Saloodo, a digital freight platform from Germany, is expanding. The startup, which connects shippers and carriers with a solution for ordering and handling shipments, will now launch its platform in Turkey. Turkey isn’t the first market abroad for the German startup, which was launched by DHL Group in 2017. The platform is already available in several […]
August 6, 2020
Trucking news and briefs for Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020: Navistar partners with Geotab to bring fleet management to International trucks Navistar announced Wednesday a new partnership with Geotab that allows International customers to add select Geotab fleet management systems through Navistar’s factory-installed telematics device, OnCommand Connection (OCC). OCC is standard on the International LT Series,
Article written by Jack Glenn Logistics companies across the sector agree: Integrating transportation management systems (TMS) is cumbersome. Complicated wiring isn’t the only thing leaving businesses tangled. Problems such as communication errors, tight deadlines and overwhelmed IT staff often make integration costs spiral out of control. Chicago-based Redwood Logistics aims to eliminate these inefficiencies and simplify the
Source: DAT According to DAT Solutions, spot truckload rates for van, refrigerated, and flatbed have all seen increases since last month, with supply chain disruptions caused by COVID-19 pushing more freight to the spot market at a time when demand for truckload capacity usually declines. Shippers and freight brokers posted 8.6% more loads during the
Article written by Matthew Elenjickal I’ve written previously about how I founded FourKites in 2014 to help shed light on the vast blind spots that exist throughout our complex and interconnected global supply chains. Our focus for the first several years was to build a state-of-the-art platform that would give the world’s biggest shippers, and their carrier