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The “Race” to Win the Autonomous Truck Market

Logistics Viewpoints

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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IFOY Award 2024 Winners Announced

Logistics Business Magazine

The International Intralogistics and Forklift Truck of the Year (IFOY) Award recognises the best intralogistics products and solutions of the year. When designing the truck, Jungheinrich paid particular attention to the high energy density of lithium-ion technology, which stores the same amount of energy in significantly smaller modules.

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5 data prerequisites for carrier predictive freight rating in logistics

FreightWaves SONAR

Control over trucking freight rating remains a blip for many carriers, particularly owner-operators and those trying to manage the chaos of a pandemic-stressed industry. Now, the industry is changing yet again. Quite simply, freight rating challenges are not a problem limited to trucking carriers.

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From Real-Time Visibility to Real-Time Decisions: Data’s Value Is Propagating Across Global Supply Chains

Logistics Viewpoints

And in the intervening years — as we’ve leveraged real-time data, ML and AI to help countless companies answer the “where’s my truck” question — I’ve continued to underscore that visibility is a foundational technology. Once you know where that truck (or train, plane or container) is, that’s when things get really interesting.

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What’s Ahead for the Housing Market in 2022?

Now, That's Logistics

Many of these supply-side challenges facing builders existed prior to the pandemic but have worsened considerably over the course of the pandemic,” he adds. “Producers are attempting to boost productivity at mills, but most are experiencing manpower shortages,” one industry expert told BH&G. Managing Higher Prices.

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The Effects of Supply Chain Crises: What to Expect Short and Long Term

MTS Logistics

No matter the exact cause, the shipping industry now faces all-time high freight rates. Shipping industry stakeholders have faced many of these events, and they have changed the shipping industry irrevocably, for good. Getting cargo out of the origin country is one thing, but utilizing truck power after the discharge at U.S.

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November Industry News Update

Trinity Logistics

Here’s a look at some of the top industry stories making headlines in November. American Trucking Associations’ seasonally adjusted for-hire truck tonnage reached 147.6 ATA cites consumption, factory output, construction, and improved inventory levels throughout the supply chain as driving factors in the improvement.