FreightWaves Cold Chain Summit

Cold Chain Summit: Containerized ocean shipping tech undergoing major evolution

This fireside chat recap is from the FreightWaves Cold Chain Summit on Wednesday.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Tracking container temperatures on the high seas

DETAILS: Moving temperature-sensitive foods using ocean shipping containers takes a collaborative effort in technology. Refrigerated shipping containers developer SeaCube is supporting that effort with its container leasing strategy.

SPEAKERS: Gregory Tuthill, chief commercial officer at SeaCube Containers, and Kaylee Nix, reporter at FreightWaves.

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Cold Chain Summit: Why hackers see cold storage as ‘prime target’

A still image of Kurt George of Property Damage Appraisers discussing how ransomware attacks can impact cold storage facilities.

This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ Cold Chain Summit.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: When cyberattacks hit cold storage facilities 

DETAILS: Hackers have left few industries unscathed as ransomware attacks hit companies across the world. Cold storage giant Americold saw its operations disrupted in November after such an attack. Americold isn’t alone. Cold storage providers represent an attractive target for hackers because of the high cost of a systems outage, particularly if it affects the...

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Cold Chain keynote: Lineage Logistics focused on automation, supply chain visibility

This keynote interview is part of FreightWaves’ Cold Chain Summit virtual event

The COVID-19 pandemic thrust the food logistics industry into the spotlight as millions of consumers turned to e-commerce platforms to order most of their household essentials, including groceries, amid labor and transportation challenges.

Keynoting FreightWaves’ Cold Chain Summit, Sudarsan Thattai, CIO of Lineage Logistics, says his company is well-positioned to address supply chain challenges going forward through...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cold-chain-summit-lineage-logistics-focused-on-automation-supply-chain-visibility

Freightcasts Weekly Recap (10/26-11/1)

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The Daily Dash: Volumes and rates begin receding; Cold Chain Summit coverage; CDL fraud

The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, freight volumes and rates have taken a step back in October after reaching near-historic highs, but it may only be a temporary reprieve for shippers. Plus, complete coverage of FreightWaves’ Cold Chain Summit and a new report highlights the toll CDL fraud is having on the industry.

Lull takes hold for carriers

Freight volumes, rejections and spot rates have all declined from near-historic highs in...

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Penske Logistics focuses on excellence in refrigerated transportation (with video)

Penske Logistics becomes industry leader in cold chain transportation

As the temperature-controlled supply chain continues to call for greater transparency to ensure food quality and safety, Penske Logistics welcomed the opportunity to ensure its cold chain operations were the gold star in the industry.

Penske Logistics’ Jeff Jackson, senior vice president, operations – dedicated contract carriage, shared his insight on how his company earned the first-of-its-kind cold chain certification that focuses on excellence in refrigerated transportation with George...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/penske-logistics-focuses-on-excellence-in-refrigerated-transportation-with-video

Hot trend in cold storage: Spec-space real estate (with video)

Building speculative space in traditional industrial warehousing has been a long-standing market segment, but it’s relatively new in the cold storage world and both real estate developers and design-build companies are positioning to take advantage.

“I will tell you that the amount of interest from developers and other investors – even developers that were in something other than industrial real estate – [they] see the allure of cold storage and want to get in and build spec freezer/cooler...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/hot-trend-in-cold-storage-spec-space-real-estate-with-video

Driverless middle-mile deliveries could begin by next summer (with video)

Gatik driverless box truck

If plans pan out, Walmart (NYSE: WMT) e-commerce shoppers in Bentonville, Arkansas, could be picking up orders delivered by fully autonomous vehicles by next summer.

That’s the ambitious timeline that Sam Saad, head of operations for Gatik, an autonomous vehicle startup, explained during a fireside chat Friday as part of FreightWaves’ Cold Chain Summit. Saad told interviewer Kevin Hill, director of research and editorial for FreightWaves, that he hoped fully autonomous vehicles would be on the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/driverless-middle-mile-deliveries-could-begin-by-next-summer-with-video

SkyBitz, Coretex team up for unified reefer solution (with video)

Refrigerated shippers and their carrier partners have been under increasing pressure in recent years due to new regulations centered on ensuring safe and sanitary delivery of temperature-controlled products.

On Tuesday, SkyBitz announced a partnership with Coretex, which provides sensor-based refrigerated solutions. The sensors, combined with Coretex’s cloud-based platform, will work in conjunction with SkyBitz’s trailer-tracking technology, giving pharmaceutical and retail customers visibility...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/skybitz-coretex-team-up-for-unified-reefer-solution-with-video

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