“The right combination of automation and tailored service” – Head of Brokerage Todd Souder’s bold vision for the modern brokerage With unpredictability being the new normal, it’s more important than ever that shippers and carriers have the right tools and expertise at their disposal. And while automation has still radically transformed the brokerage model, streamlining…
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Today, Uber Freight, WattEV and CHEP have announced a strategic, joint effort to deploy electric trucks on select routes in Southern California. As part of this collaboration, WattEV will provide electric trucking capacity to Uber Freight shippers, starting with CHEP. The pilot serves as an important milestone in electric freight transportation and establishes Uber Freight’s…
By: Lior Ron, CEO, Uber Freight We’re proud to share a significant milestone in our journey that began last summer when we announced that Uber Freight and Transplace were joining forces to enable a new era of logistics management. Today, the two organizations are officially together under one name, Uber Freight, the logistics platform and…
Originally published on Talking Logistics By: Tracy Rosser, Executive Vice President of Operations In the freight industry, we often contextualize fluctuations in market trends in terms of contract rates versus spot rates. When spot rates are beneath contract rates and trending down, or are significantly below contract rates regardless of trend, we consider that environment…
This year’s Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) International Roadcheck (also known as DOT Inspection Week) will take place next Tuesday – Thursday, May 17-19. Over the course of this 72-hour event, commercial motor vehicles and drivers need to be prepared for inspections throughout the U.S., Canada and Mexico. What is International Roadcheck? During this large-scale…
By: Ben Cubitt, SVP, Consulting We are living through a time of historically tight trucking capacity, escalating transportation costs and record labor shortages. Gas prices are just the latest commodity to hit carriers’ and shippers’ bottom line. Nationwide, they quickly surged to over $4 a gallon, and are expected to continue to rise over the…
By: Tracy Rosser, EVP, Operations, Transplace Transplace manages more than 800,000 shipments into major retailers each year for iconic brands like Del Monte, Nestlé Waters, Kellogg’s, McCormick and Mars. With a centralized group focused solely on OTIF excellence, our team of retail logistics experts has deep experience in the OTIF program and the appointment scheduling…
Transplace’s third acquisition of 2020 advances the company’s strategic mission of supply chain visibility, innovation and optimization. Since the pandemic and global shutdowns, manufacturers face challenges such as too much inventory or the inability to scale to customer demand. Logistics leaders are seeking new strategies for inventory management and improving inbound logistics. Transplace’s latest acquisition,…
By: Michelle McBride, Senior Product Manager, Uber Freight We recently announced real-time visibility for truckload as a standard capability, without any extra transaction or integration fees, for all of our managed transportation services and Transportation Management System (TMS) customers. We are thrilled to be the first to provide real-time visibility as a standard within a…
By: Greg Umstead, Vice President, Fleet & LTL Services Transportation Management, Uber Freight Within the last few years, less-than-truckload (LTL) rates and capacity have fluctuated. Many carriers have shifted from the traditional National Motor Freight Classification (NMFC) rate-setting formula to density-based pricing, which prices freight according to the amount of space the shipment uses in…