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Middle-mile technology company Warp is joining the Urban Freight Lab to help study last-mile delivery efficiency.

Cummins CEO: ‘At some point the low-carbon thing becomes the main thing. And [diesel] becomes the niche business.’

“Our goal at FreightFlows is to make near-term market predictions to help vessel owners, traders, brokers and charterers have much better decision-making power in the international freight markets today,” said CEO Matt Morgan.

More venture capital flowing to maritime tech startups – and more shipping companies giving those startups a trial run.

Certain types of business models are more attractive to venture capitalists.

Though it no longer can call itself Thor Trucks, electric truck startup Xos is progressing toward regular production with a modular platform aimed at winning partnerships with bodybuilders.

Charging-as-a-service startup AMPLY Power raised $13.2 million from institutional investors Soros Fund Management and Siemens USA as it expands electric infrastructure management to commercial trucking from transit buses

Autonomous trucking startup Starsky Robotics is in talks with potential buyers, including some with its rivals, after failing to raise new funding to stay afloat.

Shippers in the maritime market can choose between a carrier-owned container or a shipper-owned container, with each business model holding certain advantages over the other based on availability and the freight corridor in question.

Drivent is a self-driving technology company that is creating a suite of solutions that integrate with autonomous vehicles and provide exceptional user experiences.