Trucking

Sentiment could be growing for lowering the driver age, but questions linger over safety and wages.

The LINK 2019 retail supply chain conference concluded this morning in Orlando. The conference, hosted by the Retail Industry Leaders Association, will reconvene in Dallas in 2020.

Bot has 100-lb capacity, 10 mph speed.

Scanlog, a Scandinavian logistics company will use ShipChain’s technology to improve visibility into its trucking operations, and plans to monitor up to a dozen Scanlog trucks by the end of the year.

Online freight booking systems can streamline the process for booking air and ocean freight, solving several significant challenges along the way.

A senior representative of CAI International Inc. spoke on the company’s focus on refrigerated container units in the retail supply chain at the 2019 LINK supply chain conference.

dexFreight introduced the Early Adopters Program, through which companies that sign up will have exclusive access to early release versions of the dexFreight platform, and have the opportunity to interact with dexFreight’s development and product teams. 

Lawmakers heard how costly fees and equipment shortages along the supply chain are hurting exports.

Compliance issues can result in large fines for companies, which is why some companies find outsourcing compliance programs to experts can be a financial win.

World’s largest ocean freight forwarder continues to grow volume, but impact of liner alliances also take toll on margins.

As the U.S. government works to ease restrictions on where drones can fly, they could become an attractive target for hackers.

Ashley Coker IMAGE: WIKIPEDIA COMMONS About 40,000 pounds of broccoli was scattered across a metro Atlanta freeway after a truck overturned earlier this month. The broccoli was not met with the same zeal from passersby as last month’s frozen chicken spill. After a truck spilled chicken tenders across an Alabama highway, local law enforcement officials […]

DHL showcased its Resilience360 platform at the 2019 LINK Conference in Orlando

Facilities to be shuttered now benefiting from increased business, perhaps NEMF diversion.

Trella is a Cairo-based startup that is looking to optimize truckers’ routes so they’re no longer driving empty by connecting them with shippers across Egypt.

The Motiv EPIC all-electric chassis will be installed on Ford F-59 glider chassis at a Detroit Custom Chassis plant. Also, Colorado passes bill lowering the commercial truck driving age and the Port of Long Beach sees near-record volumes.

Truck stop-travel center operator returned to core business in q4, CEO said.

Sponsored by Redwood LogisticsThe deployment of technology solutions requires many steps, but using a provider that offers an open systems architecture approach can help ease the transition, eliminating both time and cost.

If IMO 2020 boosts demand for LNG bunkering, the U.S. isn’t ready to take advantage.

Ashley Coker IMAGE: SHUTTERSTOCK Colorado Governor Jared Polis has signed a bill that will allow drivers between the ages of 18 and 21 to operate a commercial vehicle for the purpose of interstate commerce in the state if and when they are permitted to do so by federal law. The impetus to allow younger drivers […]