Transportation Chain Episode 6: Future Outlook of Trucking and Transportation Industry

ACBM editors share insight, statistics and an overall outlook as to the future of the trucking and transportation industry amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Aug 14, 2020

ACBM editors share insight, statistics and an overall outlook as to the future of the trucking and transportation industry amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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UPS Launches Comprehensive Fraud Prevention for Modern Supply Chains

October 1, 2026

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Cleo’s Freight Order Execution to Close Freight Blind Spots

October 1, 2026

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Air Cargo Demand Grows 4.4% in August

September 30, 2026

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The Untapped Transportation Data Hiding in the Yard

September 29, 2026

Risk/Compliance

UPS Launches Comprehensive Fraud Prevention for Modern Supply Chains

United Parcel Service (UPS)

UPS Secure Commerce supplyies data-driven intelligence, actionable insights and proactive risk management before fraud, delivery issues, shipment loss or operational mishaps become costly mistakes.

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Supply Chain Visibility

Cleo’s Freight Order Execution to Close Freight Blind Spots

The solution turns disparate freight-order-to-invoice transactions into an early-warning system, so operations, dispatch, and billing teams can catch freight exceptions before they impact revenue or service.

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Air Cargo Demand Grows 4.4% in August

International Air Transport Association (IATA)

Global manufacturing activity increased in August.

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The Untapped Transportation Data Hiding in the Yard

The opportunity is not simply to collect more information. It is to turn yard data into better operational decisions.

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Flexport Enables AI Agents to Autonomously Book and Optimize Global Freight

Every action an AI agent takes through Flexport MCP is backed by a fleet of purpose-built AI agents already running in production.

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Supply Chain Visibility

Banyan Technology Launches AI-Powered Deliveries at Risk Tool for Shippers, 3PLs

Banyan Technology

The new capability evaluates incoming shipment tracking updates using current location, destination information, expected delivery timing and destination dock close time to predict the likelihood of an on-time arrival.

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State of Supply Chain Sustainability Report Finds Governance Lags Behind

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Among companies with publicly stated sustainability goals, only 51% have established a formal cross-functional sustainability team.

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Jay Group’s Natalia Golenkova: Lessons Learned From Civil Lawyer to Marketing Director: Women in Supply Chain Forum™ Award

Natalia Golenkova, marketing director for Jay Group, was named a recipient of this year's Women in Supply Chain Forum™ award.

Fleet Management

altLINE Survey Details Cash-Flow Risk Facing Carriers

altLINE by The Southern Bank Company

If a business's single most significant client is 90 days late on payment, more than one-third of SME owners say the impact would be critical or severe.

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Fleet Management

Cartage Launches Autonomous Operator for Freight Management

Wilson works alongside internal teams like an employee, with its own company email address and phone number.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Panama Canal Announces Increase in Daily Transit

Panama Canal Authority (PCA)

The Transit Reservation (Booking) System remains the only way to guarantee a transit date.

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Emerging Technologies

Safety, Sustainability and Efficiency: The Same Telematics Problem

Ventagium Data Consulting

If you treat safety, sustainability and efficiency as three separate reporting problems, then you end up with three separate, half-useful answers to what is really one question sitting inside one dataset.

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