June 2020

Article written by Niloofer Shaikh Descartes Systems Group (NASDAQ:DSGX) has acquired Cracking Logistics Limited dba “Kontainers”, a leading provider of client-facing digital freight execution platforms for $12M, of which up-front consideration of $6M is to be paid in cash, plus potential performance-based consideration of 6M is based on Kontainers achieving revenue-based targets in each of the first […]

Spot truckload rates are inching back to where they were at this time in 2019, according to rate data from last week. That is no small feat considering the pit they fell into in late March. National average van, reefer, and flatbed rates last week on DAT MembersEdge rose in response to an 18% increase

By its very nature, the freight and logistics arena is mobile, so it may come as a surprise that often times, the technology truck drivers and back-office departments use to move goods from point A to point B is far from mobile-friendly. The pandemic has forced many trucking operations businesses to examine the impact of

Integration demonstrates Book It Now versatility for multimodal freight BOISE, ID and FARMINGTON, NY / ACCESSWIRE / June 10, 2020 / Truckstop.com, the largest neutral freight matching marketplace in North America, and Leonard’s Express an asset-based transportation provider specializing in refrigerated and dry van freight, announced today the integration of Book It Now into their transportation management

Integration Offers New Capabilities to Improve On-Time Service and Eliminate a Traditional Bottleneck in the Movement of Freight SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., and NEW YORK, June 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Loadsmart, a leading digital freight technology company, today announced a technical and strategic partnership with Opendock, a market leader in centralized dock scheduling software for shippers and carriers. The API-enabled integration of

PARIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Shippeo, the European leader in Real-Time Transportation Visibility, now tracks shipments in more than 62 countries. Since January this year and the deployment of large international customers, the company has rapidly expanded shipment tracking capabilities into 21 new markets, across all EMEA, with a growing focus on Africa, CIS countries and Northern Europe. “We’ve

Article written by Ryan Frantz The Dell Startup Challenge is a platform for entrepreneurs to pitch their ideas to the market, get exposure, and win prizes. The third season of the challenge saw participation from over 500 startups, with CargoFL, a cloud-based SaaS ecosystem for logistics, selected as one of four finalists. The road transport

LONDON , June 9, 2020 / PRNewswire-PRWeb / – Loadsure and Kleinschmidt announced today that the companies have partnered to deliver the ability to purchase on-demand, pay-as-you-go cargo insurance to FreightLaunch, Kleinschmidt’s digital freight enablement platform . Loadsure, in combination with Kleinschmidt’s global B2B network — and broad experience in engineering EDI and API integration solutions for the

DriverTech and Drivewyze recently partnered to include PreClear weigh station bypass as part of DriverTech’s in-cab platform. The addition, which DriverTech CEO Mark Haslam called “a natural extension to the company’s DT4000 ELD and navigation system,” was piloted with several fleets and resulted in both time savings and improved driver satisfaction. “Weigh station bypass is

Article written by Brittany De Lea Prior to the pandemic, experts had expected 2020 to be a recovery year A number of recent signs in the trucking industry indicate that conditions may slowly begin to normalize in the coming weeks after the coronavirus pandemic, but 2020 is shaping up to be much tougher than experts had expected. FreightWaves’ Outbound Tender