Carter Logistics

MARCH 12, 2019

64th Annual Food Shippers of America Conference. Sales Manager, Richard Kenney, was fortunate to attend the 64 th Annual Food Shippers of America Conference in Palm Desert, CA from March 3-5, 2019. Marriott Desert Springs Resort and Conference Center. Bob expects a good 2019, after a strong 2018 year in the trucking industry.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 12, 2023

Prior to his current role, Kayne served in various senior executive positions with KAR Global (NYSE: KAR), where he co-founded and served as CEO of DRIVIN until April 2017. Uptake’s solutions predict and prevent failures in trucks and components, optimize parts and maintenance strategies, and visualize cost information.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 28, 2017

As you read this I’ll be flying back from the JDA FOCUS 2017 conference in Las Vegas. Nvidia Goes Public With Self-Driving Truck Ambitions (Trucks.com). Ryder Reports First Quarter 2017 Results. February 2017 North American Freight Numbers. I’m still letting that sink in. Robinson Reports First Quarter Results.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 25, 2019

I grew up in a trucking family and worked in my dad’s company. We tried to get the traditional trucking press to write about what we were doing, but it was apparent that they didn’t understand the content. The business started in 2016, but we didn’t get our first venture funding until 2017. I wanted to do something on my own.

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Freightos

JULY 5, 2017

Logistics Technology Q2 2017 Roundup. During the second half of June, Amazon and Alibaba both held conferences in the United States, appealing to small and midsize businesses selling on their platform. The post Logistics Technology Q2 2017 Roundup appeared first on Freightos. Logistics Technology Trends.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Last month, I had the opportunity to speak at CLX Logistics’ 6th Annual Customer Conference in Philadelphia. Mark Chrencik, Director of Operations at CLX Logistics (a Talking Logistics sponsor), kicked off the conference with a market update where he covered various trends in the industry, including fuel prices and linehaul rates.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

I learned that fact (and many more important things) at the Command Alkon ELEVATE 2017 conference in New Orleans this week. Honeywell software helps trucking firms comply with new Federal Safety Mandates. truck firms accelerate into the merging lane (Reuters). NASA is working with Uber on its flying taxi project (CNBC).

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Thermo King®, a leader in transport temperature control solutions for a variety of mobile applications and a brand of Ingersoll Rand, has honoured leading dealerships at its annual dealer conference held in Marrakesh, Morocco. The highest recognition, the 2017 EMEA Dealer of the Year title was awarded to TT-Thermo King of Poland. “TT-Thermo

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 7, 2017

Automated Truck Firm Raises $60 Million (WSJ – sub. Turnpike travelers will see semi-autonomous trucks on the road this year (Cleveland.com). Finally, more news this week related to self-driving trucks and vehicles. Omnitracs LLC, a provider of remote monitoring systems for truck fleets, led the new funding round.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 1, 2017

It’s December 1, the beginning of the end of 2017. Tesla Truck gets DHL order as shippers test Semi (Reuters). I haven’t seen a full demo of it yet, but BluJay provided a preview of some of the features announced this week at its user conference back in April. How did we get here so fast? Shipping Networks (WSJ – sub.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 20, 2017

240+: the number of attendees at the Seminarium conference. Convoy Scores A Win In The Trucking Startup Race With Anheuser-Busch Alliance (Forbes). My trip to Chile this week in numbers: 34: the number of hours to travel there and back. 36: the number of hours I spent on the ground in Chile. during my three presentations.

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10xLogistics

AUGUST 26, 2017

CCJ Report on July Truck Tonnage Looking at the Net Income and EPS of the large publicly held carriers and you see that it has, so far, been a "ho hum" year as their income is struggling to keep up with expenses. See transcript from conference call here: Landstar (LSTR) Q2 Conference Call. More to come on this.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

A few weeks ago, I revisited the age-old driver shortage question (see Truck Driver Shortage: Getting Better, Worse, or No Problem at All? ). Speaking of data, let’s start with a basic question: How many truck drivers are there in the United States? Number of Truck Drivers: The ATA vs. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Odyssey Logistics

APRIL 24, 2018

Linden Bulk Transportation LLC, a subsidiary of Odyssey Logistics & Technology Corporation, was the only carrier to receive the 2017 GoalZERO Performance Award from LyondellBasell at their annual safety conference. For carriers, the GoalZERO Performance Award. Continue Reading.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 14, 2017

One of my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2017 was that traditional software user interfaces would start migrating toward chatbots and virtual assistants. BTW, I discussed OTIF and the role of real-time freight visibility with Bennett Adelson, CEO of MacroPoint in a recent episode of Talking Logistics.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The offering was unveiled this week at Amazon Accelerate, a conference that drew about 2,000 online merchants to Seattle. Breakfast sausage, hot dogs and frozen chicken breasts from Tyson Foods are beginning to move autonomously on Gatik AI trucks in Northwest Arkansas. In effect, the bill bans driverless AV trucks.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 9, 2015

Since the collapse of the housing market and the economy in 2008, the freight transportation industry has managed to claw its way out of a damaging situation and maintain historically low trucking rates. What’s Driving the Trucking Rates Increase? told the conference. Reshoring Initiative. Driver Expenses.

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Radius Logistics

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Last month, several members of our team attended the in.sight conference in Nashville, Tennessee. This is a conference put on by TMW, the manufacturers of our ERP system, and is attended by over 2000 people from across North America. The cost to attend these conferences may not be small, but the payback is well worth the investment.

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The Logistics Academy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

According to the new “Global Freight Forwarding 2017 Report” compiled by the London-based think tank Transport Intelligence (Ti) , a continuation of excess capacity issues and lower average oil prices in 2016 led rates to fall in both air and sea freight, meaning most forwarders reported lower year-on-year revenues.

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Freightera

JANUARY 10, 2017

Lower cost, highly efficient transport companies will continue to outperform in 2017. In 2017 highly efficient firms will continue to source as locally as possible. This trend will accelerate in 2017. Hydrogen hybrid zero emission trucks will increasingly be used for zero emission long haul freight.

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Women in Trucking

MAY 18, 2020

Valerie Alexander, CEO of Goalkeeper, author and keynote at Women In Trucking’s 2017 Accelerate! Conference, suggests that women adopt these three traits to help level the playing field: 1. Make quick decisions. Men typically make decisions quickly and confidently without second guessing themselves. Learn More

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247 Customs Broker

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Leilani and Cheyenne are the first female students enrolled in Patterson High School’s trucking driving program. What sets them apart is that they both share a passion for trucking and see the vast opportunities that industry offers. Leilani is a senior and is enrolled in one of the first high school trucking programs in the nation.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 19, 2018

The real-time freight visibility space was particularly hot in 2017, with two major acquisitions announced last year, including Descartes’s acquisition of MacroPoint in August 2017. The ability to answer “Where’s my truck or order and when will it arrive?” Understand the location the carrier wants a truck to go next.

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247 Customs Broker

JANUARY 9, 2019

Rick Owens, the independent Landstar agent named 2017 Safety Officer of the Year: “Meeting face-to-face with the customer during a M.U.S.T. Owens’ practice of putting safety first began in 1994 as a teenager working part-time at his family’s trucking company. visit and supporting the customer’s safety efforts is what we do best.

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Automotive Logistics

JANUARY 31, 2018

While a degree of uncertainty over the future of free trade between Mexico and its Nafta neighbours to the north once again hung over discussions at this year’s Automotive Logistics Mexico conference, it was more than matched by confidence in the future of the automotive sector.

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247 Customs Broker

MAY 22, 2018

Truck tonnage remained on a growth path in April according to the American Trucking Associations’ (ATA) Truck Tonnage Index, which was released today. . The ATA’s advanced seasonally-adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index headed up 1.1% Compared to April 2017, the SA index was up 9.5%. annual increase.

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247 Customs Broker

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Earlier today, the American Trucking Associations (ATA) reported mixed results for truck tonnage readings in August. The ATA’s advanced seasonally-adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index fell 1.8% Compared to August 2017, the SA was up 4.5%, which was down from an 8.6% truck tonnage &middot. It’s FREE!

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MARCH 20, 2018

there is a better than good chance that the truck driver shortage would be at the top of the list. It is a topic of daily discussion at every industry trade show and conference, while also getting a ton of attention in the form of commentary or data being issued fairly frequently. Why wouldn’t it be either? It is our job after all.

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247 Customs Broker

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

The impact of very tight trucking capacity was evident in the most recent edition of the Trucking Conditions Index, according to the most recent edition of the Trucking Conditions Index (TCI), which was issued this week by freight transportation consultancy FTR. Baird & Co. analyst Ben Hartford. www.logisticsmgmt.com.

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Stord

MARCH 3, 2019

This way, Walmart can make sure that its other facilities don’t get shipments from half-empty trucks, with the end goals of improving efficiency and getting items to customers more quickly. Boeing is moving parts around the world to minimize supply chain disruption from Brexit.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

TMW Systems Becomes Charter Member of Blockchain in Trucking Alliance. FourKites’ Real-time Visibility Platform Now Fully Integrated with Manhattan Associates’ TMS 2017. Next week I’ll be at the CSCMP EDGE conference in Atlanta, GA. Cloud Logistics Upgrades All Of Its Customers With Largest Release Yet.

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Penske Move Ahead

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Penske Truck Leasing is a sponsor and will showcase at the International Foodservice Distributors Association (IFDA) annual Distribution Solutions Conference in National Harbor, Maryland from October 15 to 17. In September, Penske also sponsored The 2017 IFDA Truck Driving Championship in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

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Women in Trucking

MARCH 9, 2020

More than 60,000 new drivers are needed, according to the American Trucking Associations. Conference shared a variety of best practices. percent of drivers are women, according to the Women In Trucking (WIT) Index, developed in conjunction with the National Transportation Institute (NTI). Presenters at the 2018 Accelerate!

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 20, 2018

OOIDA Leading Fight Against House Bills to Allow Younger Truck Drivers (HDT). One of my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2017 was that we would start seeing the migration from traditional user interfaces to chatbots and virtual assistants. The new delivery time would be reflected on the truck driver’s mobile app, he said. “It

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247 Customs Broker

JANUARY 11, 2019

YRC Worldwide, which controls the fourth- and eighth-largest less-than-truckload (LTL) units with its long-haul and regional trucking companies, is offering an early peak into its operating results for the fourth quarter 2018. 31, 2017 of $1.2 million in fourth quarter 2017. million in fourth quarter 2017. 31, 2017. “I

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 27, 2018

SoftBank and Google Funds to Invest in Chinese Truck-Hailing Firm Manbang (WSJ – sub. Last November, I attended and spoke at the Command Alkon ELEVATE 2017 conference , where I learned many things about the Heavy Building Materials (HBM) industry (such as the difference between cement and concrete).

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Penske Move Ahead

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Environmental Protection Agency for its sustainability efforts, collecting a 2019 SmartWay Excellence Award in the Truck Carrier category. Penske Logistics also attained SmartWay awards in 2018 , 2017 and 2013. The awards were handed out at the 2019 American Trucking Association’s Management Conference and Exhibition in San Diego.

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