Robot trucks have to sense when trouble lurks, such as an impatient motorist passing on the left — or the right — when they are trying to turn.
Truck Talk brings perspective, context and commentary to the trucking industry ecosystem.
“While the front end of commerce has seen significant innovation over the past decade, much of the back end of the supply chain is built on disparate systems and manual processes,” says an Orderful investor.
“Our company vision is: ‘To create the ultimate freight shipping experience by operating at the optimal intersection of people and tech.’ This is our first step towards making that vision a reality for our customers,” says the founder and CEO of Ally Logistics.
SONAR Supply Chain Intelligence (SCI) allows carriers to compare their lane rates with the market to see where they fall.
Even when everyone agrees, regulations take a year to get approved. And there are detractors to autonomous trucking rulemaking
EZ Loader’s Brad Clark and Reliance Partners’ Jessie Merritt discuss how acquiring cargo and supplemental insurance in seconds rather than in days is leveling the carrier playing field.
Intertwining zero emissions with autonomous trucking in California overlooks the benefits of driverless operation, TuSimple’s Jim Mullen says.
The shift to e-commerce in the COVID era has created a “new order” that requires new tools, according to project44’s supply chain SVP.
Convoy co-founder and CEO Dan Lewis sat down with FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller for a fireside chat at Thursday’s F3 Virtual Experience.
At the F3 conference, Skybitz’ Sackman says recent developments in Bluetooth technology have significant aided the movement to make trailers a “smart” piece of equipment.
Schneider aims to “eradicate manual processes and paper because it is completely inefficient,” said Erin Van Zeeland, group senior vice president and general manager of logistics services at the company.
Embark Trucks rings the Nasdaq bell to begin public trading Thursday, but early share redemptions in its SPAC merger cut proceeds by $300 million.
Bringg executive Larry Klein explains how the company’s cloud technology empowers retailers to get products to consumers faster – and more simply.
Company demos presented during FreightWaves’ F3 Virtual Experience show how automation can provide cost and time savings.
From yard management and ELD integrations to payments and email programs, companies displayed their FreightTech during F3.
The CEO of Turvo, a cloud-based collaborative platform, sees a major evolution underway in the supply chain industry.
FreightWaves’ Tyler Cole and Brad Benbow, business growth investments at Ardagh Group, chat during FreightWaves’ F3 Virtual Experience on ways to cut supply chain waste.
“As that system proves out over billions of miles of experience and proves the real safety of the technology, we think that will be a key building block towards fully autonomous trucks,” says Plus COO and co-founder Shawn Kerrigan.
Investments in cold chain visibility and control solutions help ensure the integrity of the cargo and efficient capacity use when capacity is scarce.
