Supply chain visibility companies Tive and project44 have joined forces to launch the Open Visibility Network in an effort to encourage collaboration and improve end-to-end shipment visibility.
Airspace moves goods fast, with a mix of technology, air transport, ground couriers and people who literally carry a critical product on a flight and to one’s door. Investors just gave the company a big pile of money to play with.
NYSHEX aims to eliminate ambiguity from containerized freight contracts. ‘We make it crystal clear exactly what the carriers and shippers are going to do.’
Uber Freight has rolled out a free rate-locking tool for small and midsize shippers.
Oracle has released machine-learning and IoT updates to its supply chain application.
Oracle’s cloud-based solutions help shippers weather disruptions and give customers a seamless buying experience.
“Driver detention is a leading cause of lost earnings and driver dissatisfaction,” said Elkins.
A Shell and Deloitte joint study addresses economic, technical and regulatory factors related to decarbonizing road freight.
Phoenician Energy’s aluminum-air batteries will be developed and piloted as part of the Yara Marine X program designed to create a greener maritime industry.
Now is the time to transform the United States’ dominance of information technology into a durable leadership position in innovations that will characterize supply chains the rest of this century.
There’s a push for more digitization and a growing need for more software as more EVs emerge and more self-driving capabilities are added to cars. Automakers are finding themselves without the expertise to fulfill the need for connected services and AI insights.
Transfix has released a transportation management system (TMS) for small and midsize shippers, continuing a trend in which digital freight brokers expand their reach with software targeting carriers and shippers that have yet to adopt modern technology platforms. Because legacy TMS systems are designed for enterprise operations, around 90% of small and midsize shippers still […]
Fast-growth startup ClockWork focuses its solution on improving the lives of drivers
WebCargo has landed a big boy in the cargo world. Qatar Airways will sell space to shippers through the third-party platform.
Autonomous trucking company TuSimple establishes a high-powered executive advisory board; takes equity investments from Werner Enterprises and Schneider.
Cross-border logistics platform looks to scale sustainably as it prepares to raise more capital.
A catastrophic ransomware attack like the one that hit Forward Air is not inevitable. But transportation and logistics companies need to take cybersecurity seriously.
Former Google exec was not currently in prison but faced 18-month sentence eventually
Fresh from its takeover of Uber ATG in December, autonomous vehicle company Aurora has signed an agreement with heavy-duty truck manufacturer PACCAR (NASDAQ: PCAR) to commercialize autonomous Peterbilt and Kenworth trucks. This collaboration, the latest in the series of deals between self-driving vehicle technology companies and OEMs, will integrate the Aurora Driver and PACCAR’s autonomous […]
Berlin-based digital freight brokerage Sennder closed a $160 million series, exceeding a $1 billion valuation.
