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Trucking Technology Report - May 14
Metrocall Cancels Bid for Merger; Report Shows Global Technology Gaps; Trucker McLane Rolls Out Wireless Vehicle System; and more...
May 14, 2001
Matt Silver, CEO of Cargado, discusses how AI, data and smarter platforms are reshaping cross-border shipping.
Trucking Companies Extending Purchasing Cycles
NEW YORK – Some of the largest names in trucking said this morning they will scrap their systems of purchasing Class 8 tractors in three-year cycles in favor in four- or five-year purchase regimes.
May 11, 2001'Mobile Warehouses' Expected to Increase Savings - at Expense of Smaller Carriers
The rising use of lead logistics providers by shippers could increase the total demand for trucking services, according to a number of logistics executives. But, they also say, that could lead to the creation of castes of winners and losers within the industry.
May 11, 2001Cardboard Gives Way to Plastic in Produce Logistics
Tough days may be ahead for corrugated cardboard as reusable plastic containers and wireless technology gain popularity in the produce-shipment world, say people who follow packaging and container issues.
May 11, 2001Retail Sales Top Forecasts; PPI Rises
The Federal Reserve is likely to give close scrutiny to two economic reports dealing with the effect of interest rate cuts released Friday as it prepares to meet next week.
May 11, 2001Executive Briefing - May 11
Nober Joins Deputy DOT Secretary; UPS Well-Positioned for Growth, CEO Says; OTR Applies for Delisting; Seven Convicted in Dutch Truck Deaths; and more...
May 11, 2001LTL Chiefs Plan Fall Rate Increases
NEW YORK – A group of less-than-truckload executives said today that in spite of the poor economy and the expected resistance of shippers, they expect to ask for and receive freight rate increases in the fall.
May 11, 2001Trucking Technology Report - May 11
DoCoMo Halts Sales of Latest Sony Cell Phone; For Sale: GoCargo.com Assets; JIT Inventory Systems Hold Appeal; and more...
May 11, 2001Postal Service Looking at LTL
NEW YORK – To save money and stave off operating losses, the U.S. Postal Service is investigating increased usage of less-than-truckload carriage, according to the service's deputy postmaster general.
May 10, 2001Manufacturers Turn to Specialists to Oversee Transport Services
For the world’s largest manufacturers, transportation services are so complex that not only are third-party logistics providers a necessity, but corporations are increasingly asking outside managers to oversee not just their carriers, but their 3PLs as well.
May 10, 2001