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Business
News roundup, Nov. 20: Large brokerâs insta-book option for carriers; Photos: Three dumps of the month
Schneider Transportation Management has implemented the Trucker Tools companyâs Book-it-Now option for loads booked within its system by contracted carriers. See photos of âTruck of the Monthâ from dump truck contractor-transport provide freight-match platform Trux.
November 20, 2019
Business
Cargo Chiefâs evolution toward multi-broker freight platform
Utilizing a myriad of sources for the carrier-provided data it makes available to brokers to save time in the process of matching with carriers on available loads, Cargo Chiefâs C4 2.0 platform hopes to make good on a goal of greasing the skids for all freight transaction parties.
August 8, 2019
Channel 19
Rebooting Riteload, take two: Last no-broker board standing?
Newly re-branded Riteload (from âMyRiteloadâ) might well be the one of the last platforms still pursuing that âelusive holy grailâ of shipper-direct, brokerless matching we once wrote about. Theyâve relaunched a website, changed plenty, and hired an executive with deep trucking experience.
July 23, 2019
Business
England Logisticsâ new tracking, matching platform
The Trucker Tools company announced England Logistics had signed on to the Trucker Tools platform and implemented several of the Salt Lake City-based brokerageâs cloud-based freight-match and load-track applications and tools.
July 9, 2019
Electronic Logging Devices
More ELD data hopes and hazards: Load matching efficiency improvements
A variety of players, including some ELD providers, are executing plans to use ELD hours data as a way to help put load offers in front of carriers that have drivers who not only are close to the load but also have sufficient on-duty hours.
June 25, 2019
Electronic Logging Devices
Tracking-tech providers see new uses of ELD location data
Location data is some of the most valuable output from electronic logging devices, driving tracking services to make deals with ELD providers to allow users to opt into location-share connections with ELDs providing the tracking, with more functionality coming.
June 11, 2019
Business
Landstarâs new mobile app for contractors
Intended for use by owner-operators leased to the Jacksonville, Fla.-headquartered all-owner-operator fleet, the new LandstarOne mobile app offers contractors what the company intends as a kind of one-stop shop for business needs.
June 10, 2019
Electronic Logging Devices
A gold rush for ELD data
As the trucking industry reckons with the value of information spewing from millions of trucks, issues of privacy, disclosure and ownership rights, including fair compensation, remain to be resolved.
June 4, 2019
Business
BigRoadâs freight platform being extended to fleets and their dispatchers
BigRoad Freight is expanding its initial program for owner-operators using DashLink ELD data to optimize freight matching. Now, fleet dispatchers at companies on BigRoadâs logs system will be able to manage load assignments and help drivers avoid deadhead miles through the freight program.
April 24, 2019
Business
KeepTruckin to leverage ELD data for freight matching, detention pressure
A new tool is on the near-term horizon for KeepTruckin users offering insights into shipper/receiver facilities, also a âSmart Load Board.â KT also has expanded a small brokerage it bought last year, putting the company in a position of competition with its ELD users, or at least those carriersâ current brokers.
April 12, 2019
Business
Convoy adds âautomated biddingâ to in-app freight network
The Convoy freight platform launched automated bidding within its Request a Load feature, which U.S. carriers can use to input desired rates, favorite lanes and availability dates to allow the system to then automatically bid on loads.
March 22, 2019
Business
Convoy reaches near 100 percent automation
The tech-enabled brokerage Convoy says it is now matching 95 percent of loads it facilitates âwithout human interventionâ â in other words, shippers and carriers in 95 percent of cases are connecting for loads via the Convoy app and web-based platform without direct assistance from Convoy personnel.
February 5, 2019
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