It is the last day of 2019, and for many in the trucking industry the end of this year could not come fast enough. To say it was a “tough year” or a “trying year” probably doesn’t quite describe 2019. While every year brings change – both good and bad – the bad was clearly […]
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Schneider’s annual $100 million investment in data science and technology initiatives earns the No. 16 spot on the FreightTech 25 list of the most innovative and disruptive companies. Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves From its humble beginnings with just one truck back in 1935, Schneider has grown to become one of the top providers of transportation and
Image: Jim Allen/FreightWaves The face of the freight brokerage industry has evolved over the past several years, and veteran brokerages have been forced to rethink their technology strategies in order to keep up. Just like carriers, third-party logistics (3PL) companies have to find the right tech partners to help ease the transition into the digital
Article written by Seth Skydel Started in the 1960s as a truck renting and leasing operation, Cargo Transporters found its niche supplying vehicles for the private fleets of furniture manufacturers. As those producers moved away from ownership, the company developed into a carrier of choice for shippers looking to outsource transportation. It is safe to
Image: Jim Allen/FreightWaves Truckstop.com paved the way with load boards. Truckstop.com pioneered digital innovation in logistics with the first online platform for load boards. Scott Moscrip founded Truckstop.com to transform the freight industry from bulletin boards and road signs with his innovative online solution introduced in 1995. Today, Truckstop.com has more than 450 employees and
It made the daunting 41-hour trip from Tulare, California to Quakertown, Pennsylvania. PLUS.AI Plus.ai, an artificial intelligence startup in Cupertino, California, has engineered an autonomous driving system for commercial freight trucks. This week, it made the world’s first cross-country trip of its kind to deliver butter to a small town in Pennsylvania. While this isn’t the first
The future of the movement of goods Consumers are ordering ever more items and expect them to be delivered ASAP. How are transportation and logistics providers coping with the pressure—and preparing for the future of the movement of goods? Introduction Tomorrow’s consumers probably won’t give much thought to the brilliant orchestration behind package delivery windows
Asset-based digital marketplace ArcherHub guarantees 100% hauls for all loads on its platform (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves) The advent of digital freight matching within the trucking sector has brought order to the chaos of the spot market, as it helps usher real-time visibility into both capacity and volumes available in a market. However, digital freight marketplaces
Ceaseless innovation and digitalization lead J.B. Hunt to a top tier finish in FreightTech 25 (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves) At the recently concluded FreightWaves LIVE event in Chicago, leading supply chain solutions provider J.B. Hunt bagged the fourth place in the FreightTech 25 list – a survey that recognizes companies pushing boundaries within the logistics industry through the
Digital freight brokers have made it easier to move loads through an online marketplace, but the process is still cumbersome. “Load boards have helped to get us where we are today, but a lot of inefficiencies are because of the way they are structured. Everyone throws everything into one pile and tries to find each