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By Bart De Muynck The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates. The modern supply chain is a complex dance, with information flowing between numerous functions and disparate systems. Yet, all too often, this choreography is hampered by fragmented data trapped in…
It’s understood that autonomous trucks boost fuel efficiency compared to human-driven big rigs. But the potential energy efficiency gains could be far greater. In a white paper released Tuesday, Aurora Innovation looked at immediate, medium- and longer-term opportunities and found some obvious and not-so-obvious savings. The headline factoid: Autonomous trucks could achieve 13%-32% net energy…
On today’s episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!?, Dooner is talking about the fall of Yellow. At noon ET on Sunday, the 99-year-old carrier shut the gates. With a formal bankruptcy announcement expected today by the company, we look back at the last days of Yellow. Can ocean imports save a sagging truckload market? Marine Traffic’s…
Miami-based Amerijet is moving some back-office functions to Trinidad and Tobago to save money and make it easier to fill positions. The cargo airline announced Thursday that it had opened a new branch office in Port of Spain to handle financial and other management functions. The company has conducted air cargo operations at Piarco International…
No one evokes images of the 1937 Hindenburg airship disaster when talking about diesel or gasoline. Yet without handling precautions, both can be flammable like hydrogen. “If you talk to some of the folks that have been in the industry for a while, or people that really understand the physics behind hydrogen, those folks realize…
Two owners of a Utah trucking group were recently convicted for their roles in an elaborate, 10-year pay-to-play fraud scheme that siphoned more than $108 million from FedEx Ground. On Feb. 2, a federal jury in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah convicted Yevgeny Felix Tuchinsky, 63, and Konstantin Mikhaylovich Tomlin, 54,…