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Logistics Technology News
Our logistics technology news include logistics technology startups, solutions, and the impact of technology on logistics and supply chain management.
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Resurrected Convoy app gaining traction among small carriers, brokers: Flexport
Eric Johnson, Senior Technology Editor |
The post-pandemic resilience of small fleets has been attributed in part to driver reliance on apps such as the one Convoy built, which Flexport purchased last November.
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FourKites integrates with truckload scheduling standards initiative
Eric Johnson, Senior Technology Editor |
Amid growing interest in making the truckload appointment scheduling process more efficient, the US visibility provider has added weight to an initiative started in late 2022.
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Flexport hit with second FMC billing complaint this month
Eric Johnson, Senior Technology Editor |
A legal battle over unpaid detention and demurrage bills between the forwarder and importer Giti Tire has now moved to US maritime regulators.
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UK logistics trio acquire supply chain software business
Greg Knowler, Senior Editor Europe |
The fast-evolving supply chain technology market prompted the global forwarders to take over Forward Computers, which will be run under a joint venture as an independent business.
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Scheduling automation platform takes aim at truckload appointment inefficiencies
Eric Johnson, Senior Technology Editor |
Amid a range of efforts to automate and standardize truckload appointments, a new provider has launched a neutral platform to reduce manual work and errors associated with the process.
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CMA CGM turns to tech provider to boost invoice accuracy for key accounts
Eric Johnson, Senior Technology Editor |
The auditing initiative between the carrier and software vendor OpenEnvoy was kickstarted by CMA CGM’s ZEBOX technology incubator, which connects startups with entrenched logistics partners.
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Ex-Slync CEO Urban joins Chain.io board to bolster company’s growth
Eric Johnson, Senior Technology Editor |
John Urban spent a year as chairman and CEO trying to salvage Slync, the logistics automation platform negatively impacted by the high-profile legal saga of its founder Chris Kirchner.
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Hapag-Lloyd using dry box sensors for door-to-door tracking product
Eric Johnson, Senior Technology Editor |
The visibility product, called Live Position, is the first service offered as part of the carrier’s 2022 investment to equip its entire box fleet with location-tracking hardware.
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Visibility providers attack persistent gaps in intermodal rail milestones
Eric Johnson, Senior Technology Editor |
Shippers have long struggled to get direct access to rail milestone data that matches the depth and accuracy of ocean visibility markers.
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Cautious shippers navigate post-pandemic landscape of visibility data tools
Eric Johnson, Senior Technology Editor |
The primary dilemma for shippers is whether to source visibility data or applications from a standalone vendor or to expect it to be included in a bundle from a third-party logistics provider.
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Shift to eBLs would mean big cut in carbon emissions: study
Eric Johnson, Senior Technology Editor |
The study, commissioned by the Global Shipping Business Network, comes amid a commitment by nine of the top 10 global ocean carriers to only use electronic bills of lading by 2030.
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FourKites, BuyCo partner as freight industry evolves to ‘app-based’ future
Eric Johnson, Senior Technology Editor |
The link-up between the two companies is the latest industry partnership that caters to the desire of shippers for bundled global freight planning, execution and tracking.
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Blue Yonder acquires One Network in softening tech market
Eric Johnson, Senior Technology Editor |
Blue Yonder’s $893 million of One Network, a midsize supply chain vendor, comes amid slowing logistics software demand and heightened competition in supply chain software.
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Groups urge DCSA members to implement standard on shipping schedules
Eric Johnson, Senior Technology Editor |
The letter is a further sign that the work of the non-profit carrier group has stalled at the adoption phase for its members.
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Transfix pursues anti-theft alliance among brokers, shippers with new tools
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
The digital freight marketplace is making new software tools that target fake brokers and fraudulent pickups available to customers as well as competitors.
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Uber Freight expands drop-and-hook program with emphasis on utilization
Eric Johnson, Senior Technology Editor |
Demand for drop-and-hook capacity is prompting freight broker Uber Freight to invest in more markets for its Powerloop program, which marries GPS tracking of trailers to available shipper loads.
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Slync’s technology finds new home in consulting group led by industry veteran
Eric Johnson, Senior Technology Editor |
The saga of embattled technology vendor Slync may have reached a final chapter with its technology assets being acquired by a consulting group that works with importers and exporters.
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PayCargo targets invoice automation with Rippey AI acquisition
Eric Johnson, Senior Technology Editor |
PayCargo has taken a majority ownership stake in process automation company Rippey AI to better connect invoicing to payment transactions.
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Market headwinds, industry inertia put visibility cooperative on hold
Eric Johnson, Senior Technology Editor |
Big name visibility providers, including project44 and FourKites, banded together in 2021 to standardize data elements for customers, but the initiative has been shelved due to a lack of progress.
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GSBN draws new ports to its shared digital infrastructure concept
Eric Johnson, Senior Technology Editor |
Large terminal operators and container lines have backed an effort to build a common digital platform, which this week lured three global port operators into its network.
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Flexport resurrects Convoy truckload tech as tool for drivers, brokers
Eric Johnson, Senior Technology Editor |
Increased driver adoption of apps in the truckload industry was driven in part by now-shuttered broker Convoy, whose technology was relaunched Thursday by forwarder Flexport.
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Logistics’ complicated structure requires equally complex approach to AI usage
Eric Johnson, Senior Technology Editor |
ChatGPT and generative AI have captured most of the attention around artificial intelligence in logistics, but the diverse range of processes underpinning global supply chains require multiple types of AI working in concert.
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Maersk launches online air freight tool targeted at Indian shippers
Eric Johnson, Senior Technology Editor |
Maersk’s integrator strategy has encompassed more access to air freight capacity, including a new tool for shippers in India to digitally price and book specific flights.
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CloudTrucks acquires Shipwell brokerage division amid truckload market shakeout
Eric Johnson, Senior Technology Editor |
CloudTrucks’ acquisition of Shipwell’s brokerage division signals the importance of giving drivers direct access to loads through the technology platform they use to run their business.
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C.H. Robinson using AI to advance ‘touchless’ truck scheduling
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
The largest US freight broker is trying to eliminate the wait at the gate by not only scheduling truck appointments for shippers, but finding optimal appointment times.
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Uber Freight, SSC testing digital truck scheduling standard
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
A pilot version of a truck appointment scheduling API is part of the hunt for new digital standards for supply chains that are still encumbered by manual processes.
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AI is impacting logistics at a faster pace, but in the background
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
Artificial intelligence is quickly being integrated into everyday logistics and shipping processes such as truck check-ins, rate quotes and freight payment.
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Shippers urged to tether rate management with freight invoice processes to cut errors
Eric Johnson, Senior Technology Editor |
Most shippers use spreadsheets to manage rates from forwarders and container lines, which contributes to an inefficient process for freight payments and audits.
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Forwarding
Former Slync CEO Kirchner convicted by federal jury over misuse of company funds
Eric Johnson, Senior Technology Editor |
A guilty verdict against Slync founder Chris Kirchner brings closure on a saga that came to light when Slync employees went unpaid for weeks in spring 2022.
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Logistics tech providers tackle silos separating orders from freight
Eric Johnson, Senior Technology Editor |
Connecting purchase order management with logistics management has been a challenge since before the pandemic, something BuyCo and Gravity hope to alleviate with a combined offering.
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Supply chain
Nippon Express takes minority stake in India-based digital forwarder
Eric Johnson, Senior Technology Editor |
The digital forwarding model saw a stress test in 2023 amid faltering freight volumes and rates, but investments in early 2024 might signify staying power for the concept.
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C.H. Robinson adopting standard US LTL e-bill of lading
William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor |
The move by the largest US logistics provider to use a standardized electronic bill of lading accelerates digitization in the less-than-truckload sector.
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Zim joins list of carriers deploying sensors on dry box fleet
Eric Johnson, Senior Technology Editor |
The carrier’s move comes amid increased scrutiny on the positioning of container ships due to the ongoing militant attacks on commercial vessels transiting the Red Sea.
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A decade on, logistics industry still awaits proof that VC is a welcomed partner
Eric Johnson, Senior Technology Editor |
None of the most prominent venture-backed names in logistics has had a successful exit yet, but perhaps patience is still required before the industry can say for sure if venture capital is a worthy funding route for company founders.
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CBP ruling prohibits US customs brokers from using offshore labor
Eric Johnson, Senior Technology Editor |
The ruling is significant because it means US brokers can no longer use less expensive offshore labor to cut down on operational costs associated with import entry preparation and other brokerage services.
Transport, Trade and Regulation News
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Software vendors seek opportunities in the smaller corners of logistics
Eric Johnson, Senior Technology Editor |
Cost and long implementation timelines are among the reasons software has been out of reach for smaller shippers, brokers and carriers, a dynamic that newer solutions providers are attempting to change.
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US DOT data-sharing initiative on cargo visibility gaining momentum
Teri Errico Griffis, Associate Editor |
The Freight Logistics Optimization Works (FLOW) program offers a free view of supply-demand data across several metrics to help make transportation management decisions easier for US supply chain stakeholders.
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Wakeo lands fresh investment in far less heated freight visibility market
Eric Johnson, Senior Technology Editor |
The company, which caters to shippers like Uniqlo and Michelin, will use the new round of funding to spur a global expansion of its multimodal freight visibility product.
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Shippers eye varied ‘training wheel’ approach to origin management technology
Eric Johnson, Senior Technology Editor |
Getting the most out of global logistics software sometimes involves using a forwarder as a co-pilot until a shipper is ready to run processes similarly to procurement and order management internally.
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CMA CGM commits €100 million to new Paris-based AI research lab
Eric Johnson, Senior Technology Editor |
CMA CGM is moving beyond funding and supporting startups with a hefty investment into a non-profit lab designed to improve data models that feed into artificial intelligence products.
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