If Bruce Wayne ever had to vacate the Batcave, he might insist on moving his Batgear with an arrow sleek microturbine big rig with a carbon-fiber cargo trailer, an electronic dashboard of three computer tablets and tires wider than any race car. This is WAVE, the Wal-Mart Advanced Vehicle Experience concept…
The West Coast ports of Seattle-Tacoma, Wash., and Oakland, Calif., saw August import volumes rise in double digits over last year, according to The Wall Street Journal. The Northwest Seaport Alliance, which includes the ports of Seattle and Tacoma, received 113,972 loaded 20-foot equivalent units, a standard measure for container…
Truckstop.com and FTR have launched a reinvented version of the Trans4Cast report at FTR’s annual Transportation Conference. A weekly analysis of spot market conditions, rates, and market pressure, Trans4Cast is powered by Truckstop.com and FTR, and provides insights to international brands like Bloomberg Financial, BB&T, Fox News and Swift Transportation.…
Transporting something from Point A to Point B is trickier than it may seem. Fortunately, managing routes, inventory and warehousing, and distribution is what the transportation and logistics providers on the 2015 PROFIT 500 Ranking of Canada’s Fastest Growing Companies do best. The 28 transportation and logistics firms on this year’s…
SHANGHAI, Sept 16 (Reuters) – China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company (COSCO) and China Shipping Group, two of the country’s largest shipping firms, said shares in their listed companies would remain suspended pending a complex matter under research that “may involve asset restructuring”. The listed units of the two state-owned companies,…
It will take rewriting a sheaf of regulations and presenting a compelling business case on safety and fuel-economy gains to fleet operators before a Level 3 autonomous truck, like the Freightliner Inspiration demonstration truck, becomes a production tractor. That’s why Daimler Truck North America is offering no timeline to when…
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas registered the hottest last week for outbound truckload rates, averaging $2.39, $2.46, $2.45 and $2.49, respectively. The aforementioned southern states, along with Indiana, Michigan and other states in the map above colored in a dark orange or red saw averages of verified paid rates well…
LONDON—Chinese shipping and port giant Cosco Holdings Co. said late Wednesday that it would order 11 container megaships, joining an array of competitors in their quest to dominate the world’s busiest trade routes. The so-called Triple-E’s, which are roughly as long as the Empire State Building is tall, will cost…
Once back-office drudges, supply-chain managers now hold the reins of warhorses and unicorns alike. Greg Kefer has spent more than a decade with the supply chain software firm GT Nexus, and he’s seen big changes for the supply chain managers he works with. “We used to walk in and hit…
BMO Harris Bank is about to become the top lender to the U.S. trucking industry. The Canadian parent of Chicago’s second-largest bank by deposits has agreed to acquire the transportation finance business of GE Capital, adding what will end up being more than $8.7 billion in loans and leases when…
