Uber Freight

With companies like Convoy achieving a $1 billion valuation in roughly four years, or publicly-traded companies like Uber and Amazon encroaching on the brokerage space, it is getting harder for the smaller, “relationship-based” brokers to compete. Whether it’s managed transportation, trailer pooling, warehousing or last-mile, brokers should be looking for ways to increase their value, […]

FreightTech will be even more important and pervasive in 2020. Learn about some of the expanding trends in FreightTech.

Brian Aoaeh writes about key trucking events in 2019 and looks ahead to 2020.

Ben Thrower writes that venture capital funds continue to flow to digital freight brokerages, but legacy companies continue to fight back.

Over the past two and a half years, Uber Freight, the freight brokerage division of Uber Technologies (NYSE: UBER), has already proven itself capable in two key areas for young technology companies: growing revenue fast and shipping new products at a rapid clip.  Powerloop’s trailer pool, the continuous moves Uber Freight calls “bundles,” international versions […]

Technology to help with freight asset operations, sales and technology integration highlighted the third block of demonstrations at FreightWaves LIVE in Chicago on Nov. 12. WinMore is a provider of bid and tender collaboration software to help freight forwarders and brokers win more — get it? — contracted rate business, Mark Gamble, director of product […]

The Uberization of Freight has come to mean many things, but to Uber Freight Senior Director Bill Driegert, it means relieving pain points for carriers and shippers.

Lorin Seeks, Convoy’s director of quality and compliance, spent nine years leading logistics as a captain in the U.S. Army Transportation Corps.

Uber Freight sees loads more than double on a year-over-year basis, but the division’s losses increased as well. Investors will now likely mull over these results as the company’s stock lock-up expiration approaches.

Montreal-based Transport DSquare got an early taste of the platform on a Mississauga-Montreal haul and sees good things for the Canadian freight market.

Bill Driegert discussed both the Canadian and Polish expansions.

Executives from Parade, CoLane, Forager, and Trucker Tools discussed the current state and future of brokerage digitization.

Traditional freight brokerages are ramping up technological spending to keep pace with the industry.

The drop trailer pool expands to Los Angeles while Bundles will be nationwide.

This week we step inside the world of Business Insider’s transportation reporter, Rachel Premack. We cover her journey into journalism, trucking “bloodbath” becoming a meme, driver opinion on #UberFreight, overcoming #sexism and so much more!

7-minute company demos will garner a lot of attention at the upcoming FreightWaves LIVE Chicago conference, November 12-13.

C.H. Robinson’s Bob Biesterfeld and Uber Freight’s Lior Ron will headline the Townhall Series at the upcoming CSCMP EDGE 2019 conference. The pair will discuss the changing nature of freight and address how technology is making that happen.

The move signals the shift from a tech startup to a mature logistics operation.

A round at this valuation puts Convoy one step closer to an IPO.