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Intense peak season on tap, three top transportation executives say

21 September 2020

Three top transportation executives said Monday that they expect a high-intensity peak shipping season marked by the ongoing shortage of qualified commercial truck drivers and a pandemic that won’t disappear any time soon.

The peak will be “bigger, faster, will come quicker and stay longer,” said Greg Ritter, chief customer officer of transport and logistics giant XPO Logistics Inc. (NYSE:XPO). Appearing on a panel at the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals’ EDGE 2020 virtual...

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The Daily Dash: FreightWaves Carrier Summit wraps up, and what is a digital trucking fleet?

21 August 2020

The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, the FreightWaves Carrier Summit concluded on Thursday with a series of sessions focused on carriers, driver recruiting, the supply chain and technology. Plus, U.S. Xpress CEO Eric Fuller explains what a digital trucking fleet is, Amazon suffers another court loss, and Prologis is training the workers of the future.

Carrier Summit concludes

The FreightWaves Carrier Summit concluded its two-day run on...

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The Daily Dash: Earnings, earnings and hackers?

30 July 2020

The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, several large carriers and suppliers are among those that have reported earnings in the past 24 to 36 hours, with a mixed bag of results. The companies include Saia, ArcBest, Ryder, Wabash National, U.S. Xpress and C.H. Robinson. Plus, how hackable are ELDs and why is diesel engine maker Cummins so interested in hydrogen?

A risk worth taking?

The introduction of electronic logging devices (ELDs)...

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Today’s Pickup: Fullbay Cares launches to help support those in need

24 May 202018 May 2020

Good day,

Fullbay has launched Fullbay Cares, a charitable initiative designed to help the heavy-duty repair community.

Fullbay provides shop management software for heavy-duty repair shops.

Throughout May, every time a U.S.-based shop signs up with Fullbay, Fullbay Cares will make a donation to Feeding America; for each Canadian-based shop that signs up, Fullbay will contribute to Food Banks Canada. Both hunger-relief organizations stock hundreds of food banks across North America, helping to...

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