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Key Trucking Industry Trends to Watch in 2025

Loginext

Discover 2025 trucking trends like delivery management software, smart fleets, and AI-powered logistics solutions shaping efficiency, sustainability, and customer satisfaction. The post Key Trucking Industry Trends to Watch in 2025 appeared first on loginextsolutions.com.

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How Companies Can Get Better Prepared for Sustainability Regulations

Supply Chain Brain

With a barrage of sustainability laws and regulations across the globe, most companies are under-prepared to meet their obligations when it comes to reporting their emissions.

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Transportation Management Perspectives: Shippers vs. LSPs

Talking Logistics

Insights into the North American supply chain from Descartes’ 2024 Global Transportation Management Benchmark Survey The role of transportation management has become more critical than ever as companies strive to balance efficiency, cost, and customer satisfaction. To explore industry perspectives on transportation management and supply chain trends, Descartes recently conducted the 2024 Global Transportation Management.

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Happening Now: Cargo Records at LA and Long Beach Ports

West Coast and California Logistics

According to the Los Angeles Times , The Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are experiencing record-high cargo traffic. This surge is attributed to multiple factors including the diversion of goods to Southern California following a recent labor dispute that shut down major East and Gulf Coast ports.

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Rethinking warehouse work culture: Can automation create better workplaces?

Heico Sandee, CEO of Smart Robotics, explores how automation redefines warehouse culture. By shifting repetitive tasks to skill-based roles, automation improves safety, fosters collaboration, and makes warehousing more appealing to today’s workforce.

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Solaris Will Supply Five Urbino 18 Hydrogen Buses to Polish City’s Fleet

NGT News

Representatives from Solaris Bus & Coach and MZK Konin signed a contract for the supply of five Urbino 18 hydrogen buses that will join the Polish city of Konin’s fleet in 2026. This investment continues Konin’s commitment to zero-emission hydrogen technology in public transport. In 2022, Solaris provided the operator with an Urbino 12 hydrogen […] The post Solaris Will Supply Five Urbino 18 Hydrogen Buses to Polish City’s Fleet appeared first on NGT News.

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Dylan McCrabb Trucking's custom 2024 Peterbilt 389X

Overdrive Online

The limited-edition 2024 Peterbilt features numerous custom touches that bring some of Peterbilt's history to the forefront, with 379-style headlights, a 359-style interior and more.

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U.S. Retailers Raise Alarm Over Ongoing Red Sea Crisis, Looming Port Strike

Supply Chain Brain

November 19 marked a year since Houthi rebels attacked the British-owned Galaxy Leader cargo ship as it moved through the Red Sea, taking its crew hostage.

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Hyundai Rolls Out IONIQ 9 Electric SUV

NGT News

Hyundai Motor Company has unveiled the IONIQ 9, a three-row, all-electric SUV with expansive interior space that fuses design and electric vehicle technology. “IONIQ 9 embodies Hyundai Motor’s unwavering commitment and confidence in electrification,” says Jaehoon Chang, president and CEO of Hyundai. “Based on Hyundai Motor Group’s acclaimed Electric-Global Modular Platform (E-GMP), IONIQ 9 offers […] The post Hyundai Rolls Out IONIQ 9 Electric SUV appeared fir

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Podcast | From Resilience to Robustness: The Key to Supply Chain Success

Supply Chain Brain

Modern-day supply chains are obsessed with the goal of becoming resilient. But is that enough?

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Autonomous AI Agents Are the Future of Procurement and Supply Chain Operations

As early as next year, procurement and supply chain operations will begin to adopt AI agents, often called “agentic AI,” to work alongside employees to make and execute decisions with precision across procurement and even the most complex global supply chains. Unlike LLM-based generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, these AI agents do not require prompts from humans.

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Sustainability in Logistics: Navigating the Path to a Greener Future

MercuryGate

Sustainability doesn’t have to be a cost burden. You can significantly improve sustainability through efficiency, a powerful way to drive out waste and create value. The post Sustainability in Logistics: Navigating the Path to a Greener Future appeared first on MercuryGate International.

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Unions Challenge Canada’s Back-to-Work Order

Supply Chain Brain

Canada’s Industrial Relations Board ordered a resumption of operations at all affected Canadian ports from the morning of November 16.

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Transformation Is Not Trivial: The Work Ahead for the Supply Chain Industry in 2025

Logistics Viewpoints

At this time last year, economists and business leaders were cautiously optimistic about 2024, hoping the economy could stage a ‘soft landing’ — cooling off from a period of surging inflation and rising interest rates without tipping into a recession. While many remain cautiously optimistic, there’s a growing sense of relief that the economy sidestepped the worst-case scenario.

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Boeing CEO Calls on Employees to Take Ownership of Turnaround

Supply Chain Brain

Ortberg bluntly told employees during a companywide address on November 20 that they control the company’s destiny.

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How to Drive Cost Savings, Efficiency Gains, and Sustainability Wins with MES

Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions

Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.

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The Impact of Trump’s Presidency on Freight Shipping

Freightera

How will Trump’s second term affect freight shippers and owner-operators? The re-election of Donald Trump as President of the United States in November 2024 will, no doubt, bring significant changes to the freight industry. Drawing from his previous term’s policies and recent campaign promises, we can anticipate shifts in trade dynamics, regulatory frameworks, and operational costs.

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Cylindrical Sails Fitted to VLGC Should Cut Fuel, Emissions by 4%

Supply Chain Brain

The Norsepower Rotor Sails use a small amount of electricity to spin cylindrical sails to harness the Magnus effect, an aerodynamic principle that generates thrust from wind.

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Chinese Carrier Detained for Suspected Sabotage of Telecom Lines

Supply Chain Brain

Investigators say that the Chinese bulk carrier Yi Peng 3 left a Russian port on November 15, and was passing through the area of each cable at the time they were damaged.

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