Transportation Chain: Emerging Technologies and Trends in Trucks, Trucking and the Supply Chain

A look at technologies and trends that have emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic and their effects on the freight and transportation industry, trucks and their suppliers and drivers on the road and on the frontlines.

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Marina Mayer
Jul 10, 2020

In this episode of the Transportation Chain, we look at technologies and trends that have emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic and their effects on the freight and transportation industry, trucks and their suppliers and drivers on the road and on the frontlines.

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