FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Electrification in trucking and surveying the driverless landscape DETAILS: A discussion on the areas where electric vehicles and autonomy will be used in the trucking industry. INTERVIEWER AND SPEAKER: Sebastian Blanco, automotive supply chain analyst and journalist…
When you switch to AIT Worldwide Logistics for automotive shipping you’re partnering with a team of logistics professionals in Asia, Europe and North America who develop customized supply chain solutions that are just as unique as your business. Whether it’s…
One sensor from LiDAR startup AEye Inc. can see more than a half-mile ahead and alert an autonomous truck that a human driver is cutting in from the next lane of traffic. The miniature machine will be part of TuSimple’s…
South Carolina Ports Authority celebrated a banner year for its Port of Charleston complex. The port system handled a record 2.55 million TEUs in its fiscal year that ended on June 30, a 9.6% increase from fiscal year 2020, at…
Retailers and other online sellers reliant on last-mile delivery providers to ensure consumers receive their orders in a timely and safe manner are increasingly finding new options popping up – from established companies that specialize in last-mile delivery to the…
Building vessels to haul large loads of freight across the world’s oceans for years requires extensive time, materials, labor and energy. Once these vessels are retired, what happens to them? Two of the worst ship recycling practices are using manual…
When you switch to AIT Worldwide Logistics for automotive shipping you’re partnering with a team of logistics professionals in Asia, Europe and North America who develop customized supply chain solutions that are just as unique as your business. Whether it’s…
This keynote recap is from FreightWaves’ Autonomous & Electric Vehicles Summit on Wednesday. KEYNOTE TOPIC: Covering all bets in future propulsion DETAILS: Say Cummins and the first thought is, “Oh, it makes diesel engines.” That is only a part of…
Truckers will have to dodge monsoonal thunderstorms for another day in the Desert Southwest. An unstable, humid air mass over the region will produce more storms Wednesday. Some of them could produce periods of torrential rainfall in some places, leading…
A focus on sustainability could be a boon for railcar manufacturers as European and North American customers pursue larger, higher-capacity railcars as a means to optimize rail shipments while reducing their carbon footprint by using rail, according to executives with…
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