The people of Pennsylvania have spoken (again). In a recent poll by the RABA research institute, only seventeen percent of Pennsylvania residents are comfortable sharing the road with driverless trucks. This study parallels similar data and adoption rates from other studies. “When asked how “comfortable” they are...
South East Asia’s emerging E-commerce market has extraordinary ramifications for the US exports logistics industry and geo-political currency. Specifically, this expansion will positively impact the Pennsylvania’s agrarian market positively, which ranks in the top ten states for exports overall and will likely see a marked...
“My grave is already dug.” It’s an expression among Mexican youth, according to Foreign Correspondent. And it embodies a macabre acceptance bordering on indifference to the violence of the Mexican Cartel. In the transportation industry, it is very fashionable to cover issues of sustainability, clean energy sourcing,...
Legislation to fund the expansion of safe parking is moving forward to the tune of 755 million dollars. Safe Parking. It's an issue that routinely makes the American Trucking Association’s list of drivers’ top ten concerns. In part, that concern stems from the practical but pressing...
Blue Eagle is continuing its coverage of the contributing factors of the pressing supply chain issues. This week, we’ll take a fun, if quixotic look at the warehouse element that impacts the flow of goods. Six thousand years ago… that’s when the first enterprising Chinese man...
The automotive industry has been feeling pressure for the duration of the pandemic– with used car prices rising a staggering forty percent across the United States, USA Today reports. The biggest issues is that Chinese chip production has been slow to rebound, which is compounded...
They say that culture is downstream of politics… but then so are supply chains. Right now the Chinese people are cruising down the stream on both–as culture, politics, and the supply chain are clashing; as a result, the wake for the world’s shipping industry is...
“8 seconds of distraction changed the lives of two families. Robert Bursik would be alive today if a truck driver wasn't looking at his phone while behind the wheel." April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month This month’s hallmark is especially important to recognize this year since...
As tulips emerge, the adage of “As new and as ancient as Spring,” comes to mind. But Spring-time images silversmithed by author CS Lewis could hardly be more at odds with the predictions of a coming bloodbath by popular shipping logistics oracle, Freightwaves. Freightwaves’ analysts forecast...
"May the roof above us never fall in, and may we friends gathered below never fall out." - Saint Patrick. St. Patrick was renowned for his kindness to the Irish, who kidnapped and enslaved him when he was a boy. And he was known for his...
