The Uniform Rail Costing System (URCS) available from the Surface Transportation Board (STB) facilitates estimation of railroad operational cost associated with grain shipments. For trucking cost, the amount paid for grain shipping was used to approximate trucking operational costs following Dybing (...
The cargo volumes significantly decreased during the pandemic owing to the restriction on the movement of heavy-duty and medium-duty vehicles, resulting in a huge loss for the trucking industry as well as increased unemployment. Moreover, various airlines had to use passenger planes to transport ca...
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An alternative approach to mitigating freight emissions is to replace diesel fuel in the trucking sector, for example, by adopting alternative fuels or via electrification (Peng et al., 2018). There are recent efforts on fuel cell heavy duty. Toyota just deployed a fuel cell tractor-trailer, ...
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Intermodal freight transportation involves moving domestic products using multiple transport methods, including trucking and intermodal rail, to minimize freight costs and reduce carbon footprint. The aggregate cost of intermodal freight transportation is influenced by various factors, such as cargo handling,...
domestic passenger and freight mobility system across all major travel modes including active mobility (walking and biking), light-duty personal travel, MaaS, public and intercity transit, domestic aviation, domestic (maritime) ship freight, passenger and freight rail, and freight trucking. For this ...
Load Tendering:When a trucking company bids on a load of freight in order to move it. Logistics Data Interchange (LDI):A digital system that allows for the transfer of data between different parts of a supply chain.Lumping: When the driver helps to load and unload freight from the trailer...
Trucking-as-a-Service (TaaS) is expected to grow significantly in the country with technological developments and demand for digital freight forwarding. United States Freight Brokerage Market Leaders CH Robinson Total Quality Logistics XPO Logistics Inc. Echo Global Logistics Worldwide Express *...
Freight forwarders serve as intermediaries between businesses and the various entities involved in transporting and delivering goods, including shipping lines, airlines, trucking companies, customs authorities, and more. The rapid expansion of e-commerce has also profoundly impacted the market's growth. ...