Loaded and Rolling: Truck tech, component shortages, trucking bottlenecks

In today’s newsletter: Enterprise carriers race to innovate; Component shortage delays electric vehicles; ATRI top truck bottlenecks of 2021.

Enterprise carriers race to innovate by embracing new technologies and partnerships
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Trucking companies are racing to catch up to the technological disruption brought by digital load boards and freight tech offerings. For large enterprise carriers, there is a sense of urgency, as digital trucking startups and brokerages...

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Commentary: Why seeds travel the world

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While airline passenger load factors are at record lows, American Airlines (AA) recently broke a weight record in shipping a commodity not thought of as typical air cargo. There is more than enough demand to haul soybean seeds for AA to schedule a Boeing 777-300 for all-cargo flights from Buenos Aires to its hub in Miami. The company’s record-breaking flight on...

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