Digital freight marketplace operator Transfix Inc. announced Thursday it has launched Transfix Shield, which aims to help shippers, carriers and brokers root out identity fraud across the commercial transportation industry. Transfix Shield includes RateCon Shield and Facility Shield, tools available to all freight brokerages and shippers. The tools are designed to help users protect their…
When trade operator Mary Sandoval recently sent a truck to pick up a load of avocados from a warehouse in Laredo, Texas, she was appalled when the load and tractor-trailer vanished without a trace almost immediately after leaving the facility. “The truck showed up to the warehouse, gave the warehouse the load pick up number…
Amazon’s private cargo airline, Amazon Air, took a different approach with its North American and European networks during the past 12 months. It has been streamlining operations in the U.S. by prioritizing larger planes and major hubs, but relying less on hubs in Europe as flight activity decreases, according to a report published Thursday. The…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Managed transportation provider Uber Freight announced Wednesday at the Mid-America Trucking Show that it has expanded its drop-and-hook solution Powerloop nationally and enhanced its load bundling options, and that it’s utilizing new trailer technology to help shippers fight fraud. Powerloop, first introduced in 2018, enables Uber Freight’s shippers to access over 1,000…
Oregon-based DAT Freight & Analytics, one of the trucking industry’s largest load boards in North America, has confirmed that “external forces” are to blame for multiple service disruptions on its platform over the past 10 days but declined to disclose the root cause of the intermittent outages. Since March 11, truck drivers and brokers who…