The Indian trucking ecosystem now witnesses frequent strikes, as different economic reforms and the more recent rise in fuel prices are forcing a lot of carriers to accrue losses.
Indian logistics industry is undergoing a technological evolution, and is looking to improve visibility and traceability into its supply chain, while also working on increasing capacity to handle its volume explosion.
Signs of movement over to rails, OOIDA sounds off on younger drivers, U2 puts its money into trucking.
Dubai Ports World will build new inland ports in two Indian states to handle increased container traffic coming into that nation’s ports.
Indian economy is booming and the government is busy at work in improving its rail infrastructure to facilitate trade and reduce logistics friction across the country.
In the developed countries of the West, autonomous driving technology is widely touted as the thing of the future. Move halfway across the globe to one of the densest and the world’s second most populated country, the idea of self-driving vehicles might still be a distant dream.
Toyota Motors’ trucking subsidiary Hino Motors has partnered with India’s Ashok Leyland in an effort to comply with the India Bharat Stage VI (BS6) regulations for reducing emissions from vehicles, The Japan Times reported.
One of the fundamental problems with freight hauling in India is the apparent difficulty in decoding the logistical cacophony that exists across all levels in the industry. Digital freight management tools and marketplaces have sprung up in recent times, but are still in a nascent stage.
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) conducted a three-truck platooning test in Centreville, VA, last week, along I-66. The test, using Volvo Trucks, was designed to the effectiveness of autonomous and vehicle-to-vehicle communications technologies.
