Why Freight Moves at the Speed of the Slowest Truck — And Why That’s About to Change
Follow a single consignment. Not a bulk carrier full of iron ore, not a container ship crossing the Pacific. Something ordinary — a pallet of pharmaceutical cold-chain goods, moving from a manufacturing plant in Pune to a distribution hub in Chennai. Watch what happens to it.
Why Every Hyperloop Attempt So Far Has Been an Engineering Success and a Commercial Failure
Elon Musk’s The Boring Company set out to solve urban congestion. The diagnosis was correct — cities are choking, road infrastructure is at capacity, and the only direction with room to expand is underground. The technology, while unconventional, was not unreasonable.
India Will Not Become a $10 Trillion Economy on 13% Logistics Costs
Elon Musk’s The Boring Company set out to solve urban congestion. The diagnosis was correct — cities are choking, road infrastructure is at capacity, and the only direction with room to expand is underground. The technology, while unconventional, was not unreasonable.
What the History of Containerisation Teaches Us About the Next Freight Revolution
In April 1956, a converted tanker called the Ideal X left Newark, New Jersey, carrying 58 metal boxes on its deck. The boxes were a standardised size.
The Last Kilometre Gets All the Attention. The Middle 500 Kilometres Is Where India Loses $180 Billion.
If you follow logistics news in India, you could be forgiven for thinking that the entire discipline begins at the delivery van and ends at your doorstep.