While a host of technology startups have adopted Uber-like models to tackle automated freight matching in the trucking industry, in the last two months, Uber themselves and Amazon have jumped in the fray. In our May issue last year, American Shipper ran a commentary from Robert Nathan, chief executive officer of LoadDelivered Logistics, detailing […]
Emerging technologies are helping the ocean and trucking industries work together in more meaningful ways. It’s hard to think of a more overused word and more underutilized concept in supply chain than “collaboration.” The word conjures up vague notions of logistics companies helping their customers, or shippers providing forecast data to carriers to help
Trucker Tools, provider of a smartphone app for owner operators and small carrier drivers with a built-in Load Track connectivity platform for transportation companies, announced its integration with PowerBroker, an enterprise-wide brokerage management system from McLeod Software. According to the announcement, the integration brings end-to-end automation to the shipment lifecycle for freight brokers. The integrated Load
“Sometimes you’ll be out on the highway, you see two giant trucks loaded up with logs, and they pass each other on the highway… I don’t understand that. I mean, if they need logs over there… and they need ‘em over there, you’d think a phone call would save ‘em a whole lot of trouble.”
A new mobile app to be launched by Truckstop.com will usher in a new load tracking feature to give brokers and carriers the ability to track loads from pick-up to delivery. The new app will replace the existing ITS Trucker mobile app and allows carriers to see load details and pick-up and drop information, as
For shippers, carriers, brokerages and really all other industry stakeholders that have not given much thought to the possibility of Uber becoming a truckload carrier, it appears it may be time to change that mindset. That is due to a couple of different reasons. One is the ride sharing service’s recent acquisition of self-driving truck
Fort Worth financial technology startup TransVix LLC has received a $2 million vote of confidence from one of Dallas’ biggest investors for what is expected to be one of the first trading platforms for the transportation industry. The seed funding round from Dallas-based Hunt Technology Ventures, led by David Hunt, will help the team continue
Several new players entered the freight-matching and truck-routing app market last month at the Great American Trucking Show, held Aug. 25-27 in Dallas, Texas. The apps perform similar to Uber’s ride-sharing idea: Shippers post loads, carriers post trucks and the system automatically matches shippers loads’ to carriers’ available capacity. Two apps introduced last week —
Article written by Steve Banker There have been several articles published on the trucking industry that describe the money flowing into startup firms that are looking to disrupt the freight industry the way that Uber disrupted the taxi industry. Here’s some excerpts from a Wall Street Journal article: “Investors are pouring millions of dollars into
Trucker Path, creator of a popular planning app for American truck drivers, announced that its transportation marketplace app, Truckloads, has reached 100,000 downloads. The app was publicly released in April 2016. With Truckloads, freight companies can access available trucking capacity across North America and Canada. Likewise, motor carriers can find and book loads efficiently using a process that includes free access