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Convoy’s innovation recognized with No. 3 ranking on FreightTech 25

19 December 2020

For the third straight year, Convoy has landed in the top four on FreightWaves’ annual FreightTech 25 list of disruptive and innovative companies in the freight ecosystem.

After landing at No. 4 on the inaugural 2019 list, Convoy has landed at No. 3 two years in a row. Amazon has garnered the top spot all three years of the list.

The FreightTech awards nominations are narrowed down to the FreightTech 100, which is then voted on by a handpicked peer group of CEOs, industry leaders and investors...

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Having navigated 2020, Convoy positions itself for the future

18 November 2020

Convoy CEO Dan Lewis sits down with FreightWaves

As predictions of freight doom descended on the industry as COVID-19 quickly spread across the U.S., Dan Lewis, co-founder and CEO of Convoy, saw something others didn’t.

“I think the freight industry was able to adapt to that because, what people outside freight don’t realize is, freight is very volatile [anyway],” he told FreightWaves in a recent interview.

Even Lewis acknowledged that there was plenty of uncertainty, and Convoy saw freight patterns change as more medical and COVID-related...

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Convoy offers program to cut out RFP process, guarantee capacity for shippers

17 September 2020

For shippers who believe they waste too much time and spend too much money conducting annual requests for proposals (RFPs) for lane capacity, Convoy is giving them a new option.

The national digital freight network has rolled out Guaranteed Primary, a service that offers shippers the option to move all their loads on a given lane through the Convoy network without the need to submit to the RFP process.

“Convoy’s business is predominantly contract freight. As such, we typically go through...

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