Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) is launching a new digital platform for its contracted freight carriers in the United States to match them with the company’s spot loads using a customized version of an app developed by Loadsmart. “To manufacture trucks, we need carriers to deliver components and parts to our plants,” said Lori Heino-Royer, […]
NEXT Trucking announced a $21M series B round of financing to expand the “trucker-centric” online freight marketplace it launched two years ago. Lydia Yan, chief executive of NEXT Trucking, says the extra resources will be used primarily for new product development and talent acquisition for sales and operations. The company has approximately 10,000 owner operators
In 2018, the pressures on truck capacity picked up right where they left off. Spot market rates climbed to record levels in December 2017, according to the DAT Freight Index. DAT Solutions also reported nine loads were available for every truck in its network — its highest monthly average in history. Smart Capacity is a
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Call it the Internet of Things, the Sharing Economy, a result of the ELD mandate, but with the emergence of blockchain-style applications we are witnessing a digital gold rush when it comes to technologies bent on improving supply chains. (Photo/Shutterstock) Given the early nature of blockchain technology, corporations and consortia all across the globe are
ELD provider KeepTruckin has a new strategic alliance with Coyote Logistics, a UPS company and third-party logistics service provider, wherein Coyote will be offering KeepTruckin’s FMCSA-compliant ELD system to over 40,000 carriers in its network. Although the ELD mandate has been implemented on December 18, 2017, it has been estimated that nearly 28 percent of truckers are
Trucker Tools, provider of a driver smartphone app, load tracking and freight matching technology, has integrated its Smart Capacity platform with the MercuryGate Transportation Management Software (TMS). Smart Capacity is a freight matching platform used by third-party logistics providers (3PLs) and carriers. Its freight matching capabilities are more advanced than the current load boards and
While predicting the future is never an easy task, in order to be competitive all businesses need to be able to accurately anticipate what trends will affect them in the coming year. Here is a look at how some companies in the supply chain sector are preparing themselves for the months to come. Standardizing IoT
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Hint: It’s all about getting owner operators and independent contractors to stay. Strategic partners are the best way for a technology broker to get up and running in a new market. These symbiotic partnerships help the technology broker ramp their volume exponentially to keep their newly on-boarded carriers happy while the strategic account has the
