Digital freight network introduces novel product when shippers need it Wednesday morning Seattle-based digital freight network Convoy announced that it has begun allowing shippers to designate any tendered truckload shipment — secondary, spot, etc. — as “drop-and-hook” and use Convoy…
Stakeholders debated at a congressional hearing Tuesday the extent to which the government should be involved in protecting the workforce against potential negative consequences of vehicle automation. As the trucking industry advances from semi-automation to driverless trucks, one concern drivers…
The transition: The coronavirus pandemic has sent health care distributors on a roller-coaster ride, but now they’re preparing to shift operations into a post-pandemic mode. In 2020, companies had to quickly scale up activities directly responding to the pandemic, such…
Most automakers rely on “just-in-time” manufacturing to optimize production. That model requires precise coordination throughout every link in the global supply chain. And that’s where AIT Worldwide Logistics comes in. AIT’s automotive logistics professionals are the experts at developing resilient,…
Surge Transportation is the fastest growing 3PL in the logistics space today. Based in Chicago and Jacksonville, they offer unrestricted access to almost all accounts, limitless territory, and a chance to be a key player in a growing company. To…
Welcome to the WHAT THE TRUCK?!? newsletter. In this issue, Kyrie Irving invests in Fleeting to aid truckers, Christmas peak season in May, Amazon ups warehouse pay, more. Kyrie Irving + Fleeting help those on the rebound Canva Alley-oop —…
Waybridge, a supply chain platform for raw materials, recently announced it has raised $30 million in Series B funding. The round was led by Rucker Park Capital and Craft Ventures with participation from past investor Venrock. The company has raised…
Updated May 18, 2021 at 5 p.m. ET. According to the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD), two of three lanes are back open on Interstate 10 eastbound at Siegen Lane in Baton Rouge. The Siegen Lane eastbound onramps…
LATAM Airlines Group has increased its order for 767-300 converted freighters from Boeing (NYSE: BA), nearly doubling the size of its freighter fleet by the end of 2023 and reducing the average fleet age from 17 to 14 years, the…
The U.S. trucking industry grew in the years following World War I. Nonetheless, the industry was still in its early days, and railroads were the primary method of transportation for goods from point of manufacture to point of sale. Early…
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