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ArcBest launches autonomous, remote-controlled forklift technology

ArcBest announced Tuesday the launch of autonomous forklifts and reach trucks that can also be operated remotely. Vaux Smart Autonomy is an extension of the company’s other warehouse freight management technologies.

The autonomous mobile robot units are paired with software, allowing human operators to control them remotely. Mode settings for the units also allow autonomous and manual operations. Sensors and cameras allow the units to navigate a warehouse floor to load and stack pallets and to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/arcbest-launches-autonomous-remote-controlled-forklift-technology

Transportation prices grow for first time in 19 months, survey says

Transportation prices flipped to expansion for the first time in 19 months as retailers increase inventories, a Tuesday supply chain report said.

The Logistics Managers’ Index (LMI) was up 5 percentage points to 55.6 in January with all eight components of the index signaling growth. The LMI is a diffusion index in which a reading above 50 indicates expansion while one below 50 signals contraction.

This index has been in expansion territory for five of the past six months.

“This growth is driven...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/transportation-prices-grow-for-first-time-in-19-months-survey-says

BLS says fewer truck transportation jobs in ’23 than first estimated

The Bureau of Labor Statistics said back in August that its annual employment model revision was likely to show a large drop in the estimated number of 2023 truck transportation jobs when it came out in February.

On Friday, the agency delivered on that forecast. 

On top of that, it sharply revised downward the number of 2023 jobs in warehouses as well. 

The key number in the data is that a month ago, when the BLS came out with its regular report on the number of truck transportation jobs, the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/bls-says-fewer-truck-transportation-jobs-in-23-than-first-estimated

New regulations will drive further automation in and beyond the warehouse yard

Bart

By Bart De Muynck

The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates.

The busy U.S. warehouse yards, where trucks dance a metallic ballet loading and unloading vital goods, are poised for a major shift in 2024. A wave of new regulations — from environmental mandates to labor reform — is set to reshape yard operations and demands strategic adaptation and innovative solutions. These regulatory forces are driving...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/new-regulations-will-drive-further-automation-in-and-beyond-the-warehouse-yard

Link Logistics adds 59 properties valued at $2B in 2023

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Logistics real estate operator Link Logistics grew its portfolio again in the fourth quarter, saying...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/link-logistics-adds-59-properties-valued-at-2b-in-2023

Mega-warehouse facility leasing slowed in 2023, CBRE says

Slowing demand for industrial and logistics warehousing space resulted in fewer industrial mega-leases of 1 million square feet or more in 2023, according to a report released Friday by CBRE Group Inc. (NYSE: CBRE), a real estate services firm.

The number of big-box warehouse lease signings fell to 43 in 2023 from a record 63 in 2022, as economic uncertainty and changing inventory management practices weighed on demand for mega-facilities, according to CBRE data.

Traditional retailers and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/mega-warehouse-facility-leasing-slowed-in-2023-cbre-says

The surprising reasons why truck drivers wait hours unpaid

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Mike Nichols, a truck driver based in Wisconsin, is probably one of the lucky ones. Unlike many of...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-surprising-reasons-why-truck-drivers-wait-hours-unpaid

3 supply chain software providers tell their latest stories at NRF

NEW YORK — The National Retail Federation is not a supply chain conference per se. But it might as well be. 

A walk through the gigantic two main exhibition floors at the Jacob K. Javits Center brings the NRF attendees to a line of displays, many of them enormous, that seem to focus heavily on a definition of supply chain that encompasses not just getting products to retail outlets, but also to the final mile and final handling that put a product into the hands of consumers.

That is why three...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/3-supply-chain-software-providers-tell-their-latest-stories-at-nrf

Prologis sees occupancy dipping through Q2 before sustained rebound

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Logistics facility owner Prologis provided a positive outlook for 2024 on Wednesday but noted that...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/prologis-sees-occupancy-dipping-through-q2-before-sustained-rebound

Prologis’ Q4 results in line with analysts’ expectations

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Logistics real estate operator Prologis reported fourth-quarter results that were in line with...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/prologis-q4-results-in-line-with-analyst-expectations

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