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Future of Logistics Takes Center Stage in 2017

TMC

In January, I attended the Transportation Research Board’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C. Three themes seem to be emerging around AV in freight transportation: Tension between state and federal regulators. The post Future of Logistics Takes Center Stage in 2017 appeared first on Connect Blog by TMC, a division of C.H.

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Up for Discussion: A First Glance at Congress’s Next Infrastructure Bill

CH Robinson Transportfolio

On Monday July 23, 2018, retiring House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman, Rep. Robinson’s President of Managed Services, Jordan Kass, testified on possible funding mechanisms in March 2018 before the Senate Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security.

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Spire and Gravity Supply Chain solutions helping restore flow of goods

Gravity Supply Chain

Spire’s granular AIS data about transport vessels is now seamlessly incorporated into the cloud-based software system used by Gravity’s clients. billion metric tons as of 2017. ” Written by : Andy Jordan, Head of Brand and Creative, Spire. A major global event challenges a globalized system.

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Advancing into the Future of Logistics

TMC

At TMC’s 2017 Customer Forum, we spoke about two of the advancements in trucking that are steering us into the future: platooning and autonomy. Autonomous trucks would be mainstream—on all roads, in all traffic—and the cost of it would be closer in line with that of public transportation and long-haul trucking.

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Additive Manufacturing continues to Mature

Enterra Insights

. “The traditional supply chain,” he writes, “though it has been much improved over the years, still carries with it a number of glaring inefficiencies, namely: long lead times, high transport costs, complex distribution networks and a dependency on economies of scale. Footnotes. [1] Footnotes. [1]

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Advancing into the Future of Logistics

TMC

At TMC’s 2017 Customer Forum, we spoke about two of the advancements in trucking that are steering us into the future: platooning and autonomy. Autonomous trucks would be mainstream—on all roads, in all traffic—and the cost of it would be closer in line with that of public transportation and long-haul trucking.