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

PINC

Coming into 2019, issues like the tariff wars, driver shortage, and rising freight rates were high on transportation managers’ radar screens. A perennial top industry issue, the driver shortage ranked as the industry’s top concern for the second consecutive year in 2018, according to ATRI. economy remains strong in 2019.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 24 – 30)

Logistics Viewpoints

The 100+ Accelerator was launched in 2018 as a global incubator program to help solve supply chain challenges across water stewardship, circular economy, sustainable agriculture, and climate action. According to the American Trucking Association (ATA), almost 75 percent of all freight is transported by truck.

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All The Supply Chain News You Need To Know 3.11-3.15

Freight Plus

310,000 Class 8 truck orders in 2018 marked the fourth strongest year for heavy duty truck purchases on record. 2018 — I mean — wow! What a year,” John Walsh, Mack Trucks VP of Marketing, said during a media briefing at the Work Truck Show at the Indiana Convention Center last week, according to FleetOwner. “If Spotify. ,

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Insights from Ryder Innovate 2014

Talking Logistics

Jason Mathers discussed the 5 Principles of Greener Freight, and provided real-world examples of those principles in action (read the Ocean Spray , Caterpillar , and Boise case studies, and also watch my conversation with Jason from earlier this year on Talking Logistics). Sustainability and Green Initiatives in Transportation and Logistics.

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The Definitive Guide on Produce Season Transportation Impacts

Zipline Logistics

Produce season transportation can have an impact on your freight, even if you do not ship grains, fruits, or vegetables. Indiana is another agrarian state, producing quite a bit of grains and vegetables. Like Illinois, Indiana grows mostly corn and soybeans as well as a sizeable tomato and melon crop. What is produce season?

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The Future of Logistics with Courtney Muller

The Logistics of Logistics

When it started, it was a lot of discussion about over the road trucking and freight brokerage. They cover both fulfillment and freight logistics. It used to be that I have one warehouse in Indiana and I can get to 65% of the population one day. You ask about the future of logistics. I started my show years ago.

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Which States are Making the Grade in Logistics?

Material Handling & Logistics

The 2018 Manufacturing and Logistics Report Card , conducted by Conexus Indiana for the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research, rates U.S. Illinois is the only state that has all seven Class I freight railroads. It is the 3rd largest in total freight railroads. The state received an A. Media Type.