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Why the Great Driver Shortage Is Now Top of Mind for Shippers & a Driver of a Capacity Crunch

GlobalTranz

The Great Driver Shortage was already starting to weigh on the minds of carriers and shippers early this year as experts predicted tightening capacity, said William B. It is the top concern for shippers, and you need to know what it means for the capacity crunch. percent by the end of the third-quarter in 2017.

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Where Have The Drivers Gone?

AFFLINK

Those "things" need to be transported via truck, yet the industry lacks the capacity to do so. According to another recent report from the American Trucking Association , the shortage of drivers was expected to hit 50,000 by the end of 2017 - a trend that equates to more than 174,000 drivers by as soon as 2026.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 28 – June 3)

Logistics Viewpoints

Existing technology for EV batteries can only create cells that last up to 20 years or around 200,000 miles before their capacity drops too low to power a vehicle. Shipping companies added capacity, but now containers are stuck in port. And now on this week’s logistics news. How Shanghai’s lockdown is dampening Port of Oakland volumes.

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Guide to warehouse robots: types of warehouse robots, uses, navigation & more

6 River Systems

between 2017 and 2022, reaching $6 billion in value by 2022 , with the U.S. Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) — AGVs, such as self-driving forklifts, transport inventory from one location to another within the warehouse. Warehouse robots are also classified by payload capacity. The warehouse robotics market was valued at $2.28

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The Future Is Now for Logistics

Material Handling & Logistics

The capacity crunch and technology are reshaping ?the Kearney and sponsored by Penske Logistics for CSCMP, vividly depicts a supply chain struggling under the twin demands of constrained capacity and the need for significant technological investment to help service providers and their customers keep up with soaring growth.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 18 – 24)

Logistics Viewpoints

The retailer plans to have at least 15 of the facilities, dubbed sortation centers, by the end of January 2026. First announced by Elon Musk in 2017, the Tesla Semi has been one of the longest-delayed products in the company’s history. It already has opened nine, after testing the concept in its hometown of Minneapolis.