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Tatvam Insights Partners with Acquire Digital to Revolutionize Airport Experiences at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

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Thursday, April 4, 2024
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In a groundbreaking move set to transform the passenger experience and boost non-aeronautical revenues at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), Tatvam Insights has announced a strategic partnership with Acquire Digital, a leading provider of digital signage, self-service interactive, digital wayfinding, and audience measurement software solutions.

Key Points: 
  • In a groundbreaking move set to transform the passenger experience and boost non-aeronautical revenues at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), Tatvam Insights has announced a strategic partnership with Acquire Digital, a leading provider of digital signage, self-service interactive, digital wayfinding, and audience measurement software solutions.
  • This collaboration introduces an innovative feature integrating real-time customer ratings into ATL's digital directories, fostering a competitive environment that promises to elevate customer satisfaction across all service providers.
  • The integration of customer feedback into Acquire Digital’s advanced digital wayfinding systems represents a pivotal advancement in enhancing the airport’s commercial offerings.
  • A Commitment to Excellence and Innovation:
    “Tatvam Insights is thrilled to partner with Acquire Digital to bring this innovative feature to ATL,” said James Archer, Vice President of Global Growth and Innovation, Tatvam Insights.

MercuryGate Named as a Challenger in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Transportation Management Systems

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Thursday, April 4, 2024
Professional Services, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Sustainability, Convenience Store, Fleet Management, Packaging, Chemicals, Plastics, Automotive, Manufacturing, Home Goods, Trucking, Rail, Maritime, Air, Transport, Data Analytics, Supermarket, Online Retail, Software, Discount, Variety, Department Stores, Environment, Electronic Design Automation, Food, Beverage, Data Management, Cosmetics, Technology, Retail, Artificial Intelligence, Completeness, Magic, Intelligence, Last, Transportation management system, TMS, Research, First, Build automation, Carbon, Workflow, Publication, Transport law, Atmosphere, Machine learning, ETAS, MAGIC, Magic Quadrant, System integration

MercuryGate® International, Inc. , (MercuryGate) the largest dedicated transportation and logistics management solutions provider, has been recognized in the Challengers Quadrant for its Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision in the recently released Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Transportation Management Systems report.

Key Points: 
  • MercuryGate® International, Inc. , (MercuryGate) the largest dedicated transportation and logistics management solutions provider, has been recognized in the Challengers Quadrant for its Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision in the recently released Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Transportation Management Systems report.
  • The reviews are provided by current customers on their usage and implementation experiences with MercuryGate’s Transportation Management System (TMS) platform.
  • Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Transportation Management Systems, Brock Johns, 27 March 2024.
  • Gartner, Gartner Peer Insights ‘Voice of the Customer’: Transportation Management Systems, Peer Contributors, February 2023.

Breakthrough’s Research Reveals Extreme Weather Is the Top Challenge for Transportation Professionals in 2024

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Other Transport, Green Technology, Trucking, Rail, Maritime, Environment, Retail, Transport, Research, Sustainability, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Science, Other Energy, Oil, Gas, Alternative Energy, Energy, Climate Change, EVS, Panama Canal, Climate change, Breakthrough, Weather, Cargo

Both shippers and carriers named extreme weather events the top transportation challenge for 2024 amid an ongoing drought in the Panama Canal, intensified winter weather, and a highly active hurricane season.

Key Points: 
  • Both shippers and carriers named extreme weather events the top transportation challenge for 2024 amid an ongoing drought in the Panama Canal, intensified winter weather, and a highly active hurricane season.
  • On top of climate-related disruptions, climate change is pushing sustainability to the top of the agenda for both shippers and carriers.
  • Last year, transportation professionals were focused on reducing costs as a means to overcome volatile diesel prices.
  • Breakthrough surveyed 500 transportation leaders, including carriers and shippers, across the United States about their goals, priorities and predictions for 2024.

GATX Corporation Sets Date for 2024 First-Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Transport, Rail

At GATX Corporation (NYSE: GATX), we empower our customers to propel the world forward.

Key Points: 
  • At GATX Corporation (NYSE: GATX), we empower our customers to propel the world forward.
  • GATX leases transportation assets including railcars, aircraft spare engines and tank containers to customers worldwide.
  • Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois since its founding in 1898, GATX has paid a quarterly dividend, uninterrupted, since 1919.
  • Investors and others should note that GATX routinely announces material information to investors and the marketplace using SEC filings, press releases, public conference calls, webcasts and the GATX Investor Relations website.

FourKites and BuyCo Partner to Offer End-to-End Ocean Freight Management

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024
IOT (Internet of Things), Retail, Data Management, Technology, Supply Chain Management, Other Transport, Trucking, Convenience Store, Rail, Maritime, Air, Transport, Supermarket, Software, Logistics, Food, Beverage, ETA, Partnership, Carbon, CO2, VGM, Rail freight transport

This visibility spans both inland and ocean shipments, from initial planning and booking to real-time transportation visibility, carbon emissions control and inventory management.

Key Points: 
  • This visibility spans both inland and ocean shipments, from initial planning and booking to real-time transportation visibility, carbon emissions control and inventory management.
  • Through this strategic partnership, FourKites and BuyCo are committed to helping high-volume shippers streamline their operations; build a more sustainable supply chain; and enhance the overall supply chain execution and customer experience through end-to-end digitization.
  • The partnership between BuyCo and FourKites empowers shippers to leverage cutting-edge container visibility and management capabilities, positioning them as leaders in efficiency and service, while enhancing supply chain resilience amidst increasingly volatile and unpredictable market conditions.
  • “Ocean shipping is extremely complex, with numerous stakeholders and cumbersome documentation workflows that can account for upwards of 70% of detention and demurrage,” said Mathew Elenjickal, founder and CEO of FourKites.

Automated Bus Consortium issues new request for solutions (RFS) to procure highly automated transit buses

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024
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The Automated Bus Consortium™, a collective of U.S. transit agencies and several state departments of transportation, has released a new request for solutions (RFS) to procure heavy-duty highly automated transit buses.

Key Points: 
  • The Automated Bus Consortium™, a collective of U.S. transit agencies and several state departments of transportation, has released a new request for solutions (RFS) to procure heavy-duty highly automated transit buses.
  • “We have made great strides in further advancing the automated transit industry through our previous request for solutions,” said Jean Ruestman, administrator of the Office of Passenger Transportation at the Michigan Department of Transportation.
  • Pilot routes for these vehicles would include rural and urban deployments, bus rapid transit, bus yard and local bus service.
  • Formed by AECOM, the Automated Bus Consortium is a first-of-its-kind approach to cooperatively investigate the feasibility of automated bus projects and accelerate the deployment of automated transit technologies.

Custom Truck One Source Wins Capstone Real Estate Award

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024
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Custom Truck One Source, Inc. (NYSE: CTOS) was recently recognized with a Capstone Award by the Kansas City Business Journal for the Company’s $35 million renovation of a 220,000-square-foot warehouse located on the former site of Kansas City’s Armco Steel plant, which is now part of Custom Truck’s 175-acre headquarter campus.

Key Points: 
  • Custom Truck One Source, Inc. (NYSE: CTOS) was recently recognized with a Capstone Award by the Kansas City Business Journal for the Company’s $35 million renovation of a 220,000-square-foot warehouse located on the former site of Kansas City’s Armco Steel plant, which is now part of Custom Truck’s 175-acre headquarter campus.
  • Custom Truck revamped the building to house its Fabrication & Crane Manufacturing; Paint & Powder Coating; and Parts, Tools and Accessories departments.
  • Since then, Custom Truck has grown from 250 employees and one location to a leading North American specialty truck and heavy equipment provider with more than 2,500 employees in nearly 40 facilities.
  • Custom Truck last won a Capstone award in 2019 for the renovation of a 119,000-square-foot production facility also from the early 1900s.

Shippeo Named a Leader in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Real-Time Transportation Visibility Platforms, Announces Record Growth in North America and APAC

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Software, Mobile, Wireless, Networks, Data Management, Technology, Other Transport, Trucking, Rail, Maritime, Transport, Other Technology, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, ETA, Blue Yonder, TMS, Carbon, Carrefour, AkzoNobel, ELD, Microsoft, Partnership, Purpose, Kuehne + Nagel, LVMH, Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company, Snowflake, Yamaha Motor Company, Barilla, GHG, Saint-Gobain, Research, SAP, Customer, NPS, Publication, XPO, Inc., RTTV, Jaguar Land Rover, MAGIC, Ahold Delhaize, DP World, Infor, Ecosystem, Avery Dennison, Multimedia, ERPs, Heineken, WMS, Video game

Shippeo has been named a Leader in the 2024 Gartner ® Magic Quadrant ™ for Real-Time Transportation Visibility Platforms.

Key Points: 
  • Shippeo has been named a Leader in the 2024 Gartner ® Magic Quadrant ™ for Real-Time Transportation Visibility Platforms.
  • As the real-time transportation visibility (RTTV) market continues to mature in North America, Europe, and increasingly across APAC, companies are realizing the significant value visibility brings.
  • Through close cooperation and a shared commitment to excellence, we've achieved remarkable success together, in North America and abroad.
  • Gartner “Magic Quadrant for Real-Time Transportation Visibility Platforms 2024” by Carly West, Oscar Sanchez Duran, and Nathan Lease, 26 March 2024.

Conduent Transportation Renews Contract with NJ TRANSIT to Maintain and Drive Continued Upgrades of Fare Collection System

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Rail, Transport, Public Transport, State, Local, Public Policy, Government, Regional rail, Conduent, NJ TRANSIT, Stack (abstract data type)

Conduent Transportation, a global provider of smart mobility technology solutions and business unit of Conduent Incorporated (Nasdaq: CNDT), today announced it received a 5-year contract renewal from NJ TRANSIT to continue implementation and upgrades of a contactless fare collection system for customers.

Key Points: 
  • Conduent Transportation, a global provider of smart mobility technology solutions and business unit of Conduent Incorporated (Nasdaq: CNDT), today announced it received a 5-year contract renewal from NJ TRANSIT to continue implementation and upgrades of a contactless fare collection system for customers.
  • Last fall, under the previous contract, Conduent implemented a new “ Tap & Ride ” payment option for NJ TRANSIT, allowing New Jersey bus and light rail customers to use contactless credit and debit cards.
  • The system is currently usable with existing validators on buses and at light rail stations.
  • NJ TRANSIT is the nation’s largest statewide public transportation system and third largest transit system.

J.B. Hunt Driver Jodi Edwards Earns Driver of the Year Recognition From Women in Trucking

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Trucking, Rail, Maritime, Air, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Transport, Other Transport, Professional, Smith system, Woman, Mentorship, J. B. Hunt, Wreaths Across America, Radio, Safety, WIT, Government, JBHT, Human, Sirius XM

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. (NASDAQ: JBHT), one of the largest supply chain solutions providers in North America, is proud to announce that Jodi Edwards, a 25-year career company driver, was recently named Driver of the Year by the Women In Trucking Association (WIT).

Key Points: 
  • J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. (NASDAQ: JBHT), one of the largest supply chain solutions providers in North America, is proud to announce that Jodi Edwards, a 25-year career company driver, was recently named Driver of the Year by the Women In Trucking Association (WIT).
  • “I am greatly honored and humbled to receive this recognition,” said Edwards.
  • “I want to thank my family for their support and patience, J.B. Hunt for providing me with the opportunity and leadership, and Women In Trucking for all they do to make driving a better career option for women.
  • As part of the Image Team, Edwards has mentored others entering the industry while helping showcase the profession as a great career opportunity for women.