The Log Book is a weekly rundown of human-interest stories related to the transportation industry. This week: A Georgia driver fighting for more women in the industry receives a renovated cab from Transfix and a safety nonprofit teaches pedestrians and drivers about the dangers of trespassing onto train tracks.
Real Women in Trucking member receives rig makeoverIn honor of National Truck Driver Appreciation Week, freight platform Transfix announced last week it was holding its second annual...
The Log Book is a weekly rundown of human-interest stories related to the transportation industry. This week: Logistics companies, trailer manufacturers and trucking nonprofits prepare to celebrate drivers for National Truck Driver Appreciation week.
C.H. Robinson values drivers, literallyGlobal logistics provider C.H. Robinson announced Thursday its second year of events and giveaways aimed to honor drivers during the annual National Truck Driver Appreciation Week.
While the regular appreciation...
The logistics industry continues to adjust to shifting consumer demands and struggle with pandemic-related headwinds, including general market volatility. These challenges have pushed freight procurement into the spotlight over the past couple years. Shippers are beginning to realize that their tried and true RFP methods will no longer keep them competitive in a changing market, pushing them to consider new, higher-tech options.
Transfix announced its newest offering – a next-gen sourcing...
Growing technological advancements — coupled with shifting supply chain demands — are causing a rapid evolution in the trucking industry. For enterprise fleets, specifically, age-old business models are changing in response to modern problems and priorities.
These changes do not, however, mean that enterprise fleets are becoming a thing of the past. In fact, as the industry continues to grapple with the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic, dedicated options seem to be making their way back...
Digital trucking platform Transfix Inc. and its special purpose acquisition company G Squared Ascend I Inc. said they have postponed their merger date by six months to Nov. 3 due to an unfavorable climate for SPAC transactions.
The original May 3 merger date was pushed back due to suboptimal market conditions, G Squared (NYSE: GSQD) said in a statement posted earlier this week on Transfix’s website. “We remain hopeful that better market conditions inclusive of a reopening of new issuance will...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/transfix-spac-partner-postpone-merger-until-november
This fireside chat recap is from Day 1 of FreightWaves’ Future of Supply Chain live event in Rogers, Arkansas. For more information and content from the event, click here.
FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Transfix’s digital freight marketplace matches shippers, carriers
DETAILS: Transfix helps shippers and carriers optimize their freight networks.
SPEAKER: Jonathan Salama, chief technology officer and co-founder of Transfix
BIO: Prior to launching Transfix, Salama was an early addition to the core...
This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ Enterprise Fleet Summit on Wednesday.
FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: The future of the enterprise fleet landscape.
DETAILS: The enterprise fleet model is changing. Technology, partnerships and supply chain demands are causing a rapid evolution in the trucking industry landscape. How will this impact the enterprise trucking business model and can applications provide a cutting edge for carriers wishing to be truly driver first?
SPEAKERS: Beth Howard is the...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/how-technology-can-help-carriers
This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ 3PL Summit.
FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: How data keeps the supply chain resilient.
DETAILS: Shipper networks have been put to the test over the past two years and data has allowed for shippers to build resilient supply chains despite the curveballs they have been thrown. Environmental, social and governance — known as ESG — is also in the early innings, but data has allowed for carriers and shippers to find and improve inefficiencies within networks and...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/3pl-recap-data-needed-to-deal-with-latest-supply-chain-woes
As the world watches the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and oil markets start gyrating in response, there’s a lot of bad information out there about the state of the oil market.
That’s not a good formula in an industry in which fuel prices are a major cost for transportation proviers. Host John Kingston clears up some of the so-called “facts” this week on Drilling Deep.
Also on the podcast, Transfix and The Trucking Fitness Company are teaming up to get a fitness program into the hands of drivers....
Digital freight platform Transfix’s first environmental, social and governance report says the Transfix platform “helps mitigate operational waste and carbon emissions by utilizing data, machine learning, automation, and human expertise to help carriers reduce their empty miles and shippers lessen their indirect emissions.”
The report, released Tuesday, focuses on how Transfix’s platform can help reduce emissions through consolidating shipments and decreasing empty miles and backhaul. It also...