Drones
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News
Driver qualification, detention among DOT 2020 priorities
Prioritizing high-risk motor carriers for interventions an added challenge.
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Technology
Workhorse Group forms joint venture to advance truck-based drone business (with video)
Electric truck maker Workhorse Inc. is selling its Surefly flying car project to aerospace and defense contractor Moog Inc. for $4 million and forming a…
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News
Today’s Pickup: Canadian cargo drone firm lands a big customer, DSV
Drone Delivery Canada’s sales agreement with Air Canada pays off as it reaches a deal to provide a drone platform at DSV Panalpina’s facility near…
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Last Mile
Wing teams up with FedEx, Walgreen for milestone drone delivery
FedEx Express [NYSE: FDX] on Friday used an unmanned aerial vehicle instead of a truck for last-mile residential deliveries on behalf of pharmacy retailer Walgreens.…
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American Shipper
Box shipping faces $11 billion IMO 2020 bill
Drewry expects service levels to be cut by lines if shippers prove unwilling to foot the bill for mandatory low-sulfur fuels.
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News
Today’s Pickup: This drone could save your life
Deliveries of automated defibrillators by drone beat paramedics by seven minutes to simulated cardiac arrest patients during round of test flights in Canada.
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Energy
Truckers: Fill up your tank ASAP. Diesel could surge $.60 per gallon this week
Diesel prices could spike by over 20% overnight due to the market coming to grips with the biggest blackswan event to hit oil in over…
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Technology
Xcel Energy uses drones to inspect power lines in eight states
A new partnership between Xcel Energy and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) allows drones to inspect power lines out of human sight in eight states…
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Freight 101
Six drone delivery use cases and lessons for companies to use
Drones may be one of the key answers to last-mile delivery. Read about how drones are being used around the world.
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Air Cargo
U.S. next-day air star of the show as UPS posts solid second quarter results
U.S. next day air volumes set the pace for UPS' second-quarter results
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