Glen Stewart, director of strategic programs at Wabash, discusses the company’s Trailers-as-a-service (TaaS) offering, which is designed to help increase asset uptime.
urricane season can frequently — and unexpectedly — change the trucking dynamic. Part of this involves the positioning of equipment in anticipation for hauling FEMA freight.
“We see TaaS as something more than leasing, something more than rental. We see it as a way we can create custom solutions for different digital partners as they try to maximize their business,” said Wabash President and CEO Brent Yeagy.
Small carriers are opting to bring only a power unit to a brokered transaction.
“This is about lowering the barrier of entry for owner-operators. We are trying to push them forward and help them make key decisions that will ultimately lead them to success in scaling their business.”
Knight-Swift, Arrive Logistics, and Uber Freight have three different approaches to drop-freight solutions.
Just three years after its founding in Seattle by two former Amazon executives, the leading digital freight brokerage Convoy reached a unicorn valuation and took the #4 spot in the Freight.Tech 25.
Uber Inc. has introduced Powerloop, an affiliate company to Uber Freight, which would rent out power-only trailers to carriers looking to grow their business and thereby ease the industry’s capacity crunch.
After helping drivers out with automatic detention and its Power-Only program, Convoy has turned its attention to shippers, offering guaranteed, instantly bookable coverage of loads at realtime market rates.
Convoy is going to start managing assets to give owner-operators access to efficient, desirable drop and hook freight. We think it’s brilliant.
Convoy leverages its tech to give owner-operators the same advantages as large carriers. Read the Full Article
