Transportation News

About Transportation News...
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
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

White House Port Envoy Visits Port of Oakland to Discuss Cargo Downturn

The White House port and supply chain envoy met with Port of Oakland officials Aug. 29 at the California complex to discuss the facilitiy's ongoing supply chain issues.

September 9, 2022
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyAutonomous

Tesla Weighs New Lithium Refinery in Texas

Tesla Inc. is plotting a potential lithium refinery on the gulf coast of Texas, a move that would bolster the company’s battery production efforts and further expand its footprint in the state.

September 9, 2022
GovernmentBusinessTechnology

Chip Delivery Times Shrink in August

Chip delivery times shrank again in August, a sign the global shortage is easing further, but some types of semiconductors remain hard to find.

September 8, 2022
BusinessTechnology

Personalizing Communications With Customer Data Platforms

Trucking companies looking to hyperpersonalize their newsletters to customers are using new technology — enhanced customer data platforms, or CDPs — to ensure the personalized details they have on each customer are fully maximized.

September 8, 2022
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentFuel

Hydrogen Rises as Alternative Fuel, but Check the Feedstock

Hydrogen is rising as an eventual clean alternative option for fueling trucks but the feedstock used to produce it — by steam methane reforming, using coal or with solar panel-generated electricity — affects its carbon impact.

September 8, 2022
GovernmentBusinessFuel

Oil Reserves Could Be Tapped to Head Off Winter Crisis

Officials within President Joe Biden’s administration are hunting for ways to head off a feared spike in oil prices later this year, including the possibility of an additional release from the nation’s emergency crude reserves.

September 8, 2022
BusinessTechnologyEquipment

Industry Shows Interest in Cummins’ Hydrogen Engines

Cummins Inc. is developing two hydrogen-fueled internal combustion engines that are scheduled for production in 2027, but fleets and others are already signing up for them.

September 8, 2022

Trending

Newsletter Signup

Subscribe to Transport Topics

 

Hot Topics