Transportation Chain: Emerging Technologies and Trends in Trucks, Trucking and the Supply Chain

A look at technologies and trends that have emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic and their effects on the freight and transportation industry, trucks and their suppliers and drivers on the road and on the frontlines.

July 10, 2020
Marina Mayer

In this episode of the Transportation Chain, we look at technologies and trends that have emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic and their effects on the freight and transportation industry, trucks and their suppliers and drivers on the road and on the frontlines.

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