Earlier today, Uber Freight announced the introduction of a new offering that providers motor carriers with multiple trucks a way to more efficiently manage operations and increase productivity. Entitled “Fleet Mode,” Uber said in a blog posting that this tool, which is part of the Uber Freight app, allows “carriers and their dispatchers to find, […]
Good day, At FreightWaves, we’re still buzzing about the events of Transparency18, and the outstanding feedback we received about the event. Susquehanna transport analyst Bascome Majors published a list of “takeaways” from his visit to Transparency18, and here’s what he had to say about one panel on digital disruption in the brokerage business: “We attended
(Photo: Shutterstock) Logistical Labs is a saas-based suite of tools. Concentrating on the intermodal load decks. They typically start with two or three years of a customers data, but they’re flexible with whatever they may need. But if you do, you’re working with big data. They can put an unlimited amount of market sources. They’ve
The final session of Demo Day on Tuesday at FreightWaves’ Transparency18 conference in Atlanta did not disappoint, building on the success of the first three sessions and closing out the day, which ended with a BBQ sponsored by Triumph and a performance from the Emerald City band for attendees. Demo Day featured 4 sessions of
‘Agnostic’ was a word that kept coming up during the first round of technology product demonstrations at Transparency18 in Atlanta. Envio 360’s drayage optimization platform is “TMS agnostic” and open platform; Konexial’s GoLoad technology is agnostic with regard to telematics and TMS systems; FullBay’s cloud-based diesel truck maintenance solution is agnostic to repair shop and
Throughout 2018, the ratio of loads to trucks in the DAT network of load boards has set new records. For the week ending May 12, the ratio was highest in the flatbed market with 102 loads posted for every truck, on average. Reefer was 8.5 and van was 6.4 loads per truck. Carriers have a
Established U.S. logistics firms say digital-friendly freight startups that are drawing growing interest in Silicon Valley still lack the scale and customer relationships to threaten their share of the market. Executives at C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc., CHRW 0.77% the biggest broker of freight services in the U.S., said their large-scale shipper customers are looking for
Digital networks between trusted partners will make freight procurement automatic and proactive, according to Noam Frankel, who launched a pioneering freight brokerage American Backhaulers and now is CEO of FreightFriend. “Finding trucks is still too labor intensive,” Frankel tells FreightWaves. “The stage is set for digital freight capacity exchanges.” Throughout his logistics career, Frankel developed
Convoy is adding a bid function to its app-based load-matching service the company announced Monday, allowing hauler partners to submit bids on loads directly through the app with one tap – and confirm an agreed-upon rate – without having to haggle over the phone. Through the platform’s Instant Bidding process, Chief Product Officer Ziad Ismail says
Road freight incumbents may not like it, but disruption from digital challengers is on their doorstep. Having transformed consumer-oriented industries such as retail, entertainment, and travel, digital startups are beginning to make inroads in commercial-oriented industries. Road freight, which is highly fragmented and dominated by manual processes, is seen by digital challengers as overdue for