Uber Freight

Uber Freight makes it a point to meet drivers and carriers where they are.

Uber Freight needs access to more capacity to keep up with 153 percent growth in gross bookings.

Uber’s second quarter as a public company saw a loss much worse than the consensus estimate. Revenue increased significantly at Uber Freight, so did the losses.

Starting today, shippers using MercuryGate’s transportation management system (TMS) will have access to Uber Freight’s network of carriers, guaranteed capacity and real-time market rates, MercuryGate announced this morning. “Shippers need reliable information to drive speed and efficiency in their 24/7 operations,” said MercuryGate president and chief executive officer Joe Juliano in a statement. “By tapping […]

A lot of things have to go right for DFBs to build a market large enough to justify their valuations.

From their Seattle headquarters, the executive team talks operations, startup culture and the enduring importance of the human factor.

Logistics platform launches in second European country, where the trucking industry and shippers contend with a growing driver shortage and too many empty kilometers.

Commentary by Bill Driegert, Senior Director of Uber Freight, explores the current and near-future of on-demand freight.

A few months after launching the Facility Ratings feature in its app, Uber Freight has published its first Facility Insights Report, a compendium and analysis of carriers’ ratings of shipper facilities that will be released on a regular cadence. Digital freight brokerage apps continue to roll out new features and services to drive carrier engagement. […]

Landstar announced that it may not be able to meet the low-end of its guidance range as truckload spot market fundamentals remain weak.

The first Uber Freight European load has been moved in the Netherlands. The cargo was for Heineken.

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 […]

Other Bets revenue, primarily consisting of Uber Freight, increased 263 percent year-over-year to $145 million.

Today on FreightWaves Now, we take it to the Sierras and dig down with the “critical events” feature on our charts. Also, what is happening in the economy with housing starts, and should we be worried about Uber and Lyft’s rough start with their IPO?

After a decade of disrupting urban mobility, Uber finally opens up for its initial public offering (IPO) at the NYSE on May 10.

Building a small business is difficult if you don’t have access to the same powerful tools that larger competitors do. Uber Freight, with its growing suite of tools, has been trying to empower small fleets and owner-operators to allow them to compete on an even playing field.

Amazon.com, Inc.’s volumes are so immense that the company has pitched tents to support its deliveries.

Uber released its S-1 filing after the market close, placing in on track to go public with its anticipated May IPO.

Insurgent digital brokerage apps are increasing their share of downloads while load boards are largely stagnant.

The European Shippers’ Council is generally in favour of Uber Freight’s move into the European market, but the council warns that the deals between trucker and shipper will need to be carefully worded to avoid litigation.