The logistics industry has been bombarded with years of overdue technological advancement ever since the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate went into effect. Technological advancement in the space has only increased since that pivotal moment, and brokerages have not been exempt from the pressure to keep up.
ECHO pivoted away from the spot market and also leaned into LTL.
Spot-heavy 3PLs are looking for freight while brokers with good contract relationships are getting rewarded.
Sponsored by Redwood LogisticsWhile Redwood has moved freight in and out of the Southeast for quite some time, this acquisition provides the company with strong operational presence in the region. This geographical expansion is a key component of Redwood’s overall acquisition strategy.
Eric Kirchner, the former CEO of UTi Worldwide, will offer strategic advice as GlobalTranz expands into new geographies and types of transactions.
Andrew Silver, CEO of MoLo Solutions, looked back at 2018 and talked about the challenges and joys of running a high-growth brokerage, December freight markets, and and MoLo’s plan for 2019.
We spoke to GlobalTranz’s outgoing CEO Bob Farrell and new CEO Renee Krug about the transition in leadership and the marketplace for mergers and acquisitions in the 3PL space going forward into 2019.
Russel Jones, CEO of Cargo Chief, demonstrates C4 platform at MarketWaves 18: automated load-matching technology that levels the playing field among freight brokerages.
McKinsey, Goldman Sachs, Stifel Nicolaus, and Susquehanna are all in agreement that technology and data are critical for driving productivity in transportation and logistics companies. We survey recent research by the firms.
The new tool will allow machine learning to accept and interpret counteroffers from carriers, and decide if they’re too high or just right.
In Partnership with Arrive Logistics… we talk freight market data with executives from Arrive Logistics and ask them how they’re preparing to handle surging volumes in Q4 and beyond.
In partnership with Trucker Tools…
We spoke to Dave Dallas, CMO and President of Brokerage at SunteckTTS, about the addition of a brokerage centered on the West Coast.
Two high school friends, one from Access America and one from JB Hunt, founded a successful brokerage in Knoxville full of supply chain management grads. And they love SONAR.
R2 Logistics, Inc., a customer-focused third-party logistics (3PL) service provider, is the latest member of the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA).
Customers in some cases can move back and forth between the rails and the roads, and how brokers deal with that was the subject of an IANA panel discussion.
The Freight Movement is in partnership with Arrive Logistics …In many ways, truckers are quietly excluded from the comfortable, modern lives that they make possible for us. As David Rivers found out, “Until you experience it, you don’t realize how significant the sacrifices are that drivers make.”
K & L Freight has invested heavily in technology and data and grown 5x in the past two years. The next step is offering financial services to help their shipper customers hedge against spot market volatility.
Uber Freight continues to gain scale as the company doubles-down on the business
Opus9 launched its digital platform, automating every step of the truckload and LTL shipping process, Tuesday. The new platform is intended to “digitize an old industry and bring it forward,” according to Vice President of Product Management Jeff Hiller.
The asset-light expedited LTL carrier posted strong volume and yield growth, and is tacking on intermodal businesses by M&A, but playing catch up with its truckload brokerage.
Livingston International Inc., a leading provider of freight forwarding, customs brokerage and trade-consulting solutions, announced today its membership in the Blockchain in Transport Alliance.
