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Funding and advertised pay are reported in USD; filed accounts retain their stated source currency and basis.

Exchange-rate basis

Indicative conversions use ECB reference rates dated 2026-09-14, applied consistently across all periods. They are not historical exchange rates. Indian rupees may use crore (1 crore = 10 million); other currencies use K, M and B. CSV downloads, source documents and quoted news headlines retain their original currencies.

THE CANADA EDITION 2026

Canada’s
transportation and logistics industry,
in focus.

The companies, capital and talent shaping transportation and logistics in Canada. Find the leaders. Understand the segments. See where the activity is.

Snapshot: Funding in USD
Illustrated cover for Transportation and Logistics Industry Landscape of Canada
CA
COMPANIES · CAPITAL · TALENT

An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.

Transportation and Logistics illustration
MEET THE COMPANIES

Explore Canada’s transportation and logistics leaders

24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.

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Transportation and Logistics company highlights in Canada, snapshot 6 August 2026
Company
Aeroports de Montrealadmtl.com$400M—639—
Torqtorqlogistics.com$236M———
Oculusoculustransport.com$33.85M———
Horizon Aircrafthorizonaircraft.com$15.48M—7—
Beton Imperialbetonimperialconcrete.com$7.35M———
QX Logistixqxlogistix.com$3.5M—29—
Weeve (formerly Louelec)weeve.ca$3M———
Tech Logisticshitek.com$2.68M———
Armour Transportation Systemsarmour.ca—11 roles480—
Bison Transportbisontransport.com—11 roles314—
Canada Postcanadapost-postescanada.ca—11 roles——
KF Aerospacekfaero.ca—11 roles1,000—
Livingston Internationallivingstonintl.com—11 roles1,211—
Metrolinxmetrolinx.com—11 roles5,788—
Voyagovoyago.ca—11 roles1,100—
purolatorpurolator.com—11 roles14,000—
Air Canadaaircanada.com——30,000—
Air Transatairtransat.com——7,170—
CNcn.ca——23,945—
CPKCcpkcr.com——19,579Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Driving Forcedrivingforce.ca——630Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
ET Transportettransport.ca——62Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Grand River Transitgrt.ca——5Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Kagcanadakagcanada.ca——6,956—
24 featured companies

Locked revenue figures are available in Radar; the eight company financial previews stay the same throughout this page. A dash means the figure is outside these featured lists. Revenue years vary by company; the figures are not a like-for-like revenue comparison. Compare annual accounts ↗

Company discovery

Recorded evidence only

Explore the live startup set in Radar

No company example met every recorded classification, independence and public-profile gate in this snapshot. The live directory may have newer qualifying companies.

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THE KEY SIGNALS

Transportation and Logistics industry KPIs in Canada

A few useful ratios bring the size of this ecosystem into perspective.

6 August 2026
Hiring participation9.4%

295 of 3,150 tracked companies have open roles.

Funding participation1.2%

37 of 3,150 tracked companies have a recorded round.

Top 3 funding share93.8%

Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.

Median disclosed round$1.4M

Midpoint of 24 rounds with a disclosed amount.

Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 93.8% of disclosed capital, while 98.8% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.

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CAPITAL & COMPANY FORMATION

How Canada transportation and logistics has grown

Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.

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2016 — 2025

Disclosed funding by year

Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD

Canada transportation and logistics
$0$116.43M$232.87M$349.3M$465.73M2016: $30K20162017: $30K20172018: $372.33K20182019: $35.25M20192020: $5.61M20202021: $408.54M20212022: $1.1M20222023: $8.14M20232024: $7.79M20242025: $4.7M2025
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Annual transportation and logistics funding and company formation in Canada
YearFunding (USD)FoundedRaising
2016$30K581
2017$30K661
2018$372.33K871
2019$35.25M2112
2020$5.61M2373
2021$408.54M1774
2022$1.1M1422
2023$8.14M344
2024$7.79M63
2025$4.7M11
WHERE CAPITAL SITS

Funding concentration

Share of all disclosed company funding.

  • Aeroports de Montreal56.0%
  • Torq33.1%
  • Oculus4.7%
  • Other companies6.2%

Funding by stage

40 recorded rounds since 2016

NUMBER OF ROUNDS
Seed & Angel9 22.5%
Series A–B3 7.5%
Series C+ / PE6 15.0%
Grants, debt & other22 55.0%

Recent recorded rounds

Latest recorded rounds · USD
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Largest and notable recorded rounds

Each card is one recorded round
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THE BUSINESS BEHIND THE ACTIVITY

Revenue, profitability & financial strength

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Annual accounts availability

The measured Canada identity-to-filing probe did not produce a qualifying designated legal or national-ID join: world_filings_distributed exposes no reviewed Canadian national-ID key; none of the designated Canadian identities carried a CIK.

DIGITAL FOOTPRINT

Web traffic, app reach and release cadence

How the Canada companies on this page show up online: the sites people visit, the apps they install, and how often those apps ship.

Busiest websites

20 of the 3,153 companies on this page carry a measured traffic record (0.6%); these are the largest of those, by monthly visits. The median among them is 833,585 visits.

CompanyMonthly visitsAuthorityMobile
Canada Postcanadapost-postescanada.ca14,659,8777474.5%
Air Canadaaircanada.com13,605,7827950.1%
WestJetwestjet.com4,574,5077160.5%
Porter Airlinesflyporter.com2,161,7056163.1%
Ttcttc.ca2,141,4646479.4%
Air Transatairtransat.com2,121,7816670.5%
Montreal Transport Companystm.info1,976,8806581.6%
VIA Railviarail.ca1,832,7366261.9%
Flairflyflair.com1,412,6415746.1%
CanadaPostcanadapost.ca928,2645583.2%

Visits and authority are third-party web estimates, not company-reported figures.

Most-installed apps

67 of these companies (2.1%) publish at least one Android app — 94 apps in all, carrying 16.3M installs between them.

AppInstallsRatingStore category
Air Canada + AeroplanAir Canada6.7M4.4Travel & Local
WestJetWestJet4.3M1.8Travel & Local
Canada PostCanadaPost1.7M4.7Business
Air Transat | Flights & TravelAir Transat1.5M4.5Travel & Local
Porter AirlinesPorter Airlines471.1K4.7Travel & Local
VIA Rail CanadaVIA Rail414.3K3.5Travel & Local
MyParkingCalgary Parking271.4K1.9Maps & Navigation
RTC’s real-time NomadeRtcquebec269K4.5Maps & Navigation
RTC Nomade paiementRtcquebec201.9K3.2Travel & Local
Flight PassAir Canada53.4K3.2Travel & Local

Installs are lifetime totals to date at the June 2026 store reading — a measure of reach, not of people using an app today.

App reach by segment

The busiest app inside each of this page’s own segments, with the quarterly release trend behind it (2023Q2–2026Q1).

SegmentAppsInstallsLeading appRelease trend
Passenger Airlines613MAir Canada + Aeroplan 6.7M
Cep41.7MCanada Post 1.7M
Bus Operators15553.7KRTC’s real-time Nomade 269K
Parking Services2273.6KMyParking 271.4K
Trucking2379.5KTruckDown Search 34K
Car Rentals869.1KY-Drive App 42.6K
Freight Forwarders1947.9KLivingston Shipment Tracker 19K
Rail Freight324.6KCN Express Pass 19.3K

A company can carry several segment tags, so these rows overlap and should not be added together. Trend lines are zero-based and share one quarter grid, so a flat line is a quiet segment, not a missing one.

Release cadence by quarter

New apps published, beside apps whose most recent update landed in that quarter — the second bar is how much of the shelf is still being maintained.

2023Q1: 22023Q1: 02023Q12023Q2: 22023Q2: 02023Q22023Q4: 22023Q4: 02023Q42024Q1: 22024Q1: 02024Q12024Q2: 22024Q2: 12024Q22024Q3: 32024Q3: 42024Q32024Q4: 52024Q4: 12024Q42025Q1: 42025Q1: 02025Q12025Q2: 12025Q2: 52025Q22025Q3: 12025Q3: 52025Q32025Q4: 32025Q4: 82025Q42026Q1: 22026Q1: 192026Q1

Darker bars are new releases, lighter bars apps updated. 80 of 94 apps carry a release date. The series ends at 2026Q1, the last quarter that closed before the June 2026 reading.

INSIDE THE INDUSTRY

The Canada transportation and logistics market map

Explore the segments behind the headline numbers.

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Where companies are building

Rank segments by scale, hiring or disclosed funding.

Enterprise tech19
Consumer digital9
Enterprise software9
Saas5

Companies can sit in several segments. Counts and funding overlap.

SEGMENT TO EXPLORE

Enterprise tech

The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.

19companies
15.8%have hiring activity

3 companies hiring · $1M disclosed funding

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How companies make money

Common revenue models; a company can use more than one.

Fee-for-service2,078
Commission on transaction964
E-commerce - service574
Advertising352
E-commerce - product275
Physical commerce150
Subscription107
Renting / leasing81
THE COMPANIES IN MOTION

Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work

Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.

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Recent corporate headlines 10 dated reports
Mergers & acquisitionsmetroscg.com ↗

Metro Supply Chain announces acquisition of SCI Group.

Mergers & acquisitionskriskagroup.com ↗

Kriska Transportation Group has acquired Cambridge, Ont.-based Sharp Transportation Systems Inc., adding temperature-controlled expertise and new customer relationships to its network.

Mergers & acquisitionscargojet.com ↗

Cargojet Inc. has entered into an agreement to divest its minority investment in 21 Air LLC, the Miami-based air cargo operator in which it bought a 25% stake in 2021.

Funding roundstorqlogistics.com ↗

Torq clinched $140 million at a whopping $1.2 billion valuation to supercharge its AI-powered security operations platform.

Mergers & acquisitionsvanguardlogistics.com ↗

Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of MP Materials by 2.7% in the third quarter.

Mergers & acquisitionsthinklogistics.com ↗

Logistics provider Arvato is expanding its presence in North America by acquiring Canadian fulfillment company Think Logistics.

Mergers & acquisitionscandorail.com ↗

Bringing Cando and Savage Rail together will create the leading integrated rail terminal and infrastructure company in North America to meet these needs and beyond, said Brian Cornick, president and chief executive of Winnipeg-based Cando Rail & Terminals, in the release.

Mergers & acquisitionslogistec.com ↗

Logistec Corp., a Montréal-based marine and logistics provider, has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of IPA Terminal, a breakbulk and steel handling facility at the Port of Altamira, marking the company’s first move into Latin America.

Mergers & acquisitionschorusaviation.com ↗

Chorus Aviation Inc. has announced an agreement to acquire Kadex Aero Supply (Kadex)...

Mergers & acquisitionsavmax.com ↗

Avmax Group has acquired Condor Aircraft Accessories, a component repair and overhaul specialist based in Calgary.

Full recorded event mix

Top 10 categories among 1,093 recorded events in the 24-month window.

Company announcements
360
Earnings
279
Contracts
104
Leadership moves
95
Mergers & acquisitions
94
Asset acquisitions
51
Lawsuit
18
Regulatory
16
Board Updates
14
Buyback
12
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Leadership moves

45 tracked people moves

Cameron Krueger

Appointment Advisory Board Member

Richard Gumbrecht

Appointment Advisory Board Member

Scott Thacker

Appointment Advisory Board Member

Air Canada ↗
Michael Rousseau

Retirement Previously President and CEO

Air Canada ↗
Benjamin Smith

Departure Chief Executive Officer

Carlo Rinaldi

Appointment Director, Market Development of Quebec

Torq ↗
John White

Appointment Field CISO

Shawn Backle

Appointment Vice President of Operations

Product launches

Products, platforms and features in the recorded window

Torq ↗
Agentic Builder

Security Operations Center (SOC) Automation

CN ↗
Cold Storage Facility at CN’s Calgary Logistics Park

Cold Storage

Elastic Path’s composable commerce platform

Composable Commerce Platform

Cargojet ↗
Direct air cargo service

Air cargo service

Vanguard ↗
Vanguard Fixed Income – Risk Diversification Tax‑Aware Model

Fixed‑income model portfolio

Freightzy ↗
Endgame

Product

new investment platform

Investment platform

Air Transat ↗
PROS Elasticity Forecasting and Optimization

Revenue Management

Regulatory events

19 recorded events

licensed to operate flights to the Dominican Republic, Aruba and BarbadosCanadian Transportation Agency

Canada Post ↗

approvedPublic Services and Procurement Canada

Air Transat ↗

pending final regulatory approval

Air Canada ↗

ordered back to work by 2 p.m. SundayCanada Industrial Relations Board

Litigation

12 tracked suits

Company
unifor v cn

collective agreement violationCivil · Verdict

Company
state attorneys general v vanguard

coal price fixing, antitrustAntitrust · Settled

Earnings pulse

Reported company results in the recorded window.

20companies
301period observations
3.1%median reported growth

Median across 198 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.

Mergers and acquisitions

Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.

Acquirer → targetStatusDateValue / context
Mullen Group→Apps Transport Group ↗Announced2026-06-01Not stated in snapshot
metro supply chain group→BR WilliamsAnnounced2026-04-23Not stated in snapshot
metro supply chain group→sci groupAnnounced2026-04-23Not stated in snapshot
nippon express→metro supply chain group ↗Announced2026-04-21$1.8B
TFI International→ups freightCompleted2026-04-16$800.0M
TFI International→daseke2026-04-15Not stated in snapshot

A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.

PEOPLE & OPPORTUNITY

The talent market

5,727 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 10,319-posting snapshot covers 219 employers.

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Most advertised job titles

Post Office Assistant Term532
Rural And Suburban Mail Carrier, On Call Relief280
Letter Carrier Delivery Agent251
Truck Driver110
Adjoint Dans Un Bureau De Poste Durée Déterminée97
Letter Carrier Delivery Agent And Postal Clerk71
0 internship postings

1 tracked postings mention remote work.

The seniority mix

1,579 postings specify a level.

unspecified
8,740
manager
913
senior
257
lead
203
intern
104
entry
102

Skills employers mention

Top skills across 10,319 tracked postings in the available jobs snapshot.

Az License
77
Excel
53
Word
33
Smartphone Technology
30
Outlook
30
Flatbed Truck
17
Load Securement Regulations
16
Manual Transmission
15
Flatbed
15
Abstract
15
ADVERTISED PAY$35.1K/ year

Median across 1,036 postings with pay data, expressed in USD.

Salary by seniority

manager$58.4K/ year57 postings

Advertised posting medians do not describe all employees or roles.

THE PEOPLE BUILDING THE FIELD

Founders and leaders

175 founders and chief executives across 173 companies.

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12 profiles

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Education networks

8 profiles with education records.

The University of British Columbia
1
Wharton School
1
Harvard University
1
University of Pennsylvania
1
University of Oxford
1
London School of Economics and Political Science
1
London Business School (LBS)
1
University of Toronto
1

Prior employers

0 profiles with prior-work records.

Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.

NEWS INTELLIGENCE

How this industry appears in the news

56,046 articles in the measured 12-month window.

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56,046articles in the measured year
14,218articles in 2026Q1
61.9%positive tone in the latest complete year

News volume trends

Transportation and Logistics coverage across Canada · articles per complete quarter

04,9559,91014,86419,8192021Q2: 11,2592021Q22021Q3: 10,9352021Q4: 8,9562022Q1: 10,3922022Q2: 9,5812022Q22022Q3: 8,9422022Q4: 9,5112023Q1: 9,1752023Q2: 11,3092023Q22023Q3: 10,6632023Q4: 10,5762024Q1: 11,8442024Q2: 14,4832024Q22024Q3: 12,0462024Q4: 12,8512025Q1: 17,2342025Q2: 14,1232025Q22025Q3: 14,9752025Q4: 11,8642026Q1: 14,2182026Q1
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QuarterArticles
2021Q211,259
2021Q310,935
2021Q48,956
2022Q110,392
2022Q29,581
2022Q38,942
2022Q49,511
2023Q19,175
2023Q211,309
2023Q310,663
2023Q410,576
2024Q111,844
2024Q214,483
2024Q312,046
2024Q412,851
2025Q117,234
2025Q214,123
2025Q314,975
2025Q411,864
2026Q114,218

Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.

Tone of coverage over time

2021
23,693 positive · 728 neutral · 11,223 negative
2022
25,053 positive · 1,014 neutral · 12,320 negative
2023
28,995 positive · 718 neutral · 11,963 negative
2024
35,176 positive · 815 neutral · 15,163 negative
2025
35,962 positive · 1,009 neutral · 21,135 negative

Leading coverage topics

Transportation and Logistics coverage across Canada · ranked by full-period article count.

International Political Relations4,056 articles in the full recorded period
1,498 recent · 706 prior
Aviation Safety Protocols3,380 articles in the full recorded period
900 recent · 1,081 prior
Trade Policies And Agreements3,056 articles in the full recorded period
1,438 recent · 826 prior
Aviation Crash Investigations And Black Box Data3,055 articles in the full recorded period
1,082 recent · 1,107 prior
Security And Defense Policies2,787 articles in the full recorded period
1,017 recent · 452 prior
Flight Delay Compensation Policies2,768 articles in the full recorded period
970 recent · 502 prior
Pipeline Infrastructure Development2,525 articles in the full recorded period
640 recent · 364 prior
Airport Terminal Facilities2,508 articles in the full recorded period
639 recent · 476 prior
International Relations And Diplomacy2,462 articles in the full recorded period
747 recent · 522 prior
New Product Launches And Innovations2,449 articles in the full recorded period
545 recent · 466 prior

Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.

Topics gaining and losing attention

Transportation and Logistics coverage across Canada

KeywordRecentPriorChange
tariff negotiations70540375%
faa investigation590256130%
flight disruption payments479224114%
cross-country pipelines43329149%
airline rewards395177123%
pipeline construction37423758%
free trade deals365149145%
bilateral trade30180276%
trade dispute mechanisms25895172%
summit diplomacy23848396%
flight safety measures460710-35%
aircraft emergency procedures350620-44%
emergency landing medical97193-50%
tanker incident31140-78%
nautical disaster54128-58%

Event and signal lenses

Transportation and Logistics coverage across Canada

All complete annual cohorts shown
Rising

Regulatory Risk

70,558 classified articles

flight safety measures, safety compliance aviation, aircraft emergency procedures

36.7% critical · 37.1% positive
Rising

Funding Momentum

16,970 classified articles

hiking trails, park-specific trails, playground trails

28.5% critical · 48.1% positive
Rising

Growth

24,977 classified articles

cross-country pipelines, pipeline construction, pipeline expansion

28.3% critical · 49.7% positive

Transportation and Logistics coverage across Canada. Topic labels describe recorded classifications and can include broad context.

RESEARCH SIGNALS

What Transportation and Logistics research is working on

6,419 papers in the recorded worldwide scope.

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6,419papers
6,419worldwide comparison pool
—India-affiliated papers

Research orientation

Promising
3,099
Descriptive
1,171
Breakthrough
939
Problem-identifying
813
Comparative
204
Cautionary
181
Critical
12

Contribution mix

Methods-led
3,774
Empirical
1,937
Reviews
351
Position pieces
274
Theoretical
83

Tone counts: 5,520 positive · 624 neutral · 275 negative.

Common problems researchers identify
825 papers · 12.9% of this field
  • Fleet management333 papers
  • Supply chain217 papers
  • Transport engineering108 papers
  • Truck80 papers
  • Service78 papers
  • Supply chain optimization74 papers
  • Supply chain management54 papers
  • Sustainability38 papers

Landmark: Challenges in Scaling Up Biofuels Infrastructure

Cautions
181 papers · 2.8% of this field
  • Fleet management66 papers
  • Supply chain37 papers
  • Transport engineering25 papers
  • Truck22 papers
  • Service21 papers
  • Production14 papers
  • Supply chain optimization13 papers
  • Biofuel12 papers

Landmark: Assessing the impacts of deploying a shared self-driving urban mobility system: An agent-based model applied to the city of Lisbon, Portugal

Opportunities
4,038 papers · 62.9% of this field
  • Fleet management1,231 papers
  • Supply chain1,187 papers
  • Service401 papers
  • Supply chain optimization382 papers
  • Scheduling328 papers
  • Truck313 papers
  • Operations research304 papers
  • Transport engineering292 papers

Landmark: The Two-Echelon Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem: Models and Math-Based Heuristics

Leading institutions

Northwestern University
872
University of Bologna
792
University of California, Berkeley
691
The University of Texas at Austin
587
Poznań University of Technology
548
Delft University of Technology
521

Leading researchers

Fengqi You
799
Kara M. Kockelman
627
Daniele Vigo
588
Nilay Shah
548
M. Maciejewski
444
Joschka Bischoff
414
Guido Perboli
410
Roberto Tadei
410

Highly cited breakthrough-labelled papers

  • DeepPool: Distributed Model-Free Algorithm for Ride-Sharing Using Deep Reinforcement Learning167 citations
  • Next-Generation Automated Vehicle Location Systems: Positioning at the Lane Level135 citations
  • Multiobjective Robust Possibilistic Programming Approach to Sustainable Bioethanol Supply Chain Design under Multiple Uncertainties134 citations
  • Sustainable Design and Operation of Cellulosic Bioelectricity Supply Chain Networks with Life Cycle Economic, Environmental, and Social Optimization129 citations
  • A Column Generation Algorithm for a Rich Vehicle-Routing Problem125 citations

Common problems researchers identify

764 papers · 7 recurring themes
7 cards

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Supply Chain Risk and OptimizationCommon problems researchers identify · 01

Supply Chain Risk and Optimization

155 papers

20.3% of this theme group

Researchers highlight challenges in managing and optimizing supply chain operations and mitigating associated risks.

Supply chain (148) · Supply chain optimization (71) · Supply chain management (61) · Supply chain risk management (25)

Supply chain optimization

Supply Chain Optimization, Management and Integration: Emerging Applications

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20221850.1
20231939.4
20242108.3
20252100.3
Fleet Management ComplexityCommon problems researchers identify · 02

Fleet Management Complexity

143 papers

18.7% of this theme group

Studies point to difficulties in overseeing large vehicle fleets across aeronautics and other transport sectors.

Fleet management (118) · Aeronautics (19) · Operations management (23) · Operations research (20)

Making Fleet Management Easier.

Guide for Fleet Management

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2022548.4
2023520.4
2024423.8
2025188.1
Transport Engineering for Fleet OperationsCommon problems researchers identify · 03

Transport Engineering for Fleet Operations

136 papers

17.8% of this theme group

Papers discuss operational bottlenecks and engineering constraints affecting truck and fleet performance.

Fleet management (119) · Transport engineering (68) · Truck (29) · Operations management (23)

EVALUATION OF THE POSSIBILITY OF IMPROVING THE OPERATION OF A TRANSPORT COMPANY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE VEHICLE FLEET MANAGEMENT

Road Transport Management System : fleet management

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2022623.3
2023609.2
2024485.8
2025308.6
Routing and GPS LimitationsCommon problems researchers identify · 04

Routing and GPS Limitations

122 papers

16.0% of this theme group

Works identify shortcomings in vehicle routing, positioning accuracy, and public transport tracking systems.

Global Positioning System (22) · Public transport (18) · Vehicle routing problem (14) · Routing (13)

A Vehicle Tracking Device with Built-in Safety Features for Public Transportation Systems

Positioning needs for public transport

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20221217.8
20231170.5
20241025.6
20251106.6
Truck Fuel Efficiency and EmissionsCommon problems researchers identify · 05

Truck Fuel Efficiency and Emissions

102 papers

13.4% of this theme group

Research flags high fuel consumption and emission issues in diesel and LNG-powered trucking.

Truck (22) · Fuel efficiency (13) · Liquefied natural gas (6) · Diesel fuel (5)

Improvement of environmental compliance of urban transport system through enlarging fleet of gas-engine municipal machinery

Toward Sustainable Trucking: Reducing Emissions and Fuel Consumption

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YearShare index
2022441.5
2023428.2
2024340.0
2025322.6
Electric Fleet Integration ChallengesCommon problems researchers identify · 06

Electric Fleet Integration Challenges

56 papers

7.3% of this theme group

Authors note obstacles in electrifying commercial fleets, including charging logistics and fleet scheduling.

Electric vehicle (22) · Electrification (15) · Electricity (7) · Fleet management (35)

Potential Users of Electric Mobility in Commercial Transport – Identification and Recommendations

Classification of Electric Vehicle Fleets Considering the Complexity of Fleet Charging Schedules

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2022582.0
2023631.6
2024580.8
2025551.2
Biomass Supply Chain ConstraintsCommon problems researchers identify · 07

Biomass Supply Chain Constraints

50 papers

6.5% of this theme group

Studies reveal logistical and material sourcing problems for biofuel and biomass feedstock networks.

Biomass (26) · Biofuel (24) · Raw material (17) · Supply chain (38)

Integrated biomass supply and logistics: a modeling environment for designing feedstock supply systems for biofuel production.

Modeling of biomass-to-energy supply chain operations: Applications, challenges and research directions

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YearShare index
2022776.8
2023772.8
2024707.9
2025672.0

Cautions

164 papers · 4 recurring themes
4 cards

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Energy Savings vs. Infrastructure LimitsCautions · 01

Energy Savings vs. Infrastructure Limits

70 papers

42.7% of this theme group

Cautionary work warns that fleet energy‑saving measures may be constrained by existing infrastructure.

Fleet management (47) · Fuel efficiency (8) · Transport engineering (15) · Operations management (5)

Analysis of Fleet Management and Infrastructure Constraints in On-Demand Urban Air Mobility Operations

How to Use Advanced Fleet Management System to Promote Energy Saving in Transportation: A Survey of Drivers’ Awareness of Fuel-Saving Factor

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2022669.2
2023638.5
2024492.6
2025309.7
Electrification Impacts on Public and Freight TransportCautions · 02

Electrification Impacts on Public and Freight Transport

51 papers

31.1% of this theme group

Researchers caution about performance trade‑offs and charging strategies when electrifying urban transport.

Public transport (11) · Truck (15) · Electrification (7) · Transport engineering (14)

Performance analysis and fleet requirements of automated demand-responsive transport systems as an urban public transport service

Different Charging Strategies for Electric Vehicle Fleets in Urban Freight Transport

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2022636.1
2023619.0
2024556.9
2025560.1
Machine Learning in Supply Chain OptimizationCautions · 03

Machine Learning in Supply Chain Optimization

24 papers

14.6% of this theme group

Papers advise careful adoption of AI techniques for inventory and risk management in supply chains.

Supply chain (23) · Supply chain optimization (9) · Supply chain management (6) · Supply chain risk management (3)

Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Optimization

Supply Chain Optimization: Machine Learning Applications in Inventory Management for E-Commerce

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20221850.1
20231939.4
20242108.3
20252100.3
Scale and Efficiency in Biofuel ProductionCautions · 04

Scale and Efficiency in Biofuel Production

19 papers

11.6% of this theme group

Analyses stress the need to balance economies of scale with resource efficiency in biofuel supply chains.

Biofuel (11) · Biomass (7) · Production (9) · Raw material (5)

Cost optimization of biofuel production – The impact of scale, integration, transport and supply chain configurations

Resource efficiency or economy of scale: Biorefinery supply chain configurations for co-gasification of black liquor and pyrolysis liquids

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2022647.0
2023634.5
2024604.5
2025514.0

Opportunities

3,641 papers · 7 recurring themes
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Advanced Supply Chain OptimizationOpportunities · 01

Advanced Supply Chain Optimization

892 papers

24.5% of this theme group

Opportunities focus on improving supply chain performance through sophisticated optimization and risk management methods.

Supply chain (838) · Supply chain management (220) · Supply chain optimization (309) · Supply chain risk management (68)

Optimization of the supply chain to improve the on-time performance

Supply Chain Optimization and Logistics

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20221850.1
20231939.4
20242108.3
20252100.3
Robust Vehicle Routing and SchedulingOpportunities · 02

Robust Vehicle Routing and Scheduling

641 papers

17.6% of this theme group

Research explores resilient routing and fleet sizing techniques for dynamic, demand‑responsive transport services.

Vehicle routing problem (156) · Routing (84) · Truck (129) · Service (145)

Distributionally Robust Optimization Approaches for a Stochastic Mobile Facility Fleet Sizing, Routing, and Scheduling Problem

Optimizing Vehicle Distributions and Fleet Sizes for Shared Mobility-on-Demand

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2022316.0
2023308.6
2024267.5
2025265.0
Predictive Maintenance for FleetsOpportunities · 03

Predictive Maintenance for Fleets

625 papers

17.2% of this theme group

Studies propose data‑driven maintenance strategies to enhance reliability and reduce downtime of vehicle fleets.

Fleet management (466) · Predictive maintenance (46) · Transport engineering (116) · Preventive maintenance (35)

A Simulation and Optimization Methodology for Reliability of Vehicle Fleets

DEVELOPMENT OF OPTIMIZED MAINTENANCE SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE FLEET

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2022478.9
2023457.2
2024355.4
2025171.0
Integrated Aviation Fleet AssignmentOpportunities · 04

Integrated Aviation Fleet Assignment

502 papers

13.8% of this theme group

Works present holistic models for airline fleet allocation, flight timing, and aircraft routing optimization.

Operations research (192) · Fleet management (309) · Scheduling (86) · Aviation (36)

An Integrated Approach for Airline Flight Selection and Timing, Fleet Assignment, and Aircraft Routing

A new approach to fleet assignment and aircraft routing problems

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2022362.8
2023336.0
2024199.5
202581.1
IoT‑Enabled Vehicle TrackingOpportunities · 05

IoT‑Enabled Vehicle Tracking

367 papers

10.1% of this theme group

Opportunities highlight smart tracking systems that improve real‑time location visibility and fleet management.

Global Positioning System (230) · Vehicle tracking system (70) · Tracking system (46) · Automatic vehicle location (49)

Transportation Management System

Smart Transportation Tracking and Management System using IOT

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2022755.2
2023729.5
2024602.5
2025670.9
Optimized Electric Fleet ChargingOpportunities · 06

Optimized Electric Fleet Charging

342 papers

9.4% of this theme group

Research targets efficient charging infrastructure and battery management for large electric vehicle fleets.

Electric vehicle (110) · Electrification (63) · Battery (40) · Fleet management (161)

Electric bus fleet charging management: A robust optimisation framework addressing battery ageing, time-of-use tariffs, and energy consumpti

Designing Charging Infrastructure for a Fleet of Electric Vehicles Operating in Large Urban Areas

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2022454.4
2023503.2
2024489.8
2025459.8
Sustainable Biomass Supply ChainsOpportunities · 07

Sustainable Biomass Supply Chains

272 papers

7.5% of this theme group

Papers explore multi‑objective designs for environmentally and economically viable biomass and biofuel logistics.

Biomass (94) · Biofuel (92) · Supply chain (229) · Supply chain optimization (108)

Multi-Objective Optimization to Support the Design of a Sustainable Supply Chain for the Generation of Biofuels from Forest Waste

Economic, environmental and social optimization of forest-based biomass supply chains for bioenergy and biofuels

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20222371.8
20232452.3
20242559.7
20252495.5

How this field compares with the research baseline

Orientation shares compared with 25,000 papers in the reference sample.

Research orientationThis fieldReference sample
Promising48.3%37.3%
Descriptive18.2%17.6%
Breakthrough14.6%25.9%
Problem-identifying12.7%9.8%
Comparative3.2%3.9%
Cautionary2.8%4.6%
Critical0.2%0.9%

Concerns receiving less research attention

Counts and shares refer to the stated research pool. A low count describes how much of that research is recorded here, not the absence of a real-world concern.

Concern / example paperPapersShareRaised as a problemWorldwide share
Privacy & surveillanceSecurity, privacy and safety evaluation of dynamic and static fleets of drones70.12%1 (14.3%)0.12%
Hardware, e-waste & supply chainIBM Blends Heuristics and Optimization to Plan Its Semiconductor Supply Chain60.11%0 (0.0%)0.11%
Concentration of compute powerOn the Optimization & Equilibrium of Demand in Supply Chain Based on the Value-adding Mechanism of Information Sharing40.07%1 (25.0%)0.07%
Bias & fairnessDynamic Shared Autonomous Vehicle Fleet Operations with Consideration of Fairness20.04%1 (50.0%)0.04%
Carbon & emissions of computeUsing Artificial Intelligence to Reduce Carbon Emissions from the Saudi Commercial Fleet10.02%0 (0.0%)0.02%
Labour & data workGender continues to play a role in fleet salaries10.02%0 (0.0%)0.02%
Energy & datacenter footprint00.0%0 (%)0.0%
Water use00.0%0 (%)0.0%
Safety & misuse00.0%0 (%)0.0%

Institution and researcher rankings use citations to their covered work. Research scope: worldwide. This may be broader than the company geography.

GEOGRAPHIC FOOTPRINT

Where companies are based

Company counts, hiring and disclosed funding across the recorded hubs.

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UNDERSTAND THE LANDSCAPE

Transportation and Logistics in Canada: key questions

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What does this landscape measure?

It measures the tracked company ecosystem, recorded funding, hiring and other available evidence. It is not a market-size estimate.

Can segment counts be added together?

No. A company can belong to several segments, so segment counts and funding can overlap.

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A dash or unavailable panel means the current reviewed source snapshot does not support that figure.

Company ecosystem snapshot: 6 August 2026. Funding is recorded in USD; filed accounts retain their stated currency and reporting basis. Each section identifies its own coverage. The news and research behind these sections is explorable in Prism.

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