Uber Freight

Faced with the challenge of securing capacity in specific lanes, the iconic company broke with tradition and teamed up with Uber Freight to take a technology-based approach to improve service.

Uber noted that this enables shippers to see instant upfront load pricing, tender a load with only a few clicks and track their shipment from start to finish. And it added that this platform was built in close collaboration with shippers to help transform a process that would typically take hours to finish and leave them without key information on pricing and carriers.

Faced with challenges securing capacity, Land O' Lakes teamed up with Uber Freight to take a technology-based approach to overcome previous issues.

Zoox, a technology company founded to create the full realization of autonomous mobility, is on the verge of transforming the entire transportation industry by creating self-driving robots that will become the ride-shares of the future.

With fleet mode, carriers and their dispatchers can find, book, assign and reassign the best loads for their team, once logged in, carriers and their dispatchers can see a full list of their drivers and each driver’s details, schedule, and availability; they can also see all available Uber Freight loads.

Entitled “Fleet Mode,” Uber said in a blog posting that this tool, which is part of the Uber Freight app, allows “carriers and their dispatchers to find, book, and reassign the best loads for their team.” Uber Freight News

Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman caught up with Bill Driegert, director of Uber Freight, earlier this month to discuss topics such as the freight transportation market, driver shortage, regulations, and truck capacity.

Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman caught up with Bill Driegert, director of Uber Freight, earlier this month. During a wide-ranging conversation, Uber Freight's Driegert offered up insight on the company's approach to a competitive market, the impact of the driver shortage and regulations, and where things may go from here.

“Uber for freight.” “On-demand trucking.” Call it what you want, but the race to develop mobile apps to match an available truck with a pending load is heating up—and the players are well-funded and looking to stand out in an already saturated market.

Last week’s news that Uber has officially become a player in the truckload brokerage space, with the introduction of its Uber Freight app, created a ripple effect of sorts.