Drayage Trucking at the Crossroads: Infrastructure, Investment, and Innovation
with Robert Loya, CEO / Harbor Trucking Association
Zoom Webinar
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM (PST) • Zoom Networking and Keynote
The first fifteen minutes of this webinar will be spent in networking session breakout rooms.
Registration
Member: $30 / Non-Member: $45
- Insights from Industry Leader: Hear from Robert Loya, CEO of the Harbor Trucking Association, on drayage trucking's future and innovations.
- Stay Ahead of Policy Changes: Learn how new regulations will impact your business.
- Network with Key Players: Connect with industry professionals for new collaboration opportunities.
Robert Loya, Chief Executive Officer Harbor Trucking Association
The Harbor Trucking Association is a coalition of intermodal carriers serving America’s West Coast Ports: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Oakland, Seattle, and Tacoma. Our purpose is to advocate, educate, and promote strategies with other goods movement stakeholders and policy makers that will sustain emission reductions, provide a dialogue for intermodal truck efficiency, and to return cargo and jobs to America’s West Coast ports.
Affiliations and Leadership Roles
- California Trucking Association (CTA):
- CTA Board President, Chairman of the Southern California Intermodal Conference
- CEO Advisory Committee, Officer's Counsel and Policy Committee Member
- Harbor Trucking Association (HTA): Board President and Executive Board Member
- American Trucking Associations (ATA): Past Intermodal Motor Carriers Conference (IMCC) Board of Directors
- Intermodal Association of North America (IANA): Former Intermodal Interchange Executive Committee (IIEC) Member
- Federal Maritime Commission (FMC):
- Member of Supply Chain Innovation Teams chaired by Commissioner Rebecca Dye (2016, 2019, 2020)
- Contributed to Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRMs) and other advocacy efforts for the drayage industry.
- Ports of Los Angeles (POLA) & Long Beach (POLB): Actively involved with port and terminal stakeholders
- Legislative Contributions: Assisted in the development of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act (OSRA) language and California State Legislative language for new laws and bills.
- Academic Advisory: Past member of the Operational Supply Chain Management Advisory Board (O.S.C.M.A.B.) for the College of Business at California State University, Long Beach.
Education and Professional Development
Mr. Loya holds an Executive Master of Science degree in Transportation Management from the University of Denver, a program specifically designed to cultivate future leaders in the global transportation industry. He also earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Marketing from the University of Southern California, where he was a recipient of a full football scholarship and a member of the 1996 Rose Bowl Championship team. Additionally, Mr. Loya is a graduate of the inaugural American Trucking Associations (ATA) LEAD program, a year-long initiative dedicated to educating and equipping emerging leaders within the trucking industry.
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