John Paul Hampstead

Demo block 1: the rise of hardware and data agnosticism – FreightWaves – John Paul Hampstead, Associate Editor

‘Agnostic’ was a word that kept coming up during the first round of technology product demonstrations at Transparency18 in Atlanta. Envio 360’s drayage optimization platform is “TMS agnostic” and open platform; Konexial’s GoLoad technology is agnostic with regard to telematics and TMS systems; FullBay’s cloud-based diesel truck maintenance solution is agnostic to repair shop and …

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Blockchain without cryptocurrencies? – FreightWaves – John Paul Hampstead

( Photo: Wikimedia Commons ) The biggest barrier to blockchain’s adoption by enterprise on an industry-wide scale is a set of misconceptions about what exactly blockchain is and its relationship to cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum. Most people who are aware of blockchain learned about it because of the media’s fascination with Bitcoin, the volatile …

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FR8 Revolution and Comdata release heavy hauler survey findings – FreightWaves – John Paul Hampstead, Associate Editor

FR8Star offers transparency for the heavy hauling market Open deck heavy hauling is a smaller segment of the vast United States trucking economy, representing about $50B of the overall industry’s $750B annual revenues, but considered in absolute terms, it’s still a massive sector. Specialized heavy haulers move freight like farm equipment, mobile homes, and machinery …

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Key takeaways from Morgan Stanley’s Blockchain in Freight report – FreightWaves – John Paul Hampstead, Associate Editor

On Black Friday, Morgan Stanley released a 50-page research paper called “Blockchain in Freight Transportation: Early Days Yet but Worth the Hype.” Morgan Stanley expects that blockchain-enabled smart contracts will be widely available for commercial use in 2018 (see: Blockchain in Transport Alliance), with more sophisticated applications coming out in 2020. Morgan Stanley believes the …

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