WASHINGTON — With the first quarter of 2023 officially in the books, U.S. seaports want to know what the rest of the year holds as they prepare for what they hope will be a fall peak shipping season. A panel of port executives who gathered here this week for the American Association of Port Authorities’…
The drive to decarbonize shipping looks like it’s about to pay off in a big way — not for the environment, but for the owners of the tankers that carry the carbon: the crude oil, gasoline, diesel and jet fuel the world continues to burn in ever-larger quantities after it’s shipped ever-longer distances across the…
Ghost loads. Bait-and-switch posts with inaccurate origin and destination information. Double brokers. Carriers of last resort with questionable credentials and safety records. These are just a few of the structural issues that introduce friction into trucking load boards and undermine the integrity of the data derived from them. Load boards for the trucking spot market…
Knight-Swift Transportation’s latest acquisition is a bit of a reversal from recent initiatives, which were designed to dilute some of the cyclicality inherent in being an over-the-road truckload carrier. Those actions included acquiring less-than-truckload assets and building out a power-only brokerage offering. On Tuesday, Knight-Swift (NYSE: KNX), the nation’s largest TL carrier, announced it will…
Automation solutions provider Mujin has unveiled its latest technology, TruckBot, an automated trailer and container unloader. Reaching up to 52 feet while handling boxes weighing up to 50 pounds, TruckBot fastens onto extendable conveyors, frequently seen in modern warehouses and docks, and uses suction cup grippers to grab the sides of boxes and place them…