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Technology providers are aiming to solve some of the trucking industry’s thorniest issues, but there is still work to do.

I was talking with a Wisconsin potato shipper the other day and he mentioned that he (and others, of course) can’t wait for the day of self-driving, autonomous trucks.

Truck rates have fallen from the historic marks reached earlier this summer but remain well above 2017 levels.

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company is expanding its fleet with a big order of 5,000 refrigerated containers equipped with Carrier Transicold’s XtendFRESH atmosphere control technology.

The cold storage sector continues to see growth, with a recent industry study showing steady growth in North America.

Texas-based company ¡Yo Quiero! Brands opened a 45,000-square-foot distribution facility in Rhome, Texas.

Mission Produce Inc., Oxnard, Calif., is building a massive distribution center in Laredo, Texas, for Mexican avocados.

A partnership is building a 312,000-square-foot cold storage facility for imported perishables in South Florida by the fourth quarter of 2021.

Maglio McAllen, a division of the Fresh Group Ltd., McAllen, Texas, has added consolidation to its list of services offered to produce distributors nationwide.

Limoneira, Santa Paula, Calif., has added two U.S. distribution facilities to its network.