Trucking technology
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Driver issues
Commentary: Truck drivers are aging… or are we entering a golden age in trucking?
Sandeep Kar has written a thought-provoking article about changes in trucks and how those changes affect truck drivers. He also…
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Autonomous Trucking
Freightwaves Freight Intel: Autonomous trucking will be an evolution not a revolution
The FreightWaves Freight Intel Group has released another study - this one on autonomous trucking. Read what they foresee for…
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Business
How trucks are becoming a solution, not a product
The data that can be gathered from a truck's telematics has caused a shift from selling trucks as products to…
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FW News
FreightWaves acquires StakUp and broadens TCA partnership
FreightWaves has acquired StakUp as part of a multi-faceted partnership with the Truckload Carriers Association.
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Asia-Pacific
Flashback Friday: the legacy of Malcolm McLean
Malcolm McLean revolutionized transportation with intermodal containers. Read the history behind Sea-Land and McLean’s innovations that transformed maritime, rail and…
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Canada
Microdea introduces new interface that makes documentation and back office process automation simpler
Microdea is an Ontario-based company that digitalizes documentation and automates back office processes to make them more efficient, seamless, and…
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News
US Xpress showcases driver simulator at 2019 LINK Conference
US Xpress (NYSE: USX) showcased its competency-aligned driver simulator program at the 2019 LINK supply chain conference in Orlando.
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News
Autonomous trucks will save carriers money and improve driver livelihoods
Autonomous truck technology has the potential to change the cost structure of the carrier industry. A McKinsey & Company report…
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News
Uber Inc. unveils Powerloop: a trailer capacity company for carriers supplying power only
Uber Inc. has introduced Powerloop, an affiliate company to Uber Freight, which would rent out power-only trailers to carriers looking…
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Equipment
Smart trailer technology the focus of joint Spireon-Freightwaves webinar on Thursday
Spireon’s IntelliScan, using laser and optical imaging tools, helps bring the trailer more into the world of smart technology.
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