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Enlarge (credit: Robert Nickelsberg / Contributor | Getty Images News) For years, people in cars stuck behind blue delivery trucks in traffic have echoed media reports criticizing Amazon for clogging American roadways. It’s well-known that the Amazon drivers steering these fleets of trucks and vans don’t actually work for Amazon but are hired by companies […]
Courtesy of Transfix The truck driver shortage has dominated America’s headlines in the logistics space this year. However, Transfix CEO Drew McElroy said the driver shortage isn’t the only thing that’s dragging the industry down. With billions of miles being driven empty every year and technology like GPS not being widely implemented, McElroy said the […]
Jack Taylor/Getty Images Mick Flynn is a truck driver and photographer from England. He has spent the last decade trucking in Canada and the United States, as well as working in England. He shared his thoughts with Business Insider on what could be fixed about North American trucking. Namely, truckers are over-worked because they’re paid […]
Uber is shutting down its self-driving trucks unit due to a lack of progress and the controversy surrounding its multi-million dollar acquisition of Otto in 2016. The firm was purchased with the intent of developing self-driving cargo haulers, potentially saving the trucking company a fortune by outsourcing driving jobs to robots. But it was slow […]
Scott Olson/Getty Truck drivers are increasingly scarce. On quarterly earnings calls, several executives have described the pinch of rising costs, and how their businesses are being impacted. Even Amazon cannot escape the woes plaguing the trucking industry. The retail juggernaut, loved for Amazon Prime, its free two-day shipping product, announced last week that it would […]
Tim Shaffer/Reuters A shortage of truck drivers in the US has increased their wages, on average. Unlike many other industries, trucking companies have been able to pass on these higher costs to their clients through higher prices. But in most other industries, including those getting crushed by higher freight costs, it’s not as easy to […]
BI Intelligence This is a preview of a research report from BI Intelligence, Business Insider’s premium research service. To learn more about BI Intelligence, click here. Trucking is set to transform radically in the coming years, with innovative technologies enabling trucks to take over more and more driving responsibilities, saving time and money for operators and […]
The logistical challenge of returning to normalcy is just beginning. https://media.wired.com/photos/59a764cf3d83495d146c3f7d/master/pass/Trucking-FA-AP_17240033266400.jpg Feed: All Latest
Enlarge / From the bureau of Transportation Statistics: “Long-haul freight truck traffic in the United States is concentrated on major routes connecting population centers, ports, border crossings, and other major hubs of activity. Except for Route 99 in California and a few toll roads and border connections, most of the heaviest traveled routes are on […]
(Reuters) – Uber hired the team behind a Chicago transportation brokerage last fall as part of an effort to break into the long-haul trucking industry. All five employees from 4Front Logistics joined Uber in November, said an Uber spokeswoman, who added that Uber did not pay anything for the company. Brokerages such as 4Front Logistics […]
