Technology

Julie Van de Kamp Tuesday, April 28, 2026

TruckSmarter Partners with SONAR To Deliver TRAC Spot Rates For Motor Carriers

TruckSmarter is taking the freight industry into the future with the launch of Dispatch, combining AI capabilities into the industry’s first chat-based interface built specifically for freight. Now, truck drivers can eliminate hours scrolling through traditional load boards. Instead, drivers can ask anything to find loads, deploy agents to execute actions, such as a bidding […]

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Thomas Wasson Monday, April 20, 2026

Trimble roundtable focuses on supply chain resilience

A growing trend in logistics is no longer about preventing disruptions. The new focus is recovering from disruptions faster than competitors. That was the central message from Trimble Transportation and Logistics executives during a virtual roundtable.  In the presentation, company leaders outlined how their expanding carrier-shipper network is helping transform supply chains from reactive to […]

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Thomas Wasson Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Mudflap acquires AI capacity platform Parade

Mudflap has completed its acquisition of Parade. The deal pairs Mudflap’s location-verified carrier network with Parade’s capacity management platform for brokers, which has facilitated more than $40 billion in total cumulative freight transactions. Mudflap boasts more than 515,000 drivers across over 100,000 verified carriers. The Palo Alto-based fintech company provides fuel discount solutions to carriers […]

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Matt Herr Thursday, April 9, 2026

Three Strategies for Closing Fleet Risk Blind Spots

Fleet operators tend to think of risk in terms of isolated events, such as a crash, a failed inspection, or a compliance lapse. But according to Bob O’Connell, Account Executive of Strategic Accounts at J.J. Keller & Associates, that way of thinking is itself the biggest blind spot in the industry. “A lot of carriers, […]

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