Transportation

ChainLink Research did a great wrap up of all the new technologies, applications and use cases on review at the recent RFID Journal LIVE! Conference. There was so much to see and learn about. RFID touches just about everything in today’s age of M2M and IoT. We were there, right alongside all the others, showing…

The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) consists of seven new regulations. The key regulation around food transportation is the Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food (sometimes referred to as SFTA – the Sanitary Food Transport Act), and is expected to be finalized on March 31, 2016. FSMA affects almost everyone involved in the United…

The phrase “Silk Road” may once have brought to mind images from ancient history such as pack animals laden with goods crossing deserts, but that concept has now been replaced by pictures of high speed trains transforming China’s trade relationship with the world. In 2013 China’s president, Xi Jinping, announced plans for a New Silk…

Imagine being able to warn drivers of upcoming dangers on the road before they arise, all the while capturing this data to inform a broader driver monitoring and improvement program. What was once a futuristic idea is now reality thanks to the convergence of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and telematics. ADAS were designed to…

Google has a new patent. This one involves a package delivery platform tied to autonomous road vehicles delivery. While self-driving trucks are still pretty futuristic and surrounded by political, economic, safety, and insurance questions – to name a few – the delivery platform is possible now. Technology is in use today that turns fleets and…

Cargo theft. Fraudulent pick-ups. Trafficking of drugs and weapons. People smuggling. Counterfeit and misdeclared goods. Tax and duty evasion. International container operations have always been vulnerable to criminal activity. And the risks continue to rise today, exposing shippers, the transport and logistics industry and governments alike to financial and reputational damage and endangering the safety…

Oil and gas companies are forging ahead with their digital oilfield initiatives as they look to reduce operating costs and keep profits up. Here are a few examples of how M2M applications in the oil and gas industry are helping to drive these initiatives: Vehicles: For safety and compliance with international health and safety regulations,…

When it comes to implementing M2M applications, maximum flexibility plus minimum complexity is a good starting point for success. When looking at satellite applications specifically, factors such as latency, line of sight and antenna constraints, among others, make it doubly important to be able to deliver multi-network connectivity without increasing hardware complexity. Take for instance…

Described as a “symbol of U.S. economic might”, the rail industry in the U.S. is at a crossroad. According to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, the number of boxcars in service in North America has fallen by 41% in the last decade. While 101,600 railcars were scrapped, only 13,800 new replacements were…

Whether it’s a fleet of five or five thousand, transportation companies can’t afford to lose touch with their assets or the valuable cargo they are transporting. To operate efficiently, businesses need timely, reliable information about their fleet — where it is, if and when it needs service, whether it has been tampered with, lost or…