Transport and Logistics Network
By: Michael Kaine*
Date: 26.04.2023
OPINION: The Scott’s Refrigerated debacle is a stark example of how super tight margins are unsustainable.
Columnist Michael Kaine says The catastrophic state of Scott’s finances has now come to light.
The devastati…
Despite opposition from thousands of truck drivers, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration appears poised to unveil a proposal that would require speed limiters on most commercial motor vehicles.
Last year, FMCSA issued an advance notice of su…
The Best Fleets to Drive For program run by CarriersEdge for the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) is a wrap. The scoring has been completed. The winners have been publicly acknowledged. The Hall of Fame expanded to accommodate new members.
That’s i…
I can do no better than to use some notes written by the late Cyril Chalk who researched the history of this Marlow firm in 1978 and his page contains many interesting bits of information. Cyril may well have remembered the Ebenezer Chapel in Dean Stre…
Freight Technologies (NASDAQ: FRGT) (“Fr8Tech”)[1] is a technology company whose custom-developed Fr8App, an industry-leading freight-matching platform powered by AI and machine-learning, offers a real-time portal for B2B cross-border shipping and dome…
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Oxford City Council has signed up to a national safety standard for developers of large sites.
There’s going to be new conditions on large construction sites in Oxford, to make sure developers keep their lorries away from busy…
Tire manufacturer Bridgestone says it is launching its fleet management software solution in Botswana, the third African country it has expanded the service to.
The solution, called Webfleet, is also available in Namibia and South Africa and provides …
Amid economic uncertainty, tight capital markets, wary investors and consolidation in the nascent autonomous vehicle industry, Aurora Innovation is still motoring on towards its target of commercializing self-driving trucks by 2024, ticking off waypoin…
Airline TUI has announced it will be adding a sixth aircraft[1] to its fleet at East Midlands Airport (EMA)[2] ahead of its biggest ever programme of summer flights. This will allow the airline to put on 85 flights a week in the peak summer months of s…
When you think of electric vehicles in Texas, Tesla[1] may be the first company that springs to mind. But Swedish company Einride[2], which has developed a line of autonomous electric freight trucks, branched out into North America in 2021 with a cente…