FreightWaves names annual FreightTech 100

FreightWaves announced the FreightTech 100.

In partnership with Ryder, FreightWaves recognized the FreightTech 100, the top freight technology companies, during the OceanWaves event Wednesday.

More than 1,200 nominations and over 220 unique companies were considered. FreightWaves analysts, researchers, journalists and data scientists narrowed the 220 companies down to the FreightTech 100.

Third-party auditor and accounting firm Katz, Sapper & Miller (KSM) will take over the process from here.

KSM is in charge of receiving the votes from...

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AEV Summit: Nominations open for FreightTech Awards

The announcement for the opening of nominations for the FreightTech Awards is from FreightWaves’ Autonomous & Electric Vehicles Summit on Wednesday.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: FreightTech Awards open for nominations

DETAILS: FreightWaves’ FreightTech Awards honor innovation and disruption within the freight industry. Nominations open Wednesday and close Sept. 3. Nominations will be narrowed to the FreightTech 100, which will then be voted on by a handpicked peer group of CEOs, industry leaders and...

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FreightTech 25: Making Waze in the tech world

Waze FreightTech25

Waze shakes up traffic-mapping services

Since 2013, Israeli company Waze has changed the way people get their directions. 

Waze uses crowdsourced information to direct users along city streets, notifying them of hazards they may encounter along the way. 

From speed traps to road closures to construction, millions of users are saving time (and undoubtedly aggravation) as they move from point A to point B. 

Waze made its debut on the FreightWaves FreightTech 25 2019 list, coming in at No. 13. It...

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