The Future of Freight is a collaboration between FreightWaves and Convoy to highlight the businesses and individuals who are leading this change. Here you’ll find stories about supply chain professionals who are modernizing their operations, the technologies enabling the change, and best practices you can apply within your business. Check back to stay up to date on the latest freight industry trends and news.
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.
