Today’s Pickup

FreightWaves StaffFriday, June 5, 2020
Today’s Pickup: Clean truck programs may take a hit amid cap-and-trade decline
Plus: Elon Musk wants to break up Amazon; autonomous vehicles no guarantee of safe roads, study says
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Vishnu RajamanickamThursday, June 4, 2020
Today’s Pickup: Saudi Arabia and Russia push for extending oil output cuts
OPEC+ meeting over oil output cuts; air cargo volumes declined by 7.8% this year for top air freight players; Volkswagen invests $2.6 billion in self-driving…
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Nate TabakWednesday, June 3, 2020
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Today’s Pickup: More freight, more problems on North America’s busiest highway
A fiery crash briefly shut down Highway 401 near Toronto as trucks contend with recovering freight volumes and more dangers on the roads.
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Brian StraightTuesday, June 2, 2020
Today’s Pickup: Aperia offers tire inflation system with no upfront cost
Tire inflation company Aperia is trying to gain market share by offering its solution with no upfront cost. Plus, movie industry freight haulers have received…
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FreightWaves StaffFriday, May 29, 2020
Today’s Pickup: Trimble, Kuebix release next-generation community load match platform
Plus: Rivian re-opens factory; drones deliver PPE
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Vishnu RajamanickamThursday, May 28, 2020
Today’s Pickup: Samsara introduces driver efficiency scores to help improve driving habits
Samsara introduces driver efficiency scores; core capital goods shipments from U.S. drops; Softbank looks to fix U.S. roads.
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Nate TabakWednesday, May 27, 2020
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Today’s Pickup: Purolator is doing much better than Canada Post
The courier and less-than-truckload subsidiary of Canada’s postal carrier had a decent first quarter considering the impacts of COVID-19 and C$1 billion expansion of its…
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Brian StraightTuesday, May 26, 2020
Today’s Pickup: OTR Capital to integrate Trucker Tools functionality into customer portal
Trucker Tools’ Book-it-Now and predictive freight matching tools will now be available to users of financial services firm OTR Capital. Plus, major markets showing volume…
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Vishnu RajamanickamThursday, May 21, 2020
Today’s Pickup: Ford reopens two facilities, twice in the same week over COVID-19 scare
Ford reopens Dearborn and Chicago facilities; U.S. GDP predicted to slide by 40% in three months to June; Target saw sales rise by 10.8% last…
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Nate TabakWednesday, May 20, 2020
Today’s Pickup: More trucks continue to cross US-Canada border
Latest Canada Border Services Agency data shows uptick in commercial vehicle traffic in a good sign for cross-border freight.
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