Ben Ames

6 days ago | dcvelocity.com | Ben Ames

How much data is in your yard? Ohio and Indiana deploy “partially automated” trucks on I-70The answer is a ton—just look around at all the tractors, trailers, and chassis. Each one offers information like its identity, location, or contents—but you’re probably not collecting a very large percentage of it. That balance is beginning to change quickly, as the yard becomes the latest frontier in the push to digitize logistics flows.

1 week ago | dcvelocity.com | Ben Ames

Rapidly flickering changes in White House trade tariff policy are introducing “significant uncertainty” into the warehouse automation market, affecting investment decisions, supply chain strategies, and logistics infrastructure, according to an analysis from the U.K. market research firm Interact Analysis. The impacts of the unpredictable business conditions will likely force various change in different global sectors, Interact Analysis Research Manager Rueben Scriven said.

1 week ago | dcvelocity.com | Ben Ames

Amid whiplash tariff and market index swings, shoppers are cutting spending in many sectors, but a new study shows that trend does not apply to the global grocery industry. Data from more than 64 million households and 627 million grocery transactions in the U.S., Europe, and Asia shows that shoppers are holding steady or even increasing grocery spending, according to California-based enterprise software vendor SymphonyAI.

1 week ago | dcvelocity.com | Ben Ames

Retail sales grew in March even though consumers continued to worry about the impact of rising tariffs, according to an analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data released today by the National Retail Federation (NRF). One sign of that consumer concern is that 46% of shoppers in a survey conducted for NRF in March were stocking up on appliances, clothing, and other items because they were worried that tariffs would bring higher prices.

1 week ago | dcvelocity.com | Ben Ames

The Port of Virginia today said that it recently debuted additional capacity to safely handle simultaneous calls of ultra-large container vessels (ULCVs) by adding four new ship-to-shore cranes at a third berth and continuing plans to equip two more berths. The expansion happened earlier this month at Virginia International Gateway (VIG), where the all-electric, Suez-class container cranes came into service.