The University of Manitoba’s Transport Institute is hosting the first Future of Trucking Symposium, an event looking to answer some critical questions tied to the way we live and move things around.

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Western Canadian agriculture faces a competitive disadvantage in serving international markets because the crops are grown far from the ports that serve the world. Improvements in logistics and transport help, but if competitors improve as well then no real gain occurs. So Western Canadian agriculture has to coordinate its efforts and focus on total costs […]

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Western Canadian agriculture faces a competitive disadvantage in serving international markets because the crops are grown far from the ports that serve the world. Improvements in logistics and transport help, but if competitors improve as well then no real gain occurs. So Western Canadian agriculture has to coordinate its efforts and focus on total costs […]

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In honour of the inaugural World Humanitarian Day, August 19, 2009, the University of Manitoba Transport Institute is announcing a conference designed to improve the supply chains that humanitarian aid workers depend on.
On October 15 and 16, 2009, the University of Manitoba Transport Institute, in collaboration with the HumLog Institute in Helsinki, is hosting a […]

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The 4th annual conference on supply chain connections couldn’t be more relevant in its focus. Its title is “Planes, Trains and Hurricanes,” and topics and guest speakers will be addressing problems in getting food and supplies to areas where they are most needed.
“The cyclone in Burma is an example of the transportation problem,” says Dr. […]

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