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There is much truth in that adage, “If you bought it, a truck brought it.” Ships and planes transport products around the world, but the last stage in the journey to their final destination is frequently via truck. This is true not only of products reaching store shelves, but the transportation of raw materials to factories at the start of the manufacturing process. In the U.S alone, more than 80 percent of all communities rely on trucks for the delivery of food, fuel, clothing and medicine.
US Trucking Sector Faces Continued Challenges Amid Q1 Slump in Volume and Spending
As the US trucking market continues to grapple with uncertainty, the latest data from US Bank’s Freight Payment Index for… Read More
Trucking App Uber Freight Launched
Uber started with the idea of pressing a button and getting a ride. Six years and more than two billion… Read More
Transportation and Economic Issues Addressed During Shipper Symposium
Transplace, a provider of transportation management services and logistics technology, wrapped up its 15th annual Shipper Symposium in Austin, Texas… Read More
Improving America’s Infrastructure with the Most Advanced and Cleanest Equipment
Hundreds of organizations honored the accomplishments and focused on the future growth of America’s national infrastructure during Infrastructure Week last… Read More
New UPS Phoenix Hub Adds Ecommerce Capacity
UPS has announced plans for a new package processing hub in Goodyear, Arizona, a rapidly growing commercial and residential community… Read More
A Plan for Improving US Roads and Bridges
The Committee for Economic Development of The Conference Board (CED) issued a report with recommendations for improving America’s roads and… Read More
Driverless Trucks: Jobs and Legal Issues
Governments must consider ways to manage the transition to driverless trucks in order to avoid potential social disruption from job… Read More
XPO Logistics Launches Third Logistics Hub for European Wax Center
XPO Logistics has announced the opening of a third regional distribution center for European Wax Center, one of the fastest… Read More
2017 Georgia Logistics Summit Recap
On May 16 to 17, 2017, the cavernous halls of the Georgia World Congress Center were buzzing at Atlanta’s ninth… Read More
Shippers: Use Asset and Non-Asset IMCs
When it comes to domestic intermodal, asset vs. non-asset is defined more in the eye of the beholder’s box ownership… Read More
WATCH: Building a 21st Century Multimodal Freight Network
As part of Infrastructure Week activities, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) and the the American… Read More
New Rate Estimator and Booking Platform for Heavy Haul Truck Shippers
FR8 Revolution, Inc., an Oakland-based company that develops free cloud-based tools to improve efficiency in freight transportation, has launched a… Read More
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