GlobalTranz
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
While the capacity crunch of 2018 lessened over 2019, high freight demand remains consistent. According to Kristy Knichel, CEO of Knichel Logistics, reports Forbes magazine, regardless of the shift, “one of the reasons for tightened capacity is the ongoing driver shortage. Year after year, older drivers are retiring with fewer younger drivers taking their places.read More.
MTS Logistics
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), also known as the New Silk Road, encompasses the construction of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the Twenty-First Century Maritime Silk Road. The two initiatives are aimed at enhancing growth in China while providing an economic and transportation connection to China and its neighbors including Central Asia, South Asia, Europe, Southeast Asia and Africa.
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Fleet Owner
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
From raising money to help kids with cancer to supporting their own who have fallen on tough times, drivers find causes to rally around.
Logistics Management
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
Echo officials described EchoDrive Preferred as a tiered program comprised of three levels of benefits, with what it called a strategic approach to attract and reward the most loyal carriers and drivers.
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Artificial intelligence has quickly become a feature of everyday life: Using face ID to unlock a phone, communicating with online chatbots, and letting “smart” appliances help manage our homes are just a few of the ways that we interact with AI regularly. Forward-looking businesses are also using AI to transform their operations and gain a competitive edge.
Fleet Owner
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) recently released the latest edition of its Analysis of the Operational Costs of Trucking. the report found that the average marginal cost per mile incurred by motor carriers in 2018 increased 7.
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Fleet Owner
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
Editor's note: This is part one in a three-part series on how the trucking industry gives back to the community.
Logistics in War
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
By David Beaumont. Over the next month we’ll be publishing a number of popular posts on as broad a range of topics as possible. ‘Future advantage will lie with the side who can ‘own the time’ and best prepare the environment.’. – Lieutenant General R Burr, Chief of Army, Accelerated warfare , 08 Aug 18. What is the value of a moment? Thomas Kane – writing of the ‘quartermaster’s claim’ on war – notes this ‘value’ depends on the skill of commanders, the strength of forces
Fleet Owner
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
A resilient organization is one in which individuals have the ability to absorb and adapt in a changing environment to enable the organization to deliver its objectives, survive and prosper.
NGT News
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
The Missouri Propane Education and Research Council recently presented Student Transportation of America with a check for $20,000 for its acquisition of new propane school buses, which are in service throughout the Kansas City Public Schools district. The rebate presented to STA is part of MOPERC’s Clean Bus Replacement Plan, which has committed $1 million […].
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Fleet Owner
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
The electric-car maker has a history of unveiling future products, such as the Semi, to throngs of excited customers, taking deposits and then waiting years to deliver.
Logistics Management
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
On November 25, CN said that it has successfully met the federal requirement to operate PTC on all 35 of its U.S. subdivisions required to be equipped with PTC, meeting these requirements 13 months in advance of the December 2020 deadline. In late October, Union Pacific reported it implemented PTC on 1,113 route miles in the third quarter, which brings its required PTC-operated route miles to 15,791, or 93%, which includes all required passenger train routes.
Logistics Viewpoints
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
I recently wrapped up my Supply Chain Collaborative Networks (SCCN)market study which looks at the total size of the market, the forecasted growth through 2023, and the leading suppliers across a number of categories including industry, region, and customer size. The study includes a holistic view of the SCCN outlook. Supply Chain Collaboration Networks are a collaborative solution for supply chain processes.
Material Handling and Logistics
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
Could have a devastating impact on traditional trucking operations.
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Direct materials sourcing is evolving, with procurement now tasked not only with cost efficiency but managing sustainability and risk management. The environment is marked by heightened demand and expectations, compounded by challenges such as rising input prices, supply chain disruptions and geopolitical tensions. While some embrace cutting-edge tools like AI and blockchain for global trade functions, others lag in technology adoption.
Truck News
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
There is no shortage of good causes available to the trucking industry if it wants to help, and for the most part, the industry steps up to the plate when needed.
NGT News
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
Transportation Energy Partners says registration is now open for Energy Independence Summit 2020 – an annual event that provides the opportunity for Clean Cities Coalitions and clean transportation industry participants to network and build partnerships with each other, and with key congressional and administration decision-makers in Washington, D.C.
Logistics Management
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
With 100% annual growth in its Transportation Services group, Chattanooga Tennessee-based 3PL recently announced it is taking steps to expand its footprint in that space through additions on various fronts.
Talking Logistics
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
As 2019 comes to an end, Brexit remains in the news, with the deadline pushed out once again to January 31, 2020. It’s been a roller coaster ride the past three years, but one thing has remained the same: supply chain leaders have had to deal with the ongoing risks and uncertainties caused by Brexit. Read more Preparing for Brexit: What Supply Chain Leaders Need to Know.
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Overdrive Online
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
This Saturday, Heniff Transportation-leased owner-operator Taylor Barker laid the groundwork for what he's hopeful will be initially an EP and later a full-length record in a session at Jay's Place recording studio in Nashville, the end result of his 2019 Trucker Talent Search winning performance.
Logistics Management
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
The logistics industry is evolving. This guide will help you keep up – and thrive.
ShipLilly
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
According to the ICS (International Chamber of Shipping), by 2019, more than 50,000 merchant ships sail the oceans. This huge number of vessels makes special sense since International shipping shares as much as 90% of the global trade. Containerships or cargo ships are classified into various categories, based mainly on their carrying capacity, however, there are seven types of cargo ships named – Small Feeder, Feedermax, Panamax, Post Panamax, New Panamax (or Neo Panamax), and Ultra Large Conta
NGT News
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
XL, a company that specializes in vehicle electrification technologies for commercial and municipal fleets, says its XLP plug-in hybrid electric drive system has been featured in TIME magazine’s Best Inventions of 2019 in the transportation category. The XLP technology began shipping in volume to commercial, utility and municipal fleets throughout North America in 2019, installing […].
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Procurement and supply chain leaders have faced their share of disruption and economic turmoil these past four years. Whether from geopolitical tensions or the havoc caused by the pandemic and its aftershocks, plenty of challenges remain. Despite this, leaders are seeing a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel — inflation is decreasing, interest rates are leveling off and supply chain volatility is easing.
Airfreight Logistics
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
Saudia Cargo has for the second year in a row transported the World Championship Formula-E cars, that took place between November 22nd and 23rd at the Historical Diriyah, carrying 67 cars in four shipments totaling 375 tons. Formula-E cars departed from Milano, Italy and Doncaster, United Kingdom, to King Khalid International Airport, Riyadh. Abdulrahman Al-Mubarak, Saudia Cargo’s Chief Commercial Officer, stated that “all Formula-E cars have successfully been transported, Saudia Cargo team exer
NGT News
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
Recent feature coverage in the Miami Herald has shed light on how politics have complicated the large-scale deployment of compressed natural gas (CNG) buses in Miami, where the transit fleet was at a “low point in terms of bus reliability,” the article states. At issue is a tug of war that the Herald describes as […]. The post Miami CNG Bus Drama Still Stirring appeared first on NGT News.
GoShip Blog
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
Black Friday is just around the corner, marking the official start of the holiday season for shoppers and retailers. Each year, the last Friday of November is getting bigger by generating more and more sales and revenues. In 2018, it generated $6.2 billion in online sales, which was almost 23% more than the previous year. This has resulted in a leap in demand for e-commerce companies and retailers.
World Food Programme Logistics
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
Congo weathers treacherous floods WFP is responding to the worst flooding along the Ubangi river since 1999, with 50,000 displaced Liboko village in Likouala is submerged, after the worst floods since 1999. Photo: WFP/Jean-Martin Bauer “We need help, now. We have been flooded out of our homes!” As soon as I step out of the boat, Jean-Rivel, an energetic elder, greets me with a torrent of information about the disaster that has just hit his community.
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Logistics Business Magazine
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
North West based Alison Handling has been crowned winners of the Most Innovative Established Business Award at this this year’s Venturefest North West Innovation Showcase competition. The Innovation Showcase targets small to medium-sized businesses who have launched a new product, service or digital innovation in four categories and Alison Handling beat stiff competition from over 120 entrants to scoop their award.
World Food Programme Logistics
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
HIV-positive people in Malawi are winning a boost from WFP Hunger makes medication ineffective but nutritional support from WFP is putting lives back on track Esther suffered wasting but antiretroviral therapy is turning her life around. Photo: WFP/Francis Thawani “I was so thin and weak that when the wind blew, I felt like I was being pushed and carried off the ground,” says Esther Ngwilima, from Kakhoma Village in the central district of Dedza in Malawi.
Logistics Business Magazine
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
EV Cargo company Jigsaw has won its largest-ever contract after securing a multi-year transport and distribution agreement with Refresco – described as the world’s largest independent beverage bottler. Jigsaw, which manages transport solutions, says it beat off competition from larger multinationals to secure the contract, which will see 200 million cases of soft drinks and beverages transported annually from 10 UK manufacturing and distribution sites direct to customers and for warehousing.
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