Convoy is adding a bid function to its app-based load-matching service the company announced Monday, allowing hauler partners to submit bids on loads directly through the app with one tap – and confirm an agreed-upon rate – without having to haggle over the phone. Through the platform’s Instant Bidding process, Chief Product Officer Ziad Ismail says […]
Road freight incumbents may not like it, but disruption from digital challengers is on their doorstep. Having transformed consumer-oriented industries such as retail, entertainment, and travel, digital startups are beginning to make inroads in commercial-oriented industries. Road freight, which is highly fragmented and dominated by manual processes, is seen by digital challengers as overdue for
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Tech developers such as Uber Freight are leveraging drivers’ mobile devices to make technology more available and more affordable for small carriers. (Uber Technologies Inc.) The use of technology is no longer a novelty but a necessity in the trucking business — for carriers of all sizes. While the biggest fleets have been using onboard
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Truckstop.com’s Perry (left) and Hutto debut the load board operator’s spot-market rate forecasting service, which the company launched last fall. (Seth Clevenger/Transport Topics) Load boards have changed a lot from their humble beginnings about 40 years ago. Long gone are written notes tacked up on truck stop bulletin boards to help drivers find freight, or
(Photo: Shutterstock) XPO Logistics, a $15 billion logistics company, announced they are releasing a new digital platform that shippers can use to manage their shipments. It will allow the shipper to track, trace, request quote, and manage the amount of spend they have with the logistics provider. Having access to the resources to develop tools
The trucking industry is at an exciting but confusing point when it comes to digital load-matching technology and shippers will be brought along for the ride. A few years ago, the domestic truckload market was seen as a logical place for the sharing economy to take hold. The theory went something like this: The
Panelists (from left) Jason Kerner of Project 44, Robert Nathan of LoadDelivered, Tom Heine of Aljex Software, Noam Frankel of FreightFriend, Scott Moscrip of Truckstop.com and moderator Ramona Hood of FedEx Supply Chain. (Daniel P. Bearth/TT) PALM DESERT, Calif. — Automation isn’t just for trucks. There was plenty of evidence at the Transportation Intermediaries Association
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(Photo: Wikimedia Commons New Rang Rover Evoque Autobiography) The union of technology and trucking is like an arranged marriage where the two parties must learn to love each other over years of interaction. Last week FreightWaves, in cooperation with CarrierLists, shared with you the results of their survey data indicating small carriers (<30 trucks) are
Trucker Tools LLC, which provides a portfolio of mobile, web-based applications for matching and managing loads with trucks, announced two recent milestones. The first milestone is signing its 50th freight-broker customer to Smart Capacity, which it launched six months ago. Smart Capacity has predictive freight-matching and capacity management tools for freight brokers. The technology is
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Carriers using McLeod Software‘s PowerBroker service will now be able to manage payments through the program through a new partnership with Truckstop.com. Truckstop.com’s payment service, LoadPay, has been integrated with McLeod Software, giving McLeod PowerBroker users a more streamlined payment process. The companies say the integration gives carriers quick payment options, while giving brokers more control
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