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Spot Truckload Activity Starts 2021 at Quick Pace
Spot truckload activity during the first full week of 2021 picked up where it left off at the end of 2020, with big increases in load and truck posts as shippers worked through freight that was backlogged during the holidays.
Trucking
Aligning Driver Schedules to Freight Flow is Key to Profitability and Driver Retention
Trucking
Atlanta Tops DAT List of Top 10 Markets to Find Spot Truckload Freight in 2020
Trucking
What Shippers Should Consider When Looking For a Carrier This Winter
Cold Chain
PLM Expands Zero Emissions for Transport Refrigerated Unit
Ocean Ports & Carriers
St. Louis Regional Freightway Releases 2020 Highlights
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Warehousing
L.I.N.K. Live | Food Logistics Editors Talk Fashion and Reverse Logistics
Marina, Brielle and Mackenna sit down and discuss the fashion supply chain and how reverse logistics plays a role.
Software & Technology
L.I.N.K. | Sourced Craft Cocktails CEO Flips Business Model Amidst Lockdown
Associate editor Brielle Jaekel asks Sourced Craft Cocktails CEO about what it was like to switch the company's business model in the middle of quarantine and the technology provider that made it happen.
Warehousing
Exoskeletons are Here to Stay for Food Logistics Operations
Exosuits and exoskeletons have moved beyond science fiction and into reality, helping facilities combat worker fatigue, strain and other risks that lead to musculoskeletal disorders.
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Trucking
How Supply Chain Organizations with Transportation Fleets Can Hone Equipment Life Cycle Cost Management Programs to Improve Bottom Lines
The change starts with a paradigm shift in life cycle asset management, moving from functional obsolescence to economic obsolescence.
Risk/Compliance
Mitigating Cargo Theft in the Cold Chain
Food Logistics sits down with Scott Cornell, transportation lead and crime and theft specialist for Travelers, to discuss the current landscape of cargo theft in the cold chain.
Trucking
How Continued Market Volatility is Shaping Supply Chain Strategy
Shippers that can remain flexible and agile in anticipating and reacting to evolving consumer trends, rather than relying on past seasonality, will be well-positioned for success in 2021 and beyond.
Trucking
2021 Predictions for the Delivery and Supply Chain Industry
There’s no better time to start planning for the future of the supply chain than right now. Here’s what to expect in the delivery and supply chain industry.
Trucking
Bridging the Data Gap in Driver Training
Fleets may have all the latest technology on their trucks and many modern systems to assist with safety, but when it comes to driver training, very few have changed their processes in the past decades.
Automation
How to Meet Consumer Desire for Contactless Delivery
Even in a post-pandemic environment, providing the contactless delivery consumers desire becomes a key component of offering a great overall customer experience.
3PL/4PL
Spirits Transportation Requires More Finesse from 3PLs
Changing consumer interests, a growing e-commerce sector and extra regulations require top tier 3PL employees.
Trucking
Now is the Time to Re-Evaluate Every Area of Your Business
This is the time to completely re-evaluate business as usual and “that’s the way we have always done it” thinking.
Fuel Efficiency
Fuel and Transportation Planning: Prepare for Volatility in 2021
Finding ways to adapt to volatility in the market protects transportation budgets from inaccuracies and keeps store shelves stocked with the products people need.
Trucking
Report Highlights Need for Continued Driver and Technician Training
Among the findings is that the number of crashes involving large trucks, particularly Class 7 and 8 vehicles, continued to climb.
Trucking
Area Universities, Texas Research Alliance to Provide Innovative Transportation Assistance
This new initiative will establish a community-driven approach to supplying the region’s employers with the talent and research capacity needed to continue to be leaders in transportation technology innovation.
Software Solutions
Tailwind Capital Acquires ArrowStream to Continue Accelerated Technology in Foodservice
ArrowStream is the leader in supply chain management software for the foodservice industry, enabling clients to capitalize on data to improve their supply chain operations.
3PL/4PL
Food Logistics’ Associate Editor Takes Second Place in MVP Awards
Food Logistics’ associate editor Brielle Jaekel placed second in the Distribution/Order Fulfillment category in Logistics Brief’s 2020 MVP Award.
Trucking
RLS Logistics to Open Nashville, TN Freight Brokerage Office
This location complements the company’s first freight brokerage office located in Mount Laurel, NJ.
Trucking
L.I.N.K. Live | Food Logistics Editors Talk Diversity and Inclusion with Women in Trucking and CarriersEdge
Marina, Brielle and Mackenna discuss Women in Trucking and CarriersEdge's new Diversity & Inclusion Index, as well as diversity and inclusion overall in the trucking and transportation industry.
3PL/4PL
Emerson Cargo Solutions’ Real-Time Trackers Protect 3PL Customers’ Fresh and Frozen Shipments
Emerson Cargo Solutions' GO real-time tracker solution delivers what Choptank teams refer to as the “first line of defense” for protecting their refrigerated loads.
Trucking
Spot Truckload Volumes Drop During Thanksgiving Week
The overall number of van, refrigerated, and flatbed loads posted on the DAT load board network fell 43% while truck posts dropped 27% during the week ending Nov. 29, in line with expectations for a holiday-shortened shipping schedule.
Trucking
Penske Logistics to Acquire Trucking Company Black Horse Carriers, Inc.
Penske Logistics has reached an agreement to acquire Black Horse Carriers, Inc. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Trucking
Why Trucking Industry Must Change for the Long Haul
It’s time for the trucking industry to benefit from this wave of innovation.
Trucking
Flock Freight Announces $113.5M Series C Funding
With Flock Freight’s algorithms, LTL shipments travel with a TL carrier as a shared truckload, avoiding hub-and-spoke facilities altogether.
Trucking
Daimler Trucks North America, Portland General Electric Announce Public Heavy-Duty Electric Truck Charging Site
Electric Island will help accelerate the development, testing and deployment of zero emissions (tank-to-wheel) commercial vehicles.
Warehousing
Food Logistics Launches Future of Supply Chains Week of Webcasts
Register today for one, two or all track sessions covering Transportation, Cannabis, Supply Chain Visibility, Warehousing and Procurement.
3PL/4PL
Averitt to Expand Laredo, TX Distribution Center
The addition of the enclosed distribution and fulfillment center brings the total size of the facility to 62,500 square feet with 48 truck doors.
Last-Mile
Convoy Announces Three Industry-Leading Innovations for Nationwide Drop-and-Hook Service
Convoy extends its leadership through predictive trailer routing, automated reloads with batched routes, and improved telematics in its smart trailers.
Trucking
New Executive Council Establishes Less-Than-Truckload Digitalization Standards
The Digital LTL Council brings together carriers, logistics service providers, shippers and technology providers with the sole focus of developing a set of uniform standards that support the scalable automation and digitalization of LTL shipments.
Cold Chain
DeltaTrak’s New Two Channel Real-Time Logger Simultaneously Monitors Temperature of Supply Air in Front and Back of Ocean Containers
With its unique 15m/50ft external and internal sensor combination, one logger can monitor supply air temperature in real-time, while also recording temperature at the back of the container.
WMS/TMS
Yale Elevates Comfort, Productivity with New Narrow Aisle Reach Truck
Yale Materials Handling Corporation announces the launch of its new narrow aisle reach truck, designed to help warehouses efficiently manage the growing SKU counts typical of e-commerce in high-density storage configurations.
Software & Technology
Report Underscores Optimizing Fleets with Mobile Technology
Frost & Sullivan gathered thought leaders from across the trucking industry to participate in a Virtual Think Tank discussion about the solutions they’re implementing.
Trucking
PCS Software Acquires UltraShipTMS
By acquiring UltraShipTMS, PCS will build upon its existing transportation logistics management and fleet management capabilities and expand its capabilities to create one integrated shipper and carrier platform.
Trucking
L.I.N.K. Live | Food Logistics Editors Talk Truck Driver Shortage
Marina, Brielle and Mackenna sit down with Rebecca Brewster, president and COO of American Transportation Research Institute, to discuss driver shortage, results from ATRI’s annual driver report, the future of trucking and transportation and more
