Digital truck broker initially operating in Los Angeles, Long Beach, New York/New Jersey and Savannah. Opus9, a digital freight broker that connects shippers and motor carriers, says its computer platform now can be used to arrange drayage moves as well as full truckload and less-than-truckload haulage. Opus9 launched its platform last September and added […]
June 2019
Opus9 is now offering to match shippers with drayage carriers as it expands coverage to major U.S. ports. The Sunnyvale, California-based startup, which already offers load matching and digital brokerage for truckload and less-than-truckload freight, wants to bring the same level of automation to drayage, said Chief Executive Alex Ryu. He said the new service
Freight-matching brokerage Convoy announced Thursday a new function in its app, Automated Reloads, that allows carriers to book multiple loads at a time, all without any human intervention. Convoy touts the program as one that can boost driver earnings, minimize unloaded miles and eliminate wait times between loads. Convoy’s algorithm “evaluates and continuously optimizes how
The cloud is democratizing access to software and computing resources. With Carggo, freight brokerages can leverage sophisticated matching and pricing engines to grow their businesses at a very low cost. Freight brokerage in North America is undergoing a technological transformation enabled by large investments from private equity and venture capital. Investors see a fragmented, low-tech
Seattle-based digital freight broker Convoy, launched a new offering today that, it said, is geared towards booking multiple loads at a time. Entitled Automated Reloads, Convoy said this offering leverages algorithmically evaluates and continuously optimizes how loads can be grouped in real-time, all without human intervention. Carriers can bid their rates or instantly accept these
Convoy booth at MATS by John Sommers II for Transport Topics [Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] Digital freight broker Convoy announced Automated Reloads, an app-based program that allows drivers to book multiple loads of freight at one time. The move comes as the industry is paying greater attention to
A Senate subcommittee is told technology should be incorporated into surface transportation reauthorization. New and emerging digital technologies that improve supply chain efficiency should be incorporated into the next surface transportation reauthorization bill, witnesses told the Senate Transportation and Safety Subcommittee on Wednesday. “Just as federal, state and local governments could improve infrastructure,
Drewry’s Philippe Salles considers whether container shipping is ready for guaranteed services and prices. International shipping is going through uncertain times — digital technology disruption, freight volatility, trade wars, new maritime regulations and increasing cybersecurity risks. Despite this, shippers, forwarders and carriers are striving for more certainty and transparency regarding guaranteed services and prices.
Uber Freight, whose freight-matching platform is geared toward small carriers, released Thursday its first Facility Insights Report, a collection of high-level conclusions based on drivers’ ratings of shippers and receivers. Of little surprise, the factor that weighed most heavily in drivers’ ratings of facilities was turn-around time at shippers or receivers, both in positive and
Amazon’s entry into online freight matching is being met with skepticism and unease by much of the logistics industry, according to a market research report from the FreightWaves Freight Intel Group. The report, Amazon and the Logistics Industry, builds on the news FreightWaves broke on Amazon’s beta version of its online freight matching platform, freight.amazon.com.