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

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Here are the top trucking trends that all shippers should be aware of, according to The American Transportation Research Institute. Coming into 2019, issues like the tariff wars, driver shortage, and rising freight rates were high on transportation managers’ radar screens. Terrill Transportation Inc.

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

Talking Logistics

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

Logistics Viewpoints

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. At CES 2022, Udelv unveiled its self-driving eclectic delivery vehicle, the Transporter.

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

Talking Logistics

The Colorado Transportation Department and infrastructure developer Aecom Inc. 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.,

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Uber Freight: Another “Uber-for-Trucking”?

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The Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 enabled unfettered national transportation with four lanes and no traffic lights. Spun off from GlobalTranz (July 2016). Platform launch in May 2016. Global Distribution : As of August 2016, Uber was active in 66 countries and 515 cities , creating a powerful footprint ready to be leveraged.

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2017 Outlook: The Freight Recession is Over

DAT Solutions

To add insult to injury, line haul rates fell, too, in a cycle of year-over-year declines that lasted through the middle of 2016. Freight volume and rates finally began to revive in May 2016, and year-over-year volume comparisons turned positive in August. So rates have recovered, but that was 2016. Can the U.S.

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