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Drones Could Help Bridge Divides for Vaccine Distribution

The challenge of ensuring equitable distribution of the coronavirus vaccine is one of global scale, and the city of Miami provides a backdrop for the social and economic divides that the medical community must overcome.

April 3, 2021
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Lineage Logistics Acquires Cryo-Trans for $500 Million

Cold-storage specialist Lineage Logistics is branching into rail.

April 3, 2021
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Pandemic Upends Logistics Market

The COVID-19 outbreak created a volatile U.S. third-party logistics market in 2020, which presented growth opportunities for 3PLs with strong carrier management, e-commerce and airfreight forwarding capabilities, while other 3PLs did not fare as well.

April 3, 2021
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How Logistics Firms Are Handling the Pandemic's E-Commerce Boom

The COVID-19 pandemic has squeezed many years of growth in online sales and e-commerce fulfillment into a single 12-month period.

April 3, 2021
BusinessTechnologyEquipment

Link Launches Construction of New Plant

Link Manufacturing, a producer of specialty engineered suspensions and Tier 1 supplier to major heavy-duty commercial truck manufacturers, announced its plan to begin construction of a new 50,000-square-foot manufacturing and training facility.

April 2, 2021
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VTNA Supplies QCD With VNR Electric

Food service logistics provider Quality Custom Distribution recently took delivery of a Volvo VNR Electric, the first zero-emission, battery-electric truck to be deployed in QCD’s fleet.

April 2, 2021
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Waymo CEO John Krafcik to Step Down, Become Adviser

John Krafcik stepped down as chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo self-driving vehicle division, and will stay on as an adviser to the business, the company said in a memo.

April 2, 2021
BusinessTechnologyEquipment

ZF Announces Air Disc Brakes Delivery

ZF Commercial Vehicle Control Systems Americas announced the first delivery of Navistar International LT series trucks equipped with its Wabco Maxxus L2.0 air disc brakes.

April 2, 2021
BusinessTechnologyEquipment

Great Dane Launches FleetPulseGO

Great Dane announced it launched FleetPulseGO, a low-cost GPS-only solution for pre-owned trailers.

April 2, 2021
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Tesla Deliveries Smash Expectations on Reception in China

Tesla Inc. delivered more cars than expected in the first quarter, a strong start to a year in which CEO Elon Musk will be scaling global operations and building two more factories.

April 2, 2021