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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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Reliable. Cost-Effective. Are You Destined for the Cloud?

Program Aired: June 10, 2021. Cost-Savings. Security. Uptime. Explore the basics and learn just what a move to the cloud for services, hosting, computing and executing applications can do for your business success quickly and painlessly.  Experts share why a switch to the cloud is a “must” for companies in the transportation and logistics space. 

June 10, 2021
BusinessTechnologyFuel

Peak Internal Combustion Engine May Already Be Years in the Past

The world hit a transport milestone in 2017, though most people wouldn’t have noticed it at the time.

June 10, 2021
BusinessTechnologyAutonomousTop 100

J.B. Hunt, Waymo Partner to Test Self-Driving Trucks in Texas

J.B. Hunt Transport Services has partnered with autonomous vehicle developer Waymo to move freight with self-driving trucks in Texas.

June 10, 2021
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyFuel

Lawmakers Chide Colonial Pipeline for Weak Cybersecurity

U.S. lawmakers criticized Colonial Pipeline Co.’s cybersecurity practices as the company’s CEO faced his second day of questioning on Capitol Hill.

June 9, 2021
BusinessTechnologyFuelTop 50

DHL System Helps Shippers Balance Costs and Sustainability

DHL Supply Chain has developed a program that is designed to help shippers select carriers that are aligned with their environmental goals.

June 9, 2021
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentFuel

Commercial Classes 3-8 Trucks Cutting GHG Emissions

Some 49% of all Classes 3-8 commercial vehicles, or nearly 5.5 million trucks, are using advanced diesel engine technology to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new study.

June 9, 2021
BusinessTechnologyLogistics

Airbus Set to Move Ahead With A350 Freighter Within Weeks

Airbus SE is poised to begin taking orders for a freighter version of its A350 wide-body as soon as next month, in a challenge to Boeing Co.’s dominance in the market for dedicated cargo aircraft.

June 9, 2021
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipment

Biden Will Need More Than $52 Billion for Chip Effort, Analysts Say

President Joe Biden’s blueprint for the U.S. semiconductor industry marks an ambitious effort to set industrial policy for a critical sector of the economy, but the strategy will need more money and global support to take back chip supremacy and pre-empt a rival effort from China.

June 9, 2021
GovernmentTechnologyEquipmentSafety

AASHTO, ITS America Appeal FCC’s 5.9 GHz Spectrum Decision

Opposition to the Federal Communications Commission’s ruling on the 5.9 GHz transportation spectrum band remains active as a pair of stakeholders are formally pushing back on the agency’s move.

June 8, 2021
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyFuel

Lordstown Motors Reveals Cash Crisis

Lordstown Motors Inc., an electric-vehicle startup that recently went public, said it may not have the cash to get its debut pickup truck to market — and might not last as a company in the next 12 months if it can’t raise more capital.

June 8, 2021