40 groundbreaking demos, 37 industry experts, 1 high-powered event. Don’t miss MarketWaves18 November 12-13, 2018 in Grapevine, Texas.
Once blockchain technology reaches a tipping point—with or without tokens—there should be another infusion of funding in the digital ad startup space and, as a result, innovation.
Slync, an intelligent platform redefining multi-party interaction, automation, and collaboration throughout the supply chain , has agreed to a multi-year partnership with FreightWaves, the leading data and content source for the freight market.
More than a year after it built a large following through its app for drivers, Uber Freight is now turning the spotlight on shippers. The company today announced the launch of Uber Freight for Shippers, a desktop-based app platform that provides direct access to carriers and more transparency into shipments.
Fuel remains among the largest costs for both carriers and shippers but based on the current practice of using a fuel surcharge to mitigate volatility in pricing, both parties remain at risk of ending up on the losing end of the deal.
Michael Lewis, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Moneyball, The Blind Side, and The Big Short, has just been confirmed as a keynote speaker for MarketWaves18 at the Opryland Texan Resort & Convention Center this November.
RevUnit, a digital strategy and product studio with clients in the logistics space, has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA) to help industry leaders work toward common blockchain standards.
There are technology solutions out there for the smaller carriers, but they may be expensive or not designed for the littler guys.
The ELD mandate hasn’t created a capacity squeeze but there are other signs of how it has changed driver behavior.
Startups and incumbents at the demos today are building transparency into their products. Historically freight has been very opaque. The change is emerging here and now.
Panalpina has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA), a forum of leading tech and transportation companies for the development and implementation of blockchain standards in the freight industry.
Obtaining data that is both clean and usable remains a challenge for the industry, one that blockchain is promising to solve.
As blockchain technology works its way into the transportation ecosystem, there is remains plenty to learn about its potential, but its success will depend on multiple parties working together.
BiTA announced it would be forming Think Tanks to help identify industry pain points that blockchain could help solve. The Alliance also said the first BiTA Standards should be out before the end of 2018.
There’s nothing done at large scale today. That’s just not reality. There’s still more questions than answers. But what is being done, and how?
Between automation and visibility through constant technology gains and application, SprintShip is striving for perfection in a highly complex and complicated logistics process.
The words ‘realtime’ and ‘visibility’ get thrown around a lot, but most companies offering visibility solutions don’t actually define what they mean by the terms, which confuses the market.
Custom Pro Logistics, a Cincinnati based 3PL, has announced its membership in BiTA.
Blockchain, digital freight brokerages, and heavy-truck telematics are just a few of the themes that will be addressed at the upcoming Transparency18 Future of Freight conference, powered by FreightWaves and in conjunction with the Blockchain in Transport Alliance and Georgia Tech.
One year after launch, FreightWaves takes the top spot for news in the freight and logistics industry according to Amazon’s Alexa.
