The Future of Freight

This article explores steps that shippers can take to manage current supply chain disruption.

This marks the second year in a row that Convoy has won this prestigious award from Niagara.

Shippers are making carbon reduction an explicit aspect of the procurement processes for their supply chain.

Compliance risk is serious business for shippers, and it can have significant repercussions. Just consider cargo theft, which is merely one aspect of compliance risk.

Welcome to Convoy’s Resource Center for Coronavirus (COVID-19).

The trucking capacity crunch, driver shortage, and electronic logging device (ELD) mandate are working together to create a carrier’s market right now.

Waste matters. For nearly every industry, waste contributes to higher costs. But in the freight industry, the stakes are even higher.

This infographic explores how CHEP works to meet consumer demand in a sustainable way

CHEP’s iconic blue pallet is not just a product offered to customers—it’s also a unique source of data that helps eliminate waste across CHEP’s network of partners, which include most of the largest consumer packaged goods companies in the world.

Lumper payments can tie up cash for weeks as carriers wait for reimbursement, but Convoy is now automating the process, guaranteeing payment with the touch of a button.

Less than a year after automating the load-matching process, Convoy is now automating the brokerage side in select markets.

Riding a wave of innovations, the digital freight services startup ranked No. 3 on the FreightTech 25 list of most disruptive companies.

Convoy launched Automated Reloads in June. Since then, the company said in “top markets,” the number of empty miles has been reduced by up to 50% or more in some areas and carbon emissions from empty miles have been reduced 45%.

Convoy has rolled out a free transportation management system for shippers. Also, USPS is interested in drone operators, Rivian wants people to subscribe to its trucks, and Virgin Atlantic pushes for more air cargo marketshare in London.

Shippers, TMS and MTP providers have now been given access to Convoy’s automated real-time pricing and capacity for both live and drop-and-hook loads through API and a suite of developer tools called Convoy Now.

Consumer goods company has created rest areas for truckers and adopted digital freight matching.

Several years ago Smithfield Foods, the world’s largest pork processor, initiated a plan to overhaul its logistics network, which at the time included a fleet of nearly 6,500 third-party trucks traveling more than three million miles weekly.  The changes included ramping up direct shipping to customers; optimizing its dedicated fleet and increasing use of newer, […]

FreightWaves partnered with freight brokerage Convoy to recognize Target as one of its top Shippers of Choice.

A top American manufacture wins award for its treatment of truckers.

Ease of doing business ranked high with drivers serving over 40 facilities.