Press Release

AUSTIN, Texas – January 20, 2014 – Online freight marketplace uShip today announced 16 asset-based LTL carriers, including national carriers R&L Carriers and Roadrunner Transportation Systems and a host of regional carriers such as Averitt Express, Pitt Ohio, and Midwest Motor Express, have committed to uShip’s LTL (less-than-truckload) spot rate marketplace. The new service lets… Read More

LONDON — 7 January, 2014 — Shipping Wars, the new programme on Channel 4, premiered its pilot episode 5 January featuring uShip, the first and largest online transport marketplace. Shipping Wars follows a group of UK transporters as they crisscross Britain and beyond with seemingly un-shippable loads found on uShip.com, where they engage in auction-style… Read More

AUSTIN, Texas – Dec. 3, 2013 – Online freight marketplace uShip today announced shipping industry veteran Dick Metzler has joined the company as Chief Marketing Officer.  Metzler has spent the last 25 years in leadership positions at some biggest names in freight, including FedEx Logistics, APL Logistics, DHL Express, Greatwide Logistics and, most recently, XPO… Read More

AUSTIN and BOSTON – July 9, 2013 – For years, auction houses have opened their doors to online buyers. Yet few have adequately addressed the “Now what?” question virtual buyers invariably ask when faced with shipping after winning an item. A partnership between online auction marketplace Artfact and uShip, the online shipping marketplace, is making… Read More

AUSTIN, Texas – June 25, 2013 – Online freight exchange uShip today announced it is integrating the SaferWatch™ carrier compliance and risk management software across its shipping marketplace, including uShip PRO, its commercial freight platform. When combined with uShip’s proprietary scoring and performance system, the partnership gives freight brokers, 3PLs and business shippers the industry’s… Read More

AUSTIN, Texas – June 3, 2013 – The Season 4 premiere of A&E’s original real-life series “Shipping Wars” airs Tuesday, June 11 at 10/9c – and online freight marketplace uShip will again reprise its featured role as the source of loads, transporters and bidding technology. If you aren’t familiar with “Shipping Wars”, it paints the… Read More

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 10, 2013 – uShip today announced that uShip PRO – the company’s online, fully transactional and automated freight-matching platform for 3PLs, brokers and shippers – has come out of invitation-only, private beta with more than 700 subscribers. The company is now openly evaluating and working with potential customers and partners…. Read More

Free Load Board Solution for Brokers Now Integrated with AutoBrokerDispatch, CarrierSoft AUSTIN, Texas – January 31, 2013 – Registrations of auto shipping brokers and vehicle carriers on uShip.com exploded 640% in 2012, resulting in a 10-fold increase in activity on its vehicle shipment listings.  After vehicle listings grew 49 percent year-over-year in 2012, uShip has… Read More

Series C Infusion Expands Commercial Freight Platform, Mobile Development and Global Growth AUSTIN, Texas – uShip.com, the largest and most trusted transportation marketplace, announced today it has closed an $18M round of Series C financing with Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB). Funds will primarily be used to extend the development, sales and marketing of… Read More

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 16, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — uShip.com, the global online transport marketplace, today released the results of its third annual mobile usage survey, giving insights into how over-the-road truck drivers are using their mobile phones, apps and other wireless devices for business. In addition to showing increased mobile dependence, the survey shows significant… Read More