Trucking

93% of Truck Drivers Want Instant Payments
93% of Truck Drivers Want Instant Payments
May 15, 2024  |  Faster Payments

Truck drivers help keep the supply chain functioning, but the turnover rate is high in the industry — a reality that can have ripple effects...

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Sky-High Shift: Rising Air Cargo Demand Reshapes Supply Chain Dynamics
Sky-High Shift: Rising Air Cargo Demand Reshapes Supply Chain Dynamics
April 11, 2024  |  Supply Chain

One if by land, two if by sea — headaches, that is. With the recent news that, after 22 years of partnership, UPS is replacing...

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Iron Sheepdog Raises $10 Million to Bring AI to Short-Haul Trucking
Iron Sheepdog Raises $10 Million to Bring AI to Short-Haul Trucking
March 25, 2024  |  Investments

Iron Sheepdog has raised $10 million to expand its broker/contractor-focused trucking technology solution. “At its core, Iron Sheepdog is a tool that helps the broker as a small...

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Coast Raises $92 Million to Improve Fleet Management Payments
Coast Raises $92 Million to Improve Fleet Management Payments
March 21, 2024  |  Investments

Fuel and fleet spending management firm Coast has raised $92 million in new capital. The funding round includes $25 million in equity capital from investors such as...

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BeyondTrucks and Samsara Team to Streamline Fleet Management
BeyondTrucks and Samsara Team to Streamline Fleet Management
March 13, 2024  |  Transportation

Transportation management system provider BeyondTrucks has launched a partnership with cloud platform Samsara. The collaboration, announced Wednesday (March 13), lets clients of the two firms equip dispatchers, drivers and...

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Freightos Earnings Show Digital Transformation Driving Traditional Industries
Freightos Earnings Show Digital Transformation Driving Traditional Industries
February 26, 2024  |  Supply Chain

Can even the most traditional industries adapt to digital transformations? For the international freight industry, the answer appears to be yes. Shippers and carriers have...

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Flexport Launches Platform Connecting Global Shippers and Small Carriers
Flexport Launches Platform Connecting Global Shippers and Small Carriers
February 22, 2024  |  Shipping

Flexport has launched a technology platform that provides global shippers with access to a trucking capacity marketplace of small carriers and owner-operators. The new Convoy...

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Comdata Adds Pay-as-You-Go Feature to Card for Truck Fleets
Comdata Adds Pay-as-You-Go Feature to Card for Truck Fleets
February 20, 2024  |  B2B Payments

Comdata has added a “pay-as-you-go” funding feature to its Connect Card for truck fleets. This feature allows users to pay with their credit or debit card or...

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Can Fleet Management Serve as Beacon for Platformization of Connected Economy?
Can Fleet Management Serve as Beacon for Platformization of Connected Economy?
February 05, 2024  |  Supply Chain

Bit by bit the smokestack economy — and the subsets thereof — come online, go digital, find new ways to connect stakeholders. And as counterintuitive...

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