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Commentary: SmartHop brings AI to owner-operators and brokers

SmartHop founders

The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates.  

Author’s Disclosure: I am not an investor in SmartHop, either personally or through REFASHIOND Ventures. I have no financial relationship with SmartHop.

SmartHop, a Miami-based startup announced on July 21 that it has closed a $4.5 million round of seed financing to enable it to bring its automated dispatching and decision-making software for small trucking...

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COVID-19 has managed to wreck the delivery economy

COVID-19 has managed to wreck the delivery economy (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves)

Over the past decade, the last-mile delivery segment has witnessed a gradual shortening of delivery schedules. Primarily led by the “Amazon Effect” and further buoyed by the resulting consumer expectations, last-mile delivery times have come down considerably — from weeklong shipping times to same- and next-day deliveries. 

However, the screeching halt of the economy resulting from the COVID-19 crisis led to predictable chaos within global supply chains. Logistics operations broke down, as...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/covid-19-has-managed-to-wreck-the-delivery-economy

project44 introduces global preferred carriers program

project44 introduces global preferred carriers program (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves)

Logistics visibility company project44 has announced a Global Preferred Carriers Program that seeks to recognize less-than-truckload (LTL) and truckload carriers in the project44 network that have maintained a distinguished record across multiple loads. Shippers can now benefit from this program by approaching carriers with a stellar record, ensuring higher service levels and increased network stability. 

Every month, the program will publish a list of carriers that have demonstrated excellence...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/project44-introduces-global-preferred-carriers-program

project44 adds air, ocean freight visibility to platform

Supply chain management solutions provider project44 on Tuesday, May 19, said shippers will now have visibility to their global airfreight, groupage, and ocean container activities no matter where in the world.

The additional visibility into air and ocean freight transport modes complements project44’s truckload and less-than-truckload solutions and makes its platform global in scope for shippers and logistics services providers.

“Businesses need a unified view of their end-to-end visibility data...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/project44-adds-air-ocean-freight-visibility-to-platform

project44 extends Advanced Visibility Platform

project44 announced on March 5 the availability of ocean visibility on the project44 Advanced Visibility Platform. Ocean visibility enables shippers, including beneficial cargo owners (BCOs), freight forwarders (FFWs) and third-party logistics firms (3PLs), to track North American-bound container shipments as they arrive in port for shipment, travel across the ocean and are discharged from vessels to be moved onto rail or trucks. Such broad and detailed ocean shipment visibility has previously...

https://container-news.com/project44-extends-advanced-visibility-platform/

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