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Convoy adds instant bid function into freight-finding app – CCJ – Jason Cannon| @By_Jason_Cannon

Convoy is adding a bid function to its app-based load-matching service the company announced Monday, allowing hauler partners to submit bids on loads directly through the app with one tap – and confirm an agreed-upon rate – without having to haggle over the phone. Through the platform’s Instant Bidding process, Chief Product Officer Ziad Ismail says …

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Convoy announces nationwide rollout, new driver-friendly features in app – CCJ – Jason Cannon| @By_Jason_Cannon

After nearly three years, app-based freight matching service Convoy on Tuesday announced it has expanded its network nationwide. Convoy has grown its footprint from the Puget Sound-area, to the Pacific Northwest, to west of Rockies and is now offering loads coast-to-coast with more than 100,000 trucks and drivers on the network. To coincide with the …

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Digitizing the trade transaction: the ‘next big thing’ in trucking – CCJ – Jason Cannon| @By_Jason_Cannon

Electric mobility and connected trucks may be the two most prominent trends, but Sandeep Kar, chief strategy officer at Fleet Complete, says they fall short of being “the next big thing.” “The next big thing is what governs the most fundamental relationship between shippers and carriers: the trade transaction,” he says. “Autonomy, [and] electric mobility …

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Uber Freight introducing personalized load matching, expanding footprint beyond Texas – CCJ – Jason Cannon| @By_Jason_Cannon

Hardly three months after its official debut, Uber Freight announced today it will expand services to major metros across California, Arizona, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and the Chicago-Midwest region. While emphasis is placed on major corridors and freight lanes in the new regions – which, including Texas, cover more than 25 percent of the country’s drivers …

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Uber CEO offers first look at Uber Freight, the company's long-haul trucking venture – Jason Cannon

Ride-sharing giant Uber has slowly been working its way into trucking for more than a year. Last June, the company acquired autonomous trucking up-start Otto, whichwas expected to help give rise to Uber’s long-haul trucking business Uber Freight. Uber CEO Travis Kalanick told Business Insider in an interview last year that the company was absolutely “getting …

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