{"id":1265,"date":"2016-09-16T08:29:17","date_gmt":"2016-09-16T13:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev-mhisolutionsmag.officialdirectory.com\/?p=1265"},"modified":"2016-12-16T08:38:42","modified_gmt":"2016-12-16T14:38:42","slug":"freight-transportation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/index.php\/2016\/09\/16\/freight-transportation\/","title":{"rendered":"Freight Transportation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dev-mhisolutionsmag.officialdirectory.com\/shutterstock_360595571_locopy1\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1254\" src=\"http:\/\/dev-mhisolutionsmag.officialdirectory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/shutterstock_360595571_LOcopy1.jpg\" alt=\"shutterstock_360595571_locopy1\" width=\"202\" height=\"206\" \/><\/a>Today\u2019s transportation landscape has been infused with technological innovations that are both disruptive and ripe with possibilities. Driverless vehicles, 3D printing, cyber security advances, artificial intelligence and other developments will impact this industry in yet-to-be-seen ways.<\/p>\n<p>Ask those in the trenches now, however, and the current \u201ctrends\u201d that come to mind are the everyday challenges: dealing with regulations, fuel prices (for better or worse) and the downturn of the global economy, just to start.<\/p>\n<p>Depending on the segment\u2014air, sea, rail or trucking\u2014these trends vary slightly. Taken as a whole, however, a couple of things are certain: the industry is resilient, and it will continue to evolve to meet the ever-changing demands of globalization, transportation type, environmental concerns and strategic use of data.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Air<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No one can dispute the strength of the air sector of transportation. It\u2019s just that it relates to passengers rather than freight.<\/p>\n<p>Perry Flint, head of corporate communications, The Americas, for the International Air Transport Association (IATA), puts things in perspective: Cargo revenues for the global airline industry in 2016 are expected to be about $49.6 billion. In 2012, that number was $63.5 billion, and in 2011, $66.9 billion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve got to go back to 2009 to find the same kind of cargo revenue figure we expect to see this year,\u201d he said. \u201cBack then it was about $48.4 billion, and if you remember, that was during the global financial crisis. We\u2019ve really seen a contraction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several things are at work. First off is the aforementioned strength of the passenger segment; as traffic volumes continue to increase (revenue has doubled over the past decade), airlines continue to take delivery of new aircraft to meet the demand. In 2016 alone, according to IATA, commercial airlines are expected to add almost 1,900 planes. A lot of that new belly space ends up being cargo space, Flint said, increasing capacity in the market. In May of this year, the percentage of filled freight load factor fell to 41.9 percent, a record low for any May. The passenger side of the business does help offset this for the industry overall; over the last two years, the airline industry has finally earned its cost of capital.<\/p>\n<p>But there is another issue to contend with, Flint said: the broader weakness in global trade growth. As onshoring grows and offshoring declines, cross-border supply chains have been shortened.<\/p>\n<p><em>By Fiona Soltes<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nxtbook.com\/naylor\/MHIQ\/MHIQ0416\/index.php#\/44\">Click here to read the full article.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s transportation landscape has been infused with technological innovations that are both disruptive and ripe with possibilities. Driverless vehicles, 3D printing, cyber security advances, artificial intelligence and other developments will impact this industry in yet-to-be-seen ways. Ask those in the trenches now, however, and the current \u201ctrends\u201d that come to mind are the everyday challenges: &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":1253,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-trends"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Freight Transportation - MHI Solutions<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/index.php\/2016\/09\/16\/freight-transportation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Freight Transportation - MHI Solutions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Today\u2019s transportation landscape has been infused with technological innovations that are both disruptive and ripe with possibilities. Driverless vehicles, 3D printing, cyber security advances, artificial intelligence and other developments will impact this industry in yet-to-be-seen ways. Ask those in the trenches now, however, and the current \u201ctrends\u201d that come to mind are the everyday challenges: ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/index.php\/2016\/09\/16\/freight-transportation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MHI Solutions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-09-16T13:29:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-12-16T14:38:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/shutterstock_360595571.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"984\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"656\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Robin Lamerson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Robin Lamerson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/index.php\/2016\/09\/16\/freight-transportation\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/index.php\/2016\/09\/16\/freight-transportation\/\",\"name\":\"Freight Transportation - MHI Solutions\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/index.php\/2016\/09\/16\/freight-transportation\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/index.php\/2016\/09\/16\/freight-transportation\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/shutterstock_360595571.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-09-16T13:29:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-12-16T14:38:42+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/#\/schema\/person\/651ab04bd5786351be0f915720b16f5b\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/index.php\/2016\/09\/16\/freight-transportation\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/index.php\/2016\/09\/16\/freight-transportation\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/index.php\/2016\/09\/16\/freight-transportation\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/shutterstock_360595571.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/shutterstock_360595571.jpg\",\"width\":984,\"height\":656},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/index.php\/2016\/09\/16\/freight-transportation\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Freight Transportation\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/\",\"name\":\"MHI Solutions\",\"description\":\"Improving Supply Chain Performance\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/#\/schema\/person\/651ab04bd5786351be0f915720b16f5b\",\"name\":\"Robin Lamerson\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a282fa3daa389a57fb7be768af92152401f459d8e257543a57ce1b0bc913a8cb?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a282fa3daa389a57fb7be768af92152401f459d8e257543a57ce1b0bc913a8cb?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Robin Lamerson\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/index.php\/author\/rlamerson\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Freight Transportation - MHI Solutions","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/index.php\/2016\/09\/16\/freight-transportation\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Freight Transportation - MHI Solutions","og_description":"Today\u2019s transportation landscape has been infused with technological innovations that are both disruptive and ripe with possibilities. Driverless vehicles, 3D printing, cyber security advances, artificial intelligence and other developments will impact this industry in yet-to-be-seen ways. Ask those in the trenches now, however, and the current \u201ctrends\u201d that come to mind are the everyday challenges: ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/index.php\/2016\/09\/16\/freight-transportation\/","og_site_name":"MHI Solutions","article_published_time":"2016-09-16T13:29:17+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-12-16T14:38:42+00:00","og_image":[{"width":984,"height":656,"url":"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/shutterstock_360595571.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Robin Lamerson","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Robin Lamerson","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/index.php\/2016\/09\/16\/freight-transportation\/","url":"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/index.php\/2016\/09\/16\/freight-transportation\/","name":"Freight Transportation - MHI Solutions","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/index.php\/2016\/09\/16\/freight-transportation\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/index.php\/2016\/09\/16\/freight-transportation\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/shutterstock_360595571.jpg","datePublished":"2016-09-16T13:29:17+00:00","dateModified":"2016-12-16T14:38:42+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/#\/schema\/person\/651ab04bd5786351be0f915720b16f5b"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/index.php\/2016\/09\/16\/freight-transportation\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/index.php\/2016\/09\/16\/freight-transportation\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/index.php\/2016\/09\/16\/freight-transportation\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/shutterstock_360595571.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/shutterstock_360595571.jpg","width":984,"height":656},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/index.php\/2016\/09\/16\/freight-transportation\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Freight Transportation"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/","name":"MHI Solutions","description":"Improving Supply Chain Performance","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/#\/schema\/person\/651ab04bd5786351be0f915720b16f5b","name":"Robin Lamerson","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a282fa3daa389a57fb7be768af92152401f459d8e257543a57ce1b0bc913a8cb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a282fa3daa389a57fb7be768af92152401f459d8e257543a57ce1b0bc913a8cb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Robin Lamerson"},"url":"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/index.php\/author\/rlamerson\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}