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Transport Pro TMS unveils Load Beacon freight tracking service – CCJ – Aaron Huff| @AaronHuffCCJ

By / 2020-09-13

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 …

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Trucker Tools adds rate negotiation to Smart Capacity platform – CCJ – Aaron Huff| @AaronHuffCCJ

By / 2020-09-13

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 …

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McLeod Software taking brokers, carriers deeper into freight matching – CCJ – Aaron Huff| @AaronHuffCCJ

By / 2020-09-13

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 …

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Shippers, 3pls, carriers using new tech to build dedicated freight lanes – CCJ – Aaron Huff| @AaronHuffCCJ

By / 2020-09-13

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 …

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Lanehub develops backhaul matching tool for shippers, private fleets – CCJ – Aaron Huff| @AaronHuffCCJ

By / 2020-09-13

Two years ago, tech startup Lanehub began matching recurring freight lanes of shippers in North America with available capacity from other shippers that operate dedicated and private fleets. The company is now working with 100 shippers and 200 fleets to match freight in 70,000 lanes. In terms of volume, the cloud-based system has analyzed 12 …

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Transport Pro, Parade integrate systems to automate load matching – CCJ – Aaron Huff| @AaronHuffCCJ|

By / 2020-09-13

Transport Pro, a Web-based transportation management system for trucking and third-party logistics companies, has a new partnership with Parade, a freight brokerage technology provider. The partnership combines Parade’s AI-powered carrier management system with Transport Pro as a digital carrier sourcing platform to give brokers access to automation technology at an affordable price point, the companies …

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Online firm helps trucking solve one-way container movements – CCJ – Aaron Huff| @AaronHuffCCJ|

By / 2020-09-13

Managing containers is a recurring challenge for trucking and third-party logistics firms that have freight forwarding and intermodal operations. One challenge is getting containers into the country from factories in China where most are being produced. One alternative to paying for the transportation of empty containers is to use an online marketplace to find transporters …

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Trucker Tools launches Smart Capacity freight matching for fleets – CCJ – Aaron Huff| @AaronHuffCCJ|

By / 2020-09-13

During the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas, Trucker Tools announced new features and functions for its mobile driver app and the launch of Smart Capacity for owner-operators and small fleets. Launched in 2013, the Trucker Tools Mobile Driver App has been downloaded by more than 500,000 truckers for planning and information resource tools. Trucker …

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In capacity crunch, fleets using trailer technology to move more freight – CCJ – Aaron Huff| @AaronHuffCCJ

By / 2020-09-13

The rate pendulum has been in the corner of motor carriers in 2018 and will likely stay put through 2019. The DAT North American Freight Index, a monthly measure of demand for spot market freight, shows that rates peaked in June at 18 percent above the same time last year, and then dipped slightly in …

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Lanetix announces trucking-specific CRM software – CCJ – Aaron Huff| @AaronHuffCCJ

By / 2020-09-13

Lanetix, a San Fransisco-based startup that was seeded by investment from Salesforce.com, announced a new Customer Relationship Management (CRM) suite developed exclusively for asset-owning trucking firms and freight brokerages. The new suite, LxRoadFreight, was designed to enable transportation companies to compete against “big disrupters” in the industry like Uber Freight, said John Golob, president of …

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