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“There is a place for autonomous trucks in the next 10 years, but I don’t think that place is widespread adoption on our highways.”

– Lee Klaskow, Senior Analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence

 

The Supply Chain Buzz is Supply Chain Now’s regular Monday livestream, held at 12n ET each week. This show focuses on some of the leading stories from global supply chain and global business, always with special guests – the most important of which is the live audience!

In this livestream, recorded in collaboration with a live audience on February 1st, Lee Klaskow, Karin Bursa, Greg White, and Scott Luton discuss and engage in real time about:

· The different trends being seen in intermodal costs v. demand for capacity and what that will mean for incremental margins in the short to medium term

· Opportunities for carriers to manage costs by investing in high sustained equipment and operator safety

· The likelihood of the proliferation of autonomous trucks and trains on our roads and railways, and what operational and regulatory hurdles may stand in their way

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