It is a software platform called Emerge that allows shippers and carriers to book loads, track shipments and source new capacity in what is being described as a private freight marketplace. In our fifth episode of RoadSigns, we ask: How far can we go in terms of automating freight transactions? Hear a snippet above from […]
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A Chattanooga-based startup that has set a goal of becoming a billion-dollar enterprise in data analytics, trading and coverage of the logistics industry has formed a new partnership with the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) to enhance how trucking firms of all sizes can assess their performance. This week it is joining with the carriers group
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Today, Nov. 11, our country celebrates Veterans Day. Since formal celebrations will be Monday to provide folks a three-day weekend, perhaps the alcohol aficionados will have time to nurse their hangovers. Every American should know why we celebrate Veterans Day on Nov. The day originated as Armistice Day on Nov. 11 a national holiday. World
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Truck driver Gary Hartley know this first-hand.I don’t believe in talking on the phone while I’m driving, he said while on a break at a Sapp Bros. truck stop on a recent fall morning. He said hes been driving for more than 40 years Since his career started, Hartley said his record shows him as
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Following on from a record 2017, the Freight team at Air Partner has enjoyed a busy and fruitful first half of the financial year, winning cargo mandates from a variety of new and existing customers. As was recently announced in Air Partner’s interim results, Freight gross profit was up 36.4% for the six months ended
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CLACKAMAS, OR (KPTV) – Oregon’s trucking industry is suffering from a serious shortage of drivers, creating problems for companies shipping their product, but also enticing career opportunities. James Stanchfield, who used to work for a carpet cleaning company, recently began a new career as a truck driver at IITR Truck School in Clackamas. “I love
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A booming American economy coupled with failing infrastructure and a low-margin business reluctant to adopt new technologies have put stress on domestic logistics companies in the $900 billion market for U.S. Shipwell combines a marketplace for shippers to connect with freight companies and online tools to manage those shipments. In effect, the company is pitching
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With an overarching view to maximising safety for its drivers, clients and the general public, the Glen Cameron Group has specified SAF-Holland G36 fifth-wheels with RECOSS integrated dashboard display status alert on a batch of new Volvo prime movers. Which brings us to the relationship Camerons has developed with fifth-wheel, axle, and suspension supplier SAF-Holland,
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Our freight broker license course is unmatched in the online training industry, because we give our students many tools that other online broker courses do not offer, like load board access, transportation database, license filing service and we sell our broker courses for half of the price. Whether you want to start your own brokerage
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Let’s just pretend for a moment, the trucking industry is perfect, all companies treat their employees wonderfully, all driving schools are reasonably priced and give top notch education, and everyone gets sick time and Holiday pay. Now, you’re out on the road, you’re driving to meet an appointment. You’ve had to really rush to meet your time,
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