by Todd Dills, Editor, Overdrive Magazine / Online shipping marketplace and freight automation software provider uShip announced a partnership with DB Schenker, a large European third-party logistics provider. uShip’s “Pro” technology backbone will power “Drive4Schenker,” an online freight-matching and -management model launching later this year. The five-year agreement, worth tens of millions, is exclusive within Europe. Via Drive4Schenker, uShip PRO,… Read More
Freight Tech
DB Schenker Signs on With uShip Online Freight Platform
by Erica E. Phillips, Wall Street Journal / The German logistics firm, under pressure to offer convenient freight booking, will use uShip’s technology to pair shippers with trucking companies in Europe / DB Schenker, one of the world’s largest logistics firms, has hired uShip Inc. to connect shippers with trucking companies online, in the… Read More
uShip Unveils State of ShipTech Predictions
‘Sharing Economy’ Startups Face Do-or-Die in Back Half of 2016 as VC Funding Slows May 03, 2016 07:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–While overzealous investments have kept many ‘ShipTech’ delivery startups running in recent years, the ongoing slowdown in tech venture funding has forced many to return to fundamentals, if not… Read More
The Uberization of Last-Mile Freight
by Steve Banker, Contributor, Forbes Logistics & Transportation / Uber has disrupted the taxi industry. Can anyone copy the Uber model and disrupt the freight market? That question is generating a great deal of discussion among logistics executives, with the “last mile” freight market generating the most buzz. Transporting goods long distances can be done… Read More
uShip survey: May be many out of compliance with ELD rule
by TheTrucker staff / If a survey conducted by uShip is accurate, there’ll be a lot of folks out of compliance December 16, 2017. That’s the date by which most carriers will have to be using electronic logging devices per the recent Final Rule. uShip, a global transport marketplace, said it surveyed 5,469 active, compliant… Read More
Mobile Apps Get Picked Up by Independent Truckers for Better Routes
U.S. trucking business has remained stubbornly low-tech—but this may be starting to change By ROBBIE WHELAN May 7, 2015 10:27 p.m. ET One recent morning, Ivan Sandul, a 28-year-old truck driver from Sacramento, Calif., found himself wishing there were an app to make his job easier. After driving a load of machine parts more than… Read More
On-demand load matching: Where it’s on the way
Todd Dills|April 03, 2015 The first time the “Uberization of trucking” phrase made its way toOverdrive editorial offices was in October 2014, with a brief LinkedIn piece by Roseanne Stanzione. Based near New York City, she heads the LaneHoney service, which purports to deliver “sweeter margins without the brokers” to independents in full truckload. Stanzione… Read More