Cargo Chief

Live demo preview: Empowering brokers with C4

Everyone wants to have the best rates; it’s one of the main competitive advantages businesses can have in any given market. Being informed about the current market and knowing what rates are being paid after all is said and done is crucial. It’s difficult, though, to get legitimate and reliable data about payments. 

A major attraction of FreightWaves’ The Future of Supply Chain live event in Northwest Arkansas on May 9-10 will be the seven-minute live demos. Here’s a preview of one of those...

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3PL recap: How Cargo Chief’s technology platform helps brokers find freight

This fireside chat is from the FreightWaves 3PL Summit.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: How to interpret new recurring revenue opportunities. 

DETAILS: Chris Arredondo is the co-founder and vice president of customer success at California-based Cargo Chief. He spoke with Travis Rhyan, chief product officer at FreightWaves, about how 3PLs and freight brokerages can use Cargo Chief’s technology platform to create new recurring revenue opportunities, on Wednesday at the FreightWaves 3PL Summit.

BIO: Prior to...

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Estes Express CEO invests in Cargo Chief, joins board

Digital freight-matching companyCargo Chief said Thursday that Rob W. Estes Jr., president and CEO of LTL carrier Estes Express Lines, has invested in Cargo Chief and has joined the board of directors of the Millbrae, California-based company. The amount of Estes’ investment was not disclosed.

Estes’ company, based in Richmond, Virginia, is the nation’s fifth-largest LTL carrier and North America’s largest privately held LTL operator. The family-owned trucker was founded in 1931 by Estes’...

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Check Call: The Future of Digital Freight Matching

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Automate the things you hate. In a world in which everyone is racing to improve daily processes and create more time in the day, it’s easiest to start with those things that are a daily pain point within an organization. 

Digital freight matching is designed so that a carrier can just tap and go, meaning the carrier taps to accept a load at a posted rate and then it hits the road. It serves as one of those things that can help alleviate some of the issues brokers have...

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Winning the freight market — Midday Market Update

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Data is key to understanding market conditions, and on this episode of Midday Market Update, Kaylee Nix and Michael Vincent talked to a partnership mining data with artificial intelligence and a company that brings data into a usable platform. 

First in headlines, Andrew Cox talked about XPO’s new logistics company announcement, the success of one maritime shipping company and what lingering port congestion could mean for the market going forward. Cox also has more about shipping delays and the...

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FreightWaves LIVE @HOME demos disrupt the industry in 7 minutes flat

Eight innovative logistics companies dropped their latest solutions on the virtual audience of FreightWaves LIVE @HOME. After a year of tight capacity and supply chain panic, these solutions seek to maximize capacity, minimize risk and ensure efficient last-mile deliveries. 

As always, the challenge is to keep the engaging demo at seven minutes without using a PowerPoint. Thursday afternoon’s audience watched demonstrations from Axele, SkyBitz, J. J. Keller, Trimble Maps, Optimal Dynamics,...

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Disruption, technology and more to highlight FreightWaves LIVE @HOME

FreightWaves’ signature fall event is here, and while attendees won’t be able to mingle in person this year, they will be able to mingle virtually – and still see and hear all the great content that FreightWaves LIVE events are known for.

FreightWaves LIVE @HOME will be held Thursday and Friday. Headline sponsor is J.B. Hunt 360 and title sponsor is TriumphPay. Universal sponsors include Platform Science, SkyBitz and Transflo. J. J. Keller & Associates is the global sponsor and Lean Staffing...

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Tech Roundup: Verizon Connect, SkyBitz, Lytx and more introduce new tech

Verizon has introduced an integrated driver-facing dashcam as the technology provider works to improve driver coaching and improve the nation’s fleet safety profile.

That is one of several technology-related products that were announced last week. Rand McNally, SkyBitz, Lytx and Cargo Chief also introduced products. Here is a short roundup of this week’s news.

Verizon Connect announces integrated video

Verizon Connect’s Integrated Video for Reveal solution features a driver-facing dashcam that...

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Cargo Chief opens door to more load opportunities, revenue for brokers

Cargo Chief adds new functionality to broker platform

As broker margins decline, there are few choices to increase profitability. Cutting costs is usually priority number one, and one of the best ways to do that is through technology.

Cargo Chief is democratizing the technology for small and midsized brokers – and even some large ones – to help them better compete in the highly fractured world of freight brokerage.

“There are a lot of tech-enabled freight brokerages… but they are all trying to make technology for shippers,” explained Russell Jones,...

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