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This Week in Logistics News (May 30 – June 3, 2016)

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One of my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2016 was that drones would have a breakout year — not in delivering packages to consumers, but in yard and warehouse management. The post This Week in Logistics News (May 30 – June 3, 2016) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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Home Delivery Robots: Last Mile Gamechangers

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Nuro , which was founded in 2016, develops autonomous delivery vehicles, and was the first company to receive an autonomous exemption from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration since its vehicles are designed to carry goods instead of humans. Once ordered the robots’ entire journey and location can be monitored on a smartphone.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 5-9, 2016)

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are scouting potential sites, including busy roads near Denver International Airport, with a goal of launching in 2018. Here are more details from the article: In the pilot project, believed to be the first of its kind in the U.S., vehicles equipped with “receiving coils” will draw power from another coil buried in the road.

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Transportation Trends: What’s Going on in the Trucking Industry?

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The Denver-based firm operated in all states west of the Appalachian Mountains. factory activity, which fell in August for the first time since January 2016. It also had 12 owner-operators. The following month, HVH Transportation, a midsized firm with 344 tractor units and 324 drivers on its payroll, also ceased operations.

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Spot Market Van Rates Soared in September

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per mile , the average rate in September was 18¢ higher than the August average, and 35¢ higher than September 2016. Chicago prices also continued to climb: Chicago to Denver added 38¢ at $3.05/mile. The national average van rate rose for the fifth week in a row. The national load-to-truck ratio also hit 7.0

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This Week in Logistics News (August 26 – September 1)

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In 2016, it raised the minimum to $49 from $35, then reverted back to the earlier threshold a year later before dropping the minimum down to $25 in an effort to compete with Walmart+. Amazon has tweaked the free shipping threshold for non-Prime members in the past.

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Van Rates Adjust to Changing Holiday Demand

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Still, the spot market is much tighter than it was around this time a year ago (just look at all the dark red in the Hot States Map below), and spot rates are still significantly higher than they were in December of 2016. Most of the big increases last week were out of Denver , where the average outbound rate jumped up 7%.

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