OTR Capital Archives - Maritime Shipping News

OTR rebrands to help SMB carriers compete with large fleets

14 June 2022

Factoring company OTR Capital announced Tuesday it has rebranded to OTR Solutions, moving from its traditional factoring and back-office expertise to providing its owner-operator and small-to-medium-size carrier clientele solutions to build and scale their businesses and compete with large fleets.

In an exclusive interview with FreightWaves, co-founder and CEO Fritz Owens explained that the move to rebrand as a solutions provider was “simply a more accurate description of who we are today and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/otr-rebrands-to-help-smb-carriers-compete-with-large-fleets

The Log Book: J.B. Hunt announces $1M supply chain inclusion scholarship

12 June 2021

The Logbook is a weekly rundown of human-interest stories related to the transportation industry. This week: J.B. Hunt announces $1M endowed scholarship for supply chain inclusion, OTR Capital’s new web series showcases life on the road, and tank driver could become Canada’s first NTTC Driver of the Year.

J.B. Hunt announces $1M supply chain inclusion scholarship

J.B. Hunt Transport Services (NASDAQ:JBHT) has announced two new funds with the University of Arkansas Sam M. Walton College of...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-log-book-jb-hunt-announces-1m-supply-chain-inclusion-scholarship

Clubhouse is ‘the 2021 version of conference calls’

5 April 2021

During FreightWaves’ Global Supply Chain Week, popular public speaker and businessman Gary “Vee” Vaynerchuk spoke with FreightWavesTV host Steve Ferreira on ways logistics companies can utilize social media in branding and marketing strategies. Vaynerchuk discussed organic reach — the number of unique users who have seen or interacted with your content through other users’ actions such as resharing or commenting. He explained that as platforms develop, some sites lose this type of reach.

“When...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/clubhouse-is-the-2021-version-of-conference-calls

Best transportation companies for female employees named

5 October 2020

The Women In Trucking Association (WIT) has released its 2020 list of the top transportation companies for females.

The annual Top Companies for Women to Work for in Transportation list was created by WIT magazine Redefining the Road in 2018 as part of its mission to promote the accomplishments of businesses focused on the employment of females in the trucking industry.

Companies making the list this year were listed alphabetically, beginning with AGT Global Logistics, founded and led by Angela...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/best-transportation-companies-for-female-employees-named

Today’s Pickup: OTR Capital to integrate Trucker Tools functionality into customer portal

26 May 2020

Good day,

Trucker Tools has struck a deal with OTR Capital that will integrate some of Trucker Tools’ technologies into the financial services firm’s customer portal.

Specifically, customers of OTR Capital will have access to Trucker Tools’ predictive freight matching and automated one-click booking through its Book-it-Now functionality.

“At the end of the day this partnership meaningfully expands the resources we can provide to truckers, and helps OTR Capital’s clients get loaded faster with...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/todays-pickup-otr-capital-to-integrate-trucker-tools-functionality-into-customer-porta