They also must have $30,000 in liquid assets to qualify for the program or they can apply for a business loan from Amazon, the report said.Īmazon Wants More Tractor-Trailers – “The Amazon Freight Partners program could successfully result in Amazon’s branded semi-trucks ballooning from 1,100 to between 2,280 and 5,700 in total” The participants will be required to work exclusively with Amazon and wouldn’t be able to propose their own rates or routes, according to The Information. The e-commerce giant continues to grapple with high freight volumes, and it has struggled to partner with enough delivery partners to meet that demand.Īmazon plans to expand its trucking fleet to more than double its size this year through the incubator - it currently has about 100 delivery partners and is working to push that number up to 285 by the end of 2021, per the report.Īmazon said in an internal document that the program would include business training for managing 20 to 50 tractor-trailers or commercial trucks, loans for truck costs, and other guidance. Amazon Wants More Tractor-Trailers – “Amazon is planning to launch an “ Amazon Freight Partners” program to help train delivery upstarts that would, in turn, join Amazon’s fleet of exclusive delivery partners”Īmazon is planning to launch an “ Amazon Freight Partners” program to help train delivery upstarts that would, in turn, join Amazon’s fleet of exclusive delivery partners, per a new report from The Information.
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