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Uber officially enters brokerage market, launches Uber Freight platform – CCJ Staff

By / 2020-09-13

“Uber for trucking,” long considered a freight-matching unicorn, has come to a kind of fruition, with the ride-sharing giant today unveiling Uber Freight, a matching app aimed at the owner-operator market with a focus on dry van and reefer loads. The unveiling comes as one of the company’s other futuristic initiatives, its autonomous vehicle development …

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

By / 2020-09-13

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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Uber sets its sights on long-haul trucking and brokerage markets – By Jeff Berman, Logistics Management – Group News Editor

By / 2020-09-13

For shippers, carriers, brokerages and really all other industry stakeholders that have not given much thought to the possibility of Uber becoming a truckload carrier, it appears it may be time to change that mindset. That is due to a couple of different reasons. One is the ride sharing service’s recent acquisition of self-driving truck …

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Several new freight-matching apps introduced at GATS – James Jaillet| CCJ – @trucknewsJJ

By / 2020-09-13

Several new players entered the freight-matching and truck-routing app market last month at the Great American Trucking Show, held Aug. 25-27 in Dallas, Texas. The apps perform similar to Uber’s ride-sharing idea: Shippers post loads, carriers post trucks and the system automatically matches shippers loads’ to carriers’ available capacity. Two apps introduced last week — …

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How "Uber for Freight" Apps seek to Transform the industry. – LinkedIn

By / 2020-09-13

Article written by Steve Banker There have been several articles published on the trucking industry that describe the money flowing into startup firms that are looking to disrupt the freight industry the way that Uber disrupted the taxi industry. Here’s some excerpts from a Wall Street Journal article:  “Investors are pouring millions of dollars into …

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Trucking Too Complex to Become 'Uberized' – MH&L – MH&L Staff |

By / 2020-09-13

While Digital Freight Matching (DFM) companies use digital platforms to match a shipper’s freight with available carrier capacity to better utilize motor carrier capacity, the industry is too complex to become an Uber type of business.   One of the key components of Uber’s model is the commodity-like nature of the ride-hailing service, explains Armstrong & …

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3. Mobile apps – Aaron Huff| CCJ – @AaronHuffCCJ

By / 2020-09-13

With 90 percent of motor carriers operating less than six trucks, mobile apps give brokers and shippers a way to automate communications with owner operators and small fleets. A number of technology companies with brokerage authority have mobile apps that carriers use to accept loads and provide shipment status, among other functions. These apps can …

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Who will become the ‘Uber’ of freight transportation? – Aaron Huff| CCJ – @AaronHuffCCJ

By / 2020-09-13

On paper it doesn’t make sense. How can the popular ride-sharing service Uber be worth $41 billion? The company is less than six years old. Owner operators and fleet managers who use the app from Keychain can submit offers and instantly book loads. By creating a new economy — that’s how. Its simple smartphone app connects …

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