What is intermodal trucking? Intermodal trucking - often referred to as drayage - involves trucks moving intermodal containers to and from rail ramps, making the door-to-door connection possible for intermodal freight. Without intermodal trucking, shippers would find it difficult to connect their loads...
A:Trucking companies generally prefer to do business with companies that are efficient, financially sound, and highly collaborative — commonly called preferred shippers. The accolade translates into a competitive advantage. For example, a preferred shipper is more likely to find carriers to haul its ...
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating: GVWR for heavy loads and trucking Everything you need to know about gross vehicle weight rating and why it’s important to your fleet. By Christine Beaton July 19, 2024• 2 minute readWhat is GVWR? Why is it important to consider this factor? How is it ca...
Technology is automating all types of processes in production and logistics. Smart machinery has taken off rapidly, but in recent years, tracking remote assets with IoT technology has been at the forefront of most businesses’ minds. While deciding to use IoT for tracking is a great first step...
Ensuring product safety is the first step in creating an efficient inventory process. Staying up to date with maintenance on tools and equipment is essential to ensuring that the finished inventory is of the highest quality. Having the ability to know the condition of your tools allows for fewer...
Sashihara explains in this Progressive Railroading article why Class I railroads must "bring their A game, because the next 10 years are going to decide whether the next generation of Class Is dominate like they [have in the past] or whether they lose market share to new trucking companies....
For any shipper looking for working flexible and agile supply chain models, a strong TMS is necessary. Increase transparency with robust logistics There are no immediate fixes to remedy container congestion in Europe. Still, shippers can adapt to the ongoing effects of infla...
After the consignee accepts the shipment, the carrier is invoiced for their services. Route, load, and transport optimization Associated software: route optimization tool, TMS Whether a shipper operates via a broker, 3PL, or uses a private fleet, it’s costing them money to run half-empty cont...
transportation management systems (TMS), warehouse management systems (WMS), business intelligenceplatforms, and so on. Please note, however, that while 4PLs work closely with all these software tools, a heavy reliance onIoT,AI/ML, and big data solutions for maximum optimization is a distinctive...
This agreement “is a key catalyst for repositioning the Port of Durban as a container hub port,” Transnet said in a statement on Monday. South Africa is seeking to boost private participation in its ports, the poor performance of which is a drag on the economy. In a 2021 World Bank in...