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News•by Staff•June 18, 2019

If Fleets Want to Retain Drivers, Earn Their Trust

It should come as no surprise that drivers prioritize the best pay possible, but another avenue to keep them could be much cheaper —  earn their trust.

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News•by David Cullen•June 18, 2019

Logistics Costs Climb as Supply-Chain Capacity Tightens

With much thanks to the booming economy, logistics costs incurred by U.S. businesses jumped 11.4% last year, reaching $1.64 trillion– or 8% of the $20.5 trillion gross domestic product of the entire United States in 2018.

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News•by Staff•June 18, 2019

Truck Tonnage Decline in May Erases Most of April’s Gain

American Trucking Associations’ American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index fell by 6.1% in May, nearly erasing the 7% gain in April.

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News•by Staff•June 18, 2019

Volvo Inks Long-Term Autonomous Research Agreement With Nvidia

Volvo's new research agreement with American technology developer Nvidia, is focused on creating a flexible, scalable autonomous driving system to used in future commercial vehicles.

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News•by Staff•June 17, 2019

Lanehub Rewarding Shippers for Connecting Carriers With New Customers

Lanehub, a collaborative transportation network that helps shippers and carriers team up to optimize capacity on recurring freight lanes, is adding incentives to reward shippers that help their current carriers team up with other shippers that need them for a backhaul lane.

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Products•June 13, 2019

Truck-Lite Integrates Stemco Wireless Products with Road Ready System

Truck-Lite has integrated the Stemco wireless suite of products into the Road Ready system using the company’s SmartBridge Integrator.

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News•by Staff•June 13, 2019

Volvo’s Vera Autonomous Vehicle Goes to Work in Swedish Port

Volvo’s Vera autonomous vehicle is now providing autonomous transport between a logistics center and the port terminal in Volvo’s hometown of Gothenburg, Sweden.

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News•by Steven Martinez•June 12, 2019

Trucking Groups Take Their Priorities to House Transportation Committee

Testifying before a House subcommittee, several trucking stakeholder groups made a case for the importance of trucking to the U.S. economy and offered plans on how to improve it, from infrastructure funding to safety regulations.

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News•by Staff•June 11, 2019

June a 'Pivotal Month' for Spot Market, Says DAT Solutions

With spot truckload freight volumes failing to meet expectations in May, DAT Solutions is looking to June to see if volumes from May were simply delayed.

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News•by Staff•June 11, 2019

Boxbot Deal Explores Automated Last-Mile Deliveries on Customer's Schedule

Boxbot and OnTrac say their new partnership will test an automated parcel delivery system that reimagines the way e-commerce packages and other shipments are delivered.

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