it's how we create actual change. This is where we can find each other, where we get aligned, where we stop working in silos and start moving together.”
EDA welcomes global brands, cargo owners, logistics companies, fleet operators, infrastructure and technology providers, and other organizations working to scale electric drayage.
Smart Freight Centre (SFC) is a globally active non-profit organization for climate action in the freight sector. Their goal is to mobilize the global logistics ecosystem, in particular members and partners, in tracking and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. SFC accelerates the reduction of logistics emissions to achieve zero-emission global logistics sector by 2050 or earlier, consistent with 1.5° pathways.
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