Launching this summer, 360box will introduce a pool of 500 additional 53-foot trailers businesses can reserve for drop-trailer purposes. J.B. Hunt Transport Services announced Monday a new trailer pool and drop-and-hook service — J.B. Hunt 360box — will be launched this summer. The Lowell, Ark.-based intermodal and trucking provider said the service will introduce […]
The shadow of obsolescence seems to be hanging over freight brokerages, given the rise of digital load matching apps and other technologies. But industry veteran Andrew Clarke says he is optimistic about the future of freight brokers due to increasing complexity of supply chains. Speaking at Transparency19 in Atlanta, Clarke said the success of his
Photo: Shutterstock Kuebix, a transportation management company, has partnered with Emerge, a private freight marketplace provider, to announce the addition of the Emerge marketplace to its Community Load Match platform. Shippers on the Kuebix platform will now have access to higher truckload capacity; courtesy of Emerge’s burgeoning digital marketplace. Since its inception, Kuebix has stood
( Photo: C.H. Robinson ) Biesterfeld: C.H. Robinson has maintained consistent margins through multiple disruption cycles C.H. Robinson (NASDAQ: CHRW) is not afraid of Amazon’s entrance into freight brokerage and welcomes the competition, incoming chief executive officer Bob Biesterfeld told Wall Street analysts on the company’s earnings call this morning. After prepared remarks by Biesterfeld,
Amazon.com Inc. is pushing deeper into logistics as it tries to tamp down transportation costs ahead of a pricey push into one-day shipping, raising potential concerns for freight operators that may end up competing for business with the e-commerce giant that many count as a significant customer. The online retailer has opened an online freight
Kuebix Emerge Partnership Earlier this week, Scottsdale, Arizona-based Emerge, a provider of its proprietary Private Freight Marketplace (PFM) and TMS focused on accelerating productivity and increasing visibility for supply chain stakeholders, and Maynard, Mass.-based TMS provider Kuebix announced a partnership. The key elements of this partnership include the addition of the Emerge marketplace to the Kuebix
Manhattan Associates Inc. has introduced the latest release of its Transportation Management System (TMS), with improvements to the modeling capabilities, enhancements to carrier connectivity and benchmark rating, and expanded global logistics support. Manhattan TMS is a cloud-first offering designed to help improve carrier collaboration and connectivity, delivering network-wide visibility to enable advanced strategic and operational
Article written by John Paul Hampstead UPDATE: Amazon disputes that it is undercutting market prices. FreightWaves stands by its analysis. Additionally, this story has been updated to correct the total for Amazon’s current shipping costs to $28 billion per year. Today, freight brokers’ and carriers’ worst nightmare has come true: Amazon has quietly taken its
Truckload freight capacity is the most highly fragmented, difficult-to-manage market segment in the transportation industry. Some 80 percent of available over-the-road truckload capacity is provided by hundreds of thousands of single-truck owner-operators and micro-carriers with 9 trucks or less. Because of this fragmentation, it’s also a market that has defied a single, over-arching technology solution.
Image: Shutterstock Technology is disrupting the logistics industry at a breakneck pace, and brokerages are not exempt from the changes. While new technologies are intended to help companies run smoother, the implementation process can be riddled with challenges. Trucker Tools teamed with FreightWaves to host a webinar, “Don’t Get Left Behind in the Digital Brokerage