The Impact of Trump 2.0 on the Economy, Transportation and Canada

7 days ago

While there are about 50 days until Donald Trump’s inauguration, he has been moving quickly to put his leadership team and economic plan in place. In this blog I will examine some of the key elements of his plan and how they may impact on the economy, transportation and Canada. Demand Donald Trump has signaled […]

Uber Freight’s Purchase of Transplace Creates a Potentially Unique Logistics Operation

3 years ago

This has clearly been the year of the large M & A deal in the freight industry with TFII’s purchase of UPS’ LTL business (https://www.dantranscon.com/index.php/blog/entry/the-first-big-transportation-deal-of-the-year-tfii-s-purchase-of-ups-freight ) followed by Knight Swift’s acquisition of LTL operator AAA Cooper Transportation (https://www.dantranscon.com/index.php/blog/entry/why-are-large-ltl-trucking-companies-such-attractive-m-a-targets ). The Uber Freight purchase of Transplace for $2.25 billion is different from the other two acquisitions. […]

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Freightera, the Award-Winning Digital Freight Matching Leader, Introduces Value-Added Membership Plans for Shippers

4 years ago

On July 7, 2020, Freightera (https://www.freightera.com/), North America’s rapidly growing online freight marketplace, announced the enhancement of its popular free platform with value-added paid memberships and a rewards program. Freightera’s customers can now subscribe to a range of Membership Plans that provide enhanced freight transportation services, tailored to their unique requirements. Freightera is one […]

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Freightera Has a Plan to Become the Amazon of the Freight Industry

6 years ago

– Starting with less than truckload (LTL) and rail freight, North America’s online freight marketplace is rapidly expanding its services and coverage The Freight Transportation Industry The US and Canadian trucking industries generate about $750 to $800 billion in revenue. When you add in rail volumes, the North American surface transportation industry represents trillions of […]

Technology is Driving the Freight Brokerage Industry in 2017

8 years ago

The freight brokerage industry has been near and dear to my heart for many years. Earlier in my career, I had the privilege of running one of Canada’s largest 3PL operations. My current company has had the distinct pleasure of consulting with some of North America’s finest freight brokers. Periodically I like to look at […]

Technology Comes to the Freight Brokerage Industry in 2016

9 years ago

Every few years I like to take a look at some of the new technology-based entrants to the freight transportation industry to see who are the “movers” and “shakers.” While Amazon dominates the headlines, there are a host of other companies doing some very interesting things in the technology space. This blog will look […]

The “Virtual” Freight Broker has come to the Transportation Industry

11 years ago

This is the fourth in a series of blogs on Technology in Transportation. The three previous articles appeared in 2013 (http://www.dantranscon.com/index.php/blog/entry/quotemytruckloadcom-and-freightopolis-enter-the-automated-freight-brokeragefreight-portal-space, http://www.dantranscon.com/index.php/blog/entry/innovation-and-technology-come-to-the-freight-brokerage-industry, http://www.dantranscon.com/index.php/blog/entry/freightsnap–an-exciting-new-visual-tool-to-verify-the-density-of-ltl-freight) and featured 5 interesting companies, FreightSnap, Freightopolis, QuoteMyTruckload, BuyTruckload and Post.Bid.Ship. In this piece, I will examine two other innovative freight transportation companies, Zipments (https://www.zipments.com/) and DashHaul (https://www.dashhaul.com/) that are using technology […]

As October 1 approaches, US Freight Brokers must post a $75,000 Bond

11 years ago

At the time of this writing, there is less than a week until the new US federal $75,000 financial security requirement for freight brokers and forwarders goes into effect. By now, most everyone has the deadline of October 1st committed to memory, but many still do not understand the options available to meet the FMCSA […]