AI software provider Paxafe looks to continue its strategic partnership strategy while expanding globally and building its sales team.
Supply chain visibility provider Vizion is partnering with D&B to launch its new solution, TradeView.
“When you see fleets double in size in a very short period of time, typically they haven’t grown on the inside as well as the outside, and that’s a very dangerous combination,” Reliance Partners’ Brian Runnels said.
In this week’s episode of Taking The Hire Road, Jeremy Reymer, founder of DriverReach, is joined by a great industry friend, Michael Precia, the CEO and president of fleet safety and risk management system Fleetworthy Solutions.
The nature of lithium-ion batteries — and the gasses they produce while burning — make it difficult for even the most prepared fire departments to extinguish these fires.
Over the past two years, cyber liability insurance has become an important strategy for many freight brokers as they’ve recognized the importance of having a plan to fall back on.
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Reliance Partners’ Borderless Coverage program provides shippers and logistics service providers of all sizes with coverage from the moment of pickup in the U.S. to final delivery in Mexico.
Like all technology, ELDs can malfunction. When that happens, drivers need to know what to do to stay compliant with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations.
“Part of what worries us about trucks, in particular, is that the truck vehicle networks weren’t really designed to be put on the internet,” said NMFTA’s Ben Gardiner.
Idelic’s founder joins Taking The Hire Road to discuss how machine learning is helping companies predict crash risk and effectively coach the right drivers.
Reliance Partners’ Kevin Dupree sheds light on what underwriters look for when determining a company’s or driver’s insurance risk.
The potential for higher pay and less idle time is appealing. However, constantly sharing a confined space with another person doesn’t work for everyone.
“Some companies, not all, are willing to roll the dice on things like safety and maintenance to try to save money. But, when it comes to safety, neglecting small things can turn into big things,” Reliance Partners’ Brian Runnels said.
“If there comes a time when you have a crash and attorneys or law enforcement start digging into your records and find falsifications, it’s all going to come to the surface,” said Brian Runnels, vice president of safety at Reliance Partners.
Are you Roadcheck ready? If not, now is the time to prepare. Tom Bray, J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc. senior business advisor, shares best practices.
Do you know what’s on your PSP record? Reliance Partners’ Mark Barlar shares insight into the story it tells about a driver, how it informs hiring decisions and what drivers can do about it.
“Real-time visibility and responsive risk management gives Overhaul a distinct advantage among supply chain SaaS providers,” said Ryan Ziegler, general partner at lead investor Edison Partners.
By implementing a strong safety and compliance program — like Reliance Partners can help them build — carriers can minimize risk and pay less for insurance.
“With over thousands of carriers to choose from to move your freight, carrier scorecards are essential to making the right buying decision during an RFP bid event,” Emerge founder and CEO Andrew Leto said.
FMCSA requires annual checks on a truck driver’s motor vehicle record. But doing that can leave gaps and potentially allows drivers to remain on the road when they are no longer eligible to drive a CMV.
The easiest way to stop cargo theft is before it happens, and that is what Overhaul is trying to do with its risk management products.
Transportation lawyer Cassandra Gaines describes the process of combining legal lessons into carrier monitoring FreightTech.
Paxafe closes on additional $1.5 million round led by Venture 53 with participation from Value Chain Ventures, project44’s Jett McCandless and Metafora’s Peter Rentschler.
Trucking carriers face increased risk of nuclear verdicts, but managing those risks is not insurmountable, if done right and from the start.
Reliance Partners’ Robert Kaferle explains that you’ve got to do some digging to identify your safety risks.
As COVID-19 shut down businesses in the early days, criminal enterprises sought new ways to launder money, and that led them to e-commerce.
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Reliance Partners’ Robert Kaferle reveals how common it is for companies not to have rules in writing. No wonder driver safety remains a heated issue.
Reliance Partners’ Robert Kaferle says that successful safety cultures empower all employees to voice concerns and offer solutions.
Reducing risk from natural disasters, disease and terrorism is an important goal, but doing so shouldn’t paralyze economic activity.
The key to strong relationships can be augmented by finding companies that are willing to share in the inherent risks that come with moving inbound and outbound freight. Relationships and good risk management strategy do not exist to absolve one party of responsibility, shifting blame onto the other.
FreightWaves chats with chief sustainability officers about their experience and how they drive sustainable change at each company.
Partnering with project44 enables Everstream Analytics’ predictive risk tools to become more foretelling with a larger pool of data.
Automation will mitigate exposure created by process errors and duplication of efforts by integrating disparate systems.
Nuclear verdicts are on the rise, and two behind-the-scenes factors playing large roles are the emotional pleas plaintiffs’ attorneys are making to juries and the growing number of hedge funds that invest in civil lawsuits.
Focusing on risk management can help protect fleets from the pain of paying massive damages.
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“The impact of these nuclear verdicts, as well as higher insurance costs, could send more carriers out of business,” said Zach Strickland.
Visibility startup ensures compliance by taking corrective action in real time.
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We caught up with Gary Saykaly, who is running a new Trucking & Freight Derivatives Group at Lakefront Futures & Options.
What The Truck?!? hits the road this week as Chad and Dooner make tracks towards Birmingham, Alabama to cover McLeod’s Transportation, Finance and Accounting Conference. The guys talk with McLeod’s CEO Tom McLeod, VP of Ops David Custred, CFO Kasey Burleson, Chief InfoSec Officer Ben Barnes, and Buddy Moore Trucking’s CFO Susan Moore Kirkpatrick.
FreightWaves adds commercial vehicle accident injuries and fatalities in SONAR as well as adds regions to the TRI.
On Wednesday at the Texan Gaylord Resort and Convention Center, following MarketWaves18, members of the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA) met to receive updates on the organization’s progress toward data standards, hear announcements, share feedback, and learn about the work being done by BiTA’s think thanks.
Presented by Reliance Partners …As if insurance requirements are not confusing enough for truckers, there is additional insurance policies some truckers or carriers need that others do not. This includes intermodal insurance coverage
