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Trucking
FTR Data Shows Less Challenging Financial Environment for Carriers
FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index for January improved to -1.41 from the December reading of -4.3, indicating a less challenging financial environment for carriers.
Trucking
February Brings Mixed Results for Market Contraction and Retail Demand
3PL/4PL
3PL Market Experiences Decline in Shipments, Invoice per Shipment and Total Revenue
Carbon Footprint
Long-Term Infrastructure Plan to Fuel Zero-Emission Trucks
Fleet Management
Kaleris Launches Yard Management Innovations
Emerging Technologies
Visual Intelligence Localization Data Solution to Track Intralogistics Vehicles
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3PL/4PL
Nominations Open for 2024 Top 3PL & Cold Storage Providers Award
3PLs and cold storage providers remain a key puzzle piece to building and nurturing partnerships, cultivating resilience and helping companies in the cold food space overcome supply chain disruptions. Submissions close March 22.
Webinars
SCN Summit: State of the Supply Chain
June 4, 2024
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Supply Chain Visibility
Rock Stars of the Supply Chain: Disrupting Supply Chain Disruptions
Supply chain rock stars are the backbone of the cold food chain. Meet the winner's of this year's Rock Stars of the Supply Chain award.
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Cold Chain
Keeping Cold Chain Fleets Safe and Efficient in Severe Weather
Advanced fleet technology is the lynchpin of safety and efficiency for fleets managing cold chain logistics, helping to save lives, time, and money when the weather takes a turn.
Ocean Ports & Carriers
Rock Stars of the Supply Chain and Pros to Know: Container Maintenance, Marino Group's David Miller Talks Worker Safety
David Miller, senior director of Container Maintenance Corporation and The Marino Group, was named one of our Rising Star award winners from this year’s Rock Stars of the Supply Chain award and Pros to Know award.
Risk/Compliance
Why Changing Economic Times Lead to Increased Cargo Theft
Food Logistics talks exclusively with Himanshu Mehrotra, VP of product management at FourKites, about how cold chains will always carry an added element of risk and deep dependencies on the horizontal supply chain.
Risk/Compliance
Red Sea Attacks: Potential Economic Impact for the U.S.
Longer-term, this conflict and others will likely increase onshoring and near-sourcing initiatives. Here's why.
Fuel Efficiency
U.S. Remains World Leader in EV Manufacturing Investments
Two new analyses by Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) show strong growth in both electric vehicle (EV) sales and manufacturing investments in the United States.
Risk/Compliance
Shipping Industry Better Prepared for Disruption: Study
The container shipping industry showed resilience in 2023 amid continued waves of disruption, with financial health strengthening even amid declining revenues, revenue pressure, geopolitical strife, and challenging capital markets.
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Clean Energy
CARB’s Zero Emission Forklift Regulation to Cost up to $27B
If CARB’s rule goes into effect, the majority of battery electric forklifts being sold in North America would – out of necessity – need to be sold within California just to keep pace with the implementation phase-in of the rule.
Trucking
Logistics Confidence Index Signals Flat Shipper Confidence for Q2
The second quarter of 2024 forecast reveals horizontal to slightly down confidence from shippers across industry segments, according to research released by BlueGrace Logistics.
Trucking
Voice Assistant for Trucking Communications
Ten5, Inc. announced what is said to be an industry-first hands-free voice assistant and communications service for trucking operations.
Last-Mile
Why AI and Accuracy Are a Requirement for Optimizing the Last Mile
Years of innovation to revolutionize the last mile has answered the call to improve costs and drive efficiency, culminating in the latest advances in AI that synthesize analytics and tracking to transform the future of 3PL operations.
Trucking
North American Transborder Freight Down 0.1% in December 2023
Total transborder freight by border is down in December 2023, compared to December 2022, according to recent data from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Trucking
Flexport Relaunches Convoy Platform
Flexport launched the Convoy Platform, a technology platform that offers global shippers access to a trucking capacity marketplace of small carriers and owner-operators.
Fleet Management
Women in Supply Chain: Trailer Bridge's Amanda Richterkraft Talks Building a Career in Logistics
Amanda Richterkraft, logistics sales ops team lead for Trailer Bridge and one of the 2023 Women in Supply Chain award winners, talks building a career in logistics.
Risk/Compliance
Food Supply Chain Thefts Experienced Uptick in 2023
Food continues to be the commodity most at risk of theft in the global supply chain and now accounts for one-third of all hijacking incidents, up 29% in 2022, according to new data from BSI.
Risk/Compliance
Mitigating Supply Chains: More Than Just Table-Stakes
Not being able to see ahead and predict and plan accordingly is what sometimes plagues many of today’s supply chain companies. Here’s why mitigating supply chain threats is of utmost importance heading into 2024.
Trucking
Spot Market Challenges Nearing the End: Study
According to the latest Bloomberg | Truckstop survey, most respondents believe that current demand has reached its bottom.
Supply Chain Visibility
Manifest 2024: Automation, Robotics and Puppies, Oh My
The week of Feb. 5 in Las Vegas was ripe with lights, bells and tons of buzz, but it wasn't just because Super Bowl LVIII was to take place that weekend. It was because of Manifest 2024.
Sponsored
See how Syfan delivers your shipment fresh!
Discover why the food industry has relied on Syfan for decades. Click this ad to see how we deliver every shipment fresh, on-time, and accurately for our customers.
Trucking
Clarience Technologies Acquires Safe Fleet
Clarience Technologies acquired Safe Fleet, reinforcing the company’s mission to bring total visibility to transportation by providing technologies that enhance safety, security and productivity for customers across the industry.
Trucking
January Cold Snap Leads to Spot Market Surge
A weather-related bump in demand for truckload capacity pushed spot freight volumes to all-time highs for January, reported DAT Freight & Analytics.
Software Solutions
How Fleet Telematics Helps Curb Cargo Theft
Telematics offers an array of functionalities that empower motor carriers to enhance security measures, monitor assets in real-time and mitigate the risks associated with cargo theft.
Emerging Technologies
Manifesting a Bigger, Bolder Space for Supply Chain
The 2024 Manifest Las Vegas event proved again to be a space where big ideas prosper in big ways.
3PL/4PL
Nominations Open for 2024 Top 3PL & Cold Storage Providers Award
3PLs and cold storage providers remain a key puzzle piece to building and nurturing partnerships, cultivating resilience and helping companies in the cold food space overcome supply chain disruptions. Submissions close March 22.
Supply Chain Visibility
Rock Stars of the Supply Chain: Disrupting Supply Chain Disruptions
Supply chain rock stars are the backbone of the cold food chain. Meet the winner's of this year's Rock Stars of the Supply Chain award.
AI/AR
U.S. Transportation, Logistics Industry Slow to Adopt AI
The study identified that U.S. T&L companies cite cost (23%), fear of disrupting existing processes/services (12%) and trouble identifying the right partners/suppliers (11%) as the biggest barriers to implementing technology.
Trucking
C.H. Robinson Develops Touchless Appointment Technology
C.H. Robinson developed new technology that removes the work of scheduling an appointment at the place a load needs to be picked up and scheduling another appointment where the load needs to be delivered.
Risk/Compliance
Motor Truck Cargo Insurance
Insurtech MGA Loadsure launched Columbia Motor Truck Cargo and Logistics Services Insurance, a data-powered insurance product, purpose-built for the logistics community.
3PL/4PL
Container Management & Visibility Platform Saves Customers Tens of Millions
ITS Logistics announces its proprietary, custom-built container management and visibility platform, ContainerAI.
Last-Mile
How to Start a Successful Delivery Business in 2024
There couldn't be a better time to venture into the delivery business and capitalize on the many last-mile opportunities available to food delivery.