Stertil-Koni announced the North American rollout of the company's just-released ST 1064, a hydraulic mobile column lift with a capacity of 14,000-lbs. per column, or 56,000 lbs. for a set of four.
Modeled after the ST 1075 (capacity 16,500 lbs. per column), the ST 1064 is available in three models:
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...Read the rest of this storyFTR's Shippers Conditions Index (SCI) for July, showing a miniscule improvement from June, remains at a near neutral reading of -0.1, the firm reports.
The index will continue to hover around equilibrium until early 2017 when steady increases in regulatory drag will increase trucking costs due to tightened capacity. The additional regulations queued up affecting the trucking industry could make conditions for shippers much worse toward the end of 2017.
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...Read the rest of this storyHere's an idea: Take 14 tractor-trailers and 90 drivers out to a deserted airfield and create a giant 750,000 sq. ft. “clock.”
And operate said clock for 24 straight hours, keeping accurate time down to the exact second.
[Somebody start brewing coffee – LOTS of it!]
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...Read the rest of this storyTMW Systems rolled out two new cloud-based solutions this week at its user conference in Nashville – the first an integration platform tool for mobile communication devices and the second dubbed “Engage.Bid” to streamline the bid management process for brokers, motor carriers and third party logistics (3PLs) providers alike.
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...Read the rest of this storyPeopleNet and J.B. Hunt Transport Services recently locked in a two-year extension of their current partnership, which covers the motor carrier's fleet of over 13,000 trucks.
“We are looking forward to a continued relationship that will help us stay efficient and keep our drivers safe and compliant,” noted Tracy Black, J.B. Hunt's senior vice president of information systems, in a statement.
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...Read the rest of this storyAn integration that allows carriers in the non-asset and blended transportation business to model customer and carrier rate contracts across all transportation modes was announced Sept. 27 by TMW Systems at its joint-users conference with PeopleNet.
Integrating the 3G-TM rating engine and optimization algorithm with TMW Suite and TruckMate can provide a single system for managing both asset-based and non-asset based companies.
Carriers acting as brokers and 3PLs is “an ongoing trend in the industry and among our customer base,” David Wangler, president of TMW Systems said. The integration gives them the opportunity to manage all of their customer's freight, rather than simply taking the loads they are offered, he said.
In an interview, Wangler said the new TMW Suite with enhanced rating feature gives customers the opportunity to do more for their customers. “It's not just the load the carrier gets,” he said. It's a way for a carrier to help their customers understand how to manage inbound and outbound freight.
With enhanced routing, TMW Suite and TruckMate users can calculate actual costs in advance for carrier or service selection, support electronic order entry uploads, analyze spot markets and cover more loads through operational efficiency.
Noting the continued convergence of brokers, 3PLs and carriers, Wangler said, “we see more of it every year.” While there are “still large parts of the industry that want to be a truckload carrier, running certain lanes and we have a solution for this. But if you want to get into the supply chain management side, we now have a solution for that.”
TMW Suite with advanced load planning feature allows users to consider all modes and carriers, multi-stops and pool distribution to build loads based on savings, real-time constraints and routing guides.
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