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Commercial freight transportation is a machine-based business. Highly technical equipment and advanced engineering are at the center of supply chain and require constant innovation. Transport Topics equipment coverage focuses on the machines and other physical assets that make delivery possible. It looks closely at available truck, trailer, and chassis models, developments in the engineering space, and maintenance innovations and best practices.

Business, Technology, Equipment

Ritchie Bros. Offers PriorityBid

Auctioneer Ritchie Bros. announced PriorityBid, a feature that enables buyers to make proxy bids online for items in its live auctions up to a week before the sale.

September 20, 2019
Business, Technology, Equipment, Autonomous

AI-Powered Analytics: Company Reports Can Now Write Themselves

Truckers looking to autogenerate written reports from their databases now have a raft of choices available, thanks to the emergence of artificial intelligence-enabled ­writing software. Essentially, these AI-generated writing solutions can drill down into company databases and autoproduce easy-to-understand, written reports.

September 20, 2019
Business, Technology, Equipment, Autonomous

Self-Driving Trucks: A Reality Check

No discussion of the future of the trucking industry is complete without considering the advance of automated driving technology, and how it might support the movement of freight in the years and decades ahead.

September 20, 2019
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Autonomous

Pronto Aims for 'Crash-Proof Trucks'

CENTREVILLE, Va. —While some self-driving truck developers are focused on building a future when heavy-duty vehicles will operate autonomously on the highway, another startup has already begun to commercialize an automated driving system that it believes is market-ready today.

September 20, 2019
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Logistics

Rail, Intermodal Providers Add Technology, Improve Operations to Boost Efficiency

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Rail and intermodal providers said they are increasing speed and efficiency to become more competitive, and technology is helping them improve operations.

September 19, 2019
Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel

Panelists Stress Aftertreatment System Maintenance at TMC Meeting

RALEIGH, N.C. — As trucks become more complex and high-tech, so, too, do the repairs and maintenance systems, experts said Sept. 18 at the fall meeting of American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council.

September 18, 2019
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Autonomous

DOT Announces $60 Million in Grants for Automated Projects

The U.S. Department of Transportation has announced $60 million in awards to research groups and state departments of transportation that are exploring projects related to vehicle automation.

September 18, 2019
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Autonomous, Perspective

Perspective: Preparing for Autonomous Repairs

As more and more vehicles with autonomous components enter the transportation landscape, the issue of repair and maintenance for those systems becomes more important for trucking fleets.

September 18, 2019
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety

Truck OEMs Say Connectivity Will Drive Future Enhancements

HOUSTON — The growth of connected-truck technology is not only reducing vehicle downtime, but also paving the way for future services and enhancing product development, according to representatives from four truck manufacturers.

September 18, 2019
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety

Fleets Using AOBRDs Prepare for ELD Transition as Dec. 16 Deadline Nears

HOUSTON — Fleets have been working closely with their technology suppliers to meet the requirements of the federal electronic logging device mandate before an exemption for older e-log systems expires in less than three months.

September 18, 2019