Category: News

How two fleets found their sweet spot when it comes to safety ROI

Demand for longer-lasting batteries, 24/7 earphones, and “sky roads” might affect the process of hauling freight from one place to another.

The less-than-truckload industry is embracing dimensioning technology to enable more accurate freight pricing and automate what used to be manual tasks.

Daimler Trucks North America announced it will make its first pilot program delivery of plastic parts produced using 3-D printing technologies to its customers in the coming weeks.

Chief executives from transit agencies are asking the U.S. Department of Transportation to delay the start date for a federal mandate requiring the organizations to begin reporting on their performance management

The cost of moving pretty much every dry-bulk commodity — from fertilizer to salt to rocks — has surged since July, lifting the London-based Baltic Exchange’s main freight gauge to its highest in almost four years.

The transition to cloud-based computing in the trucking industry is accelerating as carriers realize the cost savings and operational efficiencies that can be achieved, technology experts said.

Fetch Robotics has raised $25 million in Series B funding, led by Sway Ventures. In total, the San Jose, Calif., firm has raised $48 million.

Americold Logistics officially opened a 9.5-million-cubic-foot temperature-controlled warehouse in Clearfield, Utah, nearly doubling the footprint the company has at the location to about 21 million cubic feet.

Solar panel manufacturers said they have worked to make their products easy to deploy, and several fleets said they have opted to install the panels themselves.