Technology news and briefs for the week of Dec. 4, 2022: CaaS platform partners with Wabash for additional capacityLoadsmith, a third-party capacity as a service logistics platform for shippers and carriers,…
North American Class 8 net orders for November fell to 34,300, according to preliminary data released by FTR, well off September’s 56,000-unit record.Orders may have slide each of the last two months,…
According to the Department of Transportation’s latest Significant Rulemaking Report, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) will pursue several rulemaking proposals in 2023, including speed limiters, which also landed in…
Shipping lines have never amassed more cash than they have in the past two years — and they’re spending it freely on everything from new ships to airplanes to tech…
Shipping conditions on the lower Mississippi River are starting to return to normal as rain has picked up and water levels have improved. Measured at the key point of Memphis,…
FedEx Corp.’s ground delivery unit, FedEx Ground, spent several years shifting last-mile delivery traffic from a long-standing partnership with the U.S. Postal Service to its own network. The idea was…
Electrifying just the long-haul portion of the U.S. trucking fleet would gobble 10% of the nation’s electric power generation, according to a study from the American Transportation Research Institute. And…
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The prospect of converting the nation's trucking fleet from diesel to battery-electric power in order to meet carbon emissions reduction goals presents several major challenges, according to newly released research.The…
Averitt Express was recently honored by Coca-Cola’s Parts and Equipment division as its 2022 Supply Chain LTL Carrier of the Year. Averitt handles Coca-Cola’s inbound equipment for its various soda dispensing…