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Using AI to Gain a Competitive Advantage with Matt Parry & Kevin Coomes

The Logistics of Logistics

Kevin is the Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) at Greenscreens.ai , a pricing platform specifically tailored for the truckload spot freight market. Kevin holds a bachelor’s degree in political science, with a concentration in Chinese, from Kansas State University. and Revenova, LLC. Greenscreens.ai Greenscreens.ai With 2022 revenues of $3.3

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This Week in Logistics News (May 14 – 20)

Logistics Viewpoints

Founded in 2018 by two naval technology experts, the company combines sensors with existing safety systems onboard to help improve the safety and navigation of ships on crowded waterways. The deal sets the lofty goal of deploying 12,000 of Wingcopter’s 198 drone systems over the course of the next 5 years.

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Hurricane Harvey - Effects, Forecasts, and Operational Best Practices

Elementum

Houston’s expansive sprawl lacks drainage systems and has ample bodies of water that are easily exacerbated by heavy rains. Rail freight networks operated by Kansas City Southern and Union Pacific in Texas, USA were heavily disrupted due to Hurricane Harvey, according to reports on Friday, August 25th.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 12-16, 2016)

Talking Logistics

New Transport Mode to Redefine Freight Movement. Google Express, the tech company’s fast delivery service, expands in Kansas City (Kansas City Star). July 2016 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Baidu receives approval from California DMV to test self-driving cars (Reuters). project44 Raises $10.5M

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Early winter storms could cause freight schedules to slip

DAT Solutions

That means a lot of freight delivery schedules are going to slip. DAT load boards provide the largest and most trusted digital freight marketplace in the trucking industry, with more than 279 million loads and trucks posted annually, plus insights into current spot market and contract rates based on $57 billion in real transactions.

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America Adapting to Supply Chain Chaos

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Rickenbacker International Airport was a bustling hub for air freight well before the pandemic—a day’s truck drive to half of the U.S. International freight being unloaded at Rickenbacker airport. a digital freight forwarder. population, so the slogan goes. Photographer: Megan Jelinger/Getty Images. billion shortfall.

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Billion Dollar Port Plan Brings Mega-Retailer To Mexico

Elementum

The country’s underdeveloped intermodal freight transportation system is consistently outperformed by its faster and better integrated U.S. The move may be risky, but the mega retailer’s play may also be indicative of an emerging trend in North American maritime freight. freight imports anytime soon.

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