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Combination generates real-time rates for TMS routing guides, then automatically tenders loads, firms say. Supply chain software vendor Blue Yonder has integrated its platform with the digital freight technology company Loadsmart, saying the combination will allow transportation management customers to significantly reduce costs and improve efficiency. By linking Scottsdale, Arizona-based Blue Yonder’s transportation management system (TMS) …

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SmartHo ​ p,​ a Florida-based tech-enabled dispatch solution empowering small trucking companies to grow their businesses, today announced that it has closed a $4.5 Million Seed round led by Equal Ventures, a seed stage venture fund based in New York. Additional investors in the round include Greycroft, Las Olas VC. The company has also recruited a group …

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Article written by Kyle Wiggers SmartHop, a startup developing an AI-powered freight dispatcher service for small businesses, today announced it raised $4.5 million. A spokesperson for the company said the funding will be used to help scale service and accelerate SmartHop’s go-to-market efforts. Over 90% of trucking companies in the U.S. are categorized as small carriers and …

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Article written by Nick Williams Green Bay’s Schneider National Inc., the multibillion-dollar transportation and logistics company, has invested in a Chicago-based logistics software startup and partnered with the company to bolster management and decision making within its supply chain. Terms of Schneider’s investment in Mastery Logistics Systems Inc. was not disclosed. Mastery was launched in …

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Article written by Damian Brett The use of air cargo online booking portals looks set to increase over the coming months, despite a slowdown in growth during the height of the PPE capacity crunch. Freightos chief marketing officer Eytan Buchman told Air Cargo News that its WebCargo booking platform, which has 22,000 users and claims to have …

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Trucking giant also implements Mastery Logistics’ software into its brokerage division. Trucking and logistics provider Schneider will invest an unspecified amount of money in Mastery Logistics Systems, the cloud-based transportation management system (TMS) software startup created by former Coyote Logistics LLC CEO and co-founder Jeff Silver, the firms said today. Terms of the deal were not …

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Article written by Marcia Gruver Doyle Construction equipment is constantly on the move. It has to be transported, whether from a manufacturer, dealer, rental company, auction company, contractor or just from job to job. And it doesn’t come in a neat shipping container. It can require specialized equipment to load and transport, special permits, a pilot …

Easy Construction Equipment Hauling: Get competing freight bids, based on exact machine dimensions, with VeriTread Read More »