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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
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
UPS Invests $90 Million In Natural Gas Vehicles And Infrastructure
UPS has announced plans to build an additional six compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling stations and add 390 new CNG… Read More
project44 Extends Visibility With Trucking Offerings
project44, a logistics and transportation connectivity and visibility provider, introduced new capabilities designed to enable multimodal visibility across a single… Read More
Intermodal Shippers: How to Avoid Extra Charges
Intermodal shippers often wonder what the difference is between demurrage, detention, per diem, and storage charges. The confusion of the… Read More
AASHTO and AAPA Hold Infrastructure Week Briefing on Freight
In conjunction with Infrastructure Week (May 15 to 19), the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), the… Read More
Fashion Jobs You Didn’t Know Were Connected to International Trade
When you think haute couture, you think of the fashion capitals of the world – Milan, Paris, New York, London,… Read More
Initial Results of the US-China 100-Day Economic Action Plan Released
The United States Department of Commerce released a report yesterday on the progress made in US-China talks following the meeting… Read More
US Freight Index Fell in March
The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI), which is based on the amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry… Read More
WATCH: First Autonomous and Zero-Emissions Containership
The vessel YARA Birkeland will be the world’s first fully electric and autonomous container ship, with zero emissions. Operation… Read More
Milestone for NYNJ Cross Harbor Freight Project
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has issued a request for proposals for consultants to conduct the… Read More
UPS Invests $90 Million In Natural Gas Vehicles And Infrastructure
UPS has announced plans to build an additional six compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling stations and add 390 new CNG… Read More
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