More than five years after a Christmas season in which UPS Inc. and Amazon.com offered refunds for late shipments, final-mile delivery still has plenty of kinks.
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Matt Silver, CEO of Cargado, discusses how AI, data and smarter platforms are reshaping cross-border shipping.
AAA Cooper to Offer Wider Visibility Options
AAA Cooper Transportation said it will further less-than-truckload visibility with a new program, Action Trac.
July 12, 2019Tesla Readies Production Boost, Hints of Return to Hiring Mode
Tesla Inc. is poised to increase production at its California car plant and is back in hiring mode, according to an internal e-mail sent days after the company wrapped up a record quarter of deliveries.
July 10, 2019DHL Sees Life Sciences, Pharmaceuticals as Key to Growth
DHL Global Forwarding USA is rapidly moving to increase the amount of medical, life sciences and pharmaceutical freight — especially temperature-controlled items — it is forwarding around the world.
July 10, 2019Document Automation Puts Trucking Back Office in Fast Lane
The deluge of documents that trucking generates is increasingly managed and processed via automation. Providers of document-management systems said these systems yield labor savings and efficiencies.
July 9, 2019Musk Seeking Tesla Deliveries Record Could Be a Double-Edged Sword
Analysts’ fear is that even if Tesla does show marked improvement in deliveries this quarter, Musk will achieve this at the expense of profitability. And with a shrinking U.S. tax credit posing a threat to demand in the second half of the year, Tesla’s efforts to hand over more Model 3s overseas could further compromise earnings because of relatively higher shipping expenses.
July 1, 2019Debunking “Smart Trailer”
“Smart Trailer” is hot talk, but what does it mean?  Depending on who you ask, it’s anything from accessory light packages to machine learning.  Join to see which trailer technologies are really moving the needle today, and how the future is less about buzzwords and more about true trailer intelligence. Â
June 28, 2019Ford to Cut 20% of European Workforce in Sweeping Overhaul
Ford Motor Co. will eliminate about 20% of its workforce across Europe in a sweeping overhaul to tackle the carmaker’s falling sales in the region and lift weak profitability.
June 27, 2019Convoy Creates Method for Drivers to Book Multiple Loads at Once
Digital freight broker Convoy announced Automated Reloads, an app-based program that allows drivers to book multiple loads of freight at one time.
June 27, 2019Shopify Sets Up Fulfillment Network in US, Just Like Amazon
Shopify Inc. plans to spend $1 billion to set up a network of fulfillment centers in the United States to help merchants using its e-commerce platform deliver products more quickly and cheaply, much the way Amazon.com does.
June 19, 2019