Convoy
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Equipment
Convoy adds API access to its network for shippers
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…
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Startups
The FreightTech venture cycle is here to stay. Ignore at your own peril.
FreightTech venture investing is super hot, but most of these startups continue to lose money. Is this a fad or something else? Last year, FreightWaves…
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Modes
How much are digital freight brokerages really worth? (with video)
A lot of things have to go right for DFBs to build a market large enough to justify their valuations.
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Equipment
Today’s Pickup: Convoy claims its carriers have better crash ratings, fewer cargo claims than industry averages
Convoy says a study of its data shows that carriers in its network are safer than industry averages and have fewer cargo claims than the…
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Innovation
Behind the scenes with the Convoy gang
From their Seattle headquarters, the executive team talks operations, startup culture and the enduring importance of the human factor.
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Today's Pickup
Today’s Pickup: Your office mailroom isn’t celebrating Prime Day
Package surge from Amazon’s annual sales blitz overwhelms workplaces as more people get deliveries at their offices.
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Trucking
Unilever USA, a shipper of choice that embraces drivers and the future
Consumer goods company has created rest areas for truckers and adopted digital freight matching.
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Fuel
FreightWaves Radio preview: the outlook for IMO2020; Convoy, retention and the last-mile threesome
With IMO2020 just around the corner, FreightWaves Radio this weekend takes a look at how it might impact fuel markets. J. Scott Susich, the director…
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Driver issues
No appetite for driver detention: Shipper of Choice American Foods
Eliminating delays is source of pride for the beef processor and retailer
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News
Going whole hog: Smithfield carves out leading position in pork supply chain
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…
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