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Echo Global Logistics adds TruckPark parking services

Echo Global truck parking

Echo Global Logistics (NASDAQ:ECHO) is upping the value of its EchoDrive Preferred service through a strategic partnership with TruckPark. The program will give Preferred members access to TruckPark’s network of overnight commercial truck parking resources at a discounted rate.

EchoDrive Preferred is a complement to Echo’s proprietary EchoDrive web portal and mobile app that gives carriers real-time access to search, bid, manage, track and get paid on freight hauled for Echo.

The partnership will...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/echo-global-logistics-adds-truckpark-parking-services

Industry Keynote with Doug Waggoner, Chairman and CEO, Echo Global Logistics and Craig Fuller, Founder and CEO, FreightWaves – #FWL @Home (with video)

Industry Keynote with Doug Waggoner, Chairman and CEO, Echo Global Logistics and Craig Fuller, Founder and CEO, FreightWaves discussing the Impact of COVID-19, the adoption of technology, and the future of freight

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White Paper – Consumer Packaged Goods Supply Chain Report

Thank you to our sponsor, Echo Global Logistics for partnering with us on this report.

FreightWaves conducted a survey of consumer packaged goods (CPG) shippers in April to gauge sentiment, transportation trends and current dynamics in the CPG supply chain. On the whole, our CPG survey respondents expect the remainder of 2020 to be challenging due to COVID-19 (though CPG should solidly outperform on a relative basis), with transportation costs expected to be down year-over-year.

To see the full...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/white-paper-consumer-packaged-goods-supply-chain-report

FreightWaves LIVE@HOME Day 1: Good conversations and innovative ideas highlight virtual freight conference

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Under pressure from COVID-19, in-person conferences across the country have been cancelled or postponed, and that includes many in the freight industry. But, the show must go on, they say, so FreightWaves plowed ahead with its FreightWaves LIVE event, originally scheduled for this week in Atlanta. No longer an in-person event, the event was rebranded FreightWaves LIVE@HOME, which kicked off today.

The virtual event features a full three days of great presentations, conversations and company...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/freightwaves-livehome-day-1-good-conversations-and-innovative-ideas-highlight-virtual-freight-conference

Slowly but surely, technology laggards are getting up to speed: Echo Global’s Waggoner

Getting companies further down the supply chain to adapt new technology has always been a challenge, according to Doug Waggoner, the CEO of Echo Global Logistics (NASDAQ: ECHO).

But in an interview with FreightWaves founder and CEO Craig Fuller at FreightWaves LIVE @HOME, the online event that is bringing together supply chain leaders in virtual settings, Waggoner said it was starting to get a little easier.

Waggoner was asked by Fuller what things might have occurred in the freight industry had...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/slowly-but-surely-technology-laggards-are-getting-up-to-speed-echo-globals-waggoner

Logistics team unveils first global blockchain standard for transport sector

An alliance of logistics professionals has formulated a global blockchain standard, amid increasing calls for regulatory alignment.
The Blockchain in Transport Alliance (Bita) Standards Council announced yesterday it had approved the first official standard and first framework for blockchain use in logistics.
The BiTA Standard 120-2019 Location Component Specification is Bita’s first data format specification, launched alongside The Tracking Data Framework Profile, developed to provide a...

https://theloadstar.com/logistics-team-unveils-first-global-blockchain-standard-for-transport-sector/

Sixth successive quarter of record revenue for buoyant EGL

Echo Global Logistics has set new quarterly records for revenue and profitability, driven by strong rate growth amid constrained capacity and heightening demand.
Chief executive Douglas Waggoner told investors July had been one of the “biggest” months ever seen by the company, in terms of demand.
However, he added: “Subsequent to July, the market has softened a bit and spot prices have been moving downward.
“Having said that, truckload rates remain very high by historic standards …

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https://theloadstar.co.uk/sixth-successive-quarter-record-revenue-buoyant-egl/

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