TMX Trendwatch: Week of May 20, 2024

Google unleashing AI in its search results is sparking more interest—and scrutiny—over AI applications. In this week’s TMX Trendwatch, we’re looking at how AI can deliver on its promise in logistics, as well as how investments in U.S. waterways, highways and ports are reshaping the future of transportation. You can find all this and more in our newsletter, which aggregates the freshest transportation industry news and delivers it to your fingertips. Subscribe today!

The Role of AI in Logistics: Getting Beyond Hope and Hype: Is AI being “sold wrongly” to logistics leaders? Organizations are starting to see the gulf between the SciFi promises of AI and its actual applications in the field. But there are ways to effectively use it—after overcoming some key issues first.

Investment and Collaboration Driving Cargo Growth on the U.S. Inland Waterways: With new port investments and expanding container-on-barge services, companies are starting to see America’s rivers as viable shipping routes in their global supply chain.

Infrastructure Stakeholders Renew Calls for Funding: Funding for the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal is nearing its expiration, so a mix of transportation and infrastructure advocates are pushing for greater investments in large-scale infrastructure projects, especially for the highway system and ports.

Supply Chain’s Rise in Prominence Brings Regulatory Compliance Into Focus: Struggling to stay compliant across the many relevant regulatory areas of your supply chain? You’re not alone. Supply chain leaders are turning to data to help identify compliance gaps.

LTL Carriers Report Shippers Shifting Freight to Truckload: Capitalizing on low rates, some shippers are finding ways to consolidate and move shipments to truckload before breaking them down into individual pallets and LTL carriers are making it work.