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Survey Indicates Driver Sleep Apnea Costs are Hefty

American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI)

With data from over 800 commercial drivers, ATRI’s report is the first to quantify the costs and other impacts that truck drivers are experiencing as they address diagnosis and potential treatment regimen for OSA.

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Software Solutions

Food Delivery Apps Battle For Survival In Growing But Saturated Market

The takeout business is about $70 billion annually in the United States, according to analysts at Citi. But only about four percent of that spending went through an app or website in 2014, the most recent year for which data is available.

Investors put about $5.4 billion into food and grocery delivery startups around the world in 2015, according to research firm CB Insights. That’s more money than poured into digital health care companies by about a billion dollars, and more than double what software-as-a-service companies collected.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

Teamsters Clash With Coastal Ports Over Driver Classification

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

At issue is whether owner-operators are simply small businesses working by choice as contractors for trucking companies, or whether the drivers are “misclassified” as contractors and are actually employees.

The Teamsters launch a concerted campaign to pressure trucking companies on the issue in California, where a week-long series of job actions involving drayage companies that serve the ports, intermodal rail yards and warehouses began Wednesday.

DHL Plans To Expand Robots In Warehouse Following Successful Test

Seeing as the pickers are only human, DHL and the French robotics company Effidence are looking for a better way — for both efficiency and the employees.

EFFiBot sits on four heavy-duty all-terrain wheels, its body is mainly an open wagon-like bay that holds upwards of 650 pounds. Sensors on the front help EFFiBot follow the picker throughout the warehouse as he or she finds packages on the shelves and places them on the robot to carry.

Truck Drivers Oppose Nationwide Database For Drug And Alcohol Results

The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration sent the rule to the White House last month for final approval after a two-year delay.

The U.S. Department of Transportation is moving to establish a national database — also known as a clearinghouse — that would list truck drivers who have failed drug and alcohol tests. It would also list drivers who have refused to take them.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

Port Cargo Container Weight Seminar Calls For Communication

The recent Maritime Safety Committee Meeting stated that the key to successful implementation of the VGM requirements is close communication and cooperation between governments and all industry stakeholders.

The Port of New Orleans recently welcomed the return of Chiquita after a 40-year hiatus.

Trucking Outlook Uncertain; Spot Markets Negative

FTR Transportation Intelligence

“There is enough uncertainty swirling around the trucking markets right now to force a manager or business owner to keep the antacids handy," says Jonathan Starks, chief operating officer at FTR.

FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index (TCI) for April was up month-over-month to a 6.2 reading, however, this number reflects soft market conditions, according to trucknews.com.

iContainers Freight Delivery Service Raises $6.7 Million In Growth Capital

iContainers seeks to take the port digital and bring transparency to an otherwise complex, cumbersome, and costly process involving customs agents, consultants, and copious paperwork.

iContainers is an early market mover in what it calls door-to-door servicing. Using the company’s platform, users can schedule a warehouse pickup and have goods delivered directly to another warehouse in over 1,200 destinations.

Maersk Line To Reduce Port Calls To Improve Asia-Europe Network

A.P. Moller- Maersk

Maersk Line will eliminate overlapping port pairs in order to reduce the number of direct port calls in the network.

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CAI International Inc. Acquires Hybrid Logistics Inc. And General Transportation Services Inc. For $12 Million

Robert Thompson, a co-founder and prior shareholder of Hybrid and General Transportation, will be president of the companies.

CAI International, Inc., a transportation finance and logistics companies, announced the acquisition of Hybrid Logistics, Inc. and its affiliate company, General Transportation Services, Inc. for a combined purchase price of $12 million.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

CMA CGM Launches Container Weighing Portal To Assist SOLAS Rule

A 3-month delay was recently proposed by the International Maritime Organization, in order to provide shippers with extra time to ensure they are ready to meet the requirements.

CMA CGM has launched an electronic portal via its website to assist with the new Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) amendment and the verification.

Walmart Partners With Uber, Lyft And Deliv On Last-Mile Grocery Delivery Tests

Wal-Mart will start with tests of grocery delivery through Uber in Phoenix, Ariz., and Lyft in Denver, Colo., which it expects to start within the next two weeks.

Walmart will start with tests of grocery delivery through Uber in Phoenix, Ariz., and Lyft in Denver, Colo., which it expects to start within the next two weeks. This is in addition to a Sam’s Club pilot that started in March with Deliv involving delivery of general merchandise and grocery for business members in Miami, Fla.

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