Trucking & Fleet Acquisitions in California

Amerit Fleet Solutions has acquired Derotic Emergency Equipment, a California-based upfitter of fire, police, emergency and utility vehicles. The business will be integrated into Vector Fleet Management (an Amerit company) to expand Vector and Amerit's government vehicle upfitting and nationwide fleet services capabilities.

California Freight, a Ripon, California-based trucking company, has acquired Superior Truck Lines of Newman, California to strengthen its dairy transport capabilities across California's Central Valley. The deal preserves most of Superior's workforce (over 200 employees) and aims to expand California Freight's capacity and market presence in raw milk and dairy product logistics while facilitating a founder succession for the Amaral family.

TFI International has acquired Hercules Forwarding, a family-owned Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) carrier that operates a 31-terminal network across the U.S. and Canada. The bolt-on deal strengthens TFI's U.S. LTL footprint and cross-border capabilities by adding Hercules' fleet, terminals and expertise in US–Canada shipments.

Hudson Pacific Properties acquired Star Waggons and Zio Studio Services for a combined $222 million, folding both production-transportation and equipment-rental businesses into its Sunset Studios platform. The acquisitions add more than 1,100 trailers and specialized vehicles to Hudson Pacific's offerings, expanding production services revenue, client experience at Sunset Studios and the company’s footprint for on-location filming.

KC Piggyback Holdings (KCP), a holding company formed by Arc Industries, has acquired the stock of Harbor Division, a Southern California drayage and intermodal equipment storage operator. Coil Partners advised Harbor Division on the sale; the acquisition adds ~27 acres of paved, secure storage and strengthens KCP/Arc’s drayage platform in the Los Angeles / Southern California market.

Omnitracs acquired Blue Dot Solutions to integrate Blue Dot's cloud-native MilesAhead driver and back-office workflow platform into the Omnitracs One fleet-management suite. The deal expands Omnitracs’ driver workflow, back-office usability and analytics capabilities, improving configurability and user experience across fleet operations.