Emerge unveils Book It Now feature for digital marketplace

Emerge digital freight marketplace

Digital freight marketplace Emerge has unveiled immediate tender acceptance functionality to its marketplace, allowing carriers to immediately accept loads at a preset rate.

Book It Now eliminates the back-and-forth common in tender negotiations, providing the carrier with a streamlined process of accepting the freight it wants at the rate it wants. Immediate access to the rate confirmation and load details is given to the carrier, Emerge said.

“This feature is one of the major steps in Emerge’s...

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Brokers can stay ahead of the market with predictive freight matching

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Technology is changing how the transportation industry works, and large broker fees are quickly becoming a thing of the past. Digital brokers and private equity firms have entered the space over the last few years, pressuring traditional brokers to lower their costs. This, in turn, has forced brokers to find ways to reduce the overall cost of covering a load. 

That is where predictive digital freight matching comes into play. 

“Predictive matching drives value. Everyone wants to know where the...

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Schneider beefs up shipper offerings with FreightPower

Schneider FreightPower tech

Even as capacity has remained loose in the trucking industry because of COVID-19, Schneider (NYSE: SNDR) has been busy building solutions for when times change. The latest lever in that machine is FreightPower, a technology solution to help shippers unlock more capacity.

“We operate one of the largest North American freight networks, with over 12,000 trucks and 35,000 trailers,” Erin Van Zeeland, group senior vice president of Schneider Logistics Services, said. “In addition to our vast...

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Today’s Pickup: OTR Capital to integrate Trucker Tools functionality into customer portal

Trucker Tools Book It Now

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Trucker Tools has struck a deal with OTR Capital that will integrate some of Trucker Tools’ technologies into the financial services firm’s customer portal.

Specifically, customers of OTR Capital will have access to Trucker Tools’ predictive freight matching and automated one-click booking through its Book-it-Now functionality.

“At the end of the day this partnership meaningfully expands the resources we can provide to truckers, and helps OTR Capital’s clients get loaded faster with...

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