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Capacity crunch breeds new freight matching tech – CCJ – Aaron Huff| @AaronHuffCCJ

By / 2020-09-13

In 2018, the pressures on truck capacity picked up right where they left off. Spot market rates climbed to record levels in December 2017, according to the DAT Freight Index. DAT Solutions also reported nine loads were available for every truck in its network — its highest monthly average in history. Smart Capacity is a …

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3PL Coyote Logistics offering KeepTruckin ELDs to carrier network – CCJ – Aaron Huff| @AaronHuffCCJ

By / 2020-09-13

ELD provider KeepTruckin has a new strategic alliance with Coyote Logistics, a UPS company and third-party logistics service provider, wherein Coyote will be offering KeepTruckin’s FMCSA-compliant ELD system to over 40,000 carriers in its network. Although the ELD mandate has been implemented on December 18, 2017, it has been estimated that nearly 28 percent of truckers are …

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Trucker Tools integrates freight matching tech with MercuryGate TMS – CCJ – Aaron Huff| @AaronHuffCCJ

By / 2020-09-13

Trucker Tools, provider of a driver smartphone app, load tracking and freight matching technology, has integrated its Smart Capacity platform with the MercuryGate Transportation Management Software (TMS). Smart Capacity is a freight matching platform used by third-party logistics providers (3PLs) and carriers. Its freight matching capabilities are more advanced than the current load boards and …

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Will blockchain extend or disrupt your business? – CCJ – Aaron Huff| @AaronHuffCCJ

By / 2020-09-13

Blockchain is the latest buzzword in transportation and logistics, but how and when this “digital ledger” technology will make an impact remains to be seen.     Perhaps the most anticipated benefit of the technology for carriers is to create smart contracts with shippers to have self-executing freight transactions. With a smart contract, the different …

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BlackBerry comes back with Radar for asset tracking, cargo monitoring, freight matching – CCJ – Aaron Huff| @AaronHuffCCJ

By / 2017-12-18

BlackBerry devices were once the most popular connectivity tools for business professionals. Many became skilled, and perhaps addicted, to feverishly tapping out emails using the miniature keyboards of their “CrackBerry” devices. Then, in 2007, Apple came out with the iPhone and others quickly jumped on the bandwagon to develop smartphones with full touchscreens, high-definition cameras …

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Trucker Tools’ freight matching Smart Capacity portal integrated with McLeod Software’s PowerBroker – CCJ – Aaron Huff| @AaronHuffCCJ

By / 2020-09-13

Trucker Tools, a driver smartphone app, load tracking and freight matching solutions provider, announces the integration of its Smart Capacity platform with PowerBroker, an enterprise-wide freight brokerage management system from McLeod Software. Trucker Tools says that Smart Capacity, which it launched in September, 2017, is a cloud-based freight matching platform used by third-party logistics providers …

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Beyond EDI, part 1: carriers open the kimono to shippers, brokers – CCJ – Aaron Huff| @AaronHuffCCJ

By / 2020-09-13

Electronic data interchange (EDI) is engrained in the transportation industry. “Every time someone comes up with the killer idea that is going to kill or replace EDI, it never has. EDI continues to survive and thrive,” says Ken Craig, vice president of special projects for McLeod Software. Photo credit: Load Delivered EDI protocols enable shippers, …

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e4Score integrates TrackAssure visibility portal with Trucker Tools’ Load Track – CCJ – Aaron Huff| @AaronHuffCCJ

By / 2020-09-13

Earlier this year, consumer goods company Unilever approached Chuck Irwin with a problem. Its transportation division wanted gate-to-gate visibility of shipments pulled by any carrier and asset. In addition to providing location and shipment status, Unilever wanted to track load temperatures to comply with the Food Safety Modernization Act. Irwin responded by developing a new …

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East Coast Transport selects Load Track from Trucker Tools – CCJ – Aaron Huff| @AaronHuffCCJ

By / 2020-09-13

East Coast Transport, LLC, a mid-size third-party logistics provider, has selected the automated Load Track platform from Trucker Tools and plans to extend its use of the technology beyond real-time freight visibility. East Coast Transport (ECT), based in Paulsboro, N.J., serves some of the largest shippers in the United States. The company is celebrating its …

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Does the ‘Uberization’ of trucking start with a local, trucker-centric focus? – CCJ – Aaron Huff| @AaronHuffCCJ

By / 2020-09-13

The trucking and logistics industry has been inundated by well-funded startup brokerage firms. Many have developed software that makes freight and capacity available to carriers and shippers on-demand. On-demand freight models seek to remove the role of an intermediary in freight transactions. Some refer to this “de-intermediation” movement as the “Uberization of trucking.” In theory, technology should make it as easy …

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