Digital freight-matching companies, or DFMs, such as Uber Freight have entered asset-light truck brokerage over the past few years. It’s early in their evolution, but most DFMs hope to reinvent the ...

Large fleets typically have been the first to benefit from the spread of technology in trucking, but digital freight brokers are working to extend some of the same advantages to smaller carriers and ...

This story appears in the May 22 print edition of Transport Topics. After surging to prominence with its ride-hailing app for car passengers, Uber Technologies Inc. is targeting trucking as its next ...

In the not-so-distant future, matching loads with trucks could be as easy as catching a ride across town with the Uber app. In fact, Uber Freight is among a number of technology companies trying to ...

A new freight brokerage system, FetchDesk, says it aims to help truckers cut their deadhead miles. Instead of carriers searching the app for loads, shippers and brokers instead search for empty trucks ...

A North Vancouver company is launching an app that could clear the major roadblock from small truck operators doing business and getting paid. Go99, created by Surespan Group of Companies, connects ...

Uber Technologies Inc.’s ride-hailing app revolutionized the cab industry by connecting passengers with an army of drivers willing to ferry them—for a fee—in their private vehicles. Now, the San ...