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Home Delivery Robots: Last Mile Gamechangers

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In this situation, an autonomous vehicle brings a package to a customer’s house, whereupon the customer enters a code and retrieves the package from a cargo hold. A big part of what the company has done is food delivery on college campuses. As a result, autonomous vehicles have also been tested for home delivery.

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Rates Rise Unexpectedly in Early August

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Those lanes are associated with retail, and the cargo may include last-minute merchandise for the back-to-school season. That’s not just notebooks and pencils, but also clothing, shoes, non-perishable foods, and anything that will fit into a backpack or lunch bag when school starts up. down 7¢ to 94¢ per mile.

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Freight Abounds, but Rates Return to July Levels

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The decline is a normal seasonal trend, reflecting a change in the mix of cargo and lanes. Twin Falls , ID is trending up, which usually means that a potato harvest is underway, although it could be potatoes from storage or even frozen food for the back-to-school season. McAllen , TX also got a boost, likely from cross-border traffic.

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

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Cargo Chief. Acquiring an autonomous trucking company was another clear indicator, as was the 2015 Uber Cargo test runs in Hong Kong. There’s a huge potential for vastly lower-priced (and more efficient) autonomous trucks, as well as autonomous cargo planes. Established. 10-4 Systems. Cargomatic. via Tech In Asia ).

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This Week in Logistics News (June 10 – 16)

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Congratulations to the Las Vegas Golden Knights and Denver Nuggets. The actions, which port employers say include work slowdowns and failure to report to cargo terminals from Southern California to Seattle, have stalled shipments ranging from inbound consumer goods to outbound agricultural commodities since late May.

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How to Protect Shipments from Freezing Temperatures

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If you ship regularly during the freeze protection season, it’s worth asking the question of whether or not freeze protection services would be beneficial for your cargo. Perishable Food. Take into consideration all the locations your freight cargo will travel through during transit, not just the pickup and delivery destinations.

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