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Business
Load boardsā mobile evolution
Trucker Path and its Truckloads app join major players DAT and Truckstop.com in an increasing number of operatorsā load board experiences, optimized for mobile devices.
March 9, 2017
Business
Tech accelerates freight movement visibility
While larger fleets have used trailer-tracking systems for years, more brokers and shippers are relying on mobile tech in the driverās pocket to do the same. Some truckers are raising privacy concerns.
March 6, 2017
Business
Dodging the middleman: On-demand freight matching progress report
On-demand load-matching services are seeing some success circumventing traditional brokers, promising gains for owner-operators in rates, freight availability and productivity. While no one service will be āUber for allā in the fragmented brokerage market, technology used by services large and small is moving in the same direction.
March 3, 2017
Channel 19
Negotiating the brokerage contract: Back solicitation, detention and more
Leander Richmond of Mich.-based eight-truck Eagle Express Inc. learned the hard way of one brokerās no-detention-pay standard policy at first-come first-served shipper/receiver facilities ā likewise the āinsultingā offer when he objected.
February 14, 2017
Channel 19
BridgeHaul app offers services, including logs, toward a shipper-exclusive freight marketplace
The latest start-up attempting to provide that āelusive holy grailā of a shipper-direct marketplace for freight to owner-operators is Los Angeles-based BridgeHaul, whose app likewise provides a smartphone-based logbook (ELD on the way), trip planner and more.
January 19, 2017
Business
Heists involving identity theft and other types of fraud are growing part of cargo theft mix
Since the so-called āfictitious pickupā cargo theft mode drew enough attention in supply-chain-security circles to warrant specific attention, itās only continue to grow as a share of all load thefts nationwide. Combat it with information security.
January 12, 2017
Channel 19
Itās complicated: Channel 19 year in review, part 3
Part 3 in this year in review, in which the āreal Leroy Mercerā reared his head (sort of ā yeah, itās complicated), and Elves Truckingās time-card hours compliance strategy didnāt look well in light of compliance-review waterboardings, and ā¦
December 30, 2016
Channel 19
Trucking āuberizationā and the ānew 800-pound gorilla that everyone will have to be aware ofā
According to Business Insider writer Eugene Kimās sources, that gorilla is Amazon, who plans to develop an app to help match freight to truckers. Big difference between Amazon and numerous tech start-ups in this space: freight volume, of course.
December 19, 2016
Channel 19
Thursday round-up: Supply chain mandating ELDs?, Wal-Mart moving toward cab cameras, nolo contendere for operator
Reporting out of Arkansas: Wal-Martās private fleet begins to test in-cab camera systems. Howard Salmon pleas out from under a following-too-close citation. And: one regular reader calls foul on the notion that brokers/shippers will require ELDs in contracts for exempt truckers post-mandate.
December 15, 2016
Business
C.H. Robinson: 1st annual carrier awards
In this first C.H. Robinsson Key Carrier of the Year award program, the owner-operator category winner was independent Billy Reece of Rowlett, Texas.
December 6, 2016
Business
Xypper launches new app/web-based brokered freight tool
The company Xypper, Inc., has developed and launched a smartphone-app- and web-based system optimized for independent owner-operators to receive brokered load offers based on geographical location and availability.
November 16, 2016
Channel 19
āLegitimate freight optionsā ā old ways in new times
Thereās many ways to skin the cat on freight ā in response to a reader question about legitimate freight options, an update on newer load boards/marketplaces and mobile-optimized brokerages and a revisit to tried-and-true methods, doing the hard work, etc. ā¦
November 8, 2016
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