Article written by Jeff Berman XPO Logistics announced this week it has rolled out new capabilities to its digital freight platform, XPO Connect. At a time when the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic continues to bring about increased e-commerce activity, with consumers more frequently buying big and bulky items—like furniture, exercise equipment, and other heavy goods—online, as they are at […]
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Article written by Ben Ames FleetOps raises $6 million in funding for strategy of enabling “white label” load boards instead of acting as a broker itself. Canadian logistics technology startup FleetOps has raised $6 million in venture funding for its vision of a freight marketplace that matches truck drivers with freight brokers by aggregating the
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
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
Article written Noi Mahoney New distribution center in Laredo will almost double capacity of previous facility Bullish on cross-border trade, FedEx Freight is expanding the size of its operations in Laredo, Texas. FedEx Freight’s new, 166-door service center will be more than 142,000 square feet, located on 61 acres, said FedEx spokesman Ron Mears. “The new service
Article written by Ben Ames Echo Global, BluJay say freight networks must adjust to thrive-or-survive conditions. The coronavirus pandemic may have hamstrung the nation’s economy, but as opposed to imposing a unilateral recession, its impact has created broad imbalances in freight capacity, transportation sector leaders say. Even as some sectors are nearly idled by travel
Article written by Brian Aoaeh Company raises $6M for its AI-driven trucking marketplace The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates. Author’s Disclosure: I am not an investor in FleetOps, either personally or through REFASHIOND Ventures. I have no financial relationship