Solutions for Preventing Trailer Theft by Hawkes, Harry, Lim, Lydia

“…Our project aims to answer the following question: How can trucking companies incorporate anti-theft measures to improve asset retention and therefore utilization of their trailer pools? …”
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Building a Scalable Electrification Infrastructure in Logistics by Alam, Muhammad Ashhad

“…A major driver of this environmental footprint remains a heavy reliance on trucking—the least fuel-efficient mode of transportation. …”
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Achieving Sustainable Growth at Uber Freight by Raman Grubbs, Elizabeth, Shathi, Sadia Rahman

“…Uber Freight, a third party software platform based trucking logistics service provider, requested a process to calculate and reduce their carbon emissions. …”
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Dynamic Approach to Freight Transportation Pricing by Chandra, Vikas, Taibek, Maksat

“…In addition, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the truckload industry entered a tight market, where demand for trucking services outweighed the available market supply. …”
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Defining and Detecting Churn in Truckload Transportation by Jungsakulrujirek, Kawin, Rehan, Saad

“…In this capstone, which is a first-of-its-kind study within the truckload industry, we leverage data from our sponsor - a large national trucking firm - to formally define churn using three parameters: base, drop and duration. …”
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Flexibility in transportation procurement : a real options approach by Zhelev, Georgi Zhelev, 1975-

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The aggregate analysis of logistics cost and total factor productivity by Rasamit, Thanattaporn, 1978-

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An innovative design method for sustainable fast fashion by See, Jerome Jie Rong

“…Other indirect sources are trucking and transport, metal smelting, leather tanning, fabric dying etc. …”
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Developing a Digital Solution to Container Triangulation in China by Feng, Jieming, Moreno Sanchez Briseno, Mauricio

“…The result showed a trucking cost savings from 11% - 14%, a transportation lead time reduction from 8% - 10%, and a reduction in CO2 emissions from 8% - 10%. …”
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Uber Freight: Assessment and Determination of Optimal Design Features for a Drop Trailer Service Offering and Network by Ker, Soon Kiat, Liu, Siqing

“…The trucking industry hauled 72.5% of all freight transported in the U.S. and served an essential function in transporting cargo nationwide from one place to another. …”
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Optimization tools for the freight brokerage industry by Silver, Jeffrey L. (Jeffrey Lee), 1962-

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Real-time Multi-period truckload routing problems by Limpaitoon, Tanachai

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Carbon Efficient Logistics: A Case study in Modal Shift by Oberhofer, Peter, Blanco, Edgar E.

“…In 2011, the promotion of rail transport on 4 US routes saved 62–72% CO[subscript 2] emission (1,500-2,300 tons of CO[subscript 2]) compared to trucking. These savings are equivalent to taking 300-450 cars off the road every year. …”
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The development of short sea shipping in the United States : a dynamic alternative by Connor, Peter H. (Peter Harold)

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Measuring performance of transportation carriers by Cheng, Weixia

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Risk sharing in contracts : the use of fuel surcharge programs by Kanteti, Madhavi, Levine, Jordan T

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Essays in labor economics by Michaels, Guy, Ph. D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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The role of natural gas as a vehicle transportation fuel by Murphy, Paul Jarod

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Estimating carbon emissions from less-than-truckload (LTL) shipments by Veloso de Aguiar, Guilherme, Woolard, Mark Anderson

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Land, sea, and sky : environmental histories and planning conflicts in East Boston by Ramakrishna, Saritha.

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