Digital trucking

Here are a few apps in the transportation limelight this year.

In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, more news from the FreightWaves Carrier Summit, a look inside the nation’s first digital trucking fleet, Amazon’s latest court loss and why Prologis is training logistics workers.

ArcherHub runs its own fleet that it uses as a backup for loads that go uncovered on its digital freight marketplace and thus guarantees hauls for every shipper.

Ryder System’s peer-to-peer truck sharing platform COOP connects truck owners with businesses interested in renting vehicles, helping maximize vehicle utilization.

BiTA’s Patrick Duffy informs committee of blockchain approaching critical mass

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.

XPO announced it is releasing a consolidated digital platform into the marketplace. XPO Connect is the latest digital offering by a transportation provider attempting to offer more visibility an functionality to its customers. 

A lot of facts and figures get thrown out by startups in the trucking space. Its important to understand whether these facts are credible or not. 

How might the digitization of trucking change the industry? That is the question that Cerasis tackled in a recent blog posting. The answer is somewhat obvious: a lot.