Media Coverage

Business is booming for vehicle transport service uShip and eBay traffic can claim partial credit. The first quarter of 2011 brought in a company-record $7.6 million in vehicle and motorcycle shipping transactions, an increase of 24 percent over fourth quarter 2010 and 33 percent over this time last year. Austin-based uShip also says it had more than… Read More

Technology can help make vehicles more efficient in their energy use but incentives that reward green driving habits are also required Pete Foster for the Guardian Professional Network guardian.co.uk, Thursday 31 March 2011 14.32 BST Technology can only do so much to encourage greener driving habits. Incentives are also needed to ensure changes in behaviour. Photograph: David… Read More

AUSTIN, Texas – During the first quarter of 2011, uShip saw a company-record $7.6 million in vehicle and motorcycle shipping transacted on its site, an increase of 24 percent over Q4 2010 (the previous high) and 33 percent over Q1 2010.  The online transport marketplace also saw more than 56,000 listings in the U.S. – 40,000 vehicles and… Read More

The bicycle is a quintessentially clean form of transport. But researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have made it cleaner still. The Copenhagen Wheel, developed by MIT’s SENSE¬able City Lab, allows riders not only to save energy produced while cycling and braking for later use (on uphill journeys, for instance); a bike retrofitted with… Read More

“White van man” is the target for a new website that aims to help small and medium-sized transport businesses move towards sustainable best practices. The Green Transport Network, launched today by online transport marketplace uShip, promises to reduce the 14 per cent of UK transport emissions that result from the country’s 3.24 million-strong van fleet. Vans now outnumber… Read More

A UK-wide campaign launched today aiming to reduce the 14% of CO2 emissions arising from delivery vans. Online transport marketplace uShip has set up the Green Transport Network to help van drivers ‘go green’ through reduced emissions, CO2 offsetting and cost-saving business practices. According to uShip, the number of vans on the UK’s roads has grown by 38% over the last… Read More

14% of UK’s freight transport CO2 emissions comes from UK Delivery Vans   Global online transport marketplace uShip is today further enhancing its green credentials by launching the “Green Transport Network,” a campaign to help van drivers go ‘green’ through reduced emissions, affordable CO2 offsetting and cost-saving sustainable business practices.   The Green Transport Network (http://greentransport.co.uk) provides… Read More

From the Environmental Data Interactive Exchange (Edie.net) A green transport initiative has been launched today (March 15) to help van drivers reduce emissions and offset their mileage. The online transport website, UShip, launched its ‘Green Transport Network’ supported by the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership. Transport companies can use the network to calculate their carbon footprint… Read More

Mar 14, 2010 by Jon Swartz AUSTIN — The sprawling South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) show is a lot of things: Tech show. Late-night bacchanalia. Music acts. Independent films. But local resident and tech worker Lexie Murray  puts it simply. “It’s spring break for geeks,” she says. The digital masses have descended on this college town… Read More

eBay Motors has incorporated uShip’s “Shipping Price Estimator” as a vehicle shipping option within all of its U.S. vehicle, motorcycle and powersports listings. uShip is an online marketplace for shipping services, and the new integration gives buyers on eBay Motors the ability to compare and receive uShip shipping estimates alongside published rates from other national carriers in… Read More