Kansas City Third Party Logistics Company Reviews How New Technology Rewards Drivers for Fuel-Efficient Driving

The transportation industry has become increasingly concerned with minimizing their fossil fuel consumption and conserving the planet. New technology is being implemented in trucks to monitor the driving habits and fuel consumption en route. These tracking devices go beyond recording miles per gallon consumption by monitoring idling, speed and other factors that play a role…

Congested U.S. Highways Affect Freight Movement

  The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) just released its 2018 list of the 100 most congested truck bottlenecks in America, an annual analysis that began in 2002. This year was the third straight year at the top for the Atlanta’s “Spaghetti Junction”, the intersection of Interstates 285 and 85 North. Second place on the…

Are We Driving Towards Autonomous Trucking?

While we’ve looked at automation within the transportation and logistics industry in previous blogs, we haven’t reviewed the topic of autonomous trucking. Right now, companies like Otto and Embark which have worked in the past on robots, supporting distribution centers and warehouses for companies like Amazon, are now working on such technology. They are currently…