Appreciating hours of service rules is part of the fabric that makes this Wisconsin-based dairy company go the extra mile to ensure that truckers spend as little time as possible in its facilities.
Award winner is taking on new driver partnerships as it expands into last-mile delivery.
FreightWaves and Convoy recently teamed up to present the first annual Shipper of Choice Award to a top-notch manufacturer, distributor or retailer. Conagra Brands (NYSE: CAG) ranked number 4 out of 25 award winners. The first-of-its-kind award was created to recognize shippers committed to eliminating inefficiencies from the supply chain and aiming to be excellent […]
Working with over 100 outside carriers and brokers, Walmart (NYSE: WMT) is likely to be a shipper of choice for many already. But even one of the U.S. freight industry’s largest customers realized it could do better for drivers. The Bentonville, Arkansas-based company came in third in a field of 135 shippers for theShipper of […]
The first-of-its-kind award was created to recognize shippers committed to eliminating inefficiencies from the supply chain and aiming to be excellent partners for their carriers.
Commentary As digital freight brokerage apps learn to concentrate on driving user engagement and building dynamic marketplaces that adapt to user behavior, they will start to resemble social media networks like Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat and Tinder. Apps like Uber Freight, Convoy, Transfix, J.B. Hunt 360, C.H. Robinson’s Navisphere and EchoShip/Drive were designed to cover loads […]
Convoy, a freight-matching and supply chain solutions technology company, has been named Anheuser-Busch’s Non-Asset Carrier of the Year.
For the first time, FreightWaves and its partner Convoy have recognized the manufacturers, distributers and retailers who do the best job of keeping the American economy moving by fighting driver detention, providing accessible facilities, and understanding what it takes to remove inefficiencies from the supply chain.
Convoy has worked closely with shippers on various projects, including its Convoy Go program that gives owner-operators access to drop-and-hook freight. It has now formalized those efforts in the Innovation Lab.
Convoy is looking to help owner-operators and small fleets get access to drop-and-hook freight with a nationwide rollout of Convoy Go.
Amazon’s outsize presence in Seattle has yet to translate into a new wave of start-ups but that is expected to change as the tech giant’s relationship with the city enters a new phase and the region’s venture capital ecosystem matures.
Insurgent digital brokerage apps are increasing their share of downloads while load boards are largely stagnant.
Becoming a Shipper of Choice requires many steps and processes, but it starts with communication, trust and building a relationship.
The feature is intended to save carriers time and money that they would spend searching for and booking loads.
The nominees have been announced and voting is now underway in the inaugural FreightWaves Shipper of Choice awards. The Shipper of Choice Award is in partnership with Convoy.
We checked in with executives from Edge Logistics, Avenger Logistics, and Convoy to see how brokers are handling YOY volume growth.
Trucking-as-a-service is poised to break out into 5x growth over the next five years, says Frost & Sullivan.
Convoy CEO Dan Lewis said that digital brokerage margins would expand until most participants adopted low-cost structure, then start compressing.
Convoy, the powerful nationwide trucking network and platform for both shippers and carriers, is partnering with FreightWaves on the first-ever Shipper of Choice Award.
Convoy is now matching 100 percent of loads automatically in major markets, effectively eliminating the need for any person to call or communicate between the shipper and carrier.
