Trucking
A third of trucks leaving Singapore’s ports were empty — AI helped cut that number in half
Singapore’s trucking industry has long been weighed down by manpower shortages, high operational costs and wasted trips. Here’s how artificial intelligence helped change that. Efficiency should be everything at one of the world’s busiest shipping hubs. And yet, for years, Singapore’s haulier industry has been weighed down by manpower shortages, high operational costs and wasted […]
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EV charging for the U.S. freight trucking market is commencing to scale
A CCS charging port on a Volvo VNR electric truck at Hight Logistics in Prolonged Seashore, California, US, on Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Illustrations or photos A single of the initially EV charging stations of scale for freight vehicles is opening near the main ports of Los Angeles and Extensive […]
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Demo canceled in Haslam family members match vs. Berkshire Hathaway around truck-prevent firm benefit
Jimmy Haslam, CEO of Pilot Flying J. and Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. Lacy O’Toole | CNBC A billion-dollar demo that was to ascertain if Berkshire Hathaway improperly employed an accounting technique that would considerably short-adjust the Haslam relatives in a invest in of the family’s remaining minority stake in Pilot Travel […]
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Inside of Aurora’s autonomous trucking operation in Texas
Trucking is an integral section of the financial state, symbolizing more than 70 per cent of freight moved in the U.S. Yet, it is dogged by driver shortages, basic safety challenges and source chain worries. Pittsburgh-dependent Aurora Innovation is hoping to remedy these challenges and a lot more by bringing self-driving technologies to trucks. “Today, […]
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Nikola loss narrows as production of fuel-cell semitruck begins; company says CEO to step down
Nikola TRE FCEV2 Courtesy: Nikola Electric truck maker Nikola said on Friday that its CEO, Michael Lohscheller, will step down effective immediately due to a “family health matter.” Nikola’s current board chair, former General Motors vice chairman Steve Girsky, will take over as CEO. Lohscheller will remain in an advisory capacity until the end of […]
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$5.2 billion in cargo stuck off West Coastline ports in truck and container bottleneck
A image of Fenix Maritime Companies rail terminal on June 8, 2023, taken by a trucker. The “sluggish and go” pace of the Global Longshore and Warehouse Union workforce at West Coast ports has slowed floor port productivity to a crawl. As a consequence, source chain intelligence organization MarineTraffic information reveals what it is calling […]
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West Coast port labor troubles persist from Los Angeles to Seattle, with provide chain annoyance mounting
A container ship is revealed at the Port of Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California, November 22, 2021. Mike Blake | Reuters Just hours just after the reopening of the West Coastline ports on Monday following numerous closures that began at the Port of Oakland final Friday when some union staff refused to report for […]
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EV massive rigs presently make sense for half of the $4 trillion freight truck sector, states Einride CEO
The diesel-driven trucking market moves a greater part of freight, up to 70% in the U.S. by itself. In California, vans are the greatest one resource of car-created air pollution that “spew 70% of the state’s smog-forming gases and 80% of carcinogenic diesel pollutants,” in accordance to the California Air Means Board, building the trucking […]
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California bans the sale of new diesel vehicles by 2036
Automobiles, vans, SUVs, and other motor vehicles push in targeted traffic on the 405 freeway as a result of the Sepulveda Move in Los Angeles, California, on August 25, 2022. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images California regulators on Friday voted to ban the sale of new diesel large rigs by 2036 and […]
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More women become truckers as the industry tries to overcome a shortage of drivers
Vanita Johnson Courtesy: Vanita Johnson After 13 years in teaching and education administration, Vanita Johnson switched to a position she always wanted — behind the wheel of a big rig. Johnson took a three-week course in trucking, got her commercial driver’s license and became an independent owner-operator. She eventually joined a larger company and has […]
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