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Worker Shortages and More Pose a Challenge to Freight Companies

Elementum

But issues surrounding labor and rising fuel prices pose real threats to the freight industry. trucks transport 63 percent of ALL the goods that go to Canada and Mexico. Despite ramped-up recruiting efforts, this number is expected to triple by 2026. Technology Comes to the Aid of Freight Companies. Driver Shortages.

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Worker Shortages and More Pose a Challenge to Freight Companies

Elementum

But issues surrounding labor and rising fuel prices pose real threats to the freight industry. trucks transport 63 percent of ALL the goods that go to Canada and Mexico. Despite ramped-up recruiting efforts, this number is expected to triple by 2026. Technology Comes to the Aid of Freight Companies. Driver Shortages.

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Logistics Bureau Supply Chain and Logistics News Roundup, July 2022

Logistics Bureau

Increased near-shoring in Mexico and elsewhere as companies seek shorter supply chains. For instance, the hangover from the pandemic, which has not yet permitted ocean freight from China to return to anything like normal service, is a problem that continued COVID outbreaks and associated port closures are exacerbating.

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

Logistics Viewpoints

A strong uptake in collaborative robot usage within the medical, education, logistics, and catering fields will likely drive that market to grow to three times its 2021 size by 2026. After all, trucks move 70 percent of all freight in the US from transporting goods on land to those that come off a cargo ship or a train.