Seattle-based digital freight broker Convoy recently announced the official rollout of a new offering, entitled Flex Loads. Convoy defines a Flex Load as a load that can be picked up or dropped off at a facility over multiple days. With this new offering, Convoy is focusing on providing a better way for shippers and carriers to […]
Powerloop, a new trailer leasing and rental company started by Uber, hopes to reduce driver detention time through its trailer-pool system. (Uber Freight) Uber Technologies Inc. has started a trailer leasing and rental business to support drop-freight opportunities for carriers and shippers using its Uber Freight load-matching network. With its new Powerloop subsidiary, Uber aims
Uber announced Wednesday a new venture, Powerloop, designed to work partly in tandem with the company’s freight-matching system Uber Freight. The company is an affiliate of Uber Freight and is owned by Uber Technologies. Powerloop at its core is a trailer leasing program, in which trailers are rented to participating carriers at $25 per day.
Transport Pro, a web-based transportation management software provider, has a new freight tracking service called Load Beacon. Transport Pro subscribers are non-asset transportation and logistics providers. With the new in-house freight tracking service, its freight brokerage customers can share freight visibility from the Transport Pro TMS platform directly with shippers and freight managers. Many brokers
The Uber Freight app provides drivers with upfront load pricing and quick payment, the company says. (Uber Freight) Large fleets typically have been the first to benefit from the spread of technology in trucking, but digital freight brokers are working to extend some of the same advantages to smaller carriers and independent drivers. Companies such
Attendees peruse the exhibit hall at McLeod Software’s 2018 user conference. (Seth Clevenger/Transport Topics) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — McLeod Software is expanding its digital freight-matching capabilities to help freight brokers and carriers move loads in a more efficient and increasingly automated fashion. The goal, CEO Tom McLeod said, is to quickly provide transportation firms with the
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Trucker Tools has launched new features for its Smart Capacity carrier relationship and capacity management platform. A Digital-Assist Online Price Negotiation streamlines rate negotiations with carriers. Brokers can view and consider multiple trucks for a load, then sort into the best options. With the click of a mouse, the broker can send carrier-specific pricing to
As a farm boy, Clay Murdoch instinctively knows what to do when dew forms on cut hay in fields. As chief executive of Doug Andrus Distributing, he also knows what needs to be done in a hot freight market. “We need to bail hay,” said Murdoch on Monday, Oct. 1, during a breakout session at
Increasingly, the trends in transportation technology are being driven by e-commerce and the “Amazon Effect.” Transportation companies are investing in new IT systems to fulfill orders with compressed lead times and higher service requirements. AFN Logistics, a Chicago-based 3PL that specializes in supply chain fulfillment for major retailers, is using technology to thrive in the
Seattle-based Convoy, a digital freight technology-enabled network, recently announced it secured $185 million in Series C funding. The company said the round of funding was led by the growth equity investment fund of Google’s parent Alphabet City, CapitalG. With this funding, Convoy said that the amount of total capital it has raised now stands at
