Truckstop acquires FreightFriend to harness AI
Idaho-based Truckstop has acquired the FreightFriend cloud-based capacity and freight manager that harnesses artificial intelligence (AI) to manage relationships, find capacity and match freight efficiently. Truckstop’s acquisition of the [...]
Kodiak pilots CVSA roadside inspection programme
Californian self-driving trucking company Kodiak Robotics is the first company to pilot the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) programme that allows autonomous trucks to pre-clear roadside inspections. The programme [...]
Descartes digitally transforms Stop Start
Canadian software company Descartes is helping UK-based Stop Start Transport, a provider of distribution, warehousing and logistics services, undertake a digital transformation. By using Descartes’ last-kilometre delivery technology, Stop [...]
Quectel and Finite State manage software supply risk
Quectel has partnered with Finite State, a specialist in managing software supply chain risk for the enterprise, to enhance the security of its modules through security testing, improved software [...]
Loadsmith orders 800 Kodiak self-driving trucks
Colorado-based third-party logistics company Loadsmith has ordered 800 Kodiak self-driving lorries to launch what it claims is the world’s first trucking company dedicated to autonomous freight transportation. Loadsmith is [...]
Eseye and T42 partner on IoT asset tracking
UK firms Eseye and T42 are combining the former’s IoT technology with the latter’s tracking and monitoring expertise to deliver end-to-end IoT asset tracking. Eseye specialises in global IoT [...]
Maersk invests in warehouse automation start-up
UK warehouse automation start-up Dexory has secured $19m in series A funding, including from logistics and container shipping company Maersk. Addressing the need for improved space use and increased [...]
Gather AI acquires rival AI warehouse drone firm
Pittsburgh-based Gather AI, a provider of AI-powered autonomous inventory management for warehouses, is acquiring rival Ware. Ware deploys autonomous, self-flying drones, combined with machine learning and AI, inside warehouses [...]
Ribbit tests self-flying cargo planes in Canada
Ribbit, a cargo airline start-up developing software for autonomous flight, has signed a $1.3m contract with Transport Canada to begin testing self-flying aircraft in remote regions. The company has [...]
Madi deploys Infor WMS to speed cosmetics supply
UAE cosmetics supplier Madi has deployed Infor’s warehouse management system (WMS) to digitise its warehousing and inventory management, as it seeks to tap surging demand for health and beauty [...]
Jaguar uses Everstream AI to monitor supply chain
British car maker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is using artificial intelligence (AI) from California-based Everstream Analytics to improve supply chain management. The supply chain mapping and risk analytics company [...]
Żabka opens most automated logistics centre
Polish convenience store chain Żabka Group has opened its most automated logistics centre in Radzymin near Warsaw. The centre can supply around 3500 stores. This facility is the largest [...]
