Transportation & Distribution

Driving Value in Your Supply Chain With Robotics and Automation

February 7, 2022

Ottawa Declares Emergency After Trucker Protests Spin ‘Out of Control’

February 6, 2022

Canada’s capital city remained under a state of emergency Monday as police tried to rein in protests against vaccine mandates and COVID-19 restrictions.

Amazon Raises Prime Membership Amid Supply Chain Bottlenecks

February 3, 2022

Bloomberg

Amazon.com Inc. is raising the annual fee for its Prime subscription service in the U.S. by $20 to $139, the first such increase since 2018.

Vaccine Protest Snarls Canada-U.S. Border Crossing for Fifth Day

February 2, 2022

Bloomberg

Two lanes of traffic have reopened at one of Canada’s busiest border crossings five days after a group of vehicles blocked the highway to protest vaccine mandates for truckers.

UPS CEO Solves E-Commerce Puzzle With Profit That Wows Investors

February 2, 2022

Bloomberg

United Parcel Service Inc.’s CEO Carol Tome seems to have cracked the e-commerce conundrum.

Get Ready for More Freight Bottlenecks During Chinese New Year and Beyond

February 1, 2022

Helen Atkinson, Senior Editor

DHL is projecting an 88% decrease from typical volumes of China-U.S. freight during the first week of the Chinese New Year, which begins February 1.

Trucker Protest Strands Beef Shipments at U.S.-Canada Border

February 1, 2022

Bloomberg

Protesters who are rallying against vaccine mandates are holding up shipments of Canadian beef to the U.S.

Truckers Protesting Vaccine Rule Stay Put in Canada’s Capital

January 30, 2022

Bloomberg

Raucous protests in Canada’s capital continued Sunday over trucker vaccine mandates and other COVID-19 health restrictions, but the crowd thinned from its height a day earlier after drawing military and political rebukes for poor behavior.

A driver sleeps inside a truck cabin interior.

Sleepy Truckers Get Forgotten in Supply Chain Crisis

January 25, 2022

Bloomberg

President Biden’s sweeping infrastructure law was supposed to ease problems for the trucking industry and relieve supply chain woes, but the law overlooked a vital necessity for truckers: Parking.

Can a Self-Driving 40-Ton Truck Be Safe? Developers Say Yes

January 21, 2022

Bloomberg

Shipping companies and software developers are experimenting with self-driving trucks as a way to solve a driver shortage worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic, drawing fire from safety advocates who call the technology a risk to motorists.

Transportation & Distribution

The latest news, analysis, services and systems regarding transportation and distribution and their impact on global supply chains. Today’s companies are shipping and delivering perishables and manufactured goods faster and farther around the world than ever before through transportation and distribution solutions. New technologies that provide information during local and global shipments via air, ground and sea are transforming the way companies do business - and allowing them to stay ahead of the competition in their industries. As these services continue to evolve, businesses are discovering new ways to increase efficiency and cut costs. Learn how companies are using transportation and distribution solutions to power their supply chains.