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Severe bottlenecks at a number of U.S. ocean ports have prompted the Federal Maritime Commission to look into whether ocean lines’ detention, demurrage, and container policies are making the situation worse. View the full article -
A group of more than 20 motor carriers, brokers/3PLs, shippers, and technology providers has formed the Digital LTL Council to develop a set of standards for the automation and digitization of less-than-truckload shipments. View the full article
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A drop in the American Trucking Associations' truck tonnage numbers in October could be another sign that the economic recovery is slowing, but it also may be a case of seasonal trends thrown off by the pandemic. View the full article
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Strehl, which makes aerodynamic components for trailers, has purchased truck-trailer aerodynamic systems provider Rocketail and will form a new company called FleetAero. View the full article
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In 2019, the costs of trucking contracted significantly, from $1.82 to $1.65 per mile – a drop of 9%, according to the American Transportation Research Institute's annual survey. View the full article
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Trucking News: Trucking after Trump: Politics as Usual
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What will a Biden administration mean for the trucking industry? We talk to trucking industry groups that are active in Washington, D.C., for their insight. View the full article -
XStream Trucking's new TruckLabs company name reflects its expanding role in bringing new engineering solutions based on research and data to the North American trucking industry. View the full article
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Prinx Tires is a new brand of medium-duty radial truck tires for the North American market. View the full article
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The key to reducing asset variability is to involve user groups early on and to gain their buy-in by framing the asset simplification discussion as ways to enhance user productivity and safety, and creating cost efficiencies that contribute to P&L objectives. View the full article
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Beginning in January, Gatik will provide Loblaw with a reliable, contactless delivery solution for transporting multi-temperature goods from its automated picking facility to retail locations across the Greater Toronto Area. View the full article
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Complete electrification of transport refrigeration units will be slow, and will probably match the progress made with battery-electric vehicles. View the full article
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Today’s mobile service trucks are handling more than just roadside breakdowns. View the full article
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In what has felt a bit this year like a headlong rush toward zero-emission battery-electric and hydrogen-fuel-cell vehicles, are we overlooking other potential environmental impacts? View the full article
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The North American Council for Freight Efficiency is an invaluable resource, and it’s expertise is free View the full article
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KLLM Transport Services, is adding 1,400 new Utility trailers refrigerated by Carrier Transicold units equipped with the eSolutions telematics platform and TRU-Mount solar charging systems. View the full article
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FlowBelow Aero recently announced that it locking aerodynamic wheel cover now be standard on all Freightliner Cascadia trucks starting at the beginning of the year. View the full article
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What fleets need to know about the sunsetting of 2G and 3G technologies and the upcoming jump to 5G. View the full article
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Fleets share lessons learned in the nearly 12 months since the electronic logging device mandate went into full effect. View the full article
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One of the lawsuits challenging California’s controversial ABC test as it applies to the trucking industry, where it will widely disrupt the owner-operator model, suffered a setback in the California Court of Appeals. View the full article
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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has published an interim final rule clarifying agricultural commodity and livestock definitions in hours-of-service regulations. View the full article
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As part of the Fleet Safety Experience, an all-virtual companion to the Fleet Safety Conference, Heavy Duty Trucking named Adam Lang, chief risk officer with Halvor Lines, as its 2020 Safety & Compliance award winner. View the full article
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The Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously to split up the 5.9 GHz “safety spectrum” frequency previously set aside for use in transportation for vehicle-to-everything technologies, a plan that has prompted dire warnings from departments of transportation and various transportation and safety groups. View the full article
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An analysis of electronic logging device data by eRoad has shown recently implemented changes to the hours-of-service regulations have not had a big impact on user operations. View the full article
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ZF recently announced that Jon Morrison, president of its commercial vehicle control systems division, will retire at the end of the year and will be succeeded by Julien Plenchette, the company’s Americas region OEM truck, bus, car and fleet business leader. View the full article
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Erin Gilchrist Rugg, the 2019 Fleet Manager of the Year winner and former fleet director for Safelite Autoglass, has joined drive-away company Transport Solutions of America (TSOA) as its SVP of marketing and business development. View the full article
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