With driver turnover rates bumping 90 percent last year, shippers could find only one available truck for every 12 outbound loads — the lowest ratio in 13 years, according to DAT Solutions. As carriers fight for enough humans to keep trucks moving, the evolution of automation has put truck driving in an interesting place. How much […]
August 07 – 08, 2018 Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel, Baltimore The 5th annual Finished Vehicle Logistics Import Export summit will return to Baltimore on August 7th – 8th 2018. Set at the spectacular Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel, the conference will include presentations by leading vehicle-makers, infrastructure operators, logistics providers and thought-leaders on the hottest topics relevant to the outbound supply […]
The House’s Appropriations Committee on Tuesday unveiled a bill that would exempt livestock haulers from compliance with the electronic logging device mandate at least through September 2019. The bill is also being used as yet another avenue to pass the so-called Denham Amendment, a provision in Congress that would block states from enforcing laws requiring […]
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Transportation companies are finding new ways to scale their businesses without having to invest in equipment and facilities. Technology is fueling a growth in non-asset transportation and logistics by helping companies solve more complex problems for their customers and increasing the efficiency and speed of freight transactions…read more
Most autonomous efforts in trucking today, including platooning testing and Freightliner’s 2015 Inspiration concept truck, involve Level II automation (partial automation) as defined by the Society of Automotive Engineers. These trucks simultaneously use a combination of advanced driver assistance systems to control steering, acceleration and braking. The driver is still required to maintain situational awareness of road conditions and […]
After barely two years, app-based freight matching service Convoy on Tuesday announced it has expanded its network nationwide. Convoy has grown its footprint from the Peugeot Sound-area, to the Pacific Northwest, to west of Rockies and is now offering loads coast-to-coast with more than 100,000 trucks and drivers on the network.
