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On Friday’s What The Truck?!? we talk coronavirus, ELDs, freight forecasting and more
New technology, capital, and business models have changed the competitive landscape.
Robinson aggressively cut prices to hold truckload volumes steady and grow LTL volumes.
Roadrunner Transportation will be able to take a significant step in improving its balance sheet following its agreement to sell its Prime Distribution Services business to C.H. Robinson Worldwide (NASDAQ: CHRW). The sale of Prime Distribution, which is part of Roadrunner’s Ascent division, will be for $225 million in cash. At the end of the […]
CVSA sets dates for Roadcheck and announces focus on driver requirements. Also, FedEx goes old school to build its future, Canada tackles USMCA approval and Democratic presidential candidates lay out their transportation plans.
C.H. Robinson President and CEO Bob Biesterfeld told FreightWaves that Robinson Labs will develop solutions, both technological and otherwise, for its customers, carriers and Robinson employees.
Hey hey hey, welcome to the workin’ weekend! We never hesitate to jump right in and hit you with the headlines: TA Logistics claims Celadon was insolvent in late November 2019, and for fear that future access to the shared IT system would again be blocked, and the failure to remit millions of dollars in […]
On today’s episode, Dooner and Chad will talk to C.H. Robinson President and CEO Bob Biesterfeld about the company’s new idea incubator, Robinson Labs. We’ll find out why one trucker thinks Amazon is working him like a “rented mule.” A new reason for Celadon’s bankruptcy is exposed. Walmart tells courts they’re being too literal.
C.H. Robinson is leveraging part of its $1 billion investment in tech to establish Robinson Labs, a technology innovation incubator.
With companies like Convoy achieving a $1 billion valuation in roughly four years, or publicly-traded companies like Uber and Amazon encroaching on the brokerage space, it is getting harder for the smaller, “relationship-based” brokers to compete. Whether it’s managed transportation, trailer pooling, warehousing or last-mile, brokers should be looking for ways to increase their value, […]
C.H. Robinson‘s commitment to innovation and technology secure it a spot in the top ten of the 2020 FreightTech 25 list.
Ben Thrower writes that venture capital funds continue to flow to digital freight brokerages, but legacy companies continue to fight back.
Moving to a fixed quarterly RFP program with brokers has added consistency, accuracy and reliability to Bumble Bee’s relationship with intermediaries
Freightquote by C.H. Robinson brings Robinson’s information advantage, capacity, and technology to small businesses.
Analysts now want CHRW to cut costs.
U.S. freight forwarders have increasingly embraced canines as part of their technology-driven air cargo security programs.
Biesterfeld: “We expect that North American routing guides will continue to reset at lower prices.”
Now Goldman thinks that ISM data won’t turn positive until Q2 2020.
The Backhaulers, Robinson, and Coyote veteran is back to build a brokerage on his own terms.
