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Opinion: The Quest for Universal Freight Visibility
Asset tracking has always answered the question: “Where’s my truck?” It still does, of course, but some cloud-based, third-party software providers now merge widely scattered tracking resources to provide unparalleled visibility for shippers, brokers, carriers and third-party logistics companies, or 3PLs.
July 6, 2017Georgetown Rail Colloquium Highlights Health of Rail, Ongoing Viability of Trucking
Several speakers at the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business' "The Economics and Regulation of the Freight Rail Industry" colloquium addressed various aspects of railroad and other transportation industries June 16.
June 16, 2017TransWay Adds Next Generation Freightliner to Fleet
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TransWay Inc., a trucking company based in Holland, Mich., added the "next generation, super semi-truck" to its fleet May 8.
May 8, 2017Two Freight Forwarding Firms Join Forces to Form NorthPoint Forwarding
Kansas City-based NorthPoint Development has launched NorthPoint Forwarding, a freight-forwarding affiliate.
April 21, 2017Old Dominion to be Official Freight Carrier for Major League Baseball
Old Dominion Freight Line has hit a homerun with its recent announcement that the Thomasville, N.C.-based company will be the official freight carrier for Major League Baseball.
April 19, 2017Tech Startups Beat Uber to Freight Market, Connect Drivers With Loads Via Mobile Apps
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Uber entered the freight world last year, launching speculation and arguments on whether the tech company could strike a second time and do to shipping what it did to passenger transportation — and if so, which segment of freight would have to endure the type of disruption experienced by the taxi industry.
April 10, 2017NHTSA Upgrades Investigation Into Freightliner Cascadia Wiper Motor Failures
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has upgraded an ongoing preliminary investigation into windshield wiper motor failures on a potential 193,000 2015-16 Freightliner Cascadias.
April 7, 2017Pilot Freight Services Achieves Record Revenue, Shipments in 2016
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Privately held logistics provider Pilot Freight Services announced it closed 2016 with record annual revenue of $591 million, up 4.5% from $565 million in the 2015 period.
February 14, 2017Class 8 Orders Surge 22%
North American Class 8 orders in January surged 22% year-over-year, besting analysts’ expectations to post the highest total in 13 months.
February 13, 2017Transport ‘Lockbox’ Advocates Say Success Requires Simplicity
Advocates who helped transportation lockboxes receive approvals from voters in Maryland, Illinois and New Jersey in 2014 and 2016 said that keeping the proposals simple is critical to their success at the polls.
February 13, 2017