FreightTech

FreightWaves Staff Wednesday, July 9, 2025

REPOWR announces Chris Hines as new CEO

Freight Industry Pioneer Joins REPOWR to Lead Expansion in the B2B Trailer-Sharing Space REPOWR, the leader in the B2B trailer-sharing space, is excited to announce the appointment of Chris Hines as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer. With over 38 years of experience in the transportation and technology sectors, Hines brings a wealth of leadership, […]

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Tuesday, August 13, 2024

ShipHero spins off fulfillment business

ShipHero is separating its warehouse management system from its fulfillment business by launching a subsidiary 3PL, LVK, to better focus on customers. The move is to better position itself in the industry as the freight recession continues and venture capital in the FreightTech community becomes scarcer.

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Eric Kulisch Tuesday, July 11, 2023

Freightos laying off 13% of employees as revenue weakens

Freightos, a digital marketplace for international air and ocean shipping, announced Tuesday that it will reduce staff levels by 13% and lowered its full-year outlook again in an effort to stem mounting losses as revenues fall short of expectations because of a prolonged downturn in freight markets. The news is the latest example of the […]

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FreightWaves Staff Tuesday, May 24, 2022

FreightTech integrations with SONAR continue to increase 

FreightWaves SONAR is the industry’s leading and fastest freight forecasting platform. SONAR provides the clearest insight into freight pricing, and subscribers can reliably forecast supply chain demand and capacity by using spot rate and tender data for predictive rates. FreightWaves’ CFO/COO Spencer Piland noted, “SONAR has been proven time and again to make an operational […]

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Thomas Wasson Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Dude, where’s my stuff!? Talking about tracking with Ryan Rogers

In today’s episode, we talk about the challenges of tracking freight, and how we can change telephone calls into telematics updates. Our special guest is Ryan Rogers, CEO of freight location tracking startup TextLocate.

For many large carriers, communication is automated, but those fleets are in the top 1% of all registered carriers. For the rest of trucking, tracking still involves a phone call. In this episode, we look at ways to make tracking methods transparent and available to all.

Is it possible to make this simpler?

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