National Freight Data Hub: Have your say
The Federal Government is looking for input from the freight and logistics sector in the design, breadth, and build of a National Freight Data Hub.
News, articles, and R&D reports, on supply chain optimisation, interaction between road, rail, shipping & air, monitoring goods in real time, & more.
Cohda Wireless gets in line with platooning
Cohda Wireless has used its V2X-Locate technology in a demonstration of its capability in truck platooning.
Shared data: The key to securing our freight future
Nicole Lockwood’s plenary at the 2019 ATRF Conference, focused on challenges and opportunities for Australia’s freight industry, and the importance of data.
Action Plan for National Freight and Supply Chain Strategy released
The Action Plan for National Freight and Supply Chain Strategy is the roadmap for the next 5 years for improvements in the freight and logistics sector.
A National Freight Data Hub … the first steps are already happening
The Federal Government’s funding the design and trialling of a national freight data hub was universally welcomed by the freight and logistics sector.
Plan and funding for Australian Freight Data Hub design announced
The Australian Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development has announced its plan to design a national freight data hub.
The short-haul urban intermodal freight landscape: Lessons for Perth
Overview of the Australian short-haul urban intermodal freight landscape, with a particular focus on Perth, and the work of PATREC.
National Freight Data Hub to increase efficiency and productivity
iMOVE’s Freight Data Requirements Study is a blueprint for the ways technology can increase efficiency in Australia’s freight and logistics sector.
Daimler unhitches from truck platooning
Daimler’s Head of Trucks and Buses has used his CES keynote address to say that the company sees no current business case for truck platooning.
Scania autonomous truck test in WA
Rio Tinto is already well into using autonomous trains in its mining operations. Now it and Scania are trialling an autonomous truck in Western Australia.
Freight data study – have your say
iMOVE and the Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development & Cities (DIRDC) have launched a major new project to investigate & improve freight data.
ALC call for adoption of Global Data Standards
Ahead of the release of Australia’s National Freight and Supply Chain Strategy, the ALC has looked at how we collect and use data in the supply chain.
ALC puts its considerable clout behind adoption of global data standards
After a successful 2016 trial of the GS1 data standards system, the Australian Logistics is now backing its adoption by the Australian logistics industry.
Data and technology driving change in freight and logistics
Affordable advances in tech are bringing possibilities of real change to freight & logistics, to combat inefficiency & congestion, & increase profitability.
NSW Freight Signal Priority trial – trucks talking to traffic lights
In a 3-month trial more than 100 heavy vehicles in Sydney will communicate with traffic lights, with the aim of reducing traffic congestion.
Inquiry into National Freight and Supply Chain Priorities – final report
The Inquiry into National Freight and Supply Chain Priorities final report contains recommended priorities and critical action areas ahead of the Federal Government’s National Freight and Supply Chain Strategy release in late 2018.