Autonomous mobile robotics (AMR) company Geek+ announced it has now deployed 20,000 robots across the globe. The Beijing-based company has automated warehouses for the likes of Circle K, Walmart, Nike, Decathlon and more in the past two years. It opened…
This week, we look at how technology patents suggest possible winners and also-rans in the autonomous trucking race to commercialization. And Cummins cuts a deal that replaces the sunsetting of its 20-year-old natural gas joint venture with Westport Fuel Systems.…
Canadian trucking and logistics firm Mullen Group (TSX:MTL) has added another acquisition to its belt, buying Manitoba carrier and brokerage R.S. Harris Transport, an open-deck transport specialist. Mullen announced the deal on Friday. Winnipeg-based Harris Transport adds 50 trucks and…
The push to bring in more truck drivers may be starting to yield results. In the June employment report released Friday morning by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, total jobs in truck transportation on a seasonally adjusted basis rose 6,400…
The Daily Dash is a quick look at what’s happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, we look at the impact of the highway reauthorization bill, a significant acquisition by DP World and more. The High Five 1. The…
Every Friday, FreightWaves takes a look at the past week or so in social media, highlighting trucking, transportation and weather. This week features the successful journey of a flying car prototype, a train painted to celebrate Juneteenth and inclusion, as…
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Note: Elsa became a hurricane after the embedded video was recorded. Tropical Storm Elsa quickly strengthened into a hurricane Friday morning, making a beeline for the Caribbean. At 8 a.m. ET Friday, Elsa was centered just 20 miles southwest of…
Mina Nada, CEO and co-founder of Zoomo, said his company could have expanded more quickly last year if not for supply chain issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Zoomo was affected by shortages in everything from bike components to semiconductor…
The United Auto Workers and Volvo Trucks North America reached a third tentative agreement on a new contract Thursday evening, but the strike by hourly workers will continue through ratification voting on July 9. The fractious labor dispute has dragged on…
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