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uShip’s vision for mobile-driven ‘little LTL’
uShip CEO envisions tomorrow’s trucker as an independent who uses on-demand platforms to “help them maximize utilization of the asset”; readers’ worries over “sharing economy” competition foregrounded.
April 2, 2015
Nearby shipments search functionality and the instant-booking feature of the uShip mobile app further automates freight selection in some categories in the platform’s load universe.
Business
On-demand load matching: Where it’s happening
As mobile communications technology advancements give rise to streamlined freight transactions, some startups go so far as doing it all with a single app. Who will be the ‘Uber of trucking?’
April 1, 2015
One of the chief benefits of the Cargomatic on-demand freight platform is that “it’s automating dispatch,” says Victoriano Molina, owner of local-hauling outfit California LTL. That’s freed Molina up to focus more squarely on improving service quality, a boon to business long-term. Cargomatic, says company cofounder Brett Parker, will expand to New York from its base in California, with its sights set on every major-city market in the U.S. where local trucking operations are entrenched.
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