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MIT: Widespread Autonomous Driving at Least a Decade Away
MIT research contends that the impact on truck-driving jobs is not expected to be widespread in the short term: “Truck drivers do more than just drive.”
MIT research contends that the impact on truck-driving jobs is not expected to be widespread in the short term: “Truck drivers do more than just drive.”
As a country and as an industry, we can debate the best ways to address racism. But before we can do that, we must acknowledge and understand that it exists.
Amazon customers in Atlanta and Franklin, Tennessee, could get their packages delivered by Amazon Scout, an autonomous delivery robot. But where’s the safety operator?
ACT’s For-Hire Trucking Index for June data is showing continued improvement, rising to 70.4 in June. This is a huge improvement from April’s 19.3 and even the jump to 50.2 a month earlier in May.
After dropping 1% in May, the American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 8.7% in June, equaling 115.3 compared with 106.1 in May.
TForce Logistics recently combined its final mile businesses in both the U.S. and Canada into a single company under the TForce Logistics name.
Samsara announced the winners of its annual 2020 Top Fleet Awards honoring the exceptional fleets that power the economy, from waste services to for-hire operations.
Season three of the HDT Talks Trucking podcast is now available, featuring topics such as fuel economy technologies, improving driver retention, and conversations with HDT's 2020 Truck Fleet Innovators.
As the pandemic has emphasized the complex nature of supply chains, technology increasingly allows shippers and carriers to stay better connected and improve efficiency.
While FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index reading for May made a comeback from a “worst-ever” level in April to a reading of -5.19, it is still not doing well from a historical perspective.
An average of 80% of fleets and the mobility community are back at work full time and 90% believe their company will survive through the pandemic, although they face major income loss. Many are unsure when business would operate at “normal” levels.
EKA Solutions, which offers a cloud-based integrated freight management ecosystem platform, has expanded its collaboration with Transflo to implement digital and automated transportation document workflow between shippers and carriers.
Global third-party logistics provider Coyote Logistics has expanded its Dynamic Route Optimization program, which aims to reduce uncertainty for carriers by providing optimized weekly routing plans.
C.H. Robinson and Microsoft announced they will integrate C.H. Robinson’s Navisphere and Microsoft Azure cloud technologies to allow real-time visibility in supply chains and to accelerate the digitization of supply chains.
Convoy has added dedicated freight to its digital freight network, increasing opportunities for recurring work that was previously inaccessible to small fleets and owner-operators.
In the weeks since the president declared COVID-19 pandemic to be a national emergency, commercial vehicle operations have faced a changed landscape. Here, a sampling of photos shared by fleets and truck drivers.
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