Drive XPO

XPO Logistics helps carriers grow with new technology and rewards programs

Relationships matter and in volatile times they matter even more. XPO Logistics has spent years building relationships with its shipping partners, but without carriers and truck drivers, those shipments never move.

Nick Ober, vice president of operations for freight brokerage at XPO Logistics, told Dooner and The Dude of FreightWaves’ WHAT THE TRUCK?!? podcast on Monday the goal is to make it easy for carriers to source loads on the XPO Connect digital marketplace.

XPO Connect allows carriers to...

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The Daily Dash: Questions grow about Nikola’s Badger; federal parking survey nears completion

Nikola Badger electric pickup

The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, the future of Nikola’s Badger electric pickup is up in the air, and it could have long-term ramifications for the company as a whole. Plus, President Donald Trump signs a one-year funding extension for surface transportation programs, and a major survey on truck parking nears completion.

Is the Nikola Badger about to be roadkill?

The problems that Nikola Corp. (NASDAQ: NKLA) has had related to a...

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Drive XPO, XPO Connect technologies enjoying rapid growth in 2020

Drive XPO app

Launched in 2018, downloads of the Drive XPO app have doubled in 2020, surpassing 200,000 downloads as of Thursday, according to XPO Logistics (NYSE: XPO). More than 65,000 carriers are registered on the associated XPO Connect platform.

“The immediate access to capacity that XPO Connect brings to every transaction is really resonating with shippers and carriers,” Drew Wilkerson, XPO’s president of North American transportation, said in a statement. “September has been another strong month for...

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Technology is changing the way freight brokerages operate

XPO incorporates AI and machine learning into brokerage

Digital brokerages have dominated headlines in recent years, but some old standbys continue to perform. And for some of them, like XPO Logistics (NYSE: XPO), the idea that digital brokerages represent a new way of moving freight masks the fact that many traditional brokerages have remained at the cutting edge, and even in the lead, of the digital revolution.

“We don’t think of ourselves as an incumbent broker,” Lou Amo, president of Freight Brokerage and Expedite at XPO Logistics, told...

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