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The Better Goal: More Fuel Efficient Trucks or Using Fewer Trucks?

Talking Logistics

The proposed vehicle and engine performance standards would cover model years 2021-2027, and apply to semi-trucks, large pickup trucks and vans, and all types and sizes of buses and work trucks. For related commentary, see Transportation Collaboration: Optimizing Freight Costs by Sharing Capacity and 5 Principles for Greener Freight.

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How Advancing Technology in Transportation Management Highlight the Growing Trucking Driver Shortage

GlobalTranz

The mandate for the clearing house and other critical trucking regulations were listed in the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21 st Century Act in 2012. To keep up with demand predictions by 2027, more than 97,000 new drivers will need to enter the industry annually. So, its legislative nature is likely to remain in effect.

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100+ Supply Chain Crisis Statistics: Raw Materials, Covid-19, Labor Shortages, and More

ToolsGroup

Thanks to container prices rising as much as 600%, money that could be used for advertising went to freight companies instead. a bushel, the highest price since July 2012. At the end of 2021, ocean freight rates were more than three times what they were throughout 2020. Wall Street Journal ). Financial Times ). Bloomberg).