Uber Freight is acquiring third-party logistics company Transplace for approximately $2.25 billion, saying the move will create one of the leading logistics technology platforms.
Tapping digital technologies improves visibility for shippers and brokers and quality of life for drivers.
Booming e-commerce and other trends spell opportunities for last-mile fleets to work with shippers and 3PLs to successfully expand their businesses.
Cargo Chief recently announced the release of LaneMaster, a real-time full truckload (FTL) rating engine which gathers true freight pricing data through a consortium of transportation management software (TMS) and technology providers.
Whether you think they are a necessary evil or run a brokerage business yourself, there’s little doubt that freight brokers and third-party logistics providers are an integral part of the transportation and logistics industry.
Global logistics company C.H. Robinson is offering a free tool for large shippers that it says uses data and AI to disrupt the traditional annual bidding process.
Motor carriers aren’t the only transportation entities dealing with “nuclear verdicts” in lawsuits resulting from truck crashes. Brokers and third-party logistics companies can get caught up in these lawsuits, as well.
In HDT’s 2020 Fact Book, this section deals with all aspects of logistics, giving a statistical look at how fleets are addressing available freight over the course of a year.
Transportation Intermediaries Associations (TIA) recently launched the TIA Logistics Academy, which offers members the latest in best practices needed to operate and manage a successful 3PL across core areas of the business.
After a record-setting year in 2018, where tight capacity led to rate increases for carriers, 2019 was back to a more normal year in freight and logistics, and the industry was poised for a solid 2020—and then the pandemic hit. What this means for logistics and transportation professionals is highlighted in the 31st annual State of Logistics Report from the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals.
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