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Commercial freight transportation businesses rely on data, intelligence, and novel solutions for operational efficiency. Transport Topics technology coverage investigates available technologies, real-world applications of business solutions, and the strategies necessary for advancement. News topics focus on the latest applied science, and issues range from autonomous vehicle and robotics innovations to management software, tracking and transparency, data analytics, blockchain, and the internet of things.

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Pennsylvania Turnpike Explores Electrified Road Services for EVs

The Pennsylvania Turnpike is jumping into solar energy production to power its maintenance and office buildings with a long-term goal: using solar-generated power to electrify portions of the toll road so electric vehicles can charge as they travel.

September 12, 2022
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentLogistics

Storage, Labor Plague Logistics Companies Searching for Warehousing Solutions

While products for the most part are no longer sitting on ships waiting to be offloaded, the supply chain kink has just moved farther down the line — to warehouses, where much of the freight that was on those ships missed its window to be in the retail store.

September 12, 2022
GovernmentBusinessTechnologySafety

NHTSA Needs a New Chief With Road Deaths at 20-Year High

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is operating without a Senate-confirmed leader again, leaving a void atop the agency tasked with preventing road injuries and deaths even as the number of fatalities moves sharply in the wrong direction.

September 12, 2022
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyFuel

Biden to Boost Biomanufacturing to Compete with China

President Joe Biden is poised to sign an executive order Sept. 12 to help expand U.S. biomanufacturing and reduce reliance on China.

September 12, 2022
BusinessTechnologyFuel

North Carolina Wins Wolfspeed Semiconductor Materials Plant

RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina-based semiconductor company announced Sept. 9 it will build a $5 billion manufacturing plant in its home state to produce silicon carbide wafers, which is emerging as a favored part for renewable energy products and electric vehicles.

September 9, 2022
BusinessTechnologyEquipment

Biden Touts Chips Law at Intel Site in Midterm Battleground Ohio

President Joe Biden attended the groundbreaking of Intel Corp.’s new semiconductor manufacturing facility outside Columbus, Ohio, touting one of his legislative wins in a crucial midterm state.

September 9, 2022
BusinessTechnologyEquipment

Wabash Launches Acutherm Product Portfolio

Trailer maker Wabash announced a sub-brand product portfolio called Acutherm, a proprietary system of components, products and solutions.

September 9, 2022
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety

Advances in Analytics Help Fleets Translate Information Into Action

Technology adoption in the trucking industry has given freight transportation companies access to an abundance of data. The question now is how best to use it.

September 9, 2022
BusinessTechnologyLogistics

Connected Workflows Can Lead to a Higher Level of Operational Fitness

Trucking and logistics firms can have connected workflows at the enterprise level by using modern TMS platforms with cloud-based infrastructure.

September 9, 2022
BusinessTechnologyLogistics

Mapping the Journey to Cloud Computing

For com­panies that have imple­mented on-premise software systems to run mission-­critical business processes, it’s not always so simple to take advantage of the benefits of modern cloud architecture.

September 9, 2022