Hurricane Harvey Washes Out Shipping Industry

Last week, the strongest storm to hit the continental United States in 12 years has caused serious problems within the transportation and shipping industry. The devastation wrought by Hurricane Harvey caused massive amounts of flooding and damage in the Houston area. Thus far, Harvey has shattered the previous records for continuous rainfall by a tropical storm…

Truck Platooning: Follow the Leader Fuel Efficiency

  Similar to drafting, truck platooning is a method by which one truck can increase its fuel efficiency by driving closely behind another. The close proximity to each other allows the truck in front to block much of the latter vehicle’s wind residence. The resulting increase in the trailing truck’s aerodynamics causes its drag or…

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…