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Victoria conference to put spotlight on freight and logistics workforce

AU Manufacturing

Minister for Ports and Freight Melissa Horne has opened the state conference of the Victorian Transport Association , which will centre on the workers who support the $21 billion freight and logistics sector that is the state’s economic force. It also discusses the effects of the severe floods from last year on the sector.

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Top 10 robots seen at CES 2024

Robotics Business Review

LAS VEGAS — CES 2024 featured a wide range of emerging technologies, from fitness devices and videogames to autonomous vehicles. Credit: The Robot Report RoboBusiness PitchFire 2023 winner Glidance also won a CES 2024 Innovation Award and showed the latest functional prototype of its Glide device in its booth. The 150 lb. (68

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Challenger Motor Freight wins distinction

Canadian Manufacturing

CAMBRIDGE — As part of the Fastfrate Group, Challenger Motor Freight, a privately owned logistics and transportation company, announces that it has won the 2024 Best Fleets to Drive For Award in the Large Carrier division.

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Will autotech ventures race east in 2024?

Robotics Business Review

Submit your nominations for innovation awards in the 2024 RBR50 awards. They included Embark (a loss of $300 million), Uber Freight (a loss of $680 million), TuSimple (a loss of $775 million), and even Alphabet’s Waymo Via (losses undisclosed). Meili Technologies will exhibit at CES 2024. Click here to enlarge.

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2024 to be the year of the Sustainable Supply Chain

Manufacturer's Monthly

Australia’s largest logistics event is rebranding to reflect the industry’s shift towards sustainability. The year 2024 will see the logistics industry make its most significant shift to date towards sustainability, with investments in this space set to skyrocket, according to MEGATRANS show director, Lauren Chartres.

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Slip Robotics picks up $28M for trailer loading/unloading robots

Robotics Business Review

Truckers spend 23% of their workday idling at loading docks, while forklift operators rush to carry freight between the trailer and staging area, despite 25% of all industrial accidents taking place at the loading dock, according to Slip Robotics. Slip Robotics won a 2024 RBR50 Robotics Innovation Award for its development of SlipBot.

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The decarbonisation goal: UK road transport’s journey to sustainability

SMMT

Nottingham-based logistics firm Mitchells of Mansfield, for example, as a member of Palletways UK has launched a customer-facing Carbon Co-op initiative. Building on the company’s ongoing partnership with climate action platform and B Corp Social Enterprise, Ecologi, it is developing a roadmap to become a climate positive company by 2027.

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