Media Coverage

Austin Business Journal by Christopher Calnan, Staff Writer Online movers marketplace uShip Inc. is positioned to capitalize on a new reality television series depicting its carriers. The show, which premieres on cable TV station A&E at 9 p.m. ET Tuesday, is called “Shipping Wars” and features six uShip carriers competing against each other for business…. Read More

  By Monica Hesse, Published: January 9 “There’s a new breed of trucker in America today,” begins the beef-jerky-tough voiceover at the start of “Shipping Wars.” “All you need is a laptop and trailer, and you’re a shipping company.” Thus we are introduced to uShip, a company through which independent drivers bid on the right to haul your… Read More

Shipping Wars: 9 p.m. Tuesday on A&E. If television has to become overpopulated with reality shows, at least make them all as watchable as “Shipping Wars,” premiering Tuesday on A&E. If someone had told you two years ago that they wanted to make a reality show about people who run around the country bidding on… Read More

By Gary Dinges AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF uShip Not every startup has a weird, wacky name. There are a few, at least, that opted for a more straightforward approach. At uShip Inc., where shipping companies compete to haul goods for businesses and consumers, Web mojo factored heavily into the naming process. “It’s part art, part science, especially… Read More

DAVID HINCKLEY Tuesday, January 03, 2012 Hard as it may seem to believe, there’s something we enjoy on television as much as sex jokes. Stuff. We love stuff. A&E, which is tuned in to these kinds of desires, has just announced it’s adding another show to the stuff pile: a 10-part reality series called “Shipping… Read More

Six owner-operators and uShip, an online transportation marketplace, are the “stars” of a new reality TV show set to debut on Jan. 10 on A&E. The show follows five independent carriers, including one team (using everything from pick-up trucks to Class 8 tractor-trailers) who have decided that fortunes might be made “transporting items that traditional carriers… Read More

A&E to offer “Shipping Wars” program featuring truckers, load-matching service, uShip; first show to air January 10 – by Cliff Abbott (special correspondent) The A&E Network has announced the kick-off of a new television series pitting five independent truckers against the clock, the budget and one another. The first season of “Shipping wars” premiers on… Read More

A&E announced the upcoming Shipping Wars reality-TV series, which follows six independent owner-operators pulling freight secured via the uShip.com online freight marketplace as they battle to gain the most net revenue. The 10-episode half-hour series is set to premiere Jan. 10, at 9 and 9:30 p.m. EST and PST with back to back episodes. Hauling everything from… Read More

A&E Network in the U.S. is set to debut a 10-episode series on the world of heavy-duty movers with the Megalomedia series Shipping Wars. Beginning on January 10 at 9 p.m. EST, the series follows six independent shippers as they battle for the chance to transport ‘the unshippable,’ from oversized loads and bulky packages to bizarre delivery requests. Shipping Wars begins with… Read More

November 18, 2011 uShip, a transportation exchange with over 1 million shipping customers, 10,000 brokers and 200,000 carriers, announced a new next-generation load board called uShip Pro. The technology is designed to help frequent shippers and brokers to build, automate and optimize their transportation networks. uShip Pro is available now as an invite-only, limited Beta… Read More