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Transportation Top Stories

Can High School Students Solve One of Trucking’s Biggest Problems?
With a current shortage of 80,000 drivers, the trucking industry is in dire need of new recruits. Is Gen Z interested?
DP World Expands Freight Network with New Texas Offices
DP World is boosting its North American operations with the opening of new freight forwarding offices in Dallas and Houston.
UPS Cuts Email Response Time in Half with AI Automation
Launched last July, MeRA leverages large language models to automate responses to customer inquiries, significantly reducing agent handle time by 50 percent.
Five Innovations Shaping the Future of Last-Mile Delivery
Discover how drones, autonomous vehicles, and clean technologies are driving efficiency, reducing costs, and improving customer satisfaction.

Transportation Resources

Driving Efficiency in Pharma Distribution: The SEKO-Peli BioThermal Success Story
Discover how SEKO and Peli BioThermal are revolutionizing pharma distribution in Dublin.
SMC3 Mercury Gate Case Study - Improving Workflows and Enhancing Efficiency with LTL APIs
In this case study MercuryGate needed a way to automate workflows. It turned to smc3 for help.


Transportation News

GasBuddy Fuel Price Outlook 2015
Volatility is a given for any gasoline price forecast as unpredictable geopolitical issues arise, as well as refinery outages and problems, and weather impacts production of products, and this year, GasBuddy forecasts several periods of significant volatility.

Improving the Fuel Efficiency of American Trucks
Bolstering energy security, cutting carbon pollution, saving money and supporting manufacturing innovation.

Daimler Trucks North America Continues Its Commitment to Innovation with SuperTruck
Daimler said the project, developed in partnership with engine maker Detroit Diesel and others, exceeded the company's expectations, achieving freight efficiency improvement of a remarkable 115%, far above DOE's own goal of a gain of 50%.

Becoming a Shipper of Choice: How to Thrive as a Shipper in the Capacity Crunch
Being a Shipper of Choice is demonstrating a desire to partner with the carriers that support your business and in turn, allow you to support theirs.

Becoming a Shipper of Choice: Best-In-Class Carrier Strategy
When developing a strategy, it is crucial to solicit the thoughts of others to ensure that all priorities are documented and that all parties “buy in” to your ultimate goal. Implementing a Shipper of Choice practice for your transportation strategy is no different.

Automated Solution Helps to Speed Fulfillment
When it comes to order fulfillment, efficiency is critical. Watch the video to see how an automated fulfillment solution has helped one direct-selling company to enhance customer service levels.

Geodis Wilson eSolutions: Connecting Your World With Ours
eSolutions is tailored to customers’ specific needs, providing on-line booking, order management, high and detailed levels of visibility, proactive notifications, Track & Trace, KPIs, volume reports, document management, milestone management and vendor management, and EDI integration.

Penske Logistics Reaches Agreement to Acquire Transfreight North America
Penske Logistics announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Transfreight North America, a provider of third-party logistics and supply chain solutions, from Mitsui & Co., Ltd.

Customer-Driven Rail Intermodal Logistics: Unlocking a New Source of Value for China
China, and its national railway operator China Railway Corporation (CRC), are in the midst of a particularly favorable environment towards reforming the rail intermodal sector.

Containers on Rail: China’s Next Big Opportunity in Supply Chain Logistics
Since 1998, freight container traffic in China has grown faster than the rate of economic growth - while container traffic on trucks and ships has increased, the use of trains for part of the journey, known as rail intermodal logistics, has decreased.

4 Steps to Great Truckload and LTL Rates
Practically speaking, since everyone is “time challenged,” it can be tempting to use short cuts when conducting bids.

FedEx CEO Fred Smith: Uber Is Terrific But Unlikely To Be ‘Major Player’ In Logistics
There’s just an urban mythology out there that the app somehow changes the basic cost input of the logistics business or changes the patterns or the underlying business situation and that’s just not–that’s just incorrect.

AeroMobil Hopes to Launch its Flying Car in 2017
Following the October 2014 unveiling of the AeroMobil 3.0 prototype, the company has been flight-testing its hybrid transportation option in real conditions since the fall.

UPS abandons “We Love Logistics” in favor of “United Problem Solvers”
The message, according to UPS, communicates the company’s problem-solving ability for everyone from small businesses to the largest global firms.

Georgia Logistics Center’s New Director Anticpates Fast-Paced Growth
Jannine Miller, the newly appointed director of the Georgia Center of Innovation for Logistics, is well suited for her new role as the ultimate connector among the different players.

Energizer Holdings: Global Cross-Docking Solution
The greatest cost savings were achieved from the consolidation of goods at the cross-dock facility, but the cross-dock expansion led to reduced distribution costs throughout Energizer Holdings’ supply chain.

Houston Channel Remains Closed After Ships Collide
A portion of the busy Houston Ship Channel was shut Monday after two 600-foot ships collided in fog, causing a leak of flammable liquid.

Q&A with Jannine Miller, Director of the Georgia Center of Innovation for Logistics
The Center of Innovation for Logistics sits at the emergence of both the public and private sectors, and at the same time the merging of transportation, logistics and economic development.

The Logistics of Education and Education of Logistic
Exploring the Supply and Demand of the Logistics Workforce.

Another Oil Bomb Train Explosion, Third in Last Three Weeks
Six of the BNSF Railway train’s 105 cars derailed Thursday in a rural area where the Galena River meets the Mississippi, two of those cars burst into flames.


Featured Companies

Knight Swift Transportation
Knight-Swift Transportation is the result of the merger between Knight Transportation, Inc. and Swift Transportation Company. We are now the industry’s largest full truckload company; operating with an extensive fleet of roughly 23,000 tractors, 77,000 trailers, and employing 28,000 people.
Trucking Moves America Forward
The mission of Trucking Moves America Forward is to establish a long-term industry-wide movement to create a positive image for the industry, to ensure that policymakers and the public understand the importance of the trucking industry to the nation’s…
NFI
NFI is a fully integrated third-party supply chain solutions provider. Serving customers around the world, across a variety of industries, NFI is dedicated to providing customized, engineered solutions that propel a business to succeed. NFI’s business lines include dedicated…
MD Logistics
Founded in 1996 by Mark Sell and Dave Kiebach, MD Logistics has quickly grown into one of the nation’s leading 3PL’s, headquartered in the Midwest. As an independent subsidiary of Nippon Express USA, we are able to provide our…
AXIT
When you are looking for a new IT solution you have high requirements. Particularly in logistics, for it is the engine of economics, the pioneer of business success, the core of every company. AXIT is a specialist for cloud-based IT…
GEFCO
A leading name in industrial and automotive logistics, GEFCO provides complete, efficient logistics solutions for its industrial customers throughout the world. The group combines its demanding standards of quality and performance with the responsible management of its logistics activities: both…
Shipwell
Drive supply chain efficiency and empower your organization to do more with Shipwell’s TMS. Uplevel your logistics and improve visibility to unlock actionable insights with Shipwell. Connected Partner Network. Actionable Analytics. E-commerce Integrations. 24/7 Support.
DashHaul
DashHaul Inc. is the logistics industry’s first neutral self-dispatch network made up of Owner Operator, Independent Driver carrier companies and shippers and brokers. Inspired experience, cultivated through grit and propelled by the vision of innovation, transformation of the current…
Otto
We are Otto, the company rethinking the future of transportation - starting with self-driving trucks. We’re a team of forward-thinking technologists and innovators, dedicated to revolutionizing the way we approach transportation in America. We’ve come together from the…
Zipline Logistics
Zipline Logistics is a digitally-enabled, managed transportation partner specializing exclusively in the consumer goods sector. We proudly work alongside clients ranging from some of the largest food and beverage business in the world to the brightest up-and-coming CG brands in…
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