digital freight marketplace

Three tools shippers, carriers cannot afford to miss out on

In recent years, digital freight marketplaces (DFM) have changed the way the logistics industry operates. Not too long ago, shippers had no choice but to rely on traditional methods like phone calls, emails, and spreadsheets to conduct business. Now, shippers and carriers alike can complete an entire freight movement using only their smartphones.

This quick revolution has provided players across the space with opportunities to grow their businesses and multiply their bottom lines, but it has...

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Cargo airlines increase omnichannel sales efforts

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A flurry of activity in airfreight technology during the past week underscores recent interest by...

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Amazon Web Services, Bosch collaborate on logistics marketplace

Amazon Web Services and German tech company Bosch will roll out a new marketplace for digital freight services.

Mirroring the rise of e-commerce, the emergence of online marketplaces has enabled widespread access to products and services for customers around the world. 

Superpower Amazon Web Services (NASDAQ: AMZN) has been at the forefront of the e-commerce boom, using its massive logistics capabilities to quickly fulfill orders from its marketplace around the country and world. But now, AWS will use that marketplace to offer logistics capabilities.

You read that right — AWS and Gerlingen, Germany-based...

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Freightos Group acquires 7L Freight, expanding digital air cargo product

A motorized tug pulls a large air cargo pallet into a warehouse.

Freightos, a rapidly growing online marketplace for freight transportation, announced Monday that it has acquired Oregon-based rate management company 7L Freight to further enhance the instant airfreight pricing and booking capabilities of its WebCargo unit.

WebCargo is a multicarrier platform that connects airlines to freight forwarders, giving them automated pricing, quotes and reservations, much like travelers who book passenger tickets through sites like Kayak.com. The Freightos platform...

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Shippers be nimble, shippers be quick – to survive

The past couple years have made it clear that rapid market shifts are simply part of doing business in the transportation and logistics industry. How a company reacts to those changes has the power to make or break them, either growing their bottom line or plunging them into the red. 

“COVID has massively disrupted supply chains and changed consumer behaviors,” Kyle Jepson, Emerge Senior Vice President of Product said. “It has had a huge impact on the need for shippers to adjust to changes in...

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Emerge raises $130M Series B to scale digital freight marketplace

Scottsdale, Arizona-based digital freight marketplace Emerge announced Thursday morning that it has closed a $130 million Series B funding round led by 9Yards Capital, Tiger Global Management and The Spruce House Partnership. Existing investors New Road Capital Partners and Greycroft also participated in the round.

“We’ve been fortunate to experience explosive growth in the past few years, and this funding will be very useful to Emerge’s future success,” said founder and co-CEO Michael Leto....

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EKA Solutions adds functionality to Omni-TMS platform

For growing third-party logistics (3PLs) companies, the ability to quickly onboard personnel is critical to continued success. That includes getting up to speed quickly on various technologies.

For Yeti Logistics, a Women’s Business Enterprise National Conference-certified 3PL based in Iowa City, Iowa, that means working with technology partners that offer solutions that can be implemented quickly and are easy to train on. Yeti has found that combination with EKA Solutions’ Omni-TMS platform.

“We...

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Qatar Airways to offer capacity through WebCargo digital platform

A Qatar Airways Cargo jet, beige on top and white on bottom parked on a sunny day.

Qatar Airways, the world’s second-largest cargo airline, has signed onto WebCargo’s digital freight marketplace, which gives freight forwarders the ability to quickly compare live rates and capacity, and electronically book shipments.

Logistics companies in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, South Africa and Spain will be able to access Qatar’s real-time supply and instantly make cargo reservations beginning Feb. 7, the companies announced Wednesday.

As part of the launch, Qatar Airways...

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Uber Freight opens up platform for large enterprise shippers

Uber Freight opens up platform for large enterprise shippers (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves)

Uber Freight has introduced Uber Freight Enterprise and Uber Freight Link — services that combine high-end operational capability with Uber’s stable technology platform to help enterprise shippers create agile supply chains that reduce costs for their end customers. 

“Enterprise has always been a big part of our business, and a vast majority of the existing customers are enterprise as well. At Uber Freight, we offer them a very simple-to-use, one-stop-shop platform, and with the Enterprise...

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TIRPORT ushers real-time visibility into trucking industry

Turkish startup has built country’s largest digital freight marketplace (Photo: Flickr/peterolthof)

Trucking industries across the world ubiquitously suffer from fragmentation within their markets, which has complicated efforts to ensure end-to-end visibility across logistics operations. In Turkey, one of the largest markets around Europe and the Middle East, the story is no different. 

Roughly 95% of all trucks in the Turkish market belong to individual owners. With 92% of all freight moved inland being on the highways, the Turkish market contends with inefficiencies that can be reduced with...

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