Real-time visibility

J.B. Hunt 360 integrates with KeepTruckin freight marketplace

J.B. Hunt Transportation Services Inc. (NASDAQ:JBHT), an asset-based supply chain leader, on Thursday announced a freight marketplace integration with KeepTruckin, a fleet management solution. Freight available within J.B. Hunt 360, the company’s technology solution, will be accessible within KeepTruckin’s Smart Load Board, generating new capacity for J.B. Hunt customers.

“The KeepTruckin Smart Load Board is the first and only ELD-based freight marketplace that automatically matches loads based...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/j-b-hunt-360-integrates-with-keeptruckin-freight-marketplace

FreightFlows frees bulk maritime markets from volatility in schedules, pricing

Innovations are few and far between for the slow-paced bulk industry. This volatile, often overlooked sector of maritime trade is receiving an infusion of visibility and vessel predictability from data analytics provider FreightFlows.

FreightFlows ties together ship tracking, vessel availability, pricing analytics, predictive path and arrival estimations, commodity cargoes, as well as market, port and fleet activity trends on a comprehensive platform that tracks and predicts these values in real...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/freightflows-frees-bulk-maritime-markets-from-volatility-in-schedules-pricing

Project44 launches free port visibility service

After announcing its acquisition of Ocean Insights earlier this month, project44 on Tuesday released its port visibility service, Port Intel. 

This online service, free for a limited time, will provide subscribers with reporting that summarizes port congestion and location of anchored vessels to enable critical inventory and management decisions. The tool is powered by Ocean Insights, giving project44 access to the tracking data of 55 shipping lines, 700 seaports and more than 5,000 vessels,...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/project44-launches-free-port-visibility-service

Career Tracks: Crane Worldwide and American Commercial Barge

Crane Worldwide Logistics has hired Brannon Kuykendall as chief information officer.

Headquartered in Houston, Crane Worldwide said the appointment was part of its strategy to focus on technology, service and people to drive business growth beyond 2020. Crane Worldwide, which celebrated 12 years of operations on Friday, said it provides clients with a predictive command center using a centralized dashboard to provide at-a-glance visibility.

Crane Worldwide said Kuykendall successfully led...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/career-tracks-crane-logistics-and-american-commercial-barge

EKA Solutions introduces predictive visibility solution

Real time shipping visibility

Brokers, carriers and shippers are all searching for more accurate information when it comes to the supply chain. Gartner has predicted that 50% of enterprises will have invested in real-time transportation visibility solutions by 2023.

For many, accessing this functionality requires large investment in new technology or transportation management systems (TMS). EKA Solutions, though, has introduced a real-time predictive visibility platform that is available as part of its EKA Omni-TMS platform...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/eka-solutions-introduces-predictive-visibility-solution

Werner adds predictive freight matching with Trucker Tools platform

Werner Enterprises truck on highway

Continuing a trend that has seen major truckload carriers adopt flexible technology tools, Werner Enterprises (NASDAQ: WERN) has gone live with a suite of freight management and carrier engagement tools from Trucker Tools.

Among the tools Trucker Tools is supplying to Werner’s brokerage operation is real-time shipment visibility, predictive freight matching, automated booking, and electronic document capture.

“Supply chain visibility is critically important, particularly in these unprecedented...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/werner-adds-predictive-freight-matching-with-trucker-tools-platform

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