Overdrive Online

JANUARY 9, 2023

Meet an example of purpose beyond the truck in owner-operator Jay Hosty and his wife, Katt. The long-term return on a person’s honest investment in volunteering far outweighs what may appear at first a week of lost income opportunity.

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Conger

MARCH 14, 2024

Are you familiar with forklifts but interested in learning about clamp trucks and what they can do? If you are involved in transporting materials such as hay, paper rolls, or other irregularly shaped items, a clamp truck could be the ideal solution. Table of Contents Toggle What is a Clamp Truck? Let’s dive in!

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 11, 2024

STILL, the Hamburg-based intralogistics provider, is systematically expanding its service concept and will soon be offering fast and flexible on-site service for automated trucks. “With this in mind, maximising the availability of our products in customer applications is a high priority, for example through fast and flexible service.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 7, 2022

It will be difficult to fill all these positions as the profession isn’t very attractive: There is very little flexibility in the working life of a truck driver, and the pay is bad. Which truck should be used for transportation? Massive potential – thanks to big data combined with self-driving trucks.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 9, 2024

With Yale Reliant, a package of advanced operator assistance systems, Yale Lift Truck Technologies is putting ergonomics and occupational safety centre stage at LogiMAT in Stuttgart. Examples include if the operator lifts a load above recommended heights or where there is increased pedestrian traffic, obstacles or other hazards.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Jungheinrich is connecting its fleet by equipping all its new trucks with telemetry units as standard. Jungheinrich is continuing to drive forward the digitalisation and networking of intralogistics by equipping all newly ordered trucks produced in its European plants with telemetry units as standard.

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Truck News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Until recently, I have been the only one in my family who drives for a living. I’m far from the only one who loves to drive though. My mother decided to make the 2,100-km trip back home from a wedding with five of my kids and two active grandsons rather than flying. We all seem […].

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Logistics Management

AUGUST 3, 2020

While there are plenty of examples of trucks and trains working well together on the intermodal side, there are also more than a few examples of the two freight transportation modes being at odds, too.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

This article is from Emerge and offers tips for trucking companies to decrease their insurance premiums. The number of accidents in the trucking industry is up, and so are insurance premiums. As an industry, trucking associations are advocating tort reform. Agencies Advocate Tort Reform. By 2018, the average grew to $22.3

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 2, 2022

The author, Steve Banker, after a ride along in an autonomous truck from TORC. There is no doubt that autonomous trucks will change the face of logistics. What kind of trucks will they be? When will we see autonomous trucks on the road? TORC is an autonomous truck company and an independent subsidiary of Daimler Truck.

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NGT News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The Innovation Lab at Volvo Group, located in the heart of Silicon Valley, is a place where Volvo Trucks can collaborate with start-ups to combine real-world insights, analyze emerging trends, and validate new products and services aimed at helping customers improve both their economic and environmental sustainability goals.

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ShipLilly

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

There is a shortage of truck drivers leading to logistical problems for virtually every business sector. The history of the trucking industry has been churning and recycling drivers because it was a buyer’s market. Hence, some drivers have reconsidered their careers and decided that trucking is no longer a viable option for them.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 23, 2023

A lower chassis and battery-powered too – they are the main features of a new generation of emission-free truck tractor units that the freight forwarding and logistics company, Duvenbeck, has welcomed into its fleet. The new low-deck electric truck has already demonstrated its suitability for long-distance services during the last few weeks.

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Logistics Bureau

JUNE 5, 2023

If your company operates a distribution fleet, you’ll know that the costs of running trucks for customer deliveries are continually increasing. The following tips should prove helpful in getting those truck running costs down. But do you know how to operate your fleet for the maximum economy?

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Yale Lift Truck Technologies has launched a new Outdoor Reach Truck, which it says applies smart design to meet the operational needs of logistics businesses. The Yale MRO16-20 is positioned to aid the streamlining of vehicle-to-warehouse movements by combining the functionality of two traditional trucks into one product.

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Logistics Management

MARCH 16, 2021

Entitled, “Drivers Wanted: Using data to understand the commercial truck driver shortage,” the study observed that while the American Trucking Associations (ATA), for example, has stated that there has been a driver shortage for the last 15 years, whereas the Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported there are high rates of occupational attachment among (..)

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

For example, most people expect free next-day delivery for online purchases as a result of Amazon Prime. Looking at the example of route optimization, as a company takes more trucks off the road, or reduces the number of miles driven, it is better for carbon emissions, but also for profitability.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Clark presents a completely newly developed electric low-lift pallet truck with lithium-ion technology (Li-Ion). The compactly designed pallet truck is extremely manoeuvrable and demonstrates its capabilities particularly when transporting heavy loads in goods distribution, production or in the warehouse. kW three-phase traction motor.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Truck fleet management has always been intensely focused on knowledge of the freight market. A clear vision for how the market and the fleet can work in unison is at the heart of fleet management within the trucking industry. Effective truck fleet management is vital for successful daily carrier operations.

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Bulk Connection

JUNE 15, 2023

Some people in the trucking and freight industry even see load boards as a prime example of modern technology that helps people work more efficiently and intelligently. As the old adage says, “work smarter, not harder.” Technological advances have made “working smarter” easier with each passing year.

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DC Velocity

JUNE 4, 2018

Lift truck manufacturers, dealers, and providers of associated products will be observing National Forklift Safety Day on June 12, 2018. Here are just a few examples of the events, literature, and promotions they'll be offering around the country.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 3, 2022

What would most revolutionize trucking over the next few years? The most obvious answer is autonomous trucking. Autonomous trucks in truck yards? Autonomous truck conveys? Or autonomous trucks moving on the Interstate? Safety should always be a concern for a trucking firm. Will it take decades?

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 9, 2023

Emitting only water vapour, hydrogen-powered fuel cell trucks will be an important part of Volvo Trucks’ zero exhaust emission product portfolio and the vehicles have recently passed a significant milestone – being test-driven on public roads. Last year, Volvo Trucks showcased its fuel cell electric trucks for the first time.

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Truck News

JULY 7, 2020

Old-timers and students of trucking in the trenches will know about ‘prairie cruise control’ but newbies and those who hail from foreign parts likely won’t. It’s an interesting one, a simple if somewhat dangerous example of ingenuity of a sort that could be seen all over the place 40 years ago. At the wheel or […].

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Trinity Logistics

JUNE 6, 2022

How do truck drivers eat healthy while over the road? Truck drivers can have jam-packed schedules with little time to think about their food choices. While truck stops and fast food joints are often full of food loaded with sugar, sodium, or to-go greasy food. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Skip ahead to the sections you want to read most!

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Clark has launched a new low-lift pallet truck for light transport tasks. Especially when a low-lift truck is only needed occasionally, the LWio15 is extremely cost efficient. Compact and safe pallet truck The LWio15 drives and lifts purely electrically.

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Trinity Logistics

APRIL 24, 2023

Refrigerated trucking can be a complex, but rewarding job. Refrigerated trucking is not only more specialized than dry freight hauling but offers more earning potential, and there are certain times of the year during which you can count on higher freight volumes to keep your company profitable. Cleaning Your Refrigerated Trailer 1.

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TransAudit

MARCH 15, 2023

If your business relies on trucking, then you’ll want to know the current state of the industry. Understanding 2023 trucking projections will help you make smart shipping decisions and save money where possible. Trucking Projections for the Spot Market The spot market doesn’t look much like it did a year ago.

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Truck News

APRIL 15, 2024

Decarbonizing the trucking industry on our path to zero emissions can and will take on many different forms, including some that are counterintuitive, yet effective. Take, for example, longer trailer […]

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 31, 2023

Yale Lift Truck Technologies has launched two specially engineered operator assistance options to support warehouse and intralogistics operations. The patent-pending Reverse Speed System is available for Yale electric lift trucks, which are well suited to indoor warehouse operations.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2023

The lion share goes to the Port of Gothenburg, and today the haulage company deployed two electric trucks on container flows to the port – with a third truck joining them shortly. “We Heavy electric trucks have different properties and are relatively expensive compared with their fossil equivalents.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 20, 2023

Finding available trucking capacity is often a challenge, especially when demand is high. We see this, for example, in the number of empty backhauls that happen every day. Finding available trucking capacity is often a challenge, especially when demand is high. The sad truth, however, is that a lot of capacity gets wasted too.

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United World Transporation

JUNE 3, 2021

As it stands, the trucking industry is responsible for about 28 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions in the US. If the US wants to reach its climate goals, the trucking industry will need a big change. However, we all know that the trucking industry runs on diesel and other fossil fuels. Big Oil Investments.

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GoShip Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

What Is A Dry Van Truck? If you’re in the shipping industry, you’ve likely heard the term ‘dry van truck’ tossed around. But what is a dry van truck? A dry van truck is a trailer used to transport cargo that is not temperature-sensitive and is one of the most common types of trucks on the road today.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

(Graphics created by Emily Ricks) Successful freight trucking depends on the joining of profitable loads with timely delivery. And knowing what’s happening to market volatility and trucking carriers across the country is critical to maximizing carrier revenue and margins. Broken down to reefer, dry van and flatbed.

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Fleet Owner

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

For example, eastern Washington, northern Mother Nature is somewhat predictable, as we have these things called “seasons,” after all. But the exact time, location and amounts of temperature change, precipitation, high winds and road closures is not.

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CH Robinson Logistics

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Robinson Director of Research and Market Intelligence: The truck driver shortage is top of mind for many as supply chain disruptions continue, port backlogs persist, and the gap between inventory supply and sales demand widens. How many more truck drivers are needed to balance demand for truck transportation with the supply of capacity?

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