Uber Freight

Over the past two and a half years, Uber Freight, the freight brokerage division of Uber Technologies Inc (NYSE: UBER), has already proven itself capable in two key areas for young technology companies: growing revenue fast and shipping new products at a rapid clip.  Powerloop's trailer pool, the...

It's quite something when your name becomes synonymous with an entire movement in an industry. That is what has happened to Uber Freight, thanks in no small part to the disruption Uber Technologies Inc (NYSE: UBER) created in the taxi industry. Today in the freight industry, the term "Uberization...

Good day, On October 14 – Canadian Thanksgiving – a small Montreal-based carrier, Transport DSquare, moved its first load with Uber Freight (NYSE: UBER) more than a week before its official launch in Canada today. "It was exciting," said Corey Darbyson, director of Transport DSquare. "It went...

Uber Freight announced today that it is expanding its signature drop trailer program Powerloop to California and that it is rolling out a new nationwide offering, Bundles, which allows carriers to book backhaul loads simultaneously with headhaul loads. Both of these moves highlight Uber Freight's...

Discussions around the "Uberization of freight" and changing last-mile demands have permeated the freight industries in recent years. But what do these terms really mean, and how are they altering the supply chain? This is a major theme of the first-ever Townhall Series at the upcoming Council of...

Uber Freight, the digital freight brokerage division of Uber Technologies Inc. (NYSE: UBER), announced Sept. 9 that it is moving its global headquarters to Chicago from San Francisco. Uber Freight will maintain offices in San Francisco and Amsterdam. Last month, the Chicago Tribune reported that...

Kick your week off with What The Truck?!? as we talk IMO 2020, Uber Freight's (NYSE: UBER) big fleet plans, California buses going electric, then we play some trucker slang Market Expert Trivia, talk CDB and trucker drug testing with Grady Philips of Corporate Medical Services, JD and Tyler talk...

Digital freight brokerage Uber Freight, a division of Uber Technologies Inc (NYSE: UBER), on August 19 announced the launch of a web-based desktop portal for fleet dispatchers and a redesign of its carrier mobile app.  Prior to the launch of the dispatcher tool, carriers had to manage trucks and...

Uber Technologies Inc. (NYSE: UBER) second quarter 2019 report probably won't receive the accolades garnered by its ride-hailing competitor, Lyft Inc (NYSE: LYFT). Uber's second quarter as a public company saw a loss of $4.72 per share, which was much worse than the $2.01 per share loss reported a...

Starting today, shippers using MercuryGate's transportation management system (TMS) will have access to Uber Freight's (NYSE: UBER) network of carriers, guaranteed capacity and real-time market rates, MercuryGate announced this morning. "Shippers need reliable information to drive speed and...

Uber Freight has launched in Germany, vaulting the logistics platform into Europe's largest economy. Uber Technologies Inc. (NYSE: UBER) announced the move this morning. It comes six weeks after Uber Freight moved its first load in Europe – a trailer of Heineken in the Netherlands. Uber is...

Last week, Ocean Spray announced that Uber Freight is now one of its top five carriers, having moved more than 1,500 loads for Ocean Spray in 2018. Ocean Spray is a cooperative of more than 700 family-owned cranberry farms that harvest more than 220 billion cranberries a year for more than 1,000...

Just months after announcing it was expanding to Europe, Uber Freight has moved its first load there, working with U.S. partner Heineken. The load traveled the roads of the Netherlands. "Innovation is an important element across the entire Heineken business and supply chain is no different. This...

  Building a small business is difficult if you don't have access to the same powerful tools that larger competitors do. Uber Freight, with its growing suite of tools, has been trying to empower small fleets and owner-operators to allow them to compete on an even playing field. This...

  Good day, Uber's S-1 IPO filing dishes out some misleading information about the prospects for its Uber Freight operation and its impact on the parent. That's the view of veteran logistics analyst Steve Banker, vice president of supply chain services at ARC Advisory Group. Writing...